@ 2020-06-06 8:41 AM (#28306 - in reply to #28252) (#28306) Top | |||||||||||||
Posts: 65 Country : United States | WA1729 posted @ 2020-06-06 8:41 AM
Closest I've ever been to getting bonus on a SM test. I'll get it someday! Favorites: Linked Sudoku 1 Overlapping Sudoku 2 Renban-Palindrome 2 | ||||||||||||
@ 2020-06-06 1:24 PM (#28307 - in reply to #28252) (#28307) Top | |||||||||||||
Posts: 1 Country : India | ankitcom posted @ 2020-06-06 1:24 PM If the time gets over, are the submitted solutions automatically posted? I was not able to click on 'Submit All Answers' as it said time is over. | ||||||||||||
@ 2020-06-06 1:52 PM (#28308 - in reply to #28252) (#28308) Top | |||||||||||||
Posts: 25 Country : United Kingdom | Puzzle_Maestro posted @ 2020-06-06 1:52 PM
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@ 2020-06-06 4:59 PM (#28309 - in reply to #28252) (#28309) Top | |||||||||||||
Posts: 739 Country : India | vopani posted @ 2020-06-06 4:59 PM
Too hard won't suit this set in any way so I must thank Kumaresan for the fantastic set of sudokus to end the SM season of the year. Favourites: 9x9 Renban-Palindrome, 6x6 Killer-LittleKiller, 9x9 Overlapping Its nice to see the variant-split hybrid type continuing after it was first seen in Kumaresan's wonderful ASC round. | ||||||||||||
@ 2020-06-06 6:59 PM (#28310 - in reply to #28252) (#28310) Top | |||||||||||||
An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2020-06-06 6:59 PM
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@ 2020-06-06 11:20 PM (#28312 - in reply to #28252) (#28312) Top | |||||||||||||
An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2020-06-06 11:20 PM
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@ 2020-06-07 12:44 AM (#28313 - in reply to #28252) (#28313) Top | |||||||||||||
An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2020-06-07 12:44 AM
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@ 2020-06-07 2:12 AM (#28314 - in reply to #28252) (#28314) Top | |||||||||||||
Posts: 17 Country : Poland | udoroh posted @ 2020-06-07 2:12 AM
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@ 2020-06-07 1:25 PM (#28315 - in reply to #28252) (#28315) Top | |||||||||||||
Posts: 139 Country : Estonia | TiiT posted @ 2020-06-07 1:25 PM
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@ 2020-06-07 3:03 PM (#28316 - in reply to #28252) (#28316) Top | |||||||||||||
Posts: 55 Country : India | pranavmanu posted @ 2020-06-07 3:03 PM
Excellent test. Perfect difficulty level. Really enjoyed it. Favourites were Renban Palindrome 2 and Linked 2. Killer Little Killer set burned up my time, so have to settle for a below average score. I felt the Renban Palindrome could have been 14 points and the KLK could have been 18 instead. Thank You, Kumaresan sir! | ||||||||||||
@ 2020-06-07 4:01 PM (#28317 - in reply to #28252) (#28317) Top | |||||||||||||
An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2020-06-07 4:01 PM
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@ 2020-06-08 3:00 AM (#28318 - in reply to #28252) (#28318) Top | |||||||||||||
Posts: 59 Country : United States | bob posted @ 2020-06-08 3:00 AM
Mu usual comments--truly excellent logical puzzles but no where near enough time for me. Of the puzzles I had time for I enjoyed the linked sudokus best. I had never seen that type before. The last puzzle I tried was the small killer/little killer which seemed really hard. | ||||||||||||
@ 2020-06-08 3:41 AM (#28319 - in reply to #28252) (#28319) Top | |||||||||||||
An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2020-06-08 3:41 AM
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@ 2020-06-08 4:31 AM (#28320 - in reply to #28252) (#28320) Top | |||||||||||||
An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2020-06-08 4:31 AM
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@ 2020-06-08 9:47 AM (#28321 - in reply to #28252) (#28321) Top | |||||||||||||
Posts: 87 Country : India | harmeet posted @ 2020-06-08 9:47 AM
Thanks for this very interesting set Kumaresan! Really enjoyed solving them. killer-little 9x9 was an amazing creation. Spent a good amount of time during the contest but left it. Other favourites were renban-palindrome 9x9, and overlapping 9x9. | ||||||||||||
@ 2020-06-08 10:52 AM (#28322 - in reply to #28252) (#28322) Top | |||||||||||||
Posts: 5 Country : India | Chandrashekhar posted @ 2020-06-08 10:52 AM
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@ 2020-06-08 7:28 PM (#28323 - in reply to #28252) (#28323) Top | |||||||||||||
Posts: 5 Country : India | Venkatachalam V posted @ 2020-06-08 7:28 PM
Very nice set of puzzles. I felt the points given to classic sudoku depending on the difficulty was really accurate. I solved overlap after completing the round. Great construction. I was expecting a similar overlap which was mentioned in IB. This is tbe first time I saw this kind of overlap and really enjoyed it when I solved. Should have tried it in normal time. | ||||||||||||
@ 2020-06-09 12:27 PM (#28324 - in reply to #28252) (#28324) Top | |||||||||||||
