Thread - LMI December Sudoku Test

@ 2010-12-21 12:11 PM (#3013 - in reply to #3012) (#3013) Top

purifire

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purifire posted @ 2010-12-21 12:11 PM

akash.doulani - 2010-12-21 12:07 PM

have a question. in the example there are two sudokus given . the numbers in the circle of the first sudoku has to be put in the second sudoku. again , from the second sudoku are the same numbers to be put in the 3rd sudoku or we will get another set of circles from where the numbers will have to be marked to the 3rd sudoku?

Puzzle 2 will have a different set of circled numbers that need to be carried to puzzle 3... otherwise it wont be a relay...since you will simply use circled numbers from puzzle 1 into all subsequent puzzles...

Rishi

@ 2010-12-21 12:14 PM (#3014 - in reply to #3012) (#3014) Top

Minfang Lin

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Minfang Lin posted @ 2010-12-21 12:14 PM

in puzzle #2 have six other circle cells relay to puzzle #3.
all relay cells for next puzzle will marked circle, and from previous puzzle will marked dotted circle.

@ 2010-12-21 12:53 PM (#3015 - in reply to #2998) (#3015) Top

akash.doulani

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akash.doulani posted @ 2010-12-21 12:53 PM

thx

@ 2010-12-21 8:17 PM (#3018 - in reply to #2998) (#3018) Top

neerajmehrotra

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neerajmehrotra posted @ 2010-12-21 8:17 PM

another query....
Will the six digits be all different or can they be repeated.......................
like
123369

@ 2010-12-22 7:51 AM (#3025 - in reply to #2998) (#3025) Top

Minfang Lin

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Minfang Lin posted @ 2010-12-22 7:51 AM

by solving the previous puzzle, you will find if they were repeated. it's not a part of the rule.

@ 2010-12-22 10:00 PM (#3036 - in reply to #3025) (#3036) Top

neerajmehrotra

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neerajmehrotra posted @ 2010-12-22 10:00 PM

thanx..........

@ 2010-12-24 2:29 PM (#3040 - in reply to #3036) (#3040) Top

Administrator

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Administrator posted @ 2010-12-24 2:29 PM

Password protected Sudoku booklet uploaded

@ 2010-12-25 6:04 AM (#3044 - in reply to #2998) (#3044) Top

Administrator

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Administrator posted @ 2010-12-25 6:04 AM

Test has started

@ 2010-12-25 3:39 PM (#3045 - in reply to #2998) (#3045) Top

neerajmehrotra

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neerajmehrotra posted @ 2010-12-25 3:39 PM

finished.....was an excellent set of puzzles....thanx a lot

@ 2010-12-25 5:15 PM (#3046 - in reply to #2998) (#3046) Top

akash.doulani

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akash.doulani posted @ 2010-12-25 5:15 PM

great set of puzzles. i m fully drained out mentally

@ 2010-12-25 7:22 PM (#3050 - in reply to #3044) (#3050) Top

purifire

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purifire posted @ 2010-12-25 7:22 PM

Administrator - 2010-12-25 6:04 AM

Test has started

Beautiful puzzles.... The relay clues were crafted very nicely. The last 2 puzzles were nice and as Akash mentioned... mentally drained... Im still seeing numbers before my eyes ... lol

Thanks a lot TTLC

Rishi

@ 2010-12-26 12:03 AM (#3051 - in reply to #2998) (#3051) Top

macherlakumar

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macherlakumar posted @ 2010-12-26 12:03 AM

Hi,
As soon as I start the test can I solve on screen or is it required to take print out of the puzzles?.
Thanks in advance.

@ 2010-12-26 12:40 AM (#3052 - in reply to #2998) (#3052) Top

ronald

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ronald posted @ 2010-12-26 12:40 AM

I am not sure about the rules - once I find out the 6 circles from sudoku 1,
do I know what circles I should put them into in sudoku 2? Or it can be in any order - I should work this out?

Thanks for your help,
Ronald

@ 2010-12-26 12:44 AM (#3053 - in reply to #3052) (#3053) Top

neerajmehrotra

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neerajmehrotra posted @ 2010-12-26 12:44 AM

ronald - 2010-12-26 12:40 AM

I am not sure about the rules - once I find out the 6 circles from sudoku 1,
do I know what circles I should put them into in sudoku 2? Or it can be in any order - I should work this out?

Thanks for your help,
Ronald

U have to suitably place all the six numbers in the next grid based on sudoku rules.........
It can be in any order.......

