Thread - WSC Practice Test — Match

@ 2013-10-08 1:00 AM (#13090 - in reply to #13067) (#13090) Top

Administrator

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Administrator posted @ 2013-10-08 1:00 AM

Announcements - Test length changed to 90 minutes

1) The length of the test is now changed to 90 minutes.
2) The bonus points per minute will be 600/90
3) As mentioned in the IB, online solving will not be available in this contest.
4) The password protected pdf has 4 pages. Each page has 2 sudokus. It is better to avoid back-to-back printing for this test.
5) The pdf has sudoku rules, but it does not have points assigned.
6) This test will not be considered for ratings computation.

@ 2013-10-08 6:42 PM (#13101 - in reply to #13089) (#13101) Top

rvarun

Posts: 268

Country : India

rvarun posted @ 2013-10-08 6:42 PM

Administrator - 2013-10-08 12:52 AM

amitsowani - 2013-10-07 11:56 PM

Can we extend the test over to the weekend. Participants not travelling for the WSC/WPC can then take it at leisure over the weekend.

Ok. will do that.

Can we (non WSC/WPC participants) participate both WPC Practice and WSC Practice Tests over the weekend.

@ 2013-10-08 8:14 PM (#13102 - in reply to #13101) (#13102) Top

prasanna16391

Posts: 1801

Country : India

prasanna16391 posted @ 2013-10-08 8:14 PM

rvarun - 2013-10-08 6:42 PM

Administrator - 2013-10-08 12:52 AM

amitsowani - 2013-10-07 11:56 PM

Can we extend the test over to the weekend. Participants not travelling for the WSC/WPC can then take it at leisure over the weekend.

Ok. will do that.

Can we (non WSC/WPC participants) participate both WPC Practice and WSC Practice Tests over the weekend.

Yes. We will adjust the timing to allow it to carry on, but please note that our admin team is inactive over the weekend, so any claims can only be attended after the weekend. This is especially relevant in Match, because there are numerous Match possibilities and we have to manually approve them as they are submitted.

@ 2013-10-08 9:22 PM (#13103 - in reply to #13086) (#13103) Top

kishy72

Posts: 419

Country : India

kishy72 posted @ 2013-10-08 9:22 PM

debmohanty - 2013-10-07 10:47 PM

tamz29 - 2013-10-06 11:17 PM

I think Deb wrote them himself??

You are right Tawan.

Interesting.I thought otherwise seeing this sentence"Since the WSC IB does not have details about the variants to be used, WE have picked 8 different variants from different rounds "from the IB.

But nevertheless a splendid job! Deb for creating a diverse range of sudokus and organizing the test in such a short time span.

@ 2013-10-09 12:39 AM (#13106 - in reply to #13103) (#13106) Top

prasanna16391

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prasanna16391 posted @ 2013-10-09 12:39 AM

kishy72 - 2013-10-08 9:22 PM

Interesting.I thought otherwise seeing this sentence"Since the WSC IB does not have details about the variants to be used, WE have picked 8 different variants from different rounds "from the IB.

But nevertheless a splendid job! Deb for creating a diverse range of sudokus and organizing the test in such a short time span.

Haha, good catch. I think there's some other aspects to organizing a test in addition to writing the puzzles. Especially in a new style of contest. We did discuss a lot about the Beginners' Contest format for instance. It was the same here with Match (not as much the format, as this was decided by the WSC organizers, but more about the scoring).

Note : I also pre-tested this set (Rohan did too), and so you will not see my name in the result list as a participant.

@ 2013-10-09 7:01 AM (#13110 - in reply to #13067) (#13110) Top

achan1058

Posts: 80

Country : Canada

achan1058 posted @ 2013-10-09 7:01 AM

I did garbage. Spent too much time on the odd/disjoint sudoku, only to have botched solving it. Anyways, when will the solution be available?

@ 2013-10-09 7:09 AM (#13111 - in reply to #13110) (#13111) Top

debmohanty

Country : India

debmohanty posted @ 2013-10-09 7:09 AM

achan1058 - 2013-10-09 7:01 AM

I did garbage. Spent too much time on the odd/disjoint sudoku, only to have botched solving it. Anyways, when will the solution be available?

