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Country : India | Contest open till Wednesday
The contest shall be open till Wednesday (11 March), and no requests for contest extension shall be considered.
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Country : India | Updated Instruction Booklet
An updated Instruction Booklet is now available: http://logicmastersindia.com/SM/202003/ (March 04, 01:10 AM )
Changes
1 ) The solution for 234-Outside -2 has been corrected.
2 ) The instructions and example for 234-Outside -1 have been updated. Now the given outside clues must appear in the 2nd, 3rd or 4th cell as viewed from that direction.
Points Table shall be updated before contest starts.
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gaurav.kjain
Posts: 52
Country : India | All the best to everyone for the upcoming contest. Please participate and make it a success.
This round is dedicated to our beloved friend Shaheer Rahman who met with road accident and passed away on 23rd Feb.
Its a big loss for entire puzzle community and he left a great void. May his soul rest in peace. |
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Country : India | Updated Instruction Booklet
Updated Instruction Booklet is now available at the contest page, and includes point distribution.
Mini Classic: 1, 1, 1, 1
Classic: 6, 3, 5, 4
Irregular: 2, 9
Toroidal: 5, 10
Skyscraper: 2, 12
234 Outside: 2, 16
Unordered Distances 1, 19
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BogdanG
Posts: 15
Country : Romania | BogdanG posted @ 2020-03-06 1:05 PM I have a question: in 234 Outside also the 6x6 is following this rule? Or in case of 6x6 the numbers outside are in 2nd or 3rd position? |
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Gotroch
Posts: 83
Country : Czech Republic | Gotroch posted @ 2020-03-06 1:18 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? | Unordered Distances 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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gaurav.kjain
Posts: 52
Country : India | BogdanG - 2020-03-06 1:05 PM
I have a question: in 234 Outside also the 6x6 is following this rule? Or in case of 6x6 the numbers outside are in 2nd or 3rd position?
Whatever is given in instructions is correct...6x6 follows 234 rule. So it can come in 2nd or 3rd or 4th position. |
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peluri
Posts: 26
Country : Finland | peluri posted @ 2020-03-06 5:31 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? | 234 Outside 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 @ 2020-03-06 8:42 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? | Unordered Distances 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 @ 2020-03-06 8:43 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? | Toroidal Sudoku | |
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MrLiang
Posts: 44
Country : Thailand | MrLiang posted @ 2020-03-07 12:24 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? | Unordered Distances 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? | Unordered Distances Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
Wonderful set of puzzles, thoroughly enjoyed solving this round!
A well-balanced round, and each puzzle in my opinion was set at the right amount of marks for difficulty.
My favourite was the unordered distances sudoku 9x9, and I also loved the 234 outside sudoku, a variant I have tried for the first time!
Thanks, Gaurav!
Edited by priyambhushan 2020-03-07 2:43 AM
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2020-03-07 3:41 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? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Irregular 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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7floor
Posts: 1
Country : China | 7floor posted @ 2020-03-07 8:09 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? | Average | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Unordered Distances 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 @ 2020-03-07 8:10 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? | Average | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Unordered Distances 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
Posts: 739
Country : India | vopani posted @ 2020-03-07 3:25 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? | Toroidal Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
Too hard for the LMI community to solve this SM round without shedding a tear.
It was very nice of Gaurav and the organizers to prepare the sudokus themed on Shaheer. Favourites: 9x9 Toroidal, 9x9 Irregular, 6x6 Toroidal Enjoyable and a neat set of sudokus. Thanks Gaurav! |
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Hemant Kr Malani
Posts: 64
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 | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
I started with the 9x9 unordered distances and spent ~20 mins on it but couldn't solve it. So, I moved to other sudokus. It was a great set. Though I couldn't solve the unoredered distances, I really enjoyed the set. Would try the unordered distances afterwards. It was a great initiative to dedicate the round to Shaheer. Thank you Gaurav for the great set of sudokus! |
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Gyuszi13
Posts: 17
Country : Hungary | | 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? | Toroidal 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 @ 2020-03-07 10:52 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? | 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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Feadoor
Posts: 22
Country : United Kingdom | Feadoor posted @ 2020-03-08 3:22 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? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | 234 Outside 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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TS279
Posts: 7
Country : Poland | TS279 posted @ 2020-03-08 3:56 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? | Unordered Distances 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
Posts: 18
Country : Philippines | Sedho posted @ 2020-03-08 12:33 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? | Unordered Distances 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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kishy72
Posts: 419
Country : India | kishy72 posted @ 2020-03-08 4:31 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? | 234 Outside Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
Thanks for a nice set of sudokus Gaurav.I felt that the set was mostly on the easier side and sudokus were very approachable. I say this because I broke Unordered Distances (9*9 ) twice and spent about ~30-35 minutes on the same (which is not surprising as I had too much distraction here when I solved ) and at one point, I had no hopes of finishing the contest.But, fortunately the other sudokus were easier. Favourites are 234 outside (9*9 ) and Toroidal (9*9 ). Thanks again ! I can take a mini break now from SM as I co-author the next round with Akash. |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2020-03-08 8:40 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? | 234 Outside 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 @ 2020-03-08 8:41 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? | 234 Outside 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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TiiT
Posts: 139
Country : Estonia | TiiT posted @ 2020-03-08 9:56 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? | Toroidal 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 @ 2020-03-09 12:00 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? | 234 Outside 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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pranavmanu
Posts: 55
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? | Fairly Nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Toroidal Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
Thank you Gaurav for setting a nice easy and accessible set. I had very smooth progress throughout which was quite a good feeling. Favourites were Toroidal 1,Unordered Distances 2 and Toroidal 2 Enjoyed! |
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jainharsh02
Posts: 1
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? | Fairly Nice | | | 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 @ 2020-03-10 3:48 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? | 234 Outside 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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harmeet
Posts: 87
Country : India | harmeet posted @ 2020-03-10 9:25 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? | 234 Outside 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 @ 2020-03-10 5:52 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? | Unordered Distances 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 @ 2020-03-10 11:20 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? | Toroidal 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 @ 2020-03-11 4:34 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? | 234 Outside 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 @ 2020-03-12 12:27 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? | Unordered Distances 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 @ 2020-03-12 2:16 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? | Unordered Distances 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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rajeshk
Posts: 542
Country : India | rajeshk posted @ 2020-03-12 5:30 PM I am not able to see SM3 results? Is there anyone else who is facing the same problem?
