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Ashut0sh
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Country : India | Sir, everyday we need to take the test from 10-14th Jan or any one day in either of them ? |
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Country : India | Ashut0sh - 2020-01-10 2:54 PM
Sir, everyday we need to take the test from 10-14th Jan or any one day in either of them ?
You can take the test once during 10-14 Jan. Duration of the test is 90 minutes from your start.
FAQs here: : http://logicmastersindia.com/t/?tid=381 |
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Country : India | Updated Instruction Booklet
Updated Instruction Booklet is also available at contest page, and includes point distribution.
Mini Classic: 1, 2, 2, 1
Classic: 5, 5, 5, 12
Windoku: 2, 7
Diagonal: 5,14
Arrow: 5, 13
Palindrome: 1,8
Thermo: 2,10
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2020-01-10 7:08 PM | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Arrow Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Many puzzles were worth too much or too little | |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2020-01-10 9:16 PM | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Too many medium difficult puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Arrow Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Many puzzles were worth too much or too little | |
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MrLiang
Posts: 44
Country : Thailand | MrLiang posted @ 2020-01-10 11:17 PM | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Thermo Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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priyambhushan
Posts: 36
Country : India | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Windoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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sunderramanv
Posts: 23
Country : India | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Arrow Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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puzzler05
Posts: 7
Country : South Korea | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Too many medium difficult puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Palindrome Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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tamz29
Posts: 225
Country : Thailand | tamz29 posted @ 2020-01-11 1:58 PM | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Diagonal Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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Kumaresan R
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Country : India | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Thermo Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2020-01-11 3:33 PM | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Too many easy puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Diagonal Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2020-01-11 4:22 PM | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Thermo Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2020-01-12 3:08 AM | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Too many easy puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Thermo Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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Sedho
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Country : Philippines | Sedho posted @ 2020-01-12 12:49 PM | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Thermo Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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peluri
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Country : Finland | peluri posted @ 2020-01-12 1:13 PM | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Windoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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akash.doulani
Posts: 157
Country : India | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Arrow Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
It was my first online test after two years and I really enjoyed the test. Very nice set of sudokus. My favourites were Arrow ( 9x9 and 6x6 ) , Diagonal ( 9x9 ) , Thermo ( 9x9 ) and the 12 pointer classic. |
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kishy72
Posts: 419
Country : India | kishy72 posted @ 2020-01-12 4:32 PM | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Too many medium difficult puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Classic Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
Thanks Prasanna for a nice test. I faced no hiccups and could solve all the sudokus smoothly.Most of the sudokus had an enjoyable solve.I felt that the round was a tad easier for an SM ?! Maybe it's just my opinion and it could also be that I am used to the style of author as all rounds in ISKL just previously were authored by Prasanna. My favourites are Classic (12 pointer ) which had a lot of pairs and triplets , Diagonal (14 points ) loved the split dragon style eliminations.Very clean construction ! |
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JonaS2010
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Country : Germany | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Thermo Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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prathameshb
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Country : India | Hi, This is my first SM. I have scored a paltry 26 which is basically from solving the low hanging fruits of the 6x6 and then moving to the classic 9x9. This being my first contest, my strategy was to solve simple, score and then move to variants. It worked a bit for me but I basically realized a few things. My question pertains to the most prominent one. How do I improve my speed? How do I get faster on the classic sudokus 9x9 and what are good timings to wrap up the 6x6? (I get practise might be one answer I would get, but apart from that? Should there be a focus on learning more advanced sudoku techniques like wings/kites etc? And/Or just more practise? Is there a forum apart from this to discuss these things? Any groups (telegram/whatsapp) etc? |
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TiiT
Posts: 139
Country : Estonia | TiiT posted @ 2020-01-12 9:11 PM | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Thermo Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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Puzzle_Maestro
Posts: 25
Country : United Kingdom | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Thermo Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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tamz29
Posts: 225
Country : Thailand | tamz29 posted @ 2020-01-13 2:14 AM Welcome to sudoku solving!
I'm afraid the harsh truth to improving your speed is practise and lots of it.
Speed-solving is about recognising the easy deductions quickly for easy-medium puzzles.
The best solvers should be able to finish SM's 6x6 in about a minute(!) each.
Learning advanced techniques can help you solve harder puzzles but using it during speed-solving is another matter.
With practise, fast solvers would quickly see harder techniques (and employ them quickly) which improves their solving time.
You learn these skills by solving hard puzzles (without guessing) to add patterns to your repertoire.
In a competition, there is a threshold of difficulty where guessing would be quicker than logical solving.
Though, top solvers would only use guessing as a last resort, since they would've nailed the basics and make most of their deductions early on.