Solutions will be available only after the practice test ends. (Originally planned to end in another 24 hours, but it looks like we will extend it after couple of requests).
I can send the solution to your registered email address, if that is a valid one. Let me know.

@ 2013-10-09 7:44 AM (#13112 - in reply to #13111) (#13112) Top

achan1058

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achan1058 posted @ 2013-10-09 7:44 AM

debmohanty - 2013-10-08 8:09 PM

achan1058 - 2013-10-09 7:01 AM

I did garbage. Spent too much time on the odd/disjoint sudoku, only to have botched solving it. Anyways, when will the solution be available?

I PMed you with my e-mail address, since I have my e-mail set on private on the forums to avoid being picked up by spam bots.

Edited by achan1058 2013-10-09 7:47 AM

@ 2013-10-09 12:07 PM (#13115 - in reply to #13067) (#13115) Top

Para

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Para posted @ 2013-10-09 12:07 PM

That's got to be the worst puzzling I've done in years. Errors in the nine dragons/skyscraper combo, but somehow got 1 key right. Forgot about the 3x3 boxes when copying the sum clues to the irregular and got stuck badly because of it and ended up wrong after a uniqueness deduction. Couldn't finish the NC/AK in the end. I hope Beijing goes better.

@ 2013-10-09 12:12 PM (#13116 - in reply to #13115) (#13116) Top

debmohanty

Country : India

debmohanty posted @ 2013-10-09 12:12 PM

Para - 2013-10-09 12:07 PM
Forgot about the 3x3 boxes when copying the sum clues to the irregular and got stuck badly because of it ...

I had a big debate with myself before publishing the PB "Should I be drawing the 3X3 boxes in the Irregular Sudoku?" But since Prasanna and Rohan solved with the version without 3X3 box, I didn't change the image.

Para - 2013-10-09 12:07 PM
Errors in the nine dragons/skyscraper combo, but somehow got 1 key right.

We have so far been extremely lenient in this test. So you will get some points.

@ 2013-10-10 10:04 PM (#13149 - in reply to #13067) (#13149) Top

Bram28

Posts: 35

Country : The Netherlands

Bram28 posted @ 2013-10-10 10:04 PM

Ugh! I completely forgot to enter the Match!

Deb: from my submission it should be fairly clear I got 3 pairings correct, and as such the 4th as well. Is that worth some points? I mean, that's a very costly 100 points I stupidly missed!

@ 2013-10-10 10:44 PM (#13150 - in reply to #13115) (#13150) Top

Bram28

Posts: 35

Country : The Netherlands

Bram28 posted @ 2013-10-10 10:44 PM

Para - 2013-10-09 2:07 AM

That's got to be the worst puzzling I've done in years. Errors in the nine dragons/skyscraper combo, but somehow got 1 key right. Forgot about the 3x3 boxes when copying the sum clues to the irregular and got stuck badly because of it and ended up wrong after a uniqueness deduction. Couldn't finish the NC/AK in the end. I hope Beijing goes better.

Did very much the same: copied the clues from irregular to sum ... but then forgot about the irregular shapes themselves.

Geluk in Beijing!

@ 2013-10-10 11:30 PM (#13151 - in reply to #13149) (#13151) Top

prasanna16391

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prasanna16391 posted @ 2013-10-10 11:30 PM

Bram28 - 2013-10-10 10:04 PM

Deb: from my submission it should be fairly clear I got 3 pairings correct, and as such the 4th as well. Is that worth some points? I mean, that's a very costly 100 points I stupidly missed!

You will get the 100. Deb will have to award it once he's online though. Yours is an exceptional case that I can't handle from my end.

The Match place is mainly to give a chance for people who haven't solved all on time but have made the Match and deserve credit for that. Since you have obviously made the pairings correctly, you'll get the same.

