It's Been 2 Years But NOW You Can Play It!
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Жыл бұрын** TODAY'S PUZZLE **
Two years ago RockyRoer, the American math(s) teacher, created a really beautiful puzzle but we couldn't showcase it because our software wouldn't allow it...! But thanks to Sven, our amazing programmer, this sudoku can now be played and solved (You can support him by buying SudokuPad - the software we use for our videos - at the links below). And very clever it is too.
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Normal sudoku rules apply (fill every row/column/3x3 box with the digits 1-9 once each). Numbers outside the grid (which must be deduced) are the sums of the digits sandwiched between the 1 and the 9 in that row or column. Each purple line contains a set of non-repeating consecutive integers. These integers can appear in any order. An integer is any whole number INCLUDING zero.
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@AndrewHartshorn Жыл бұрын
Classic Simon - found a complicated way to show there can't be repeated 0's or 10's in green and yellow - when green and yellow are on the same purple line and by definition can't be the same
@feniksix31 Жыл бұрын
Came here to say this
@Jodawo Жыл бұрын
I came here to state the same thing. Not only did you say it better but it looks like you beat me to it by 2 minutes... LOL
@FF_Fanatic Жыл бұрын
I love the videos, but this was the most pain he's ever caused me. He rubbed it in by using renban logic on that line while proving this the hard way.
@CrackingTheCryptic Жыл бұрын
Oh that's very nice. And now I feel a doofus for not spotting it!
@longwaytotipperary Жыл бұрын
@@CrackingTheCryptic doofus? No way! We ❤ you, Simon - oh yes we do!!
@alexanderkowal5710 Жыл бұрын
Your patience with the audience is astounding, I don’t know how you stop your brain from galloping off
@Jonas.Nilsson Жыл бұрын
It's crazy how I always feel special then Simon tells me the secret because I'm one of his favorite persons! It's one of the best things about these videos! 😅
@novemberdag1127 Жыл бұрын
Always puts a smile on my face :)
@hbmason3 Жыл бұрын
Your attention to detail is commendable, Simon. Thanks for saying “American math teacher.” 😊
@bigjoemaggie5267 Жыл бұрын
"Math"? Not even a thing, my friend.
@shadeblackwolf1508 Жыл бұрын
Fun things going on. Today i've been been married for the smallest number of years that can't be on a straight german whispers line.
@Anne_Mahoney Жыл бұрын
Five? Happy anniversary!
@loisflower4993 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the birthday shoutout! Joe was referring to the fact I looked after him while he recovered from surgery recently. We watched lots of CtC videos, did plenty of sudoku ourselves and a couple of Times cryptic crosswords!
@David_K_Booth Жыл бұрын
I hope that you and Joe are both in good health. Happy birthday!
@brianshilling Жыл бұрын
It's my birthday today, but I've been holding off asking for a shout out because in two years, I'll be "The Secret" years old. So... Please keep this going for two more years.
@longwaytotipperary Жыл бұрын
Happy birthday, Brian! 🎉
@brianshilling Жыл бұрын
@@longwaytotipperary Thanks! It's been a real good one so far.