@ 2010-12-26 12:46 AM (#3054 - in reply to #3051) (#3054) Top

neerajmehrotra

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neerajmehrotra posted @ 2010-12-26 12:46 AM

macherlakumar - 2010-12-26 12:03 AM

Hi,
As soon as I start the test can I solve on screen or is it required to take print out of the puzzles?.
Thanks in advance.

It is as per your convenience........ It is always better (easy) to solve on paper.....
But you are welcome to solve it on the screen

@ 2010-12-26 2:05 AM (#3055 - in reply to #3054) (#3055) Top

rakesh_rai

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rakesh_rai posted @ 2010-12-26 2:05 AM

Nice set of grids. Inspite of reading the rules, I spent quite some time trying to fit the six numbers from grid 1 into the solid circles of grid 2...before finally realizing that I should be putting them into the dotted ones.

@ 2010-12-26 2:56 AM (#3056 - in reply to #2998) (#3056) Top

DreamRose311

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DreamRose311 posted @ 2010-12-26 2:56 AM

Ugh, I Just finished and realized that I forgot to actually hit 'submit' on any of the puzzles I did!! Gonna really hurt my rating I guess... *sad face* oh well, Thanks for the test!

@ 2010-12-26 11:13 PM (#3058 - in reply to #2998) (#3058) Top

bothrasumit

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bothrasumit posted @ 2010-12-26 11:13 PM

good set of spuzzles... njoyed every bit of it...

@ 2010-12-26 11:15 PM (#3059 - in reply to #3058) (#3059) Top

purifire

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purifire posted @ 2010-12-26 11:15 PM

bothrasumit - 2010-12-26 11:13 PM

good set of spuzzles... njoyed every bit of it...

Wow.... Sumit is Back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rishi

@ 2010-12-27 12:00 AM (#3060 - in reply to #2998) (#3060) Top

bothrasumit

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bothrasumit posted @ 2010-12-27 12:00 AM

thnx Rishi Bhai for the welcome.. but has become a lot rusty.... will have to work harder...

@ 2010-12-27 12:02 AM (#3061 - in reply to #2998) (#3061) Top

bothrasumit

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bothrasumit posted @ 2010-12-27 12:02 AM

when does the results come out???

@ 2010-12-27 12:07 AM (#3062 - in reply to #3060) (#3062) Top

purifire

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purifire posted @ 2010-12-27 12:07 AM

bothrasumit - 2010-12-27 12:00 AM

thnx Rishi Bhai for the welcome.. but has become a lot rusty.... will have to work harder...

Good to have you back bro...

@ 2010-12-27 12:36 AM (#3063 - in reply to #3062) (#3063) Top

detuned

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detuned posted @ 2010-12-27 12:36 AM

Lovely set - much appreciated even playing through the tiredness in the early hours of the morning. Although I do regret not having my wits about me to get through to the very end as I'm sure this was very finishable. I managed to not submit puzzle 4 - but I was wondering about a competition of this type...isn't it almost guaranteed that if a correct solution is posted to a later puzzle (say #10 for example) that correct solutions must have been posted to puzzles #1-9?

@ 2010-12-27 12:39 AM (#3064 - in reply to #3063) (#3064) Top

purifire

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purifire posted @ 2010-12-27 12:39 AM

detuned - 2010-12-27 12:36 AM

Lovely set - much appreciated even playing through the tiredness in the early hours of the morning. Although I do regret not having my wits about me to get through to the very end as I'm sure this was very finishable. I managed to not submit puzzle 4 - but I was wondering about a competition of this type...isn't it almost guaranteed that if a correct solution is posted to a later puzzle (say #10 for example) that correct solutions must have been posted to puzzles #1-9?

Not necessarily Tom.... I mean, the answer key for a puzzle is not the same as the relay numbers being carried forward... I can get all 6 relay cells correct but say if I type in 1( or any other number ) twice in the answer key then the solution for that puzzle gets wrong but my relay carry forward is correct so I can get the next puzzle correct :)

Rishi

@ 2010-12-27 12:46 AM (#3065 - in reply to #3064) (#3065) Top

detuned

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detuned posted @ 2010-12-27 12:46 AM

Ah my point was the puzzles were wonderfully well designed - you had no chance of getting anywhere near the carried forward digits unless you had pretty much finished the puzzle - they really were as good as answer keys in my opinion.

