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cyberx60
Posts: 15
Country : United States | Didn't get the Little Killer done until after time expired, but wow, what a puzzle. I feel like there was only 1 solution path until the very end. |
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cyberx60
Posts: 15
Country : United States | | 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? | Killer Sudoku | | | 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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Sedho
Posts: 18
Country : Philippines | Sedho posted @ 2020-04-04 3:04 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? | Killer Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
My favorite of the set was the Killer, as I am used to pencilling in only when there is 1 possible pair. It took me a while before I noticed that there were unusually many cages with 2 possible pairs of numbers, and only when I started pencilling those in did I begin to make more progress. Overall, a very fun set, even if I found the Little Killer to be quite monstrous. :D |
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pranavmanu
Posts: 55
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? | Little Killer Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
Thank you to Kishore and Akash for a nice test. Little killer burned too much time for me, but the rest were quite smooth.Favourites were Little Killer 1,Little Killer 2 and X sums 2 Enjoyed! |
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margareta456
Posts: 30
Country : Poland | | 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? | Division Sudoku | | | 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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bob
Posts: 59
Country : United States | bob posted @ 2020-04-04 9:32 PM | 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 | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Killer Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth too much or too little | |
Very frustrating set for me. Many "easy" puzzles need a couple of attempts. For me the the 12-point killer was the most fun (and the only harder puzzle I even had time to try ). As always, I shall enjoy these quality puzzles on my own time; I've never quite understood the obsession with speed. |
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Schachus
Posts: 3
Country : Germany | rules for serbian frame 1 seem off in the instruction booklet. Am I right supposing that it should be 2nd and 3rd digit just as in the serbian frame 2 sudoku? Thanks |
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Feadoor
Posts: 22
Country : United Kingdom | Feadoor posted @ 2020-04-05 2:50 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 | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
The Little Killer took almost 30 minutes of solving time - but what a great puzzle! Edited by Feadoor 2020-04-05 2:52 AM
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2020-04-05 10:01 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 | | | 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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kishy72
Posts: 424
Country : India | kishy72 posted @ 2020-04-05 11:19 AM Schachus - 2020-04-04 10:50 PM
rules for serbian frame 1 seem off in the instruction booklet. Am I right supposing that it should be 2nd and 3rd digit just as in the serbian frame 2 sudoku? Thanks
The instructions given in the IB are correct.
i.e., for 6X6 : Row clues are sum of 1st and 2nd digits.Column clues are sum of 2nd & 3rd digits while for 9X9, Row clues are sum of 2nd and 3rd digits and Column clues are sum of 3rd and 4th digits.Hope it's clear now.Good luck !
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aashay
Posts: 47
Country : India | aashay posted @ 2020-04-05 12:48 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? | Little Killer Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
Excellent set of Sudokus, with clear, logical solving paths. Really enjoyed solving this round. I would have finished the set, but kept on inserting the wrong asnwer key for X-Sums, for no apparent reason. Thanks Akash and Kishore for the wonderful sudokus. |
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aashay
Posts: 47
Country : India | aashay posted @ 2020-04-05 12:48 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? | Little Killer Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
Excellent set of Sudokus, with clear, logical solving paths. Really enjoyed solving this round. I would have finished the set, but kept on inserting the wrong asnwer key for X-Sums, for no apparent reason. Thanks Akash and Kishore for the wonderful sudokus. |
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harmeet
Posts: 87
Country : India | harmeet posted @ 2020-04-05 2:01 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? | X Sums Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
Awesome set. Loved all 9x9 variants. Little Killer was daunting. Attempted it after the test. Thanks Aakash and Kishore! |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2020-04-05 2:24 PM | 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? | Average | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Serbian Frame Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Many puzzles were worth too much or too little | |
Before doing the round, I saw a forum fost that started with "frust...". I can see where he is coming from. I broke almost all the 9x9 I attempted multiple times (In fact I only solved one (Serbian sums ) I also took very long on that, but that was on me, I had solved an 8 clue as a 7 clue, and unfortunately after that the puzzle didnt break, but just didnt lead anywhere... ). The 9x9 seemed much harder than all the 6x6 also by point value (there were two 4 point 6x6, that seeemed very quuick anyway and I was stuck for ages on all 9x9 puzzles. ) |
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Schachus
Posts: 3
Country : Germany | kishy72 - 2020-04-05 7:19 AM
Schachus - 2020-04-04 10:50 PM
rules for serbian frame 1 seem off in the instruction booklet. Am I right supposing that it should be 2nd and 3rd digit just as in the serbian frame 2 sudoku? Thanks
The instructions given in the IB are correct.
i.e., for 6X6 : Row clues are sum of 1st and 2nd digits.Column clues are sum of 2nd & 3rd digits while for 9X9, Row clues are sum of 2nd and 3rd digits and Column clues are sum of 3rd and 4th digits.Hope it's clear now.Good luck !
Ay yeah, I misread it, thanks |
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neerajmehrotra
Posts: 329
Country : India | And I did a blunder....by not reading the rules carefully.
Followed 2nd and 3rd cell for rows
Edited by neerajmehrotra 2020-04-05 3:28 PM
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tamz29
Posts: 226
Country : Thailand | tamz29 posted @ 2020-04-06 12:03 PM The 9x9's would be great as stand-alones. Anything harder than the 9x9 Killer (a beautiful construction by the way) might be better off not in the test.
The Little Killer took me 20+ minutes which is nearly 1/3 of the test's duration. I see the points being appropriately adjusted but perhaps too hard for SM?
Very nice grids that didn't feel too math-y. Thanks! |
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Ronaldo
Posts: 13
Country : India | Ronaldo posted @ 2020-04-06 12:56 PM what is the password for instruction sudoku booklet? |
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priyambhushan
Posts: 40
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? | Killer Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
Absolutely wonderful set of puzzles.. thank you for that, Akash and Kishore! My first time attempting online solving and I was hit with a ton of technical last minute issues and ended up doing horribly on this round, but I couldn't help but notice the puzzles themselves were really enjoyable, and just the right amount of difficulty in my opinion! Thanks! |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2020-04-06 4:11 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 | | | 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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Kumaresan R
Posts: 27
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? | Killer Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
silly mistake in killer cost me 12=14 x sum unable to finish in time..i expect 70 but finish with 55...thanks to Akash & Kishore for good quality puzzles..Little killer is very hard puzzle which i took 25min after competition.. |
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jsarwade
Posts: 3
Country : India | i am not able to see sudoku puzzles my adobe flash player is not working what should i do
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Administrator
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Country : India | jsarwade - 2020-04-06 11:15 PM
i am not able to see sudoku puzzles my adobe flash player is not working what should i do
You need to install adobe flash player and take the test. |
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avinash175
Posts: 7
Country : India | | 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 | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Killer Sudoku | | | 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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AnjaliPathak
Posts: 2
| Hello Admin
Can beginners also participate in these tests.. or there is some elimination test for them ? How should we start |
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