@longwaytotipperary Жыл бұрын
@@brianshilling 😁
@davidrattner9 Жыл бұрын
Happy birthday to you!! Glad you have had a good day
@inspiringsand123 Жыл бұрын
Rules: 05:13 Let's Get Cracking: 08:17 What about this video's Top Tier Simarkisms?! The Secret: 5x (06:25, 53:04, 53:07, 53:10, 53:15) Bobbins: 3x (31:58, 39:44, 53:43) Three In the Corner: 3x (50:53, 54:40, 57:53) Schrödinger Cell: 1x (36:19) And how about this video's Simarkisms?! Ah: 18x (11:00, 15:08, 18:43, 21:10, 23:54, 23:59, 28:39, 30:05, 30:05, 37:18, 41:15, 41:18, 46:50, 49:22, 50:44, 57:13, 57:51, 58:11) Sorry: 12x (01:27, 06:55, 10:06, 13:18, 13:39, 14:17, 16:38, 26:21, 39:39, 39:55, 48:46, 49:16) By Sudoku: 12x (21:45, 40:02, 40:17, 42:39, 46:45, 47:08, 47:22, 47:34, 52:21, 55:46, 58:00, 58:17) Beautiful: 8x (21:15, 21:28, 41:42, 41:42, 43:01, 55:11, 59:36, 1:00:18) Hang On: 7x (29:55, 34:37, 49:22, 52:41, 52:41, 58:46, 58:52) In Fact: 6x (22:22, 23:52, 34:46, 53:02, 54:23, 54:42) The Answer is: 3x (36:14, 37:54, 45:41) Clever: 3x (36:24, 36:27, 48:27) Wow: 3x (11:44, 35:59, 36:24) Cake!: 3x (02:55, 03:01, 03:05) Good Grief: 2x (34:48, 58:29) Out of Nowhere: 2x (40:26, 58:34) Brilliant: 2x (00:44, 02:41) Fascinating: 2x (08:03, 18:48) Of All Things: 2x (21:21, 54:17) Obviously: 2x (38:19, 47:34) What on Earth: 1x (27:07) Eyes are Drawn: 1x (08:17) Naked Single: 1x (40:23) Nonsense: 1x (29:18) Bingo: 1x (54:15) In the Spotlight: 1x (57:56) Stuck: 1x (59:42) Elegant: 1x (48:23) Take a Bow: 1x (1:00:50) Come on Simon: 1x (27:44) Approachable: 1x (08:14) Whoopsie: 1x (58:11) Progress: 1x (51:46) Juxtaposition: 1x (14:45) Have a Think: 1x (35:23) Nature: 1x (37:48) Pencil Mark/mark: 1x (34:54) Genuflection: 1x (1:00:52) Most popular number(>9), digit and colour this video: Ten (44 mentions) One (136 mentions) Purple, Blue (17 mentions) Antithesis Battles: Low (2) - High (1) Even (7) - Odd (4) Outside (7) - Inside (0) Column (25) - Row (18) FAQ: Q1: You missed something! A1: That could very well be the case! Human speech can be hard to understand for computers like me! Point out the ones that I missed and maybe I'll learn! Q2: Can you do this for another channel? A2: I've been thinking about that and wrote some code to make that possible. Let me know which channel you think would be a good fit!
@randominternetguy3537 Жыл бұрын
It's beautiful watching Simon missing the most basic sudoku, and then explaining quantum theory in the same solve. It's a Rollercoaster of emotions. Being impressed, being disappointed, laughing at the 12 clue that's sat there for half the puzzle, then realizing I would have been stuck before the puzzle started. Very humbling, yet simultaneously boosting my own ego. Great solve. Great solve. Edit to say: yall need to stop roasting Simon about the ren ban. He knows
@JMairboeck Жыл бұрын
For double digit numbers you could also put letters in instead (as you already have done in other puzzles). And then it is quite convenient that the biggest possible clue is 35, which is also the biggest number that can be written using a single "digit" in Base36, i.e. Z. What a coincidence!
@Silvergrooves42 Жыл бұрын
That's what I happened to do! Though I was only thinking of hexidecimal and almost thought I'd made a mistake when I encountered the bottom-right renban line haha.
@sirgeremiah Жыл бұрын
I'd find it confusing above the first few letters. Thankfully, it wasn't really necessary, since we only end up tracking up to about 12 (C in my notation) and the one pair of large numbers ended up being single-exclusions, so they can be easily tracked by the value of the excluded digit.
@th.nd.r Жыл бұрын
And not that it matters in this puzzle, but if you’re not already using 0, 0 could be your 36!
@stevieinselby Жыл бұрын
You gotta love Simon's genius that allows him to see that the sandwich clues on opposite sides of the grid have to be the same, but turns into genius-in-disguise when he thinks it's ok to put two 10s on the same renban 😂
@johnh2052 Жыл бұрын
Yeah. Spending a lot of time on the logic of the green and yellow possibly being the same, when they appear on a renban together. :)
@stevezagieboylo9172 Жыл бұрын
Right. Not only that, his "proof" was incorrect. You could put a 1 in the very center (r5c5), with 2-8-9 away from it in one direction and 3-7-9 in the other. As you said, you have the renban line preventing that approach, but that's the only reason.
@jeypi6658 Жыл бұрын
@@stevezagieboylo9172 incorrect. If, let's say, you have c5 starting with a 10 and going downwards have 7,9,8,2 & 1, then the last digit of the renban in the middle (going left) would be a 3. Then how can you have the renban in the right of r5 add up to 10 if you also need to have 7,8 & 9 on it and can't use 2 or 3 in r5c6 because they're already in that box?