Of course, bear in mind I was very tired whilst taking the test :)


	@ 2010-12-21 12:11 PM (#3013 - in reply to #3012) (#3013) Top
purifire Posts: 460 Country : India	purifire posted @ 2010-12-21 12:11 PM akash.doulani - 2010-12-21 12:07 PM have a question. in the example there are two sudokus given . the numbers in the circle of the first sudoku has to be put in the second sudoku. again , from the second sudoku are the same numbers to be put in the 3rd sudoku or we will get another set of circles from where the numbers will have to be marked to the 3rd sudoku? Puzzle 2 will have a different set of circled numbers that need to be carried to puzzle 3... otherwise it wont be a relay...since you will simply use circled numbers from puzzle 1 into all subsequent puzzles... Rishi
	@ 2010-12-21 12:14 PM (#3014 - in reply to #3012) (#3014) Top
Minfang Lin Posts: 40 Country : China	Minfang Lin posted @ 2010-12-21 12:14 PM in puzzle #2 have six other circle cells relay to puzzle #3. all relay cells for next puzzle will marked circle, and from previous puzzle will marked dotted circle.
	@ 2010-12-21 12:53 PM (#3015 - in reply to #2998) (#3015) Top
akash.doulani Posts: 157 Country : India	akash.doulani posted @ 2010-12-21 12:53 PM thx
	@ 2010-12-21 8:17 PM (#3018 - in reply to #2998) (#3018) Top
neerajmehrotra Posts: 328 Country : India	neerajmehrotra posted @ 2010-12-21 8:17 PM another query.... Will the six digits be all different or can they be repeated....................... like 123369
	@ 2010-12-22 7:51 AM (#3025 - in reply to #2998) (#3025) Top
Minfang Lin Posts: 40 Country : China	Minfang Lin posted @ 2010-12-22 7:51 AM by solving the previous puzzle, you will find if they were repeated. it's not a part of the rule.
	@ 2010-12-22 10:00 PM (#3036 - in reply to #3025) (#3036) Top
neerajmehrotra Posts: 328 Country : India	neerajmehrotra posted @ 2010-12-22 10:00 PM thanx..........
	@ 2010-12-24 2:29 PM (#3040 - in reply to #3036) (#3040) Top
Administrator Country : India	Administrator posted @ 2010-12-24 2:29 PM Password protected Sudoku booklet uploaded
	@ 2010-12-25 6:04 AM (#3044 - in reply to #2998) (#3044) Top
Administrator Country : India	Administrator posted @ 2010-12-25 6:04 AM Test has started
	@ 2010-12-25 3:39 PM (#3045 - in reply to #2998) (#3045) Top
neerajmehrotra Posts: 328 Country : India	neerajmehrotra posted @ 2010-12-25 3:39 PM finished.....was an excellent set of puzzles....thanx a lot
	@ 2010-12-25 5:15 PM (#3046 - in reply to #2998) (#3046) Top
akash.doulani Posts: 157 Country : India	akash.doulani posted @ 2010-12-25 5:15 PM great set of puzzles. i m fully drained out mentally
	@ 2010-12-25 7:22 PM (#3050 - in reply to #3044) (#3050) Top
purifire Posts: 460 Country : India	purifire posted @ 2010-12-25 7:22 PM Administrator - 2010-12-25 6:04 AM Test has started Beautiful puzzles.... The relay clues were crafted very nicely. The last 2 puzzles were nice and as Akash mentioned... mentally drained... Im still seeing numbers before my eyes ... lol Thanks a lot TTLC Rishi
	@ 2010-12-26 12:03 AM (#3051 - in reply to #2998) (#3051) Top
macherlakumar Posts: 123 Country : India	macherlakumar posted @ 2010-12-26 12:03 AM Hi, As soon as I start the test can I solve on screen or is it required to take print out of the puzzles?. Thanks in advance.
	@ 2010-12-26 12:40 AM (#3052 - in reply to #2998) (#3052) Top
ronald Posts: 9 Country : United Kingdom	ronald posted @ 2010-12-26 12:40 AM I am not sure about the rules - once I find out the 6 circles from sudoku 1, do I know what circles I should put them into in sudoku 2? Or it can be in any order - I should work this out? Thanks for your help, Ronald
	@ 2010-12-26 12:44 AM (#3053 - in reply to #3052) (#3053) Top
neerajmehrotra Posts: 328 Country : India	neerajmehrotra posted @ 2010-12-26 12:44 AM ronald - 2010-12-26 12:40 AM I am not sure about the rules - once I find out the 6 circles from sudoku 1, do I know what circles I should put them into in sudoku 2? Or it can be in any order - I should work this out? Thanks for your help, Ronald U have to suitably place all the six numbers in the next grid based on sudoku rules......... It can be in any order.......
	@ 2010-12-26 12:46 AM (#3054 - in reply to #3051) (#3054) Top
