Expert Puzzler Gets Pranked

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4 жыл бұрын

Mark tells Simon this puzzle was "quite easy". Mark was not telling the whole truth... or even a tiny part of the truth. Watch Simon get more and more confused on ahaupt's latest brilliant (and brutally hard) puzzle, which you can play here:
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@danpowell806 4 жыл бұрын

That puzzle is very approachable. I printed it out and left it on the table, and approached it many, many times.

@Jukka70 2 жыл бұрын

lmao

@topilinkala1594 Жыл бұрын

Reminds me about questionares I've answered. In some they always ask how approachable some products are. I always put the highest marks on every product as they are definately not going to attack me if I approach them. Tigers are unapprroachable.

@Manigo1743 5 ай бұрын

@@topilinkala1594 Actually tigers are very approachable. Many other animals run away when you try to approach them, but tigers do not.

@pikapuffin368 4 жыл бұрын

"Bobbins." - The voice of a man who has been deceived, backstabbed, and quite possibly bamboozled.

@SingWhileYouMay 4 жыл бұрын

By a friend, no less. No wonder he turns to such foul language.

@stinchjack 4 жыл бұрын

A nice, wholesome, child-friendly swear word

@peateargryfin844 4 жыл бұрын

perhaps even hoodwinked

@JasperJanssen 4 жыл бұрын

What he actually means was probably “bother”.

@antalbojtos4413 4 жыл бұрын

Just putting the time stamp here: 18:41

@MatthewAndThings 4 жыл бұрын

Simon - "Purple minus blue equals 20 plus grey minus green" Simons wife on the phone to the psychiatrist - "He's gone off the deep end again"

@victorfinberg8595 3 жыл бұрын

Actually, he's working for MI5. Speech code, don't you know.

@gurkenhead9 4 жыл бұрын

New idea for Patreon content: The recording of *that* phone call

@renerpho 4 жыл бұрын

They could sell that recording to the highest bidder, and then quit their day jobs.

@puyanapuyana 3 жыл бұрын

They could start an OnlyFans with that phone call

@Ndotra 3 жыл бұрын

I’m sorry, that phone call is confiscated to serve as evidence in a murder trial.

@discretefun660 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for covering my puzzle and for the amazing solve! Loved the video and prank :) Just one thing about setting it: I initially had the difference topright-bottomleft be equal to 19. Then you know the quadruples must be 5789-1234 or 6789-1235, but I thought after this much head-scratching to get some progress, the solver would deserve some reward! The rest of the time spent setting was to make sure there's a unique solution and no easier break-in. Also, I believe the bent-triple/y-wing to be the simplest step right at the end. Fun fact: All of the ten cages except the 4-cell 24-cage have the property, that if you remove it, then you cannot deduce a single digit - even with brute force! Happy cracking Alex

@marcohanig176 4 жыл бұрын

I am in complete awe! How on earth did you come up with the idea? Did you start with the geometry and then added in the numbers that would "force" 20?

@BrooksMoses 4 жыл бұрын

That is amazing. That bent-triple/y-wing at the end is an excellent cap on it, too -- it's great that even when most puzzles would be easy, it still contains challenges. Very well done indeed, and thank you for commenting with the insights from your perspective!

@UnknownRager96 3 жыл бұрын

Alexander Hauplton

@justinscomp 4 жыл бұрын

"The hardest naked single in the world... ever... in the history of sudoku." Love it!

@AdamHill42 4 жыл бұрын

Stefan Dingenouts same, and I figured it would be a 5 as soon as he said he could have used the other corner areas. I am not experienced enough to say for sure, but something about "needs to participate in four different rotationally symmetric formulae" sounds a lot like magic squares which always have a 5 in the center

@simonedgar7566 4 жыл бұрын

Well - there is a Tshirt right there! ;P

@MilkManic 4 жыл бұрын

"hardest naked single" me in the shower this mornin

@paul-juniorblack6151 3 жыл бұрын

@@MilkManic 😂😂😂

@luchiprieto1586 4 жыл бұрын

i laughed a lot but at the same time i felt so bad for poor simon, he really got played (nice one Mark)

@Scuuurbs 4 жыл бұрын

“Bobbins!”