@owensthebomb9273 2 ай бұрын
@@stevezagieboylo9172 his proof was correct, your idea completely breaks the 3 cell renban in box 5. It either has 1 and 3 on it but no 2, or 1 and 2 on it but no 3.
@kevinmartin7760 Жыл бұрын
Another way of getting the conclusion at 36:20 is that none of 2, 3, 5, or 9 can be on the "legs" of the blue area, so they all have to fit in the three cells R6C3, R7C3, and R8C4, which is not possible. This has actually been visible for a long time.
@wokkawicca Жыл бұрын
came looking for this observation...that was my route to resolving the center box
@longwaytotipperary Жыл бұрын
❤Nala the dog! Puzzle also.
@davidrattner9 Жыл бұрын
Nala wearing the glasses was so adorable!!
@longwaytotipperary Жыл бұрын
@@davidrattner9 🙂
@marklindsey1995 Жыл бұрын
I really loved this puzzle when I solved it two years ago. It inspired me to think outside-the-box for some of my own creations! Rocky is a national treasure. Wonderful solve as always for Simon.
@StarClan4evr Жыл бұрын
Astonishing puzzle, absolutely loved this one! Could really feel the love and care that went into setting this one, from the cross of sandwich clues in r6 and c6 determining that the big purple line has a 0 on it, to the absolute joy of finding a 5-7 pair in box 3 by using maths on c9s sandwich clue. I highly recommend this one, it was a joy to solve :D
@Swisswavey Жыл бұрын
What a great puzzle. 33 minutes for me and I loved every bit of it. Thanks for sharing it.
@rontyson7941 Жыл бұрын
Rocky Roer always puts my mind in a mental blender. But if I happen to finish he makes me feel smarter from doing his puzzles. :)
@Atticus837 Жыл бұрын
I too missed the obvious renban thing with green and yellow for a little while then felt like a complete buffoon spotting it... But nonetheless this puzzle has earned my favourite special distinction of "puzzles that made me laugh out loud while solving because of how clever they are". Any puzzle that does that is top notch in my book.
@Jodawo Жыл бұрын
It's about time you featured this one. I have seen some similar ones hit the channel but this one is a true gem. RockyRoer as many features on Cracking the Cryptic but this puzzle is arguably one of his best. I think it hasn't been featured only because the software at the time this puzzle was created was not compatible with the software they are using. Sven has made many improvements on the software that CTC is currently using. He has done some amazing work and now this great puzzle will be seen by many.
@yichen6313 Жыл бұрын
It looks impossible at first (I stared at the blank grid for 20 minutes at first…) but once you get started the journey is very enjoyable. Nice puzzle!
@yadiracamacho499 Жыл бұрын
Loved that picture of Nala the dog solving a sudoku, so cute!
@emilywilliams3237 Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad that this puzzle was newly recommended, and that Sven's software has evolved to be able to show this (and so many other wonderful things). I enjoyed your solve, Simon, and (despite the purple line prohibiting there from being repeated 0s or 10s as several people pointed out in comments already, as I am writing this) I am glad that you took the time to demonstrate why it would not work even had there not been a purple line joining two salient cells. It may be that sometimes your proofs could be done more simply, but I feel that I have learned a lot from you because of your thorough and complete logical rigor. So, I would say that you *spent* time showing us that, but not that you *wasted* time. Thanks, as always, for your videos. Though not new to the channel, tonight's lovely vocabulary included "nomenclature," "coterie," and my personal favorite, "bamboozled."
@sirgeremiah Жыл бұрын
I find it maddening (in a fun way) when he misses those easy answers, but I do learn logic chains I use in other puzzles from his meanderings like this one.
@BozoTheBear Жыл бұрын
OMG, this was so great! Pretty difficult without being brutal. Took me a little over an hour. Thanks RR!
@markbennet9058 Жыл бұрын
The fact that green and yellow can't be the same because they are on the same Renban would have obscured some nice logic ...
@debrawilden1971 Жыл бұрын
I didn't read all the comments, but did anyone wonder why the 1s and 9s weren't red or orange for the crusts and the other cells weren't green? Mark and Simon taught us that trick long ago.