neerajmehrotra Posts: 328 Country : India	neerajmehrotra posted @ 2010-12-26 12:46 AM macherlakumar - 2010-12-26 12:03 AM Hi, As soon as I start the test can I solve on screen or is it required to take print out of the puzzles?. Thanks in advance. It is as per your convenience........ It is always better (easy) to solve on paper..... But you are welcome to solve it on the screen
	@ 2010-12-26 2:05 AM (#3055 - in reply to #3054) (#3055) Top
rakesh_rai Posts: 774 Country : India	rakesh_rai posted @ 2010-12-26 2:05 AM Nice set of grids. Inspite of reading the rules, I spent quite some time trying to fit the six numbers from grid 1 into the solid circles of grid 2...before finally realizing that I should be putting them into the dotted ones.
	@ 2010-12-26 2:56 AM (#3056 - in reply to #2998) (#3056) Top
DreamRose311 Posts: 24 Country : United States	DreamRose311 posted @ 2010-12-26 2:56 AM Ugh, I Just finished and realized that I forgot to actually hit 'submit' on any of the puzzles I did!! Gonna really hurt my rating I guess... sad face oh well, Thanks for the test!
	@ 2010-12-26 11:13 PM (#3058 - in reply to #2998) (#3058) Top
bothrasumit Posts: 43 Country : India	bothrasumit posted @ 2010-12-26 11:13 PM good set of spuzzles... njoyed every bit of it...
	@ 2010-12-26 11:15 PM (#3059 - in reply to #3058) (#3059) Top
purifire Posts: 460 Country : India	purifire posted @ 2010-12-26 11:15 PM bothrasumit - 2010-12-26 11:13 PM good set of spuzzles... njoyed every bit of it... Wow.... Sumit is Back!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rishi
	@ 2010-12-27 12:00 AM (#3060 - in reply to #2998) (#3060) Top
bothrasumit Posts: 43 Country : India	bothrasumit posted @ 2010-12-27 12:00 AM thnx Rishi Bhai for the welcome.. but has become a lot rusty.... will have to work harder...
	@ 2010-12-27 12:02 AM (#3061 - in reply to #2998) (#3061) Top
bothrasumit Posts: 43 Country : India	bothrasumit posted @ 2010-12-27 12:02 AM when does the results come out???
	@ 2010-12-27 12:07 AM (#3062 - in reply to #3060) (#3062) Top
purifire Posts: 460 Country : India	purifire posted @ 2010-12-27 12:07 AM bothrasumit - 2010-12-27 12:00 AM thnx Rishi Bhai for the welcome.. but has become a lot rusty.... will have to work harder... Good to have you back bro...
	@ 2010-12-27 12:36 AM (#3063 - in reply to #3062) (#3063) Top
detuned Posts: 152 Country : United Kingdom	detuned posted @ 2010-12-27 12:36 AM Lovely set - much appreciated even playing through the tiredness in the early hours of the morning. Although I do regret not having my wits about me to get through to the very end as I'm sure this was very finishable. I managed to not submit puzzle 4 - but I was wondering about a competition of this type...isn't it almost guaranteed that if a correct solution is posted to a later puzzle (say #10 for example) that correct solutions must have been posted to puzzles #1-9?
	@ 2010-12-27 12:39 AM (#3064 - in reply to #3063) (#3064) Top
purifire Posts: 460 Country : India	purifire posted @ 2010-12-27 12:39 AM detuned - 2010-12-27 12:36 AM Lovely set - much appreciated even playing through the tiredness in the early hours of the morning. Although I do regret not having my wits about me to get through to the very end as I'm sure this was very finishable. I managed to not submit puzzle 4 - but I was wondering about a competition of this type...isn't it almost guaranteed that if a correct solution is posted to a later puzzle (say #10 for example) that correct solutions must have been posted to puzzles #1-9? Not necessarily Tom.... I mean, the answer key for a puzzle is not the same as the relay numbers being carried forward... I can get all 6 relay cells correct but say if I type in 1( or any other number ) twice in the answer key then the solution for that puzzle gets wrong but my relay carry forward is correct so I can get the next puzzle correct :) Rishi
	@ 2010-12-27 12:46 AM (#3065 - in reply to #3064) (#3065) Top
detuned Posts: 152 Country : United Kingdom	detuned posted @ 2010-12-27 12:46 AM Ah my point was the puzzles were wonderfully well designed - you had no chance of getting anywhere near the carried forward digits unless you had pretty much finished the puzzle - they really were as good as answer keys in my opinion. Of course, bear in mind I was very tired whilst taking the test :)