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Country : India | Contest Extension
The Contest is extended by 24 hours and will now end at 2359 hours IST on 25th September.
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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? | Equal Sum Lines Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
Great set of sudokus, enjoyed this contest greatly! especially loved the equal sum lines, kid sudoku and odd even bridge, all of which I tried for the first time.
Thanks Rakesh! Edited by priyambhushan 2019-09-24 9:41 PM
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rakesh_rai
Posts: 774
Country : India | Sedho - 2019-09-21 9:22 AM
Feedback page asks for 3 favorite puzzles, but the choices are about whether the puzzles were worth the right amount, so I'll answer here instead:
3 favorite puzzles: Little Killer, X-Sums, Odd-Even Bridge
That question on the feedback page can be ignored as mentioned earlier in the thread. Thanks Sedho! |
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rakesh_rai
Posts: 774
Country : India | aashay - 2019-09-21 12:10 PM
Thanks Rakesh for a refreshing set of Sudokus. Really enjoyed solving them. I was a bit patchy and messed up Killer multiple times, but the overall quality of Sudokus was quite good.
Thanks Aashay! You started very well actually but hit a roadblock somewhere - either the killer or the slightly unfamiliar variants. |
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rakesh_rai
Posts: 774
Country : India | kishy72 - 2019-09-21 8:18 PM
Great set of sudokus Rakesh ! I thoroughly enjoyed the contest and it was hard to choose a favourite amongst these.However, if I were to pick a few, LK, X-Sums and Equal sum Lines would top the list in that order.
The sudokus were very nicely constructed and were clean as a whistle.I was mostly concerned about Kid sudoku as I haven't seen this type much before in the past.Fortunately, I got through that rather fast after getting the idea.I had major hiccups in Rhombus and Diagonal towards the end but thankfully I didn't break those.
Thanks a lot for the contest !
Thanks Kishore! Kid sudoku clues were kept simple with the only catch being that those rows/columns were blank. Otherwise, it was easy to deduce the different combinations to make 99999. |
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rakesh_rai
Posts: 774
Country : India | harmeet - 2019-09-23 10:40 PM
Beautiful set of puzzles. Loved x-sum, kid, and unique sums. Broke renban and got overwhelmed with rhombus during the test.
Thanks Harmeet! Unfortunate that you were not able to complete Renban and Rhombus within the contest duration. |
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rakesh_rai
Posts: 774
Country : India | priyambhushan - 2019-09-24 9:37 PM
Great set of sudokus, enjoyed this contest greatly! especially loved the equal sum lines, kid sudoku and odd even bridge, all of which I tried for the first time.
Thanks Rakesh! Thanks Priyam! Glad you enjoyed the contest. |
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mstang
Posts: 74
Country : United States | mstang posted @ 2019-09-25 2:47 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? | Little Killer Sudoku | |
Loved the Little Killer and Kid sudokus. Thanks for a very nice contest! |
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aashay
Posts: 46
Country : India | aashay posted @ 2019-09-25 11:06 AM Yeah, I broke the Killer 4 times, which ruined my contest, leaving me little time to attempt the unfamiliar variants, which I had left for the end. |
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rakesh_rai
Posts: 774
Country : India | Thanks to all 148 participants!
Congratulations to all winners, especially all participants who scored above 80. No surprises in the top 5 - Kota Morinishi, Seungjae Kwak, Hideaki Jo, Endo Ken and Michael Ley.
It was a challenging test - with some easy ones to start, some unfamiliar variants and some moderate to tough grids in the end. Also, special mention for Vijaya, Ritaban, Priyam, Aashay, Swaroop and Gaurav who were able to solve 10+ grids during the contest.
Rhombus and Equal Sum Lines were the least solved variants and Mini and Classic were obviously the most solved ones.
Hope you enjoyed the contest. And good luck to everyone for the upcoming WSC! |
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zorko
Posts: 11
Country : Bulgaria | zorko posted @ 2019-09-26 7:14 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? | Odd Even Bridge Sudoku | |
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vjain9
Posts: 44
Country : India | vjain9 posted @ 2019-09-28 6:35 PM Great work Rakesh ! loved the variants .... ( did solve the IB ones at leisure) . Just wondering what the title was all about ? PENTAKAIDECA ( I must be missing something ! ) ? |
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rakesh_rai
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Country : India | vjain9 - 2019-09-28 6:35 PM
Great work Rakesh ! loved the variants .... ( did solve the IB ones at leisure) . Just wondering what the title was all about ? PENTAKAIDECA ( I must be missing something ! ) ?
Pentakaideca = "a fifteen sided polygon" - If you look at the contest image, it is a fifteen sided polygon, loosely representing fifteen sudokus in this contest. |
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vjain9
Posts: 44
Country : India | vjain9 posted @ 2019-10-01 10:43 PM Interesting ! |
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rajeshk
Posts: 542
Country : India | rajeshk posted @ 2019-10-07 8:17 PM When the Sudoku rating will be updated based upon this test?
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vjain9
Posts: 44
Country : India | vjain9 posted @ 2019-10-09 2:33 PM Rakesh, The solution booklet please ! |
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