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Nice easy puzzle. I did indeed solve for the 8 in row 4, column 3 based on the "mini X Wing of 8s in blocks 5 and 6. I never had to consider the subsequent equivalent mini X Wing of 1s. I was more advanced than you were in other areas, and placing the 8 in row 3 simply allowed me to finish the row I had already completed the top part with only a 27 pair remaining to be disambiguated in the middle row of block 2. I went about solving the puzzle rather slowly, and finished in 8 minutes.

@SmartHobbies

Ай бұрын

When slow = 8 minutes, that is impressive. Thanks for sharing, Georges.

Solved without the mini X wing, but also minimal notation needed. Nice puzzle

@SmartHobbies

Ай бұрын

Nice job Fabian! Thanks for sharing.

PPPE. 11 min. UR in Row 5&6. Easy one. After solve puzzle saw vedio, nicely solved Notation Free and found mini X wing, the same I used UR 18,18,18,187. R6C3 is 7. and I solved with Notations. Good explaing. Thanks for nice puzzle.

@SmartHobbies

Ай бұрын

Nice job. Cool that you found a unique rectangle.

Quite relaxing Daddy 🎉. Glad to enjoy this video 😘👍🏼

@SmartHobbies

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

The first puzzle in each round is just a warm-up, it seems. If I did this ten times, I would almost certainly do it in ten different ways, as the options are so numerous and the restrictions so few (47 = row 4 column 7): 47, 28, 31, 29, 35, 11, 37, 36, 18, 23, 21, 17, 27, 87, 57, 67, 15, 16, 82, 79, 99, 89, 52, 66, 51, 92, 73, 83, 81, 93, 42, 41, 44, 75, 74, 85, 84, 65, 43, 45, 46, 25, 26, 95, 94, 56, 69, 59, 63, 53, 68, 58, 64, 54. Here's one way the grid can be beautified without greatly changing its difficulty: 012 300 000 080 400 000 076 500 098 000 000 067 000 080 000 140 000 000 230 007 810 000 006 020 000 005 430 012300000080400000076500098000000067000080000140000000230007810000006020000005430 HoDoKu rating: Easy 244. Andrew Stuart rating: Gentle/Easy Grade 62. =========== And here's one of mine that you might like: 000 000 005 012 300 890 080 400 760 076 500 000 000 020 000 000 001 230 021 008 040 034 007 650 500 000 000 000000005012300890080400760076500000000020000000001230021008040034007650500000000 HoDoKu rating: Hard 1396. Andrew Stuart rating: Very Hard Grade 311. =========== Afterthought: Actually, you may find this one more interesting: 000 000 000 012 306 590 080 400 710 076 503 080 000 000 000 040 801 230 051 008 040 038 207 650 000 000 000 000000000012306590080400710076503080000000000040801230051008040038207650000000000 HoDoKu rating: Hard 1504. Andrew Stuart rating: Very Hard Grade 243. Edited to add the afterthought.

@SmartHobbies

Ай бұрын

Thank you Julian. I will check out these “afterthoughts” of yours.

3:02 for me.

@SmartHobbies

Ай бұрын

Wow. Thats super fast. Have you ever competed in the Sudoku Grand Prix?

Easy, eh? So no notations? We'll see. (Later) It took me 18 minutes, not bad for me. 4:10 I think that 9s were the first digit that I completed. Also, about economical -- I'd say my marking was quite economical. 6:30 Did I find the mini-X-wing? Unfortunately, no and a lot worse: the two 81 dominoes were my final four digits.

@SmartHobbies

Ай бұрын

I appreciate you trying this notation free, John. Interesting that the 8 and 1 came down to the end of the puzzle for you. Thanks for sharing.

My time was 3:08. This one was almost a music lengh. Do you like listen to music while solving puzzles? I usually solve like this! 😊

@SmartHobbies

Ай бұрын

Great question! For me, I can only solve with instrumental/classical music playing. Anything with words distracts me. What type of music do you listen to when you solve?

@anaayoung9142

Ай бұрын

@@SmartHobbies Any music. Pop music usually. Sometimes if the puzzle isn't hard I listen to podcast type of videos too. 🤗

@SmartHobbies

Ай бұрын

@@anaayoung9142 Nice!

NF 7m 47s

@Ramakrishnagm

Ай бұрын

Fast !!!

@SmartHobbies

Ай бұрын

Awesome!

@sharmilisharmili472

Ай бұрын

​@@Ramakrishnagm Proper mental software at that point of time plus luck. And above all God's Will.

Marking? You heathens.

@SmartHobbies

Ай бұрын

Do you ever solve Sudoku with marks?

@lfc4life06

Ай бұрын

@@SmartHobbies No, I prefer a clean looking puzzle done with pen. I'm alright with taking a bit longer to solve in order to have the aesthetic of a clean looking puzzle when finished. To each their own though.

@SmartHobbies

Ай бұрын

@@lfc4life06 Makes sense to me.