As Deb mentioned though, we're being pretty lenient for this test, so best to learn from it to read the instructions more thoroughly in future

@ 2013-10-14 12:43 PM (#13168 - in reply to #13067) (#13168) Top

Administrator

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Administrator posted @ 2013-10-14 12:43 PM

Password removed from Sudoku booklet and solutions appended at page 5.
Link

@ 2013-10-17 6:00 PM (#13187 - in reply to #13168) (#13187) Top

vijaya_rajan

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vijaya_rajan posted @ 2013-10-17 6:00 PM

How is the pairing done ? What is the logic ?

@ 2013-10-21 10:47 AM (#13198 - in reply to #13187) (#13198) Top

debmohanty

Country : India

debmohanty posted @ 2013-10-21 10:47 AM

vijaya_rajan - 2013-10-17 6:00 PM

How is the pairing done ? What is the logic ?

As per the score page, many players paired Nine Dragons + Skyscraper first. So I will share the logic to do that pairing.

Note that In ND (Nine Dragons) you can put a 7 at R6C6, which rules out it being paired with Nonconsecutive Or AntiKnight.
ND can't be paired with Irregular (8 given in box 4)
ND can't be paired with Disjoint (5 given in row 4)
ND can't be Odd Sudoku (8 given in column 3)
ND can't be Sum Sudoku (Try to satisfy row 6 of Sum Sudoku, given that R6C6=7)

So ND will have to paired with Skyscraper.

----
There are many other ways to get the pairing done too.
You can check the attachment where you will notice that you can put few digits in each of ND, Irregular, Disjoint.
It will be obvious that these 3 can't be paired with each other, and they also can't be paired with AntiKnight or with Non Consecutive. So AntiKnight goes with Non Consecutive.
Irregular can't go with Odd Sudoku (Check 8 at R1C3). And Irregular can't be Skyscraper, which you would have deduced from the beginning itself (because of 8 at R4C2). So Irregular goes with Sum Sudoku.
Now Disjoint can't be Skyscraper (8 at R2C7) and it can't be Sum Sudoku (9 at R1C2), So Disjoint has to be Odd Sudoku.

Attachments
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LMIMT_M201310S_PB_8InonePage.pdf (25KB - 8 downloads)


