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

I'm pretty confident that 6x6 Product Sandwich still has no solution. Please look into it

Nice puzzles. But please recheck 6x6 Product Sandwich Sudoku again.

Edited by sinchai4547 2021-04-17 7:42 AM

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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

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 !

What time does the Episode 4 - Math close for participation?

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.

Nice Puzzles Madhav. Very logical puzzles. Classic Puzzles were very enjoyable. Looking forward to seeing more contests by you.

Thank you everyone for your kind comments! Had a lot of fun setting some of these variants.

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.

I am not a Math student so did not expect to solve any variant especially since it was authored by a young Math whiz. I am glad I managed to solve both the Mathrax and the 6by6 equation :). I wasted a lot of time on the 9by9 equation sudoku but kept breaking. The classics were very good. I look forward to solving the other variants at leisure.