@hitsch4985 4 жыл бұрын

"We are cooking with something very old and unignitable", now there's a t-shirt. Kind of how I feel a lot of the time when I watch Simon doing maths...

@JuanMataCFC 4 жыл бұрын

half the time i attempt puzzles from this channel, i cook with something old & unignitable. 😂

@evah4431 4 жыл бұрын

It had me imagining Simon trying to set a rock on fire

@danielchmiel7787 4 жыл бұрын

"So, purple minus blue equals twenty plus grey minus green". n o i c e

@jsadvent8240 4 жыл бұрын

That bit brought Tom Lehrer's 'New Math' to mind. " From the three you then use one To make ten ones (And you know why four plus minus one Plus ten is fourteen minus one? ‘Cause addition is commutative, right!) "

@livedandletdie 4 жыл бұрын

@@jsadvent8240 Well it is true though, addition is commutative, just like multiplication and unlike subtraction and division which aren't commutative. A+B=B+A , A-B≠B-A , A×B=B×A , A:B≠B:A and A/B≠B/A... Those are the four basic axioms of arithmetic. I say 4 after all, there is no real difference between 4 ratio 2 than 4 divide 2.

@rushy4321 4 жыл бұрын

That’ll make a great tshirt quote 😂

@driftwisp2797 4 жыл бұрын

@@livedandletdie You've messed up slightly. The claims that A-B≠B-A and A/B≠B/A are not accurate if A=B.

@texkenny759 4 жыл бұрын

Drift Wisp that’s what I was going to say 🤪

@caseyrafn 4 жыл бұрын

You should have called Mark on speaker phone and told him that it only took you around 12 minutes, no problem! Haha ...

@TiaMat99 4 жыл бұрын

ha! that would've been brilliant!

@Chemasaurus 4 жыл бұрын

Bamboozle the bamboozler. Now, THAT is cooking with gas. Very clever

@Corey1873 3 жыл бұрын

lol. He'd probably ask for the video since he knows he's recording.

@Varksterable 3 жыл бұрын

@@Corey1873Then re-record a new video (now knowing the solve) where he just calmly rattles of the logic with the occasional thoughful pause. Done in 6 minutes. "Yes, interesting start but fairly approachable." And send _that_ one. 😈

@victorfinberg8595 3 жыл бұрын

@@Varksterable I like your idea 3000.

@disappointedsocialist4748 4 жыл бұрын

So Simon has proven himself to be a good father, a great Starcraft missclicker, quite an astonishing guitarist and once again quite a genius puzzle solver. That’s something to be proud of for sure

@Max1996YT 4 жыл бұрын

Good father? Where? Just curious.

@tahmidt 4 жыл бұрын

Except that he things protoss shouldn’t exist *TRIGGERED*

@morgothbane 4 жыл бұрын

@@tahmidt thats a fact tho

@SingWhileYouMay 4 жыл бұрын

After Mark's introduction, I'm not even going to try this.

@seerpou 4 жыл бұрын

lmao

@carmel.k 4 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't dream of it 😂.

@leporid257 4 жыл бұрын

Mark: This is some horrifying sudoku and Simon will suffer. Simon: Despite everyone saying this is hard, my friend Mark says it's okay. So go ahead and try it out! 💙

@laurv8370 4 жыл бұрын

Yep, B-E-A-utiful!

@cowpenular 4 жыл бұрын

Simon: I'm sure you're all screaming at your screen Me: Not even trying to follow the purple plus blue minus green thing he's got going on.

@ollycoleman7418 4 жыл бұрын

I was so confused I was reduced to trying to guess what colour he'd decide to use next

@hyprocrytes 4 жыл бұрын

@@ollycoleman7418 😂😂😂

@highpath4776 2 жыл бұрын

Now to put that logic into a computer program. Which I presume is a lot of test and bust rather than deduction ?