	@ 2013-10-08 1:00 AM (#13090 - in reply to #13067) (#13090) Top
Administrator Country : India	Administrator posted @ 2013-10-08 1:00 AM Announcements - Test length changed to 90 minutes 1) The length of the test is now changed to 90 minutes. 2) The bonus points per minute will be 600/90 3) As mentioned in the IB, online solving will not be available in this contest. 4) The password protected pdf has 4 pages. Each page has 2 sudokus. It is better to avoid back-to-back printing for this test. 5) The pdf has sudoku rules, but it does not have points assigned. 6) This test will not be considered for ratings computation.
	@ 2013-10-08 6:42 PM (#13101 - in reply to #13089) (#13101) Top
rvarun Posts: 268 Country : India	rvarun posted @ 2013-10-08 6:42 PM Administrator - 2013-10-08 12:52 AM amitsowani - 2013-10-07 11:56 PM Can we extend the test over to the weekend. Participants not travelling for the WSC/WPC can then take it at leisure over the weekend. Ok. will do that. Can we (non WSC/WPC participants) participate both WPC Practice and WSC Practice Tests over the weekend.
	@ 2013-10-08 8:14 PM (#13102 - in reply to #13101) (#13102) Top
prasanna16391 Posts: 1801 Country : India	prasanna16391 posted @ 2013-10-08 8:14 PM rvarun - 2013-10-08 6:42 PM Administrator - 2013-10-08 12:52 AM amitsowani - 2013-10-07 11:56 PM Can we extend the test over to the weekend. Participants not travelling for the WSC/WPC can then take it at leisure over the weekend. Ok. will do that. Can we (non WSC/WPC participants) participate both WPC Practice and WSC Practice Tests over the weekend. Yes. We will adjust the timing to allow it to carry on, but please note that our admin team is inactive over the weekend, so any claims can only be attended after the weekend. This is especially relevant in Match, because there are numerous Match possibilities and we have to manually approve them as they are submitted.
	@ 2013-10-08 9:22 PM (#13103 - in reply to #13086) (#13103) Top
kishy72 Posts: 419 Country : India	kishy72 posted @ 2013-10-08 9:22 PM debmohanty - 2013-10-07 10:47 PM tamz29 - 2013-10-06 11:17 PM I think Deb wrote them himself?? You are right Tawan. Interesting.I thought otherwise seeing this sentence"Since the WSC IB does not have details about the variants to be used, WE have picked 8 different variants from different rounds "from the IB. But nevertheless a splendid job! Deb for creating a diverse range of sudokus and organizing the test in such a short time span.
	@ 2013-10-09 12:39 AM (#13106 - in reply to #13103) (#13106) Top
prasanna16391 Posts: 1801 Country : India	prasanna16391 posted @ 2013-10-09 12:39 AM kishy72 - 2013-10-08 9:22 PM Interesting.I thought otherwise seeing this sentence"Since the WSC IB does not have details about the variants to be used, WE have picked 8 different variants from different rounds "from the IB. But nevertheless a splendid job! Deb for creating a diverse range of sudokus and organizing the test in such a short time span. Haha, good catch. I think there's some other aspects to organizing a test in addition to writing the puzzles. Especially in a new style of contest. We did discuss a lot about the Beginners' Contest format for instance. It was the same here with Match (not as much the format, as this was decided by the WSC organizers, but more about the scoring). Note : I also pre-tested this set (Rohan did too), and so you will not see my name in the result list as a participant.
	@ 2013-10-09 7:01 AM (#13110 - in reply to #13067) (#13110) Top
achan1058 Posts: 80 Country : Canada	achan1058 posted @ 2013-10-09 7:01 AM I did garbage. Spent too much time on the odd/disjoint sudoku, only to have botched solving it. Anyways, when will the solution be available?
	@ 2013-10-09 7:09 AM (#13111 - in reply to #13110) (#13111) Top
debmohanty Country : India	debmohanty posted @ 2013-10-09 7:09 AM achan1058 - 2013-10-09 7:01 AM I did garbage. Spent too much time on the odd/disjoint sudoku, only to have botched solving it. Anyways, when will the solution be available? Solutions will be available only after the practice test ends. (Originally planned to end in another 24 hours, but it looks like we will extend it after couple of requests). I can send the solution to your registered email address, if that is a valid one. Let me know.
	@ 2013-10-09 7:44 AM (#13112 - in reply to #13111) (#13112) Top
achan1058 Posts: 80 Country : Canada	achan1058 posted @ 2013-10-09 7:44 AM debmohanty - 2013-10-08 8:09 PM achan1058 - 2013-10-09 7:01 AM I did garbage. Spent too much time on the odd/disjoint sudoku, only to have botched solving it. Anyways, when will the solution be available? Solutions will be available only after the practice test ends. (Originally planned to end in another 24 hours, but it looks like we will extend it after couple of requests). I can send the solution to your registered email address, if that is a valid one. Let me know. I PMed you with my e-mail address, since I have my e-mail set on private on the forums to avoid being picked up by spam bots. Edited by achan1058 2013-10-09 7:47 AM