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GaS
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Country : ITALY | GaS posted @ 2020-01-13 4:02 AM | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Too many easy puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Arrow Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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EctoPlasma
Posts: 23
Country : Japan | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Too many easy puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Arrow Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2020-01-13 9:29 AM | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Thermo Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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vopani
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Country : India | vopani posted @ 2020-01-13 3:05 PM | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Arrow Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
Enjoyable set of sudokus, well balanced and suitable for SM. Favourites: Arrow 9x9, Thermo 6x6, Arrow 6x6 Thanks Prasanna! |
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aashay
Posts: 46
Country : India | aashay posted @ 2020-01-13 3:43 PM | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Too many easy puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Arrow Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
A good set to start the 2020 SM season. I found the Diagonal Sudoku a bit too difficult, while the rest of the set a bit too easy. It was an enjoyable round. |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2020-01-14 12:19 AM | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Too many hard puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Arrow Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Many puzzles were worth too much or too little | |
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A Carton Mutant
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Country : Turkey | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Arrow Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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udoroh
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Country : Poland | udoroh posted @ 2020-01-14 2:55 AM | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Average | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Classic Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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bob
Posts: 59
Country : United States | bob posted @ 2020-01-14 4:00 AM | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Too many hard puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Arrow Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Many puzzles were worth too much or too little | |
I am way too slow to ever be a competitive solver. That being said, I enjoyed the few puzzles I had time to solve and will try the rest later. |
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fal_94
Posts: 7
Country : India | fal_94 posted @ 2020-01-14 10:33 AM | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Too many medium difficult puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Palindrome Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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Administrator
Country : India | 24 hours extension
Considering the holiday on January 15th (Makar Sankranti, Pongal) and some requests, the test is extended by 24 hours and will now be open till 23:59 on 15th January.
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goelnidhi
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Country : India | Can i take part in this competition now only?and how?plz help |
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Country : India | goelnidhi - 2020-01-14 1:12 PM
Can i take part in this competition now only?and how?plz help
Yes. You can take part now.
Details here: http://logicmastersindia.com/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?start=1&t...
- You need to go to the contest page.
- Download the Instructions Booklet and Sudoku Booklet.
- Go through the Instructions Booklet and get familiar with sudoku types.
- Once you are ready, click on "Start" button on the test page.
- You will get the password on the screen.
- Copy the password and use it to open the Sudoku booklet pdf.
- Print the booklet, solve and enter the answer key (s ).
- Solve and submit as many as possible till the timer on the screen is running (It will run for 90 minutes ).
- Check the score on the Results link.
- You can also solve online (There is a link on the top of the contest page ).
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2020-01-14 4:21 PM | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Average | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Diagonal Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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Krubi
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Country : Estonia | Krubi posted @ 2020-01-14 9:58 PM | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Palindrome Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2020-01-15 1:49 AM | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Classic Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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mstang
Posts: 74
Country : United States | mstang posted @ 2020-01-15 4:11 AM | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Diagonal Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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Magoo
Posts: 1
Country : United Kingdom | Magoo posted @ 2020-01-15 7:13 PM I thought this was a nice set of puzzles, and well graded relative to each other. I always like a set I can finish within the time limit! Would LMI be interested in our mentioning the Mahabharat and perhaps showing a video about one of the puzzles on the Cracking the Cryptic Youtube channel? Mark Goodliffe |
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ABcDexter
Posts: 50
Country : India | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Palindrome Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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Country : India | Test end time
The test can be started till 23:59 IST today. Answers can be submitted within 90 minutes as long as the test is started in time.
The test cannot be started after 23:59 pm on 15th January.
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Country : India | Congratulations to Jakub Ondrousek, Jan Mrozowski and Seung Jae Kwak for taking the top three places.
Thanks to the 467 participants from 39 countries. Anukul (India) was the first to start the test while Daniel Victor (India) was the last person to start the test. 99 participants completed the set within the allotted time. The median score of the test was 55.
Top 3 for countries with 10+ participants:
India(203): Rohan Rao, Kishore Kumar and Ashish Kumar
Japan(27): Endo Ken, Kota Morinishi and Hideaki Jo
USA(23): William Blatt, Jason Zuffranieri and Jenna Rivet
Italy(21): Vittorio Schiavone, Matteo Testa and Laura Tarchetti
Germany(19): Michael Ley, Robert Vollmert and Martin Merker
France(19): Timothy Doyle, Yannick Meyapin and Philippe Meyer
Poland(15): Jan Mrozowski, Jakub Majewski and Kristian Swiderski
Czech Republic(11): Jakub Ondrousek, Jakub Hrazdira and Pavel Kadlecik
Korea(11): Seungjae Kwak, Hwangrae Lee and Choi Yong Seok
Slovakia(11): Natália Chanová, Marek Kasar and Veronika Kolvekova
UK(11): Tom Collyer, Sam Cappleman-Lynes and Mark Goodlife
Thanks Prasanna Seshadri for the sudokus!