@rockyroerNPC Жыл бұрын
I definitely noticed. Coloring the crusts is a very useful strategy in almost every sandwich sudoku I’ve set!
@Jodawo Жыл бұрын
Simon does waste a bit of time trying to see if 10's can be put in across from each other in row and column 5. In the rules it states that the integers will be different so the 13 cell RedBan could not possibly have two 10's on it. It could be Simon was just showing the impossibility so that those watching will know the logic behind it. I think the rule alone is all that is necessary for this logic.
@ShockwaveDawn Жыл бұрын
What a truly great puzzle. Very fun to solve.
@ericpraline1302 Жыл бұрын
Excellent stuff, thanks. Took a while for the cogs to start whirring, and had a scare towards the end when I thought I had broken it, but for once I hadn't.
@grahamania Жыл бұрын
74:21 as it took me a while to determine the 1 in c5 without bifurcation. Great puzzle, glad it was chosen for the channel! Kind comment.
@MarushiaDark316 Жыл бұрын
Wonder if it's time for Sven to include a setting for double-digit placement, and maybe some symbols too like >,
@jplay9710 Жыл бұрын
Using letters for numbers (like in the very common hexadecimal system for example) is already supported and much tidier than the overhaul that would be required to allow double digit stuff imo. A in hexidecimal -> 10 in decimal B -> 11 C -> 12 etc.
@mike18911222 Жыл бұрын
I hope you are good, I am new to the channel, and wanted to say hi, and I love the puzzle
@piarittersporn Жыл бұрын
What an exciting and fantastic puzzle.
@ukdavepianoman Жыл бұрын
Simon: Can yellow and green be the same number? Renban rules: Did you read me? First 15 mins pointless but Simon still solved it much faster than I could. A brilliant puzzle...I particularly loved the little Renban in the bottom right corner - easy to resolve by considering the outies.
@RoselynTate Жыл бұрын
Took me 78:10 (with some breaks), but I actually managed to figure this one out on my own! Had to rewind a fair bit at one point because I got so caught up in the more complicated logic that I accidentally overlooked an option for one of the sandwich clues that led to me making it the wrong length -- which led me on a merry chase before it proved itself wrong, lol -- but I actually managed to solve it on my own! Never could have solved a puzzle like this on my own before I started watching this channel, so thank you!!
@mery1973able Жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant puzzle! 👍
@th.nd.r Жыл бұрын
Really cool puzzle, and incredible that somewhat newer viewers like me get to see this glimpse into sudoku’s past! Well set and well solved. I do hope Sven eventually comes up with a way to input a two-digit number. Favorite quote from today’s video: - The British pronunciation of “nomenclature” 23:32
@glum_hippo Жыл бұрын
Congratulations, Nala!
@stuartmckinnon9190 Жыл бұрын
Always great when the secret is applied in the solve.
@werefrogofassyria6609 Жыл бұрын
39:11 to solve for The Werefrog. It was great watching you go complicated to show that column/row 5 sandwich clue had to be different when both appeared on that one renban line. That showed they had to be different far easier.
@titusadduxas Жыл бұрын
1:24:05 fir me. Wow! That was truly gorgeous. I think it’s fair to say I wouldn’t have had a Scooby Doo where to start before watching this amazing channel. So chuffed.
@BookofAeons Жыл бұрын
The simpler way to prove yellow cannot equal green is to note they both exist on a renban that cannot contain a repeated digit (:
@Nevir202 Жыл бұрын
My guy, really loves his complicated, unnecessary logic lol.
@altreusplays Жыл бұрын
It's so hard to see things like that when you're focused on some deep logic! That's why we often solve problems the next day, I suppose.
@zealot2147 Жыл бұрын
55:30 for me the logic using the central box and the long renban was magnificent
@HunterJE Жыл бұрын
Surprised by the lack of "not 1 or 9" sandwich coloring, feel like leaving in the largely unnecessary blue shading used at the very start just to indicate that the long line contained all the digits maybe unconsciously kept that off the table where it could have been useful at points as stuff started getting filled or penciled in around the edges...