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TS279
Posts: 7
Country : Poland | TS279 posted @ 2020-03-12 6:29 PM I have exactly the same situation. |
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sena
Posts: 21
Country : India | sena posted @ 2020-03-12 8:22 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? | Fairly Nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | 234 Outside 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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sena
Posts: 21
Country : India | sena posted @ 2020-03-12 8:26 PM yes, not able to see the results. |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2020-03-13 12:21 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? | Skyscraper 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 | Score page
There is a technical issue and the score page details are currently not visible. We shall share an update once this is resolved.
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t12345678
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Country : Greece | | 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? | 234 Outside 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 @ 2020-03-13 7:51 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? | Toroidal 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 | Congratulations to Jakub Ondrousek, Takuya Sugimoto and Seung Jae Kwak for taking the top three places. The first and third place winners are the same as in SM1 and SM2. Amazing consistency!
Thanks to the 334 participants from 39 countries. Jakub Hrazdira (Czech Republic) was the first to start the test and Daniel Victor (India) was the last person to start the test. 66 participants completed the set within the allotted time, and 321 participants (93.31%) scored non-zero points. The median score of the test was 62.
Top 3 for countries with 10+ participants:
India(123): Prasanna Seshadri, Pranav Kamesh and Rohan Rao (All three in overall Top 10)
Japan(24): Takuya Sugimoto, Kota Morinishi and Hideaki Jo
USA(19): Jason Zuffranieri, William Blatt and Jenna Rivet
Italy(19): Laura Tarchetti, Daniele Colnaghi and Giovanni Frugoli
France(16): Denis Auroux, Yannick MEYAPIN and Arnaud Dumont
Germany(14): Michael Ley, Martin Merker and Robert Vollmert
Poland(13): Piotr Gdowski, Krystian Swiderski and Tomasz Skalski
Thanks Gaurav Kumar Jain for the sudokus!
Participants may share feedback on the results page and rate the puzzles on the contest page. The feedback part of the score page is working currently. |
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gaurav.kjain
Posts: 52
Country : India | SM3 was dedicated to Shaheer and every participant have paid their tribute to Shaheer by their participation. I whole heartedly thank each and every one of you.
I had almost completed the sudokus set for SM3 when we recevied the tragic news of Shaheer demise and I decided to change the entire theme of the set in his memory. Thanks to organizers to provide me some extra time.
Coming to the feedback that this is easy set, YES this was well thought out decision that this set should be approachable and on the easy side with few high pointers.
I am thankful for your feedback and hopefully will keep improving.
Congratulations to People who are Top-3 overall and Top-3 in India and all the participants. Please participate regularly and dont get scared with Top-50/60 scores, you will surely reach there with practice and regular participation.
I would like to thank Rakesh Rai who is always amazing support. He always remain cool head in accomodating last minute change requests. He is actual hero of running entire show, we are just supplying the sudokus and amount of work he is putting in backend is just superb which always remain unnoticed, believe me it is the most hard part. Thanks Rakesh.
Finally thanks to LMI for giving me the opportunity, which helps author like me to stand with world class authors. |
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rakesh_rai
Posts: 774
Country : India | Thanks Gaurav for dedicating SM3 set to Shaheer.
The mini sudokus (page 1 of PB) read 9 A U G (birthday of Shaheer). The other sudokus used his initials (S R) in different forms. |
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gaurav.kjain
Posts: 52
Country : India | rakesh_rai - 2020-03-14 7:33 PM
Thanks Gaurav for dedicating SM3 set to Shaheer.
The mini sudokus (page 1 of PB) read 9 A U G (birthday of Shaheer). The other sudokus used his initials (S R) in different forms.
Five variants 6x6 sudokus make S H E R A. His nick name. |
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Country : India | The Solution Booklet is now available here. |
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