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@ 2011-10-03 10:41 AM (#5741 - in reply to #5739) (#5741) Top

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rakesh_rai posted @ 2011-10-03 10:41 AM

I found half of the grids tough while test solving. However, finding the right variant was mostly easy and elegant.

Looked at the score and noticed that the ratings (as of now) hover between 7.46 and 8.25 for all sudokus - which effectively means that the grids had consistent quality about them and almost all sudokus were highly rated by at least some competitors. Probably this test has the lowest standard deviation ever across grids.
@ 2011-10-03 1:14 PM (#5743 - in reply to #5741) (#5743) Top

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debmohanty posted @ 2011-10-03 1:14 PM

rakesh_rai - 2011-10-03 10:41 AM

Looked at the score and noticed that the ratings (as of now) hover between 7.46 and 8.25 for all sudokus - which effectively means that the grids had consistent quality about them and almost all sudokus were highly rated by at least some competitors. Probably this test has the lowest standard deviation ever across grids.


That is a close observation, and you are certainly right that standard deviation is lowest here. Here is top 5 tests with low standard deviations (after we introduced 10-pointer ratings)



Another stat of minor importance : Marked Quadro / Multiplication Table is the first puzzle to be submitted by more than 100 players (125 to be precise), still being 100% correct. The next best was Skyscrapers sudoku (Small) in Logidoku by 81 players.
@ 2011-10-03 2:59 PM (#5744 - in reply to #5709) (#5744) Top

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Fred76 posted @ 2011-10-03 2:59 PM

TiiT - 2011-09-28 10:55 AM

I should always read all the rules more carefully.


It looks like you are very strong when you read the rules carefully . You were very close to win a monthly test ! I hope you'll not read WSC' instructions booklet carefully

Thanks for the fun test. Deb, you have accustomed us to magnificent grids, it was still the case this time.
Since November 2010, I had not made such a performance on LMI monthly test. It's very encouraging for next month, even if the truth of the day is not the truth of next day.

Fred
@ 2011-10-03 3:23 PM (#5745 - in reply to #5744) (#5745) Top

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TiiT posted @ 2011-10-03 3:23 PM

Fred76 - 2011-10-04 11:59 AM

It looks like you are very strong when you read the rules carefully . You were very close to win a monthly test ! I hope you'll not read WSC' instructions booklet carefully

Fred



Thanks Fred! It was great test for me, because I didn't do mistakes (like sometimes happens). Also I was able to find the correct rules and solve them without any longer pauses, so It went quickly for me. Only puzzle, I was a bit troubled, was the last one (I'd have liked outside much more), but It was the hardest one in this test anyway. Congrats to you too, Fred, and Thomas, ofcourse. This result means much to me.

Tiit
@ 2011-10-03 9:07 PM (#5746 - in reply to #5745) (#5746) Top

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Tejal Phatak posted @ 2011-10-03 9:07 PM

Deb! Fabulous Test!!! :)
Thoroughly enjoyed solving it, just missed completing an LMI test, was acheivable.
@ 2011-10-04 1:32 AM (#5747 - in reply to #5664) (#5747) Top

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Para posted @ 2011-10-04 1:32 AM

Thanks Deb, that was fun. Even though I made 2 mistakes.

My mistake for puzzle #2 was really dumb though and a bit miraculous. I determined the right rules quickly with the {45} pair in R12C1. Except somehow I continued solving with the opposite rule. And the puzzle also solves uniquely with that rule besides of course that {45} pair. I'm not sure if you were aware of this occurence, but it was somewhat a shocker to find out i got it wrong, till I realised what had happened. then it was more amazement that the puzzle still solved that way.
@ 2011-10-04 6:05 AM (#5748 - in reply to #5664) (#5748) Top

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debmohanty posted @ 2011-10-04 6:05 AM

It was such an easy puzzle, but you and aldentea submitted identical wrong solutions. Both being top players, I kept wondering what could be the problem, but never figured out.
No, I didn't know that it can be solved the other way except that 4/5 pair.
@ 2011-10-04 9:41 AM (#5750 - in reply to #5747) (#5750) Top

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aldentea posted @ 2011-10-04 9:41 AM

Para - 2011-10-04 4:32 AM

My mistake for puzzle #2 was really dumb though and a bit miraculous. I determined the right rules quickly with the {45} pair in R12C1. Except somehow I continued solving with the opposite rule.


That is just the same as what happened on me!
I'm glad that there exists another player who made such a CRAZY mistake.
@ 2011-10-04 3:28 PM (#5753 - in reply to #5750) (#5753) Top

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Fred76 posted @ 2011-10-04 3:28 PM

Funny mistake !

It should have been worse for you if this "special rule" sudoku had been more difficult. I solve it with this "special rule" and I think the difficulty is roughly the same as the one with original rule.
@ 2011-10-05 11:49 PM (#5761 - in reply to #5664) (#5761) Top

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Ours brun posted @ 2011-10-05 11:49 PM

Thanks Deb, this was really good and, in particular, extremely fun.

A fifth place is rather satisfying considering the number of stupidities I made - and will really have to avoid in one month :

1) trying to solve the Touchy as an Untouch,
2) not noticing that the "2" clue was not the only one on the Skyscraper,
3) spending 30' on the last puzzle ! I guess I was just a bit stressed after having solved the first 11 in less than an hour because I tried it again this morning, and it went well. Stupid.

Puzzles were very nice, including this last one, and really affordable.

Thanks again, and congrats to the toppers !
@ 2011-10-06 10:26 AM (#5762 - in reply to #5761) (#5762) Top

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vopani posted @ 2011-10-06 10:26 AM

Ours brun - 2011-10-05 11:49 PM
A fifth place is rather satisfying considering the number of stupidities I made - and will really have to avoid in one month :

1) trying to solve the Touchy as an Untouch,
2) not noticing that the "2" clue was not the only one on the Skyscraper,
3) spending 30' on the last puzzle ! I guess I was just a bit stressed after having solved the first 11 in less than an hour because I tried it again this morning, and it went well. Stupid.

Thanks again, and congrats to the toppers !

So, in short, are you trying to say "I missed an easy opportunity to be on the podium"?
Congrats on your best LMI Monthly Test performance

Edited by Rohan Rao 2011-10-06 10:28 AM
@ 2011-10-08 10:12 PM (#5774 - in reply to #5664) (#5774) Top

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Ours brun posted @ 2011-10-08 10:12 PM

Well, you never know, perhaps the top 4 players lost even more time than I did. But indeed I missed an opportunity to do a really good perf in terms of position as well as of timing (I tried again the last puzzle a few days later, and solved it quite easily). Still, 5th is not bad and since a few months I do less mistakes than I used to, so the tendancy remains positive. Thanks and congrats to you too for a good perf !
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