@RichSmith77 Жыл бұрын
My only exposure to sandwich sudokus is through CtC. I don't think I could physically do one without colouring where 1s and 9s cannot go, green. I've been well and truly conditioned to think it's practically a necessity. 😂
@markp7262 Жыл бұрын
36:26 finish. Some very tricky logic, but loved every minute of it! I think Simon did himself a bit of a disservice by not doing standard sandwich coloring. It took him longer to spot some of the clues outside. Did Simon use a different version of the solver than he posted here? I had no problems with the checker, including the duplicate numbers in the outside clue cells.
@wanderlustwarrior Жыл бұрын
50:21 for me. Very fun puzzle. I had to check against the video to find out an assumption I made early was wrong, then did the math to prove it.
@drokly Жыл бұрын
Is there a way to do the patreon sudoku hunt on the sudoku pad, or an app of some kind? I'd rather not have to download and print them off.
@phillipcarlroberts4640 Жыл бұрын
what a solve :)
@MattYDdraig 3 ай бұрын
49:25 Gloriously insane, and a lot of fun.
@RichSmith77 Жыл бұрын
I don't understand the logic at 33:40. Why is it not possible to put a single digit total in r6c6? If the 1 was at the top of the renban (r7c6), then whichever of 2,3,4 appeared as the sandwich clue could be in r6c6, no? [Edit: As so often, I should have kept watching before commenting. He caught it.]
@ralfrussel1950 Жыл бұрын
If you hadn't, I would have written the same comment.
@weslieberman4009 Жыл бұрын
Missed opportunity to call the puzzle Ren Banwich
@Gonzalo_Garcia_ Жыл бұрын
17:54 for me. Awesome puzzle!!
@lunardancer6047 Жыл бұрын
Oh Simon, there was a much easier way of knowing both yellow and green couldn't both be 10. They're both on the same Renban. Although even with that long interlude, Simon still beat my time so I can't talk. This wonderful puzzle took me 80 minutes.
@volkerysilvia Жыл бұрын
Simon, sometimes it is really helpful to actually write something in instead of shaking your head in disbelief when you can't see a clue that's several steps away... Also it was a fallacy to conclude that 1 could not be on the center bottom right renban, as 4 in the perimeter can very well repeat between 1 and 9. The location of 1 and 9 on the M followed much earlier from the fact that 1 cannot ever be on the perimeter, hence 0 couldn't be on a renban on the perimeter, hence 1 and 9 could not be adjacent in that M.
@joelstevens5670 Жыл бұрын
Took a rather different approach to Simon around the 36 minute mark. If you study column 5 a little, row 4 column 5 must be at least a 3 and row 4 column 6 can only be 1 or 2 (any number higher than that will break the sandwich total). You can now do geometry on the largest renban to prove that the middle 3 digits are whatever is in rows 5 and 6 column 5 plus the 9. This forces the 3 on the same renban into box 8, which stops the 10 clue from being 3 cells. :)
@PhilBoswell Жыл бұрын
Am I correct in thinking that if the sandwich clues were *all* entered using centre- and corner-notation then the checker would ignore them? Or would it complain that you have unused pencil-marks?
@mattmayoh9680 Жыл бұрын
I used centre/corner marks, and left the two clues in the bottom right empty because I never bothered to add them up, the checker told me my solution was correct.
@johnbowlerwell7301 Жыл бұрын
Is "the correct icing ratio" measured by weight or by volume? A significant consideration given the discrepancy in relative density...
@_-_-Sipita-_-_ Жыл бұрын
30:25 for me. i thought i was losing my time at pencilmarking C6 but i actually broke in from there.
@57thorns Жыл бұрын
I feel like not pencil marking the two (?) available options for the ten sum and renab in box 5 was an oversight. It could have helped with the 11/12 on row 4.
@Kinada Жыл бұрын
94 minutes and I took forever to see the ending since I'm also watching something at the same time.
@d95mback Жыл бұрын
Got this in under one hour! Used hexadecimal A, B and C :)
@stephenmarseille5425 Жыл бұрын
Daylight Savings Time in the US kicked in and boy was I briefly concerned that CtC had finally had its unbroken record of releases... broken!
@brianshilling Жыл бұрын
Same. I was starting to get the shakes.
@Rapandreas Жыл бұрын
48:40 Simon seemingly forgets basic addition for a moment.