@Stephen-Fox 4 жыл бұрын

"The hardest naked single in the world" - Naughty snake.

@ollycoleman7418 4 жыл бұрын

Omg I cackled

@felipevasconcelos6736 3 жыл бұрын

When finding naked singles is too hard, you end up touching your snake orthogonally.

@JoelBlundellThings 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks again for using my intro, guys! I'm glad people seem to like it!

@alternativeglasto 4 жыл бұрын

That intro is FABULOUS!

@KveruLars 4 жыл бұрын

Aw, beautiful work. Really loved the new intro, fun to see it was made by a fan!

@petemagnuson7357 4 жыл бұрын

It's very nice! I generally don't like new things, but the intro works quite well.

@RyanAtOptimism 4 жыл бұрын

MUCH BETTER!

@jamiedoesthings 3 жыл бұрын

The sequence of events 1. I start watching a sudoku video in bed, in browser and not logged in 2. I get a message from my pal Joel and reply 3. I go back to the video and read some of the comments 4. I find out Joel made the intro I’m feeling more bamboozled than Simon right now. The coincidence and timing just blew my mind But guys, you should credit him in the description and link to his channel! He makes amazing stuff and I wouldn’t have known he worked on it if I hadn’t stumbled on this comment. Love the channel as always!

@Sacrozhangt 4 жыл бұрын

17:45 We're cooking with slightly warm water!

@simonbaar2269 4 жыл бұрын

„But at least, we are cooking“ 😂

@Nighthound 4 жыл бұрын

I thought he was going to say "we're cooking with matches" or something lol

@Stephen-Fox 4 жыл бұрын

Almost as funny a watch as Simon's response to the miracle Sudoku as he gradually came to the realization that actually this was a real puzzle and not Mark trolling him. "I suspect you're never going to see this because this can't be a puzzle and I'm about to give Mark an angry phone call... Although..."

@kyawlinthan1415 4 жыл бұрын

"Having said that... I can place a digit here" xD

@MsBestPilotEver 4 жыл бұрын

Which one was this? Would like to watch

@msolec2000 4 жыл бұрын

@@MsBestPilotEver The Miracle Sudoku

@eneseren6531 3 жыл бұрын

Ah, that was my first time watching them and now I'm so freaking addicted.

@krathkacalle 2 жыл бұрын

@@eneseren6531 Me too!!! That was my first view, and from there, there I am here...

@MadScientist212 4 жыл бұрын

"Bobbins. I think you know what I'm really thinking, I will say bobbins." LOL I think this is the closest I've ever seen Simon get to swearing on this channel, nice one Mark. :P

@jeanotzubler2477 4 жыл бұрын

I would pay to hear a recording of that phonecall

@samihakkinen2188 4 жыл бұрын

Yea i can imagine how "absolutely diabolical" and how Simon would be cooking with gas from the inside, that's how angry he'll be😂 "Oh bobbins Mark, how on earth you dare say this is easy..."

@Princezane 4 жыл бұрын

As an American, I fully expect a good, “Blimey old chap! That was a bamboozling puzzle that had me gobsmacked for...” Etc.

@OverkillSD 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a great way to plug their Patreon :)

@Alex_Meadows 4 жыл бұрын

Here's how I would have done Simon's part of that phone call, but then I'm a devious bastard. First of all: having made the first video immediately record another one, swiftly "noticing" the monstrous logic at the start and solving the entire thing in, say, ten minutes. Then make the phone call (and secretly record it): Simon: Hi Mark. Mark: Hi Simon! How did you get on with ahaupt's latest puzzle? Simon: It was great! Lovely bit of logic at the start; took me a minute to notice the trick there. Nice and straightforward after that, but it was a pretty good palate cleanser. Mark: *baffled* So how long did it take you? Simon: About ten minutes, including the intro and outro. How about you? Mark: .... And after a week or two, release the real video along with the phone call.

@KalOrtPor 4 жыл бұрын

That would be a hilarious response! Make the fake redo video even less than 10 minutes and before it was over Mark would realize he was also being pranked!

