Thread - Double Delight - LMI February Sudoku Test

@ 2011-02-13 1:24 AM (#3454 - in reply to #3357) (#3454) Top

motris

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motris posted @ 2011-02-13 1:24 AM

I have two instant reactions to this test. First, absolutely incredible puzzles, beautifully constructed and amongst the best I've ever solved. Phenomenal job Rishi. Second, I'm kicking myself for answer entry problems which spoiled a much better score. Not the fault of the new entry mechanism. Just bad transcription from paper.

@ 2011-02-13 1:26 AM (#3455 - in reply to #3454) (#3455) Top

purifire

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purifire posted @ 2011-02-13 1:26 AM

motris - 2011-02-13 1:24 AM

I have two instant reactions to this test. First, absolutely incredible puzzles, beautifully constructed and amongst the best I've ever solved. Phenomenal job Rishi. Second, I'm kicking myself for answer entry problems which spoiled a much better score. Not the fault of the new entry mechanism. Just bad transcription from paper.

Thanks a lot Thomas... Means a lot coming from you.... and yes... I was awake keenly watching you solve... Your timing was not far off from my estimate.... then I saw the entry typo... was sitting here hoping you notice it and you eventually did ... Great job once again Thomas..

Rishi

@ 2011-02-13 9:34 AM (#3457 - in reply to #3357) (#3457) Top

septen

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septen posted @ 2011-02-13 9:34 AM

Great puzzle! I submitted the test and got a response with the time submitted... But when I click for the results, I get:
"Results will be displayed after 02/14/2011 05:29:59 AM IST or after you complete the test (whichever is earlier)."

@ 2011-02-13 9:52 AM (#3458 - in reply to #3457) (#3458) Top

purifire

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purifire posted @ 2011-02-13 9:52 AM

septen - 2011-02-13 9:34 AM

Great puzzle! I submitted the test and got a response with the time submitted... But when I click for the results, I get:
"Results will be displayed after 02/14/2011 05:29:59 AM IST or after you complete the test (whichever is earlier)."

I dont see your name in the starters list Septen..

@ 2011-02-13 9:58 AM (#3459 - in reply to #3457) (#3459) Top

Administrator

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Administrator posted @ 2011-02-13 9:58 AM

As Rishi mentioned, you haven't started the test. From the database, I found that you've solved and submitted the 'Example' puzzle.

You need to login and start the test to see the actual puzzles
After you complete the test, you should be able to see your score and others' too.

@ 2011-02-13 10:33 AM (#3460 - in reply to #3357) (#3460) Top

harmeet

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harmeet posted @ 2011-02-13 10:33 AM

Excellent puzzles Rishi, doubly delighted!

@ 2011-02-13 10:37 AM (#3461 - in reply to #3460) (#3461) Top

purifire

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purifire posted @ 2011-02-13 10:37 AM

harmeet - 2011-02-13 10:33 AM

Excellent puzzles Rishi, doubly delighted!

Thanks Harmeet... You did good on the test too :)

Rishi

@ 2011-02-13 11:31 AM (#3463 - in reply to #3357) (#3463) Top

radekivv

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radekivv posted @ 2011-02-13 11:31 AM

Very nice puzzles, Rishi

. I enjoyed all those that I already solved very much and will definitely finish the remaining ones.

@ 2011-02-13 12:31 PM (#3464 - in reply to #3463) (#3464) Top

purifire

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purifire posted @ 2011-02-13 12:31 PM

radekivv - 2011-02-13 11:31 AM

Very nice puzzles, Rishi

. I enjoyed all those that I already solved very much and will definitely finish the remaining ones.

Thanks Radekivv.... I am glad you enjoyed them :)

Rishi

@ 2011-02-13 12:54 PM (#3465 - in reply to #3464) (#3465) Top

rakesh_rai

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rakesh_rai posted @ 2011-02-13 12:54 PM

Rishi: Thanks for the nice test. The grids were well prepared and were quite delightful indeed. I especially enjoyed solving the last one.

@ 2011-02-13 1:00 PM (#3466 - in reply to #3465) (#3466) Top

purifire

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purifire posted @ 2011-02-13 1:00 PM

rakesh_rai - 2011-02-13 12:54 PM

Rishi: Thanks for the nice test. The grids were well prepared and were quite delightful indeed. I especially enjoyed solving the last one.

Thanks Rakesh... I am glad you liked them.