Participants may share feedback on the results page and rate the puzzles on the contest page. |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2020-01-16 12:13 PM | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Palindrome Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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malikasikka
Posts: 7
Country : India | can someone help me with the password for standard (SM 18)? i want to practice |
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rakesh_rai
Posts: 774
Country : India | malikasikka - 2020-01-16 5:29 PM
can someone help me with the password for standard (SM 18)? i want to practice thestandardbattle |
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prasanna16391
Posts: 1801
Country : India | Thank you to everyone who participated. I am especially encouraged by 203 Indian participants, 8 of whom were from the offline SM round which we hope will grow in popularity as the year progresses. My only request to all the participants now is to continue through the six rounds to get the full SM experience. To some of the beginners and newcomers, don't get discouraged by a low score, we all started from somewhere similar :)
Congratulations to Jakub, Jan and Seungjae, and Rohan, Kishore and Ashish for securing the top 3 International and Indian spots respectively. Also congratulations to the participants who finished all 18 Sudokus of an SM round within 90 minutes for the first time!
I hope everyone enjoyed the set! Now we can look forward to the Substitution and Neighbours variants the youthful duo of Hemant and Pranav come up with for Round 2. |
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Country : India | Magoo - 2020-01-15 7:13 PM
I thought this was a nice set of puzzles, and well graded relative to each other. I always like a set I can finish within the time limit! Would LMI be interested in our mentioning the Mahabharat and perhaps showing a video about one of the puzzles on the Cracking the Cryptic Youtube channel? Mark Goodliffe
Thanks Mark!
We have sent a reply to your email. |
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Administrator
Country : India | In the scoreboard, rank "D" means the participant has been disqualified for using unfair means in the contest. |
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v.goyal
Posts: 1
Country : India | v.goyal posted @ 2020-01-17 1:31 PM Can I get some samples for Substitution & Neighbours to pratice? Or if they are available on the website, where can I access it from? |
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rakesh_rai
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vjain9
Posts: 44
Country : India | vjain9 posted @ 2020-01-21 10:04 PM Link to the solution booklet please ! |
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Meignani Prabha
Posts: 5
| please make it user friendly. I am a registered new comer. unable to participate. Not getting password for pdf. can you help? |
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Meignani Prabha
Posts: 5
| you are helping new comers to participate despite several requests.
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BogdanG
Posts: 15
Country : Romania | BogdanG posted @ 2020-01-28 12:49 PM This round of Sudoku Mahabharat finished in 15.01. You cannot participate now in competition as is closed. But you can wait for next round of sudoku competition in 2 weeks (7.02-10.02, if I am correct). |
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rvarun
Posts: 268
Country : India | rvarun posted @ 2020-01-30 10:59 AM Meignani Prabha - 2020-01-25 3:03 PM
please make it user friendly. I am a registered new comer. unable to participate. Not getting password for pdf. can you help?
Hi. Please refer the below FAQ link. You will get all details on your queries on participation in an LMI test.
http://logicmastersindia.com/t/?tid=381 |
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sena
Posts: 21
Country : India | sena posted @ 2020-01-31 10:08 AM | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Arrow Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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Pjhawar
Posts: 4
Country : India | Pjhawar posted @ 2020-01-31 8:43 PM Please provide password for instructions booklet. I am new user and not finding it's password anywhere on site , even not under FAQs |
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rvarun
Posts: 268
Country : India | rvarun posted @ 2020-02-03 12:29 PM Pjhawar - 2020-01-31 8:43 PM
Please provide password for instructions booklet. I am new user and not finding it's password anywhere on site , even not under FAQs
Hi. The Instruction booklet of any LMI test do not need a password to open. The Competition booklet will be password protected and the password will be displayed only when you start a test i.e. click Start Test button available in the competition page.
The FAQ link given in the previous posts will help you to get started with the site, instructions for participation, password retrieval etc. Please go through the FAQ and feel free to post any queries you have. We will help you in your queries. |
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vjain9
Posts: 44
Country : India | vjain9 posted @ 2020-02-03 2:33 PM The Solution Booklet please ! |
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Administrator
Country : India | The Solution Booklet is now available here. |
Standard - 10th to 15th Jan - Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier 2020