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prasanna16391
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Country : India | kishy72 - 2012-09-09 1:41 PM
fellas is there any sure shot of improving speed in sudoku ? because i have been solving sudokus for the past 2-3 months extensively after becoming a member of LMI compared to the number of sudokus i used to do earlier and still i am unable to increase my speed by as much as i would have liked and when i see people here submitting 4 classic sudokus within 5mins 26 secs !!!!!!!!!!(oh my god )under 10 mins and so on i feel as i m missing the picture somewhere?!..or is there something that needs to kept in mind as a pre-requisite while solving sudokus????how do people solve within 10 mins 4 sudokus effectively completing each sudoku be it easy or hard under 150 seconds...share ur thoughts pls .....
In any competition, there will be different levels of ability. This doesn't mean one can't improve. The 5 min 26 seconds person you mention has been a top solver for many years, so not getting anywhere near that after 2-3 months of practice shouldn't be a surprise right? In any case, thats what the Beginners-Seasoners categories are for. Different people have different growth patterns in terms of improving solving speed. That is the base of competition.
There isn't any sure shot way of improving your speed other than practicing as far as I know. There are certain techniques, like the ones listed here - http://www.sudokuwiki.org/sudoku.htm , but its up to you to learn how to use them with time. Edited by prasanna16391 2012-09-09 2:00 PM
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vijaya_rajan
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Country : India | Can I re-do a test to improve points ? |
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prasanna16391
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Country : India | vijaya_rajan - 2012-09-12 6:12 PM
Can I re-do a test to improve points ?
As shown in the post directly above you, you can improve your points to the extent of submitting in a second, but then there isn't any point in competing (Edit - And your second attempt will be disqualified anyway ). You have more chance of improving yourself if you just concentrate on solving rather than improving the points more than your actual capacity : ) Edited by prasanna16391 2012-09-12 6:31 PM
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Country : India | Email notification test ----
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Country : India | Last one day for September's edition. Actually little less than 21 hours as I post this. |
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neerajmehrotra
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Country : India | Where are the top sixteen Indians .....I can see only Rakesh, Akash Doulani and Zalak..(sorry if I have missed someone).........baaki janta kahan hai.... |
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Country : India | neerajmehrotra - 2012-09-13 7:31 PM
Where are the top sixteen Indians .....I can see only Rakesh, Akash Doulani and Zalak..(sorry if I have missed someone).........baaki janta kahan hai.... Ah... This is for "Beginners" - so others in top 16 don't want to degrade their value by playing - even though we have seen top players from all other countries. Or may be too difficult to fit in 40 minutes in 10080 minutes in their busy schedules. |
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prasanna16391
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Country : India | neerajmehrotra - 2012-09-13 7:31 PM
Where are the top sixteen Indians .....I can see only Rakesh, Akash Doulani and Zalak..(sorry if I have missed someone).........baaki janta kahan hai....
Can add Jaipal now : ) |
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neerajmehrotra
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Country : India | prasanna16391 - 2012-09-13 10:04 PM
neerajmehrotra - 2012-09-13 7:31 PM
Where are the top sixteen Indians .....I can see only Rakesh, Akash Doulani and Zalak..(sorry if I have missed someone).........baaki janta kahan hai....
Can add Jaipal now : )
Thats great.....hope one or two more people join the gang..... |
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Country : India | Septembers Beginners' contest is over. Passwords removed from booklets. |
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prasanna16391
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Country : India | LMI Beginners' contest September is over. Statistically it is very similar to the August edition. 336 participants and 289 of them submitted at least one sudoku correctly.
The top 3 Beginners this time are Pwned from USA, mtgs from the United Kingdom, and PMarlin from USA(2nd podium finish). From Indians, aashay and prabhadoshi are worth mentioning, finishing 4th and 5th respectively.
jaku111(Czech Republic), Timothy(France) and Kota(Japan) topped the Seasoner standings.
Thank you all for Participating! |
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neerajmehrotra
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Country : India | I am sure these contests must really be a confidence booster for beginners especially for those who find themselves placed above the seasoners..... |
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prasanna16391
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Country : India | Types for October
Here are the types for the October Edition of LMI Beginners' Contest - http://logicmastersindia.com/BeginnersSudoku/types/?test=B201210
We are continuing with 2 variants from last time (Odd Sudoku and Extra Region Sudoku )
We are introducing 2 new variants (Toroidal and Consecutive )
The contest will start on the 11th of October and run till the 17th. Other details will be posted shortly.
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prasanna16391
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Country : India | Beginners' Contests changes
1. Instant Grading
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Instant Grading will be enabled in Beginners' contests. Upon submitting, either with paper mode or online mode, you will immediately know if the submission is correct or not. Each wrong submission will be penalized by adding 1 minute to your submission time. There will not be any deduction of points.
2. Extended Time
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To encourage players to solve and submit all Sudokus, players can now submit Sudokus even after the initial 40 minutes is over. However, sudokus submitted after 40 minutes will get only 50% of the points for the corresponding sudoku. Note that the timer will now start from 00:00, running up.
3. Score Page
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Score page can be viewed anytime after you submit your first sudoku correctly. However, you cannot see others' submissions for sudokus you have not solved correctly. As usual, score page can be refreshed only once in 30 minutes. Also, there are few changes in terms of the default score page view.
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kishy72
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Country : India | kishy72 posted @ 2012-10-10 11:40 AM what is the difference between a toroidal sudoku and an irregular sudoku? and in the example provided, some of the outlined regions have 2,3,4,5 etc (arbit number of cells)How do u fill then the digits 1 to 7 in each outlined region.....
PS : Glad that P.S and the glitz and glamour that was missing for 2 weeks is back in LMI. :-P |
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vopani
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Country : India | vopani posted @ 2012-10-10 12:02 PM The regions 'wrap' around the grid. For example: R1C1, R1C2, R2C1, R6C1, R6C2, R7C1, R7C2 is one region of seven cells.
Wherever there is no thick border at an edge, it means the region continues to the opposite end. Look at the 5 at R2C3 and the 4 at R7C4, they lie in the same region.
In Irregular Sudoku, there is no 'wrapping' in the regions.
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prasanna16391
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Country : India | Re : Beginners' Contests changes
Just a clarification about extended time, this time will run till Beginners' contest is over, i.e. 17th October in this case.
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dp_94
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Country : India | dp_94 posted @ 2012-10-10 3:53 PM hi, can anyone tell me a site to practice some odd sudokus |
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kishy72
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Country : India | kishy72 posted @ 2012-10-10 8:37 PM Rohan Rao - 2012-10-10 12:02 PM
The regions 'wrap' around the grid. For example: R1C1, R1C2, R2C1, R6C1, R6C2, R7C1, R7C2 is one region of seven cells.
Wherever there is no thick border at an edge, it means the region continues to the opposite end. Look at the 5 at R2C3 and the 4 at R7C4, they lie in the same region.
In Irregular Sudoku, there is no 'wrapping' in the regions.
mind block cleared.....Thnks Rohan... |
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prasanna16391
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Country : India | No Penalty award
In case a participant has submitted without entering the required number of digits, or only entered one half of the key, that participant will be awarded no penalty for that submission. However, this change needs to be manual from our end so the change may not occur immediately.
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rakesh_rai
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Country : India | prasanna16391 - 2012-10-11 5:57 PM
No Penalty award
"penalty award" - is that an oxymoron !! |
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PuzzleScott
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Country : United States | Thanks for another good beginner's contest. The half credit for late submissions to encourage everyone to work all puzzles is an excellent idea. |
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Country : India | Beginners Contest for October is over.
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