Rishi

@ 2011-02-13 2:16 PM (#3468 - in reply to #3357) (#3468) Top

WaterlooMathie

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WaterlooMathie posted @ 2011-02-13 2:16 PM

The grids were well designed and I hope my time holds up.

@ 2011-02-13 2:33 PM (#3469 - in reply to #3468) (#3469) Top

purifire

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purifire posted @ 2011-02-13 2:33 PM

WaterlooMathie - 2011-02-13 2:16 PM

The grids were well designed and I hope my time holds up.

Thanks Waterloo... I hope your time holds up too. :)

Rishi

@ 2011-02-13 4:16 PM (#3471 - in reply to #3459) (#3471) Top

septen

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septen posted @ 2011-02-13 4:16 PM

Administrator - 2011-02-13 9:58 AM

That's embarasing - but solving the example was also fun. I have started it. Thanks, Admin!

@ 2011-02-13 4:19 PM (#3472 - in reply to #3458) (#3472) Top

septen

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septen posted @ 2011-02-13 4:19 PM

purifire - 2011-02-13 9:52 AM

I dont see your name in the starters list Septen..

Thanks, Rishi. I was thrilled on having solved the example and submitting it, as the Admin pointed out.

@ 2011-02-13 4:56 PM (#3473 - in reply to #3458) (#3473) Top

purifire

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purifire posted @ 2011-02-13 4:56 PM

septen - 2011-02-13 4:13 PM

Thanks, Rishi. I was thrilled on having solved the example and submitting it, as the Admin pointed out.

thats all right... it happens to most of us :)

@ 2011-02-13 5:19 PM (#3474 - in reply to #3473) (#3474) Top

Fred76

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Fred76 posted @ 2011-02-13 5:19 PM

Very nice grids, Rishi

!

I completely failed the tournament

. I got stuck for a very long time on a single grid, finishing it by finding a mistake, and after that I knew I would not do a good result and was a bit demotivated, so I made a few more grids but very slowly.

I returned several hours later to the grids that I had not solved, so now I can say there are top-quality grids

Hope to do better next time...

Fred

@ 2011-02-13 5:23 PM (#3475 - in reply to #3474) (#3475) Top

purifire

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purifire posted @ 2011-02-13 5:23 PM

Fred76 - 2011-02-13 5:19 PM

Very nice grids, Rishi

!

I completely failed the tournament

Hope to do better next time...

Fred

Thanks Fred....we are used to better performances from you and we hope to see you bounce back... :)

Rishi

@ 2011-02-13 11:24 PM (#3478 - in reply to #3475) (#3478) Top

Calavera

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Calavera posted @ 2011-02-13 11:24 PM

I'm not sure if I've understood the text boxes correctly. I couldn't find the information anywhere if I should enter two columns, two rows or one of each. So I decided to always enter two rows and now hope that was correct...

Edit: Not to speak of the time it took me to search for this information as I expected some arrows or other marks beside the diagram to tell me which rows/columns to enter.

Edit2: Looking at my score it was definitely meant in some other way...

Edited by Calavera 2011-02-13 11:28 PM

@ 2011-02-13 11:29 PM (#3479 - in reply to #3478) (#3479) Top

purifire

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purifire posted @ 2011-02-13 11:29 PM

Calavera - 2011-02-13 11:24 PM

I'm not sure if I've understood the text boxes correctly. I couldn't find the information anywhere if I should enter two columns, two rows or one of each. So I decided to always enter two rows and now hope that was correct...

Edit: Not to speak of the time it took me to search for this information as I expected some arrows or other marks beside the diagram to tell me which rows/columns to enter.

Calavera, in the grid that is shown online, you will find a button "show cells to fill". Once you click that, the grid will highlight which row, column needs to be filled.

Rishi

@ 2011-02-13 11:35 PM (#3480 - in reply to #3479) (#3480) Top

Calavera

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Calavera posted @ 2011-02-13 11:35 PM

purifire - 2011-02-13 7:29 PM
Calavera, in the grid that is shown online, you will find a button "show cells to fill". Once you click that, the grid will highlight which row, column needs to be filled.

Rishi

Oh well... I somehow thought this might be used to warn me about unfilled cells. At least I'll know next time :-/. Apart from that I liked the contest.

