Thanks David for your help and guiding me through the solving technique.. By the way, I failed to understand the rule - it was for all the combinations of consecutive numbers along a row and column; not only for the first 3...Thanks for your explanation..

How well did you like the theme of the contest?	I really liked the theme
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
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	6. Outside Sums
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	7. Max/Min Triplet Sums
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	12. Renban Squeeze

How well did you like the theme of the contest?	I somewhat liked the theme
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
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	9. Thropki
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	14. Arrowhead
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	10. Tight Fit

How well did you like the theme of the contest?	I somewhat liked the theme
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
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	6. Outside Sums
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	13. Triangular Sums
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	9. Thropki

I really liked this test.Normally,I hate Math based variants in sudoku but this test was different.I remember thinking before the test that I would be happy with a score somewhere around 400.I didn't expect 470 in 90 mins(74?!).In the last 16 mins of the test,I really had a go at Thropki(100) but it seemed beyond my reach despite multiple guesses.

I greatly enjoyed solving Outside and Triangular sums both of which had a very systematic solve and I also loved the squeeze variants.

Thanks a lot to David for this wonderful test and to all test solvers. The set was delightful and I had great fun!

I have two questions on triangular sums:
1. Are we sure that we won't split any more cells? I am confused because the rule says triangles cannot touch grid boundary. These already placed ones are far enough not to touch :)
2. May the three numbers around a triangle be same?

Bskbri,

Re: Triangular Sums

All split cells will be indicated before solving.

There is no special rule prohibiting more than one edge of a triangle having the same digit.

How well did you like the theme of the contest?	I really liked the theme
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
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	10. Tight Fit
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	3. Classic
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	6. Outside Sums

How well did you like the theme of the contest?	I somewhat liked the theme
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
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	14. Arrowhead
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	8. Thropki
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	9. Thropki

I am unable to submit Classic-3 solution. The answer key is A - 249516837 and B - 847925316

Sorry, was typing the wrong answer I guess. The key was not allowing me to submit.

Edited by aashay 2016-02-20 10:27 PM

How well did you like the theme of the contest?	I really liked the theme
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
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	5. Anti-Diagonal
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	6. Outside Sums
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	11. Non-Consecutive Squeeze

How well did you like the theme of the contest?	I really liked the theme
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
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	9. Thropki

How well did you like the theme of the contest?	I somewhat liked the theme
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
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	13. Triangular Sums
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	9. Thropki
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	14. Arrowhead

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
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	5. Anti-Diagonal
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	6. Outside Sums
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	4. Trio

How well did you like the theme of the contest?	I really liked the theme
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
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	8. Thropki
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	7. Max/Min Triplet Sums
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	6. Outside Sums

How well did you like the theme of the contest?	I really liked the theme
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
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	5. Anti-Diagonal
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	4. Trio
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	1. Classic

How well did you like the theme of the contest?	I really liked the theme
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
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	11. Non-Consecutive Squeeze
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	12. Renban Squeeze
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	14. Arrowhead

How well did you like the theme of the contest?	I really liked the theme
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
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	14. Arrowhead
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	6. Outside Sums

How well did you like the theme of the contest?	I really liked the theme
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
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	12. Renban Squeeze
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	5. Anti-Diagonal
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	11. Non-Consecutive Squeeze

How well did you like the theme of the contest?	I really liked the theme
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
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	4. Trio
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	5. Anti-Diagonal
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	10. Tight Fit

How well did you like the theme of the contest?	I really liked the theme
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
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	6. Outside Sums
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	5. Anti-Diagonal

Thanks for the great set of puzzles David. The solving path was seamless in the puzzles I attempted. Personally, back to solving puzzles after a brief period of 2-3 months and it was a great experience for me attempting the puzzles. Hope to be active in the upcoming contests.

That was fun :)
Thanks David, some very interesting new variants here.

How well did you like the theme of the contest?	I really liked the theme
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
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	6. Outside Sums
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	11. Non-Consecutive Squeeze
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	14. Arrowhead

How well did you like the theme of the contest?	I really liked the theme
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
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	10. Tight Fit
Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest.	5. Anti-Diagonal

10 minutes witin the time I finished classic-2 sudoku and tried to submit, but the submit button was not enabled.

Deb has invited me to make some comments on the contest. I think it is appropriate to thank Deb for being so willing to host this and the variety of other competitions that LMI encourages. I'd also like to thank my test solvers - Tom Collyer, Robert Vollmert and Yuhei Kusui. They helped me to improve the classic puzzles and keep the difficulty of some of the later puzzles in check.

Thank you to the LMI puzzle community for turning up (especially after my last contest proved so long and difficult). There were difficult puzzles in this set as well but I was delighted to see so many different puzzles receive your accolades for favourite puzzle. Hopefully, not just the best of a bad bunch! My personal favourite was the second Thropki, so I couldn't resist including two of those. I was surprised to find that the Outside Sums was so popular. I know that it didn't require too many pencil marks, so maybe that was the reason.

Congratulations to the intrepid 10 who finished the lot and particularly Hideaki, Tiit and Kota for making the podium places.

Now I can get back to solving for a while.