Posts: 46 Country : India | aashay posted @ 2020-06-09 12:27 PM
A well-balanced set with the right mix of hard and easy Sudokus. I found the Killer-Little Killer hybrid tougher than the Renban-Palindrome one. Thanks Kumaresan for the wonderful set! | ||||||||||||
@ 2020-06-09 5:21 PM (#28325 - in reply to #28252) (#28325) Top | |||||||||||||
Posts: 225 Country : Thailand | tamz29 posted @ 2020-06-09 5:21 PM Thanks for a test. Somehow I found the 4-point classics harder than the 8-point classics. The Linked portion was very nice, I thought the Overlap 2 was probably undervalued because there was so much to fill in. The Hybrids were really fun. The 50/50 nature of the Renban/Palindrome made it really prone to guessing. So I agree with a lot of comments that the Little Killer/Killer was harder - because it is difficult to bifurcate around such a wide open grid. Nonetheless, the 9x9 Little Killer/Killer was beautiful and I'm glad to have found what I think is the intended solution path. I would like to extend further thanks and congratulations to LMI and the authors who ran this year's SM. Looking forward to future years. | ||||||||||||
@ 2020-06-09 8:08 PM (#28326 - in reply to #28252) (#28326) Top | |||||||||||||
Posts: 419 Country : India | kishy72 posted @ 2020-06-09 8:08 PM
Extremely elated to have finished SM on a positive note. For some reason, I decided to start with the Killer Little Killer (after finishing the 6x6 KLK) and could't get the logical start for about 14 minutes.I stopped it and decided not to 'risk' at this point to go to the Renban Palindrome and waste more time. Instead, I hungrily lapped all other points available from rest of the sudokus. At the end, I had 30 minutes to get LK(14) and both the RP. Another hard look for about 4 minutes yielded nothing in the KLK. I went to the RP and finished the 6X6 with ease.With the clock ticking down, I decided to guess,if needed, very early in Renban palindrome and after 2 guesses and contradictions, I got the logical flow and finished it. KLK seemed insurmountable until I saw the absolutely devilish piece of logic involving 12 in Boxes 7&8. Even after that, the sudoku wasn't budging and I guessed,got a contradiction and moved on with the logical possibility and finished. To sum up, this round was a rugged ride and anything but smooth but I enjoyed solving the set very much.Will be trying out both KLK and RP later to find the logical paths. Thanks to Kumaresan for a beautfiful hybrid round with absolutely fantastic & handcrafted solvepaths and to Rakesh who has been the pillar for organizing SM and PR rounds !! | ||||||||||||
@ 2020-06-10 8:16 PM (#28327 - in reply to #28252) (#28327) Top | |||||||||||||
Posts: 542 Country : India | rajeshk posted @ 2020-06-10 8:16 PM
It was great test. I could not solve Killer-Little Killer during the test. I solved it off line and enjoyed it. It was very logical and nicely constructed Sudoku which makes it my favorite in this test. | ||||||||||||
@ 2020-06-10 10:29 PM (#28331 - in reply to #28252) (#28331) Top | |||||||||||||
Posts: 329 Country : India | neerajmehrotra posted @ 2020-06-10 10:29 PM Nice set of Sudokus. It was fun solving. LKL (9x9) was too tough..........should have been assigned more points. I had made a claim on 6x6 Killer-Little Killer. When can I expect the result of that??? | ||||||||||||
@ 2020-06-10 11:15 PM (#28332 - in reply to #28252) (#28332) Top | |||||||||||||
Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2020-06-10 11:15 PM neerajmehrotra - 2020-06-10 10:29 PM It was resolved at 10:50 pm todayI had made a claim on 6x6 Killer-Little Killer. When can I expect the result of that??? | ||||||||||||
@ 2020-06-11 8:47 AM (#28333 - in reply to #28252) (#28333) Top | |||||||||||||
Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2020-06-11 8:47 AM Congratulations to Prasanna Seshadri, Tiit Vunk and Kota Morinishi for taking the top three places. Thanks to the 304 participants from 39 countries. Shambo Debnath (India) was the first to start the test and Jhonny Cruz (Peru) was the last person to start the test. 30 participants completed the set within the allotted time, and 283 participants (93.09%) scored non-zero points. The median score of the test was 52. Top 3 for countries with 10+ participants: India(104): Rohan Rao, Kishore Kumar and Pranav Kamesh (2nd-4th) Japan(21): Takuya Sugimoto, Hideaki Jo and Endo Ken (2nd-4th) USA (19): Walker Anderson, Jenna Rivet and Todd Geldon Italy(18): Chiara Nuzio, Giullia Cossutti and Laura Tarchetti France (14): Timothy Doyle, Anne Limoges and Yannick Meyapin Germany(12): Michael Ley, Robert Vollmert and Martin Merker Poland(12): Tomasz Strozak, Anna Wasowska and Judyta Stepaniuk Slovakia (10): Jaroslav Grajciar, Veronika Kolvekova and Natalia Chanova Thanks R Kumaresan for the sudokus! Participants may share feedback on the results page and rate the puzzles on the contest page. | ||||||||||||
@ 2020-06-11 11:14 AM (#28335 - in reply to #28252) (#28335) Top | |||||||||||||
An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2020-06-11 11:14 AM
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