Edited by Calavera 2011-02-13 11:35 PM

@ 2011-02-13 11:46 PM (#3481 - in reply to #3357) (#3481) Top

bothrasumit

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bothrasumit posted @ 2011-02-13 11:46 PM

Good set of puzzles... good interplay between the basic variants to give double delight to the participants...
got completely stuck in the last one and my greed dint let me try the ones with the lesser points... so couldn't score well...

@ 2011-02-13 11:48 PM (#3482 - in reply to #3481) (#3482) Top

purifire

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purifire posted @ 2011-02-13 11:48 PM

bothrasumit - 2011-02-13 11:46 PM

Good set of puzzles... good interplay between the basic variants to give double delight to the participants...
got completely stuck in the last one and my greed dint let me try the ones with the lesser points... so couldn't score well...

Thanks Sumit.... Good to see you back on a regular basis :)

Rishi

@ 2011-02-14 4:56 AM (#3483 - in reply to #3357) (#3483) Top

kng

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kng posted @ 2011-02-14 4:56 AM

I am not able to login. Get Invalid Username and password message.

@ 2011-02-14 6:36 AM (#3484 - in reply to #3357) (#3484) Top

purifire

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purifire posted @ 2011-02-14 6:36 AM

The test is over and the Results are out. The results can be viewed here.

Congratulations to WaterlooMathie, Thomas Snyder(motris) and Jaku111 for taking the 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions respectively. After a long time we have seen someone Overtake Thomas for the First position. Great Show WaterlooMathie. :)

Thanks to all of you for taking time out to participate.