@stangerrits6712 Жыл бұрын
I think in his head he added the 1 by mistake, since the four digits 1,2,3,4 adding up to ten is something he so often mentions during other solves, that his brain just did this unconsciously.
@Rapandreas Жыл бұрын
@@stangerrits6712 He explains himself later. He was thinking that 3 cells had to add up to 10, because he had thought about the column 5 clue a lot earlier. I just found it slightly humorous that this master of sudoku solving had a lapse in maths abilities.
@GilWright Жыл бұрын
Love the app, run it on an iPad where (unfortunately) it doesn’t (yet) support the alpha keyboard. Would have really helped with this one….
@WuchtaArt Жыл бұрын
22:39 Question, why does the setup with 9 and 1 switched doesn't work? What I mean is if the yellow was a 10 and r5c8-9 is a 2,3 pair.
@al129 Жыл бұрын
Digits over 10 are easily manageable using the Hex equivalent letters 10=A, 11=B, 12=C and 13=D (if it were needed)
@squidbit4353 Жыл бұрын
2:45 When he said "I know this because" I really thought he was about to explain to us why 25 is 10 more than 15
@tfosra Жыл бұрын
56:00' for me. What a nice puzzle 👌🏽
@IlliniRocket Жыл бұрын
Pretty much mirrored my solve, including taking way too long to see the 0-10 solution, and getting hung up on the 1 in column 5 until seeing the '6' problem on the long renban.
@HunterJE Жыл бұрын
A useful tool for puzzles like this would be a "comments" pencil mark type, maybe in a different color than normal numerical/letter marks, which could just take any short string of characters -- would simplify writing in a multi-digit number as occasionally comes up in puzzles, and would also also other kinds of useful brief notes...
@caiodavi9829 Жыл бұрын
i agree
@srwapo Жыл бұрын
36:28 + 10 minutes on my phone = 47:28. I didn't think I would get a single digit, so I was happy that I was able to solve this. Those I was scared and checked my work every few steps to make sure I wasn't off the path.
@ABodyInProgress Жыл бұрын
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't he just get lucky with an incorrect assertion at 33:50? He said a single-digit sandwich clue at the bottom of column 6 wouldn't work, but couldn't a 4 go in as the sandwich, with 123 on the renban, the 1 being in r7c6 and 4 being in r6c6 just below the 9?
@Coyotek4 Жыл бұрын
56:20 ... I cost myself about 10 minutes with a late-solve booboo which took me a bit to spot; otherwise, I thought I fared well on this. Nice puzzle!
@jwolfe01234 Жыл бұрын
It's only been two days, but I can't wait until British Summer Time catches up to North American Daylight Saving Time.
@LillaJag Жыл бұрын
And as a person that lives in Europe I not looking forward to that because than the youtube videos from USA is going to be late again. Now that they are a hour earlier means that a video is coming out 9 mm instead of 10 pm which is q much better time before bed..
@kevinmartin7760 Жыл бұрын
At 20:00 it is not entirely clear that the 10-both-ways solution won't work if the 1 in blue is in R7C5 instead of R5C3. The orientation with respect to the renban in box 5 is different. I suppose his analysis doesn't actually use this renban so it is valid in this position as well, but it deserves saying.
@aronvanveldhuizen Жыл бұрын
28:33, good fun!
@Rach881101 Жыл бұрын
41:34 for me. Marvelous puzzle!
@gregs2284 Жыл бұрын
He's forgotten how Renban lines work now? Why is is spending all this time trying to prove that yellow and green aren't the same?
@lukaszpiotrluczak Жыл бұрын
Hope :) He knows it very well. He have solved it in his mind very quickly and later try to extend time of solve so that we won't be sad that it took us ages to solve sonething he done in few minutes. This is Simon kindness
@christianalexanderascherma9160 Жыл бұрын
Asking my self the same
@stuartmckinnon9190 Жыл бұрын
Deep thinkers are prone to missing the obvious.
@Shif80 Жыл бұрын
I’m guessing you sailed through this puzzle with no issues or pauses at all?
@stuartmckinnon9190 Жыл бұрын
@@Shif80.. Simon regularly misses the easy find.. such as a given digit...as he is so deeply engrossed in a long train of logical thought
@shadeblackwolf1508 Жыл бұрын
spends 10 minutes trying to prove yellow is not green. Renban line: Am i a joke to you?