@tadperry1817 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, Simon, I absolutely DID enjoy watching you struggle with this puzzle. When you were just staring at the grid and wondering what to do at the start, that's me with about at least half of all the puzzles you guys present on this channel! But then I thought, "This video isn't even 40 minutes long. He's going to see what to do any moment now." And you did!!!

@FazalFariz 4 жыл бұрын

Who else never even thought of clicking on the link to try the puzzle?

@glennmelven3414 4 жыл бұрын

I saw "Partial killer" and thought I will watch some of the video to see if it is doable. Watched Mark say this was monstrous. This was a good to just watch.

@Ian_Hay 4 жыл бұрын

I tried it. I applied every geometric trick I could think of from past difficult killer sudoku solves, and 50 minutes into the process, I got as far as definitively establishing that the square in row 4 column 6 couldn’t be a 1. Gave up, came back to the video.

@AquaShibby3000 4 жыл бұрын

@@Ian_Hay At least you were correct, it is, indeed, not a 1. :)

@Urroner 4 жыл бұрын

I thought about it, then I realized I'm only human and vanished that thought forever from my life.

@lukeelliott5921 4 жыл бұрын

@@Ian_Hay Amazingly I had the identical experience except I established that it was row 6 column 4 that couldn't be a 1.

@thechocolatefactory 4 жыл бұрын

"purple minus blue is equal is to twenty plus grey minus green.... so how on earth is that helpful?" LOL

@BlueWaterXpress 4 жыл бұрын

I love how they keep saying "by sudoku" when they find a digit by using the standard sudoku rules. It feels like animé characters shouting out the name of the technique they're using. And I find it amusing to imagine i.e. a chessplayer saying "I'll take your pawn with my pawn BY CHESSMOVE" every time he makes a move on the board.

@HailG3 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so gonna start saying that when playing chess

@rosiefay7283 Жыл бұрын

Sometimes a chess KZfaqr, when commenting on the game they're playing, once they're out of their opening-preparation, and relying on general chess principles, will say they're just playing chess.

@craigjones2075 4 жыл бұрын

"We are definitely NOT cooking with gas"

@crowdsourcedlife 4 жыл бұрын

"Purple - Blue Sqaures =20 + gray - green" Is this the New Math everyone complains about? :D

@gameglitcher 4 жыл бұрын

7. The answer is always 7.

@LornaM2304 4 жыл бұрын

That was a wonderful 36 minutes spent watching Simon get steadily more frustrated and confused, thanks Mark ;) I needed something to make me laugh tonight, this was great. Also loving the new intro!!

@TheDoctorIWho 2 жыл бұрын

On the other hand: Marc: That is absolutly difficult. Simon: solves it in 35 minutes.

@NowUndefined 3 жыл бұрын

I remember when this first released and thinking there couldn't be a harder sudoku, fast forward to today and videos regularly go into 45 minutes to an hour

@MissMaraJoy 4 жыл бұрын

The bent triple that finally broke the puzzle was genius! I mean, throughout the entire puzzle, genius upon genius upon genius! Simon is legendary 😁

@donhc4 3 жыл бұрын

I dare anyone to show me something more wholesome than the pure and simple joy this man gets out of solving puzzles.

@elizabethgrosvenor153 4 жыл бұрын

"I'm gonna ring Mark Goodliffe up!"... I thought he was going to say "I'm gonna wring Mark Goodliffe's neck!" !! But that's one of the things I love about Simon, he's so pure.

