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Country : India | Updated Instruction Booklet
An updated version of the Instruction Booklet is now available at the contest page.
Changes:
1) Points table updated
2) Typo removed from page 2
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Country : India | Start Time
The contest will start at 11:00 pm today, and will run up to Thursday (22nd April).
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Timjamiller
Posts: 54
Country : United States | In the points table, the Equations line appears to be missing a "1". |
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Country : India | Timjamiller - 2021-04-16 10:07 PM
In the points table, the Equations line appears to be missing a "1". This is fixed now. |
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auroux
Posts: 145
Country : France | auroux posted @ 2021-04-17 12:55 AM Either I'm broken or this test is... but in at least one instance the instant grading insists a valid solution is false, while the final results table says it's correct. Another problem seems to have no valid solution, or I'm making a reasoning error (which is entirely possible, given how distracted I got about the correct grid being marked false). |
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Country : India | Puzzle Booklet Updated to fix error
There was an incorrect clue in some puzzles. The Puzzle booklet has been changed at 1:45 AM (17th April). Please re-download the booklet even if you have already done earlier.
The solvers who started early and met with the incorrect grids (Partial Killer 9x9, and Product Sandwich 6x6) can send a private message to Administrator for a resolution. We will see if anything can be done.
Sincere apologies for the inconvenience caused.
Update: Product Sandwich 6x6 still broken. You will be unable to start the contest for now while the issue is addressed.
Update: fixed.
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auroux
Posts: 145
Country : France | auroux posted @ 2021-04-17 2:23 AM Ah... now I know why the 30+ minutes I spent on the 9x9 partial killer made no sense...
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Francwe
Posts: 3
Country : France | Francwe posted @ 2021-04-17 5:30 AM I think the Puzzle booklet is still the wrong one. In the property of the pdf, the creation date is 16/4/21 22:13:38 |
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EctoPlasma
Posts: 23
Country : Japan | I'm pretty confident that 6x6 Product Sandwich still has no solution. Please look into it |
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sinchai4547
Posts: 12
Country : Thailand | Nice puzzles. But please recheck 6x6 Product Sandwich Sudoku again.
Edited by sinchai4547 2021-04-17 7:42 AM
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prasanna16391
Posts: 1801
Country : India | To those who have completed the contest - ignore the fact that I've submitted the broken puzzle, I did it once I was sure its broken, so that I could end the test and postpone start time so that Rakesh can look into it before more people encounter the error. |
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Country : India | New PB uploaded
A new PB has been uploaded.
This test will not be considered for ratings, and will not be used for SM rankings also. The test starts again.
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swaroop2011
Posts: 668
Country : India | Wonderful set of puzzles. Unfortunate I couldn't finish the test, but Math is my weak type which I have been trying to improve slowly. Considering I left out only one puzzle, I am happy with the performance. I liked that Classics were more approachable compared to previous SM rounds. I could finish all of those in last 8-10 minutes.
Great work Madhav. Excited to see more contests authored by you in the future.
My favourite: 1) Mathrax 9x9 2) Product Sandwich 9x9 3) Partial Killer 6x6 in no particular order. Wonderful logic.
Thanks to LMI and testers as well. |
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arna
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Country : France | arna posted @ 2021-04-18 3:56 AM Thanks a lot for this set of puzzles. Like swaroop2011 I liked the classics because they were more approachable than the March's round.
I have to say I did not understand at all the Sandwich product 6x6 with only numbers from 1 to 5 outside of the grid. If someone can explain me, I would be gladful, thanks a lot. |
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bakpao
Posts: 15
Country : The Netherlands | bakpao posted @ 2021-04-18 6:04 PM I echo Swaroop's comments, math is by far my weakest type but I'm really glad to have gotten through most of the puzzles. A bit bummed I lost perfect completion on all rounds, but if there was going to be a round to break the streak, it was always going to be math :-).
Liked the set a lot, always enjoy Madhav's puzzles! 9x9 mathrax was a wonderful puzzle. |
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Kumaresan R
Posts: 27
Country : India | Very nice puzzle.i feel slightly tough in equation but went well with matrax killer and of course product sandwich. I done mistake in X sum.Thanks to madhav and rakesh for good contest. |
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kheti
Posts: 30
Country : India | kheti posted @ 2021-04-19 6:53 PM Very nice set of puzzles. I was stuck with the 9*9 Partial Killer and had to use Phistomefel's ring theory to solve it in my spare time. Was that the desired solve path or was I overcomplicating things? |
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paramgoswami
Posts: 1
Country : India | I dont think so phistomefel is required.. i just saw that box 7 needed 1 and 2 outside of the 17 and 25 cages, and 1 cant be in the 19 cage. then i used the same in box 1 and got 2 and 3 out of cages. I started like this
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kishy72
Posts: 419
Country : India | kishy72 posted @ 2021-04-20 11:04 PM Thanks Madhav Sankaranarayanan for a very fun set. It was a nice challenge to get through all the sudokus. Mathrax took a lot of time for me but had a nice solve path.
Favourites are Product sandwich (9x9) and X Sums (9x9). Hope to see more contests authored by you in future. Well done ! |
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saumyaas
Posts: 1
Country : India | What time does the Episode 4 - Math close for participation? |
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Madmahogany
Posts: 10
Country : India | Hi!
The killer doesn't require the implementation of Phistomefel's ring. The intended beginning involves inclusion-exclusion counting of the boxes 1,4 and 7, and the rest is fairly straightforward killer combinations. Hope this helps.
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rajeshk
Posts: 542
Country : India | rajeshk posted @ 2021-04-22 8:41 PM Nice Puzzles Madhav. Very logical puzzles. Classic Puzzles were very enjoyable. Looking forward to seeing more contests by you.
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Madmahogany
Posts: 10
Country : India | Thank you everyone for your kind comments! Had a lot of fun setting some of these variants. |
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Administrator
Country : India | Thanks to the 342 participants.
Thanks to Madhav Sankaranarayanan for some innovative puzzles in this round!
Those who missed taking part in this test can still take this test unofficially.
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