@alanclarke4646 Жыл бұрын
I don't understand Simon's leap of logic at 33:57. Surely the short renban in box 8, can have 1 at the top, 4 at the bottom ( outside the grid), with a 2-3 pair between, and then a 4 in R6C6? Or have I missed something? EDIT: forget that, he corrects himself less than a minute later.
@lewsouth1539 Жыл бұрын
Checking the solution works if you have no full-size digits outside the grid.
@ronjohnson6916 Жыл бұрын
Row 3 had me so cranky!
@greatgreyowl2583 Жыл бұрын
Simon I don't know why you didn't get a solved screen. When I entered the last digit it said was correct with the extra digits in the grid. Maybe you didn't have the solution in the checker.
@leickrobinson5186 Жыл бұрын
38:36 for me. Surprisingly approachable! :-D
@Coyotek4 Жыл бұрын
The checker worked just fine for me (though I'm on 'auto', like Mark uses).
@RichSmith77 Жыл бұрын
The version linked in the description had the solution embedded in it. It didn't look like the version Simon was solving did. Once a puzzle has been solved, It's possible to generate a new link that contains that final grid as the solution, from within the settings page. I suspect Simon used that to generate a new link, with the solution, to publish in the description.
@danpost5651 Жыл бұрын
The easiest way to see that the middle sandwich clues cannot all be 10 is, once placing the 789 triples, noticing that there is no valid digit immediately for the center square without breaking the M region. The same logic can be applied for middle sandwich clues being all 0.
@RADZIO895 Жыл бұрын
34:15 4 wouldn't work because the purple line in box 5 always has a 4 (and 5, because all digits have to be from 3-6)
@submandave1125 Жыл бұрын
What to do to mark numbers greater than 9? Simon, this problem has already been solved by hexadecimal notation. And your app developers have conveniently provided us with a letter tool to do just so. 10 = A 11 = B 12 = C ...
@RoderickEtheria Жыл бұрын
10:04, you don't know? Just look at c5 and r5, the sandwich total cannot differ at the top and bottom of a column or the left and right of a row.
@RoderickEtheria Жыл бұрын
A pound of icing to a pound of cake is way too much icing on the cake.
@daleomiller Жыл бұрын
I was thinking of it in volume rather than weight. That’s still a lot of icing, but I’m okay with it. :)
@RoderickEtheria Жыл бұрын
@@daleomiller Volume is probably even worse. Icing is probably more dense than cake.
@user-qo3qm7ud1d Жыл бұрын
23:30 I used the same trick to mark 11 and 12 before saw that the Simon did it 🙂
@stangerrits6712 Жыл бұрын
36:50 This deduction might also have been obvious with a bit more pencilmarking in box 5 earlier in the solve. Bit of shouting at the screen here, if the options for the renban and the 10-sum are so limited, why not put the actual options in the grid?
@NicholasLayton Жыл бұрын
1:1 is way too much icing
@smylesg Жыл бұрын
26:23 Simon abandons his train of thought with 235 down the middle of box 5 in that it forces a 6 onto each end segment of the M-ban.
@smylesg Жыл бұрын
36:00 He reaches the destination.
@AlexanderQ689 Жыл бұрын
What a cool puzzle I just think it's weird to say integer when it's just whole numbers
@BrooksMoses Жыл бұрын
Is that more or less weird than saying "whole number" when it's just integers? :)
@BobShowalter Жыл бұрын
A 1 in r7c5 forces two sixes onto the blue Renban I think. 30:43
@Kirbyfan87827 Жыл бұрын
Finished in 24:16 by following along with the video.
@averygaron994 Жыл бұрын
You should've used A, B, C for 10, 11, 12. You never needed to actually figure out what the clues in the bottom right renban were, just that r1c8 and r9c9 were 1 apart in value
@mipsuperk Жыл бұрын
Then 'ban' in 'renban' rhymes with pawn, dawn, fawn, etc., the 'a' sound in can, ban, pan, etc. doesn't exist in Japanese.
@AbiGail-ok7fc Жыл бұрын
Being able to input 0 new? I've been mistyping 9 (hitting 0) for ages, and that showed up as 0.
@TriforceOfCourage97 7 ай бұрын
its showing red because you never finished the puzzle. There is the entire outside you need to finish. you have lines left that aren't done.
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