@inspiringsand123 2 жыл бұрын

Rules: 02:43 Let's Get Cracking: 03:32 Puzzle Solved: 35:13 Simon's time: 31m40s What about this video's Top Tier Simarkisms?! Bobbins: 2x (18:41, 18:44) Cooking with Gas: 2x (17:45, 17:46) And how about this video's Simarkisms?! By Sudoku: 4x (29:16, 30:39, 31:10, 31:10) Sorry: 3x (07:59, 33:34, 35:20) Beautiful: 3x (16:52, 22:21, 22:28) Obviously: 3x (03:04, 03:05, 28:08) Good Grief: 2x (14:57, 15:22) What on Earth: 2x (07:50, 13:20) Naked Single: 2x (17:30) Missing Something: 2x (07:01, 34:05) Gorgeous: 2x (15:06, 35:28) Approachable: 2x (01:55, 18:36) Hang On: 2x (08:14, 14:47) In Fact: 2x (21:19, 28:59) Goodness: 1x (35:17) What a Puzzle: 1x (32:04) Clever: 1x (14:17) Lovely: 1x (05:15) Off and Running: 1x (19:02) Shouting: 1x (14:35) Surely: 1x (31:00) Unbelievable: 1x (17:13) Wow: 1x (32:04) Most popular number(>9), digit and colour this video: Twenty (14 mentions) Seven (64 mentions) Purple (9 mentions)

@andrewnelson2525 4 жыл бұрын

After a few hours I had a few limitations but nowhere near a digit. Watched the video until he got to "these four minus these 4 is 20". Paused and fought my way to the end, though what I did at that last bit with the offset triple was close to bifurcation. It did not feel like a victory, but I limped away with a shred of dignity. That Simon not only solved it live, but in 33 minutes, is amazing. Thank you Mark for at least warning the viewers this was monstrous, else I'd be a husk of a man by now.

@CorporalJonlan 4 жыл бұрын

"I'm going to ring Mark Goodliffe up after this video .."

@hepenypacker 4 жыл бұрын

To be a fly on the wall for that call

@Alex_Meadows 4 жыл бұрын

"I'm so sure that loads of you are shouting at your screens at me." We're really not! You might have a couple of viewers who got the solution before you (though I doubt it), but I guarantee that at least 99.9% of us are giggling at Mark's little joke, and utterly amazed that you're able to make any sense whatsoever of that puzzle. Or of most of the puzzles on your channel, come to that. Here's an analogy: being embarrassed about your puzzling performance is like Usain Bolt being embarrassed because he's half a millisecond off his personal best. The rest of us are, if you'll forgive the metaphor, fat gits who can barely walk across the living room without needing a little sit down at the half-way point.

@Jennaesis 4 жыл бұрын

This. This is brilliant. Please read this, Simon, and take it to heart.

@victormanjarinsala2253 4 жыл бұрын

"Fat gits who can barely walk across the living room without needing a little sit down at the half-way point." This.

@dominiquevrel4311 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, not shouting. Just eating my popcorn

@jixaw9383 4 жыл бұрын

He was embarrassed because he was told the puzzle was easy

@stephenbeck7222 4 жыл бұрын

There do exist better solvers than Simon out there (Mark being one of them...and all the people that regularly beat both of them in competitions) but very few if any of those are regularly watching these videos, nor do any of them try to make a living off making both informative and entertaining videos demonstrating solving techniques.

@TheGreatPurpleFerret 4 жыл бұрын

The only thing missing is you yelling at Mark. That was a fantastic prank and an even better puzzle! Lol

@TheEvenClan 4 жыл бұрын

14:17: "I just wish i was clever enough to understand what that is"

@draconicepic4124 4 жыл бұрын

Sudoku Algebra for the win? =D Just replace the colors and cages with variables and constants

@beatrizribeiro2417 4 жыл бұрын

I wish mark had been prepared with a camera and filmed Simon’s phone call to him - just to hear Simon tell him: How is that approachable?! 🙈😂

@thejeqff 4 жыл бұрын

I really wish there was a video of Simon calling Mark so we could hear that conversation ... though I'd worry the channel would get marked as having explicit content. Wonderful prank and a really fun puzzle that I would never have been able to solve.

@leporid257 4 жыл бұрын

it would get mark-ed xD

@PaulMendelson 3 жыл бұрын

The best response would be to call Mark and say, "You were absolutely right, that puzzle was easy."

@angelowentzler9961 4 жыл бұрын

There NEEDS to be a mug with 'Bobbins' on it. You know it's true.

