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bubbler
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Country : South Korea | bubbler posted @ 2014-10-18 3:42 PM | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | 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 | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
One thing is that Scattered 6x6 felt really hard to me (took lots and lots of time, almost comparable to Scattered or Chain 9x9 ), but other than that this contest was great, especially the idea of Surplus. |
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meowme
Posts: 9
Country : Singapore | meowme posted @ 2014-10-18 3:58 PM Ouch. After not doing sudokus for a few months, I broke the surplus 6x6 and 9x9, chain 9x9, two standard 9x9s and the standard 8x8. The solves were all good, but the toroidal was particularly amusing :) At least I quickly could tell that I didn't break it... |
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rajeshk
Posts: 542
 
Country : India | rajeshk posted @ 2014-10-18 4:11 PM I could not uniquely solve Irregular Sudoku (Small example on Page 4) in IB. It seems to be having multiple solutions (at least more than 4)
Here is one of my alternative solution.
142635
623514
251463
436152
564321
315246
Please do let me know if I am making any mistakes while solving this puzzle?
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Administrator
Posts: 3567
 
Country : India | rajeshk - 2014-10-18 4:11 PM
Please do let me know if I am making any mistakes while solving this puzzle?
Yes. |
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rashmin
Posts: 3
Country : India | rashmin posted @ 2014-10-18 4:58 PM Even to solve offline, I'm not able to login.
In the discussion page, I'm shown as logged in, but when I go to the sudoku page, I cannot find either the login credentials or the password for the competition. Please help!
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rajeshk
Posts: 542
Country : India | rajeshk posted @ 2014-10-18 5:06 PM Administrator - 2014-10-18 4:16 PM
rajeshk - 2014-10-18 4:11 PM
Please do let me know if I am making any mistakes while solving this puzzle?
Yes.
Where : )
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greenhorn
Posts: 164
Country : Slovakia | | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | 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 | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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TiiT
Posts: 139
Country : Estonia | TiiT posted @ 2014-10-18 5:56 PM | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | 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 | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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prasanna16391
Posts: 1884
Country : India | rajeshk - 2014-10-18 4:11 PM
I could not uniquely solve Irregular Sudoku (Small example on Page 4) in IB. It seems to be having multiple solutions (at least more than 4)
Here is one of my alternative solution.
142635
623514
251463
436152
564321
315246
Please do let me know if I am making any mistakes while solving this puzzle?
R1C6 and R2C4 are in the same region and you have two 5s. So there's one mistake. I just solved the puzzle fine. |
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Realshaggy
Posts: 69
Country : Germany | I don't know what happened, but I got into "the flow" and felt like I had my best performance for years. Pure adrenaline. Wow. Thank you for this experience. |
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Administrator
Posts: 3567
Country : India | We have put a restriction on score page - it can be refreshed once in 10 minutes. |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2014-10-18 8:23 PM | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | 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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clement_72
Posts: 2
Country : France | | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | 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 | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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rajeshk
Posts: 542
Country : India | rajeshk posted @ 2014-10-19 2:16 AM prasanna16391 - 2014-10-18 7:59 PM
rajeshk - 2014-10-18 4:11 PM
I could not uniquely solve Irregular Sudoku (Small example on Page 4) in IB. It seems to be having multiple solutions (at least more than 4)
Here is one of my alternative solution.
142635
623514
251463
436152
564321
315246
Please do let me know if I am making any mistakes while solving this puzzle?
R1C6 and R2C4 are in the same region and you have two 5s. So there's one mistake. I just solved the puzzle fine.
Thanks Prasanna, mistake was from my side, I could not proceed logically after putting some number for this Sudoku. Making a guess lead me to different solution and I did not realize that same numbers fall on same regions.
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2014-10-19 2:50 AM | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | 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 | |
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davep
Posts: 43
Country : United States | davep posted @ 2014-10-19 10:31 AM Rohan and Deb - Thanks as always for the time and effort put in to making another enjoyable set of puzzles. I found the surplus challenging, as well as the chain. My favorite was the large toroidal (I liked the BL to TR pattern).Cheers, Dave |
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rakesh_rai
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Country : India | | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | 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 | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
I also found the 13 pointer (surplus 9x9 ) more time-intensive than the 17 pointer (chain 9x9 ). |
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ingmanc
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Country : ITALY | ingmanc posted @ 2014-10-19 3:56 PM | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | 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 | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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rvarun
Posts: 268
Country : India | rvarun posted @ 2014-10-19 4:59 PM | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | 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 | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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margareta456
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Country : Poland | | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | 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 | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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akash.doulani
Posts: 158
Country : India | | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | 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 | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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akash.doulani
Posts: 158
Country : India | i agree with rakesh that surplus sudoku was the tougheest . i also found the 6x6 scattered sudoku tougher than the 9x9 scattered sudoku. i goofed up the chain sudoku , else i would definitely be getting bonus points as i still had 5 minutes even after messing up the chain sudoku and submitting the rest of the answers. |
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kishy72
Posts: 422
Country : India | kishy72 posted @ 2014-10-19 8:23 PM | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | 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 | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
Another SM episode with a brilliant set of sudokus.My favourites of the lot were Scattered (10 ) wherein I admired the way the scattered cells were constricted within the middle 3 columns which in turn forced a lot of quick deductions and the Ir-regular (11 ) My entire solve duration of 67 minutes was split into 3 sessions.The first session was consumed by the chain sudoku (3 pointer )for 7 minutes.The next session ,where to shrug off the poor start, I increased the pace without worrying about accuracy and completed the rest except the chain (17 points )without any errors by 54 mintues and the final session where after submitting the answers of the middle lot during which I took a bit of breather, I focussed intensely on the last chain assuming it to be very difficult.It was indeed difficult and consumed close to 15 minutes but had a very lovely solving path. Just like the others,I too found the smaller pointers a bit more venomous than their worth.For instance the scattered and the surplus lower pointers were hard to solve for me. The test itself was excellent ,taillored well to fit the 90 minute slot.I had great fun solving the puzzles. Thanks a lot Rohan Rao aka R^3!! for a beautiful test. :-p |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2014-10-19 8:37 PM | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | 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 | |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2014-10-19 9:21 PM | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | 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 | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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