Rishi Puri


	@ 2011-02-13 1:24 AM (#3454 - in reply to #3357) (#3454) Top
motris Posts: 199 Country : United States	motris posted @ 2011-02-13 1:24 AM I have two instant reactions to this test. First, absolutely incredible puzzles, beautifully constructed and amongst the best I've ever solved. Phenomenal job Rishi. Second, I'm kicking myself for answer entry problems which spoiled a much better score. Not the fault of the new entry mechanism. Just bad transcription from paper.
	@ 2011-02-13 1:26 AM (#3455 - in reply to #3454) (#3455) Top
purifire Posts: 460 Country : India	purifire posted @ 2011-02-13 1:26 AM motris - 2011-02-13 1:24 AM I have two instant reactions to this test. First, absolutely incredible puzzles, beautifully constructed and amongst the best I've ever solved. Phenomenal job Rishi. Second, I'm kicking myself for answer entry problems which spoiled a much better score. Not the fault of the new entry mechanism. Just bad transcription from paper. Thanks a lot Thomas... Means a lot coming from you.... and yes... I was awake keenly watching you solve... Your timing was not far off from my estimate.... then I saw the entry typo... was sitting here hoping you notice it and you eventually did ... Great job once again Thomas.. Rishi
	@ 2011-02-13 9:34 AM (#3457 - in reply to #3357) (#3457) Top
septen Posts: 3 Country : United States	septen posted @ 2011-02-13 9:34 AM Great puzzle! I submitted the test and got a response with the time submitted... But when I click for the results, I get: "Results will be displayed after 02/14/2011 05:29:59 AM IST or after you complete the test (whichever is earlier)."
	@ 2011-02-13 9:52 AM (#3458 - in reply to #3457) (#3458) Top
purifire Posts: 460 Country : India	purifire posted @ 2011-02-13 9:52 AM septen - 2011-02-13 9:34 AM Great puzzle! I submitted the test and got a response with the time submitted... But when I click for the results, I get: "Results will be displayed after 02/14/2011 05:29:59 AM IST or after you complete the test (whichever is earlier)." I dont see your name in the starters list Septen..
	@ 2011-02-13 9:58 AM (#3459 - in reply to #3457) (#3459) Top
Administrator Posts: 3567 Country : India	Administrator posted @ 2011-02-13 9:58 AM septen - 2011-02-13 9:34 AM Great puzzle! I submitted the test and got a response with the time submitted... But when I click for the results, I get: "Results will be displayed after 02/14/2011 05:29:59 AM IST or after you complete the test (whichever is earlier)." As Rishi mentioned, you haven't started the test. From the database, I found that you've solved and submitted the 'Example' puzzle. You need to login and start the test to see the actual puzzles After you complete the test, you should be able to see your score and others' too.
	@ 2011-02-13 10:33 AM (#3460 - in reply to #3357) (#3460) Top
harmeet Posts: 87 Country : India	harmeet posted @ 2011-02-13 10:33 AM Excellent puzzles Rishi, doubly delighted!
	@ 2011-02-13 10:37 AM (#3461 - in reply to #3460) (#3461) Top
purifire Posts: 460 Country : India	purifire posted @ 2011-02-13 10:37 AM harmeet - 2011-02-13 10:33 AM Excellent puzzles Rishi, doubly delighted! Thanks Harmeet... You did good on the test too :) Rishi
	@ 2011-02-13 11:31 AM (#3463 - in reply to #3357) (#3463) Top
radekivv Posts: 13 Country : United States	radekivv posted @ 2011-02-13 11:31 AM Very nice puzzles, Rishi . I enjoyed all those that I already solved very much and will definitely finish the remaining ones.
	@ 2011-02-13 12:31 PM (#3464 - in reply to #3463) (#3464) Top
purifire Posts: 460 Country : India	purifire posted @ 2011-02-13 12:31 PM radekivv - 2011-02-13 11:31 AM Very nice puzzles, Rishi . I enjoyed all those that I already solved very much and will definitely finish the remaining ones. Thanks Radekivv.... I am glad you enjoyed them :) Rishi
	@ 2011-02-13 12:54 PM (#3465 - in reply to #3464) (#3465) Top
rakesh_rai Posts: 774 Country : India	rakesh_rai posted @ 2011-02-13 12:54 PM Rishi: Thanks for the nice test. The grids were well prepared and were quite delightful indeed. I especially enjoyed solving the last one.
	@ 2011-02-13 1:00 PM (#3466 - in reply to #3465) (#3466) Top
purifire Posts: 460 Country : India	purifire posted @ 2011-02-13 1:00 PM rakesh_rai - 2011-02-13 12:54 PM Rishi: Thanks for the nice test. The grids were well prepared and were quite delightful indeed. I especially enjoyed solving the last one. Thanks Rakesh... I am glad you liked them. Rishi
	@ 2011-02-13 2:16 PM (#3468 - in reply to #3357) (#3468) Top
WaterlooMathie Posts: 10 Country : Canada	WaterlooMathie posted @ 2011-02-13 2:16 PM The grids were well designed and I hope my time holds up.
	@ 2011-02-13 2:33 PM (#3469 - in reply to #3468) (#3469) Top
purifire Posts: 460 Country : India	purifire posted @ 2011-02-13 2:33 PM WaterlooMathie - 2011-02-13 2:16 PM The grids were well designed and I hope my time holds up. Thanks Waterloo... I hope your time holds up too. :) Rishi
	@ 2011-02-13 4:16 PM (#3471 - in reply to #3459) (#3471) Top
septen Posts: 3 Country : United States	septen posted @ 2011-02-13 4:16 PM Administrator - 2011-02-13 9:58 AM septen - 2011-02-13 9:34 AM Great puzzle! I submitted the test and got a response with the time submitted... But when I click for the results, I get: "Results will be displayed after 02/14/2011 05:29:59 AM IST or after you complete the test (whichever is earlier)." As Rishi mentioned, you haven't started the test. From the database, I found that you've solved and submitted the 'Example' puzzle. You need to login and start the test to see the actual puzzles After you complete the test, you should be able to see your score and others' too. That's embarasing - but solving the example was also fun. I have started it. Thanks, Admin!