@Icematt12 4 жыл бұрын

Next up, Simon collaborates with a creator to create something terrible for Mark. Tau v Pi might not be the only war on CtC.

@renerpho 4 жыл бұрын

There's nothing better than a prank war fought in good spirits. :)

@evah4431 4 жыл бұрын

I feel like this was Mark's retaliation to Simon having been told the trick for the liar killer cage sudoku a week or two ago

@tpkyterooluebeck9224 4 жыл бұрын

I would love for Simon to prank Mark with a Black Knight-Jigsaw-X variant. Black Knight rules is Mega Sudoku bundle's game. Jigsaw-X I found on sudoku.cool. sudoku.cool/jigsaw-x-sudoku.php You can change the difficulty levels. Level 1 5x5 is very easy.

@markscottuk 4 жыл бұрын

A Killer Sudoku app would be a good addition to your collection

@Jimbles_Notronbo 4 жыл бұрын

There is a really great one by NETI apps (on the Google store at least) and it is free with new puzzles each day. I do agree that the polish that the Studio Gova apps have is great though, that one should be the next on the list for them

@leporid257 4 жыл бұрын

dailykillersudoku is a great website with a feature to choose playing with a touchscreen!

@leporid257 4 жыл бұрын

they have thousands of sudokus by now, normal and partial killer and a rating of 1-10, with helpers and everything. very nice.

@nataliesmith1462 4 жыл бұрын

i have no clue what he is doing in these puzzles 99% of the time, but i enjoy watching for the logic which helps me with my normal sudoku puzzles and getting them done faster. Thank you for struggling so i can improve!

@gmail-rr2284 4 жыл бұрын

I love playing these videos at 1.5 to 2 times the normal playback speed. For one, it takes less time to watch, but also makes these guys seem really smart going so fast (which they are)

@jaeusa160 4 жыл бұрын

@16:30 I'm just proud of the fact that I've watched this channel enough that my first instinct when looking at this was to try bundling together boxes or columns or rows with killer clues and find a mathematical relationship like this at all. I only got half way though with an L-shape thing I was looking at, and I was arriving at a location where I needed two sets of 4 unique digits to be exactly 10 apart. It wasn't there, at all. But I'm still proud of myself for at least trying to start in the right place and look at the right things.

@pallavgoyal482 3 жыл бұрын

This is the hardest sudoku I have ever done, and I have done hundreds (literally) of puzzles from this channel. I spent close to 20-25 hours on it, stretched over a few months, and it just feels amazing to finally have it! My logic for getting that central 5 is slightly different from Simon's, but after that it's pretty much the same.

@catnip420 4 жыл бұрын

Mark's intro threw me off, I thought I missed a video. Great revenge for that recent prank with Simon omitting to mention a trick to solve a puzzle :) I was smiling through the whole video, poor bamboozled Simon.

@Schambes 4 жыл бұрын

I do like the new intro; nice, that you are showing the name of the puzzle 😊

@jontowery2002 4 жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure it sometimes does already

@Fogmeister 4 жыл бұрын

“I’m so sure that loads of you are shouting at your screen” If by shouting you mean laughing out loud then yeah... 🤣

@MatthewPennell 4 жыл бұрын

My killer sudoku solving logic is usually along the lines of "Ah, it has some rotational symmetry - I bet the center number is a 5. Aaaand now I'm stuck."

@Qqwerty42 4 жыл бұрын

I am sure that Simon used much stronger language than "bobbins" on that phone call with Mark.

@tophatjones179 4 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness. I have never laughed so much watching Cracking the Cryptic. You guys are great. I’m saving this one to watch again in future.

@jchristie254 4 жыл бұрын

The logic that he uses to solve this is absolutely mind melting. Also please keep the new intro, it's great.

@mydemon 3 жыл бұрын

"Im so sorry if you guys have spotted the trick" Good one, Simon!