	@ 2013-10-09 12:07 PM (#13115 - in reply to #13067) (#13115) Top
Para Posts: 315 Country : The Netherlands	Para posted @ 2013-10-09 12:07 PM That's got to be the worst puzzling I've done in years. Errors in the nine dragons/skyscraper combo, but somehow got 1 key right. Forgot about the 3x3 boxes when copying the sum clues to the irregular and got stuck badly because of it and ended up wrong after a uniqueness deduction. Couldn't finish the NC/AK in the end. I hope Beijing goes better.
	@ 2013-10-09 12:12 PM (#13116 - in reply to #13115) (#13116) Top
debmohanty Country : India	debmohanty posted @ 2013-10-09 12:12 PM Para - 2013-10-09 12:07 PM Forgot about the 3x3 boxes when copying the sum clues to the irregular and got stuck badly because of it ... I had a big debate with myself before publishing the PB "Should I be drawing the 3X3 boxes in the Irregular Sudoku?" But since Prasanna and Rohan solved with the version without 3X3 box, I didn't change the image. Para - 2013-10-09 12:07 PM Errors in the nine dragons/skyscraper combo, but somehow got 1 key right. We have so far been extremely lenient in this test. So you will get some points.
	@ 2013-10-10 10:04 PM (#13149 - in reply to #13067) (#13149) Top
Bram28 Posts: 35 Country : The Netherlands	Bram28 posted @ 2013-10-10 10:04 PM Ugh! I completely forgot to enter the Match! Deb: from my submission it should be fairly clear I got 3 pairings correct, and as such the 4th as well. Is that worth some points? I mean, that's a very costly 100 points I stupidly missed!
	@ 2013-10-10 10:44 PM (#13150 - in reply to #13115) (#13150) Top
Bram28 Posts: 35 Country : The Netherlands	Bram28 posted @ 2013-10-10 10:44 PM Para - 2013-10-09 2:07 AM That's got to be the worst puzzling I've done in years. Errors in the nine dragons/skyscraper combo, but somehow got 1 key right. Forgot about the 3x3 boxes when copying the sum clues to the irregular and got stuck badly because of it and ended up wrong after a uniqueness deduction. Couldn't finish the NC/AK in the end. I hope Beijing goes better. Did very much the same: copied the clues from irregular to sum ... but then forgot about the irregular shapes themselves. Geluk in Beijing!
	@ 2013-10-10 11:30 PM (#13151 - in reply to #13149) (#13151) Top
prasanna16391 Posts: 1801 Country : India	prasanna16391 posted @ 2013-10-10 11:30 PM Bram28 - 2013-10-10 10:04 PM Deb: from my submission it should be fairly clear I got 3 pairings correct, and as such the 4th as well. Is that worth some points? I mean, that's a very costly 100 points I stupidly missed! You will get the 100. Deb will have to award it once he's online though. Yours is an exceptional case that I can't handle from my end. The Match place is mainly to give a chance for people who haven't solved all on time but have made the Match and deserve credit for that. Since you have obviously made the pairings correctly, you'll get the same. As Deb mentioned though, we're being pretty lenient for this test, so best to learn from it to read the instructions more thoroughly in future
	@ 2013-10-14 12:43 PM (#13168 - in reply to #13067) (#13168) Top
Administrator Country : India	Administrator posted @ 2013-10-14 12:43 PM Password removed from Sudoku booklet and solutions appended at page 5. Link
	@ 2013-10-17 6:00 PM (#13187 - in reply to #13168) (#13187) Top
vijaya_rajan Posts: 22 Country : India	vijaya_rajan posted @ 2013-10-17 6:00 PM How is the pairing done ? What is the logic ?
	@ 2013-10-21 10:47 AM (#13198 - in reply to #13187) (#13198) Top
debmohanty Country : India	debmohanty posted @ 2013-10-21 10:47 AM vijaya_rajan - 2013-10-17 6:00 PM How is the pairing done ? What is the logic ? As per the score page, many players paired Nine Dragons + Skyscraper first. So I will share the logic to do that pairing. Note that In ND (Nine Dragons) you can put a 7 at R6C6, which rules out it being paired with Nonconsecutive Or AntiKnight. ND can't be paired with Irregular (8 given in box 4) ND can't be paired with Disjoint (5 given in row 4) ND can't be Odd Sudoku (8 given in column 3) ND can't be Sum Sudoku (Try to satisfy row 6 of Sum Sudoku, given that R6C6=7) So ND will have to paired with Skyscraper. ---- There are many other ways to get the pairing done too. You can check the attachment where you will notice that you can put few digits in each of ND, Irregular, Disjoint. It will be obvious that these 3 can't be paired with each other, and they also can't be paired with AntiKnight or with Non Consecutive. So AntiKnight goes with Non Consecutive. Irregular can't go with Odd Sudoku (Check 8 at R1C3). And Irregular can't be Skyscraper, which you would have deduced from the beginning itself (because of 8 at R4C2). So Irregular goes with Sum Sudoku. Now Disjoint can't be Skyscraper (8 at R2C7) and it can't be Sum Sudoku (9 at R1C2), So Disjoint has to be Odd Sudoku. Attachments ---------------- LMIMT_M201310S_PB_8InonePage.pdf (25KB - 8 downloads)