	@ 2011-02-13 4:19 PM (#3472 - in reply to #3458) (#3472) Top
septen Posts: 3 Country : United States	septen posted @ 2011-02-13 4:19 PM purifire - 2011-02-13 9:52 AM septen - 2011-02-13 9:34 AM Great puzzle! I submitted the test and got a response with the time submitted... But when I click for the results, I get: "Results will be displayed after 02/14/2011 05:29:59 AM IST or after you complete the test (whichever is earlier)." I dont see your name in the starters list Septen.. Thanks, Rishi. I was thrilled on having solved the example and submitting it, as the Admin pointed out.
	@ 2011-02-13 4:56 PM (#3473 - in reply to #3458) (#3473) Top
purifire Posts: 460 Country : India	purifire posted @ 2011-02-13 4:56 PM septen - 2011-02-13 4:13 PM Thanks, Rishi. I was thrilled on having solved the example and submitting it, as the Admin pointed out. thats all right... it happens to most of us :)
	@ 2011-02-13 5:19 PM (#3474 - in reply to #3473) (#3474) Top
Fred76 Posts: 337 Country : Switzerland	Fred76 posted @ 2011-02-13 5:19 PM Very nice grids, Rishi ! I completely failed the tournament . I got stuck for a very long time on a single grid, finishing it by finding a mistake, and after that I knew I would not do a good result and was a bit demotivated, so I made a few more grids but very slowly. I returned several hours later to the grids that I had not solved, so now I can say there are top-quality grids Hope to do better next time... Fred
	@ 2011-02-13 5:23 PM (#3475 - in reply to #3474) (#3475) Top
purifire Posts: 460 Country : India	purifire posted @ 2011-02-13 5:23 PM Fred76 - 2011-02-13 5:19 PM Very nice grids, Rishi ! I completely failed the tournament . I got stuck for a very long time on a single grid, finishing it by finding a mistake, and after that I knew I would not do a good result and was a bit demotivated, so I made a few more grids but very slowly. I returned several hours later to the grids that I had not solved, so now I can say there are top-quality grids Hope to do better next time... Fred Thanks Fred....we are used to better performances from you and we hope to see you bounce back... :) Rishi
	@ 2011-02-13 11:24 PM (#3478 - in reply to #3475) (#3478) Top
Calavera Posts: 13 Country : Germany	Calavera posted @ 2011-02-13 11:24 PM I'm not sure if I've understood the text boxes correctly. I couldn't find the information anywhere if I should enter two columns, two rows or one of each. So I decided to always enter two rows and now hope that was correct... Edit: Not to speak of the time it took me to search for this information as I expected some arrows or other marks beside the diagram to tell me which rows/columns to enter. Edit2: Looking at my score it was definitely meant in some other way... Edited by Calavera 2011-02-13 11:28 PM
	@ 2011-02-13 11:29 PM (#3479 - in reply to #3478) (#3479) Top
purifire Posts: 460 Country : India	purifire posted @ 2011-02-13 11:29 PM Calavera - 2011-02-13 11:24 PM I'm not sure if I've understood the text boxes correctly. I couldn't find the information anywhere if I should enter two columns, two rows or one of each. So I decided to always enter two rows and now hope that was correct... Edit: Not to speak of the time it took me to search for this information as I expected some arrows or other marks beside the diagram to tell me which rows/columns to enter. Calavera, in the grid that is shown online, you will find a button "show cells to fill". Once you click that, the grid will highlight which row, column needs to be filled. Rishi
	@ 2011-02-13 11:35 PM (#3480 - in reply to #3479) (#3480) Top
Calavera Posts: 13 Country : Germany	Calavera posted @ 2011-02-13 11:35 PM purifire - 2011-02-13 7:29 PM Calavera, in the grid that is shown online, you will find a button "show cells to fill". Once you click that, the grid will highlight which row, column needs to be filled. Rishi Oh well... I somehow thought this might be used to warn me about unfilled cells. At least I'll know next time :-/. Apart from that I liked the contest. Edited by Calavera 2011-02-13 11:35 PM
	@ 2011-02-13 11:46 PM (#3481 - in reply to #3357) (#3481) Top
bothrasumit Posts: 43 Country : India	bothrasumit posted @ 2011-02-13 11:46 PM Good set of puzzles... good interplay between the basic variants to give double delight to the participants... got completely stuck in the last one and my greed dint let me try the ones with the lesser points... so couldn't score well...
	@ 2011-02-13 11:48 PM (#3482 - in reply to #3481) (#3482) Top
purifire Posts: 460 Country : India	purifire posted @ 2011-02-13 11:48 PM bothrasumit - 2011-02-13 11:46 PM Good set of puzzles... good interplay between the basic variants to give double delight to the participants... got completely stuck in the last one and my greed dint let me try the ones with the lesser points... so couldn't score well... Thanks Sumit.... Good to see you back on a regular basis :) Rishi
	@ 2011-02-14 4:56 AM (#3483 - in reply to #3357) (#3483) Top
kng Posts: 1 Country : India	kng posted @ 2011-02-14 4:56 AM I am not able to login. Get Invalid Username and password message.
	@ 2011-02-14 6:36 AM (#3484 - in reply to #3357) (#3484) Top
purifire Posts: 460 Country : India	purifire posted @ 2011-02-14 6:36 AM The test is over and the Results are out. The results can be viewed here. Congratulations to WaterlooMathie, Thomas Snyder(motris) and Jaku111 for taking the 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions respectively. After a long time we have seen someone Overtake Thomas for the First position. Great Show WaterlooMathie. :) Thanks to all of you for taking time out to participate. Rishi Puri