@mjc0961 3 жыл бұрын

3:31 - This is the smile of a man who doesn't yet know he's been punked. 😂

@gilles111 4 жыл бұрын

I wasn't shouting, I was laughing because we already knew what Mark did. The other part of me was trying to solve with you and pretty amazed you made it in this time (I'm pretty sure it would take me for days to solve the solution at the start).

@Philipwet 4 жыл бұрын

I’d love to be a fly on the wall listening in to Simon’s call to Mark... Bobbins!! Brilliant solve!

@rebeccamoore9993 3 жыл бұрын

I just keep rewatching this one. It is definitely one of my all time favorites.

@sqronce 3 жыл бұрын

From the title I was worrying it was going to actually be something with no possible solution. The actual prank is much more delightful.

@kukatahansa 4 жыл бұрын

Good job Simon! This kind of KZfaq "drama" is what I call entertainment!

@IrishChappie 4 жыл бұрын

When I did this on LMG, I found the start easier to visualise if I looked at 5 rows/columns instead of 4, and thought of the "non caged value" - I shaded everything to the right of the cages in green for those five rows, then "took away" everything below the cages in the 5 columns - everything in common was unshaded/zeroed out, anything extra taken away marked as yellow, leaving green-yellow=20 with both already in their own row/column, so only had to think about two colours.

@DrScoobyDoo 4 жыл бұрын

That's indeed easier. Well found!

@coolpapabell22 4 жыл бұрын

Solved this one all by myself...after I watched Simon do the break-in. :D I was already at 2+ hours on the clock when I decided to take a hint. Incredible solve, Simon!

@brettaspivey 4 жыл бұрын

Just finished it after a few hours, I don't know how long. I have to nominate this as a possible GOAT sudoku, it was completely amazing, it makes me want to do it again.

@DrScoobyDoo 4 жыл бұрын

So: 180 + blue = 105 + purple + red ==> 75 + blue = purple + red ==> red = 75 + blue - purple 180 + green = 125 + grey + red ==> 55 + green = grey + red ==> red = 55 + green - grey So: 75 + blue - purple = 55 + green - grey ==> 20 + blue - purple = green - grey ==> 20 + blue + grey = green + purple So by Sudoku: blue + grey = 10 green + purple = 30 Genious Simon!

@mandaloriandy 4 жыл бұрын

"We are not cooking with gas... we are cooking with something very old and perhaps unignitable, but at least we are cooking now" absolutely beautiful

@matthew456turner128 4 жыл бұрын

Simon probably called Phistomefel to create a "nice little puzzle" for Mark😈

@Tyiriel 4 жыл бұрын

He actually Holy Moly'd this one 18:22

@Xanafear 4 жыл бұрын

Oh my stars and garters, even the introduction is an amazing one! This was quite possibly one of the funniest things that I have seen on this channel to date - and also, truly a fantastic solve! My compliments!

@Ruddigore 4 жыл бұрын

To say this puzzle is brutally hard is a bit of an understatement. An excellent solve by Simon.

@RJRJ 4 жыл бұрын

10:55 Here's the math on how you find the 1,2,3,4 & 6,7,8,9 quadruples for those who struggled to follow it mentally: 180 = 105 + Red + Purple - Blue 180 = 125 + Red + Grey - Green (equate the two sides on the right to each other and simplify) Purple + Green = 20 + Grey + Blue Therefore: Purple + Green = 30 (6,7,8,9) Grey + Blue = 10 (1,2,3,4)

@chibinecco1981 3 жыл бұрын

It's an absolute MONSTER of a puzzle, and yet he gets it done in less than 30 minutes... what on EARTH???

@brycehoch2963 3 жыл бұрын

Simon: I’m sorry, I’m sure you are all screaming at me through the screen because you see something. Me: *not having a clue in the world on how to solve this puzzle but just enjoys watching them*

@NiennaNeryam 4 жыл бұрын

It IS a pretty approachable puzzle, once you get past that monstrous trick in the beginning!

@onman999 4 жыл бұрын

Well, Mark was right. It was approachable. Once you got that first trick. I just would have loved to hear that phone call!!!

