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Posts: 87 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | harmeet posted @ 2016-02-16 2:08 PM Thanks to LMI for hosting the test and especially to Rakesh for guiding throughout. Together we came up with the set, the standard ones were kept reasonably simple to compensate for moderate to difficult variants. I hope all of you have enjoyed solving the sudokus. Congratulations to the winners! It was awesome to see 30 participants solving all 18 within time. The feedback is yet to be analyzed. This was my first attempt as an author and I have learnt a lot from the experience of creating them. My personal favorite was Average 9x9. |
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Posts: 739 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | vopani posted @ 2016-02-16 2:10 PM @Rakesh Good work with the R's ;-) |
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Posts: 739 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | vopani posted @ 2016-02-16 2:23 PM rakesh_rai - 2016-02-16 1:53 PM We have puzzle wise submission data for 6 of the top 10. Based on their timings, Classics should have had 22 points (we had 22), Consecutive should have 15 points (we had 13), Kropki should have had 18 points (we had 19), X sum frame should have had 13 points (we had 12), QuadMax 4Odd 4Even should have had 15 points (we had 18) and Average should have 17 points (we had 16). So, except for QuadMax 4Odd 4Even, the differences were less than 3. Interesting. It might also be worth comparing on grid-size rather than variant. I was one of the players who voted negative on the points distribution. It might be a personal experience, but I struggled on the Average 6x6 (spent 11 minutes), compared to the Kropki 6x6 or X-Sum 6x6, all of which were of equal points. I also found the Average 9x9 (13 points) much harder than Kropki 9x9 or QuadMax 9x9 (both 16 points). Maybe I am just bad at Average :-( |
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Posts: 774 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | rakesh_rai posted @ 2016-02-16 3:08 PM Rohan Rao - 2016-02-16 2:23 PM I'd say, just an average day on average.... Maybe I am just bad at Average :-( |
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Posts: 35 ![]() Country : The Netherlands | Bram28 posted @ 2016-02-17 2:33 AM forcolin - 2016-02-13 4:05 PM The puzzles were all right but the point distribution was rather poor. IMHO for the big kropki 16 points were faaaaaar too many, while the big average with only 13 points was underrated. Huh, I had just the opposite experience: I flew through the Big Average (probably took me less time than the small Average) but couldn't find any opening for the Big Kropki. Thanks to the puzzle makers!! |
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Posts: 102 ![]() Country : United States | ghirsch posted @ 2016-02-17 6:49 AM Does anyone have general tips for kropkis (and kropki sudokus)? I always have a really hard time starting them, and I often just end up having to use trial and error until I find something that works. |
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Posts: 774 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | rakesh_rai posted @ 2016-02-17 7:24 AM If anyone is interested, average 6x6 walkthrough is here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2OFqlbyLKVDWDU2eV84NUprUlE |
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Posts: 774 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | rakesh_rai posted @ 2016-02-17 8:03 AM Solutions are available now. |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | debmohanty posted @ 2016-02-17 9:17 AM Good to know Harmeet has created significant number of Sudokus for this episode. |
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Posts: 739 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | vopani posted @ 2016-02-17 11:15 AM @Rakesh Thanks for the walkthrough. I never got that first '4', probably the reason why I took long. @Harmeet Really nice sudokus as a first-time author. Hope to see more from you in the times to come. |
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Posts: 87 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | harmeet posted @ 2016-02-17 12:03 PM Sure! Will look forward to it. |
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Posts: 542 ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | rajeshk posted @ 2016-02-17 11:25 PM @Rakesh and Harmeet Thanks for this great Sudoku test. All the puzzles were of great quality. I enjoyed all the puzzles. My favorite were Average and Non Consecutive Sudoku. Looking forward for more such puzzles from both of you :) |
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Posts: 87 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | harmeet posted @ 2016-02-18 9:11 AM @Rajesh: Thank you. But there was no Non Consecutive sudoku in the test ;) |
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Posts: 542 ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | rajeshk posted @ 2016-02-18 10:56 AM :) I mean Consecutive Sudoku |