Nikoli Selection : LMI October 2010 Puzzle Test#1

Author

Tom Collyer runs his blog detuned radio, and publishes an original Nikoli-style puzzle every Friday. Away from creating puzzles, he is twice winner of the UK sudoku title, and has participated in three World Sudoku Championships.

Puzzle Types

Main puzzles
• Akari
• Fillomino
• Hashi
• Heyawake
• Heyawake
• Kakuro
• LITS
• Masyu
• Masyu
• Numberlink
• Nurikabe (2)
• Slitherlink (2)
• Sudoku
• Surarumo
• Yajilin (2)

Marathon Puzzles
• Heyawake
• Masyu
• Kakuro

Notes

A new puzzle pdf was uploaded after we realized that Nurikabe 10X10 puzzle, Heyawake Marathon puzzle didn't have any solution. The Numberlinks puzzle had multiple solutions, while the LITS had a mistake in the image. Players who have started the test with old pdf are marked with '*'

2013 Monthly Tests

• Sudoku Grand Prix - Italian Round
• Sudoku Grand Prix - Turkish Round
• Deception
• Sudoku Grand Prix - Serbian Round
• V2V
• Sudoku Grand Prix - Indian Round
• Puzzle Marathon 2013
• Best of LMI Puzzle Tests

2012 Monthly Tests

• LMI Screen Test #3
• Word Show
• Fugitive Warrant
• 123 GO
• Borders & Beyond
• Killer Shootout
• akil oyunlari magazine competition
• Classics vs. Innovatives
• Logirace
• Copy Paste
• SudoClones
• Seven Samurais
• No Numbers
• Sudoku 8X8
• Killing Time
• Diagonal Vision
• Puzzle Marathon 2012
• Shapes and Sizes

Daily Puzzles

• Classic Tapa Contest

Tapa Variations Contests

• Tapa Variations Contest - XII
• Tapa Variations Contest - XI
• Tapa Variations Contest - X
• Tapa Variations Contest - IX
• Tapa Variations Contest - VIII
• Tapa Variations Contest - VII
• Tapa Variations Contest - VI
• Tapa Variations Contest - V

Annual Contests

• April Contest
• 8th Open Moscow Puzzle Cup 2012
• forsmarts 10th Anniversary Contest
• Fillomino-Fillia 2
• Di...
• Forsmarts 3² Anniversary
• Snake Variations Contest 2011

2011 Monthly Tests

• Best of LMI Puzzle Tests
• Best of LMI Mocks
• Puzzle Fusion
• Screen Test #2
• 2011 Double Decathlon
• Sudoku A or B
• Crazy Arrows
• LMI Sprint Test
• Japanese Puzzle Land
• Sudoku City
• Magic Cube
• Fivefold Sudoku Test
• Nikoli Selection 2011
• LOGIDOKU
• Fillomino Fillia
• Something is Missing
• MAYnipulation
• LMI April Sudoku Test
• Twist
• LMI Spring Sudoku Test
• Puzzle Hybrids
• Melon's Puzzle Zoo
• Double Delight
• Prime Exotica
• Puzzle Jackpot

2010 Monthly Tests

• X'Mas Special Sudoku
• Puzzles & Chess
• Screen Test #1
• FLIP
• Renban Grouped Sudokus
• 20/10 Puzzle Decathlon
• Nikoli Selection 2010
• Sudoku Hotpot
• EverGreens II
• Broken Pieces
• Qixi Festivale Special
• Sampler Platter
• Classic Look-Alikes
• EverGreens
• SPEED SIXES
• Master Mind Twins

Mock Tests

• Sudoku Mock Test 21
• Sudoku Mock Test 20
• Sudoku Mock Test 19
• Sudoku Mock Test 18
• Sudoku Mock Test 17
• Sudoku Mock Test 16
• Sudoku Mock Test 15
• Sudoku Mock Test 14
• Sudoku Mock Test 13
• Sudoku Mock Test 12
• Sudoku Mock Test 11
• Sudoku Mock Test 10
• Sudoku Mock Test 9
• Sudoku Mock Test 8
• Sudoku Mock Test 7
• Sudoku Mock Test 6
• Sudoku Mock Test 5
• Sudoku Mock Test 4

Description	Size	Download Count	Password
Instruction Booklet    Download    |    View	207kB	1565
Puzzle Booklet    Download	199kB	1392	New_nIkOliiSbeST
Puzzle Booklet (Marathon)    Download	142kB	1044	nIkOliiSbeST

Nikoli Selection : LMI October 2010 Puzzle Test#1 Results

#	UserId	Name	Country	PointsWB	TotalPoints	A
1	deu	Hideaki Jo	Japan	1095	1095	*
2	motris	Thomas Snyder	USA	1070	1070
3	volxa		Japan	1020	1020
4	Ziti	Jason Zuffranieri	USA	1020	1020
4	uvo	Ulrich Voigt	Germany	1020	1020
6	Melvy	Yuka SUGIMURA	Japan	1020	1020
7	Semax	Sebastian Matschke	Germany	920	920
8	flooser	Florian Kirch	Germany	990	990
9	takeya	Takeya Saikachi	Japan	980	980
10	a-hirose	ase mitsuhiro	japan	975	975
11	Kota	Kota Morinishi	Japan	920	920
12	Psyho	abc	Poland	950	950	*
13	pwahs	Philipp Weiß	Germany	920	920
14	gareth	Gareth Moore	United Kingdom	890	890
15	S_Aoki	Shinichi Aoki	Japan	885	885
16	janoslaw	janoslaw	Poland	855	855
17	Janka1	Janka1	Czech Republic	840	840
18	Nikola	Nikola	Serbia	825	825
19	skywalker	Branko Ceranic	Serbia	820	820
20	Yuhei Kusui	Yuhei Kusui	Japan	795	795

PuzzleId	Submissions	Correct	Ratings	AvgRatings	SolutionCode
M2 - Kakuro	11	10	5	8.4
M3 - Masyu	7	7	5	8.8
P01 - Numberlink	44	16	11	4
P02 - Hashi	131	117	14	5.42
P03 - Sudoku	122	119	12	6.75
P04 - Surarumo	83	76	10	6.5
P05 - Akari	97	88	10	6.9
P06 - Masyu	114	98	12	5.91
P07 - Fillomino	97	87	9	6.33
P08 - Hitori	114	98	11	5.72
P09 - Slitherlink	112	102	10	6.7
P10 - Shikaku	85	81	8	6.87
P11 - Yajilin	79	71	9	6.33
P13 - Kakuro	88	82	10	6.7
P14 - Yajilin	77	72	8	7.25
P15 - Heyawake	50	40	6	7.66
P16 - LITS	44	31	7	5.71
P17 - Nurikabe	70	58	8	8.25
P18 - Slitherlink	79	63	7	8.14