@ShirtsAreRare 4 жыл бұрын

This was a really impressive solve. That logic in the beginning is just insane. Needless to say that after that introduction from Mark, I didn't even bother clicking on the link xD

@ChrisWCorp 4 жыл бұрын

I'm not a patron supporter (just found out about your channel a few weeks ago) but I did try (and eventually solve) the free Puzzle Hunt sudoku and it was absolutely brilliant! Tricky to get started but so satisfying when you figure out the dates needed.

@FatalSuccubus 4 жыл бұрын

That was absolutely beautiful. The prank was hilarious, and then we also got an incredible solve video. Fantastic. Thank you!

@cobba42 4 жыл бұрын

Not sure whether or not it has been announced someplace but ...: I love the new intro. Having the puzzle title shown after the presenters gives me time to prepare myself for it and not miss it. The whole sequence is also very pretty and calming (this is the best word that came to mind to describe it). Although the light blue letters could do with a hint more contrast to the background.

@MRafas-ie9zh 4 жыл бұрын

I legit had to write everything down before I understood where the hell he took 20 from and how he came to next conclusion

@charlesmarlowstanfield 4 жыл бұрын

You know Mark is in trouble when Simon used his full name.

@theatog 4 жыл бұрын

Big fan Simon. This is a very fun video to watch. I love little drama between the two of you. (Last similar scenario was the sudoku with 0 and you shifted the puzzle to +1 without telling mark the trick.) Can we have more of them? But I guess if pranking becomes the norm, it will be less effective.

@IceDragon978 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I definitely was screaming at my monitor. But I was screaming, "What?! What does that even mean?! How do you know that?!"

@knehren 4 жыл бұрын

How do two sudoku solvers prank each other? By telling the other the puzzle is easy when it's actually difficult! This must be the nerdiest prank I have ever witnessed in my life.

@riluna3695 4 жыл бұрын

At 17:43, with Simon trying to find an example of something he's cooking with, this quote from Red Dwarf came to mind: "It's just not possible to fry an egg using a bicycle-powered HAIR DRYER!" That's what Simon's cooking with in this puzzle :P And yet, the meal was delicious all the same. My compliments to the chef. You did excellently, Simon. And ahaupt, at that :D

@glum_hippo 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for including Mark's disclaimer at the beginning, that would not have been funny without it!

@SWalkerTTU 3 жыл бұрын

When Simon said he was going to ring Mark, I anticipated him saying he was going to wring Mark's neck.

@noway5930 4 жыл бұрын

When your bobbins are as big as Mark’s, everything is approachable :D

@iambicpentakill 11 ай бұрын

That was the most amazing solve that I've ever seen.

@antonelladinoia2144 3 жыл бұрын

17:45 "we are cooking with something very old and unignitable" Loved that 🤣

@gurkenhead9 4 жыл бұрын

0:12 - Mark's Preamble 2:43 - Rules 3:32 - Let's Get Cracking

@simonalbrecht9435 4 жыл бұрын

I usually appreciate these comments, only this time you wouldn't want to miss Mark’s preamble 😉

@gurkenhead9 4 жыл бұрын

@@simonalbrecht9435 edited to suit - great shout

@ArloLipof 4 жыл бұрын

The new intro is truly amazing! 👍🏼

@geezerama 4 жыл бұрын

Good grief! With friends like Mark who needs enemies? I used to think I was pretty sharp.....ta for the reality check. You guys rock. 👍

@zanzaboonda 4 жыл бұрын

"So purple - blue = 20 + grey - green." I think I finally understand how my dog feels when I talk to him.

@yunghei 4 жыл бұрын

If anybody is wondering, Simon fills in the first digit in the puzzle at 17:30. It will take the full 10minutes before that for him to explain how he got that first digit.

@andrewflynn113 4 жыл бұрын

Marks all like 'oh yea this puzzle is a monster' but this video ends so Simon definitely had better luck than me with it. Gave up after 45minutes with no digits in the grid