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Location: India | rakesh_rai - 2016-02-16 1:53 PM
We have puzzle wise submission data for 6 of the top 10. Based on their timings, Classics should have had 22 points (we had 22), Consecutive should have 15 points (we had 13), Kropki should have had 18 points (we had 19), X sum frame should have had 13 points (we had 12), QuadMax 4Odd 4Even should have had 15 points (we had 18) and Average should have 17 points (we had 16). So, except for QuadMax 4Odd 4Even, the differences were less than 3.
Interesting. It might also be worth comparing on grid-size rather than variant.
I was one of the players who voted negative on the points distribution. It might be a personal experience, but I struggled on the Average 6x6 (spent 11 minutes), compared to the Kropki 6x6 or X-Sum 6x6, all of which were of equal points. I also found the Average 9x9 (13 points) much harder than Kropki 9x9 or QuadMax 9x9 (both 16 points).
Maybe I am just bad at Average :-(
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Location: India | Rohan Rao - 2016-02-16 2:23 PM
... Maybe I am just bad at Average :-(
I'd say, just an average day on average. |
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Location: The Netherlands | forcolin - 2016-02-13 4:05 PM
The puzzles were all right but the point distribution was rather poor. IMHO for the big kropki 16 points were faaaaaar too many, while the big average with only 13 points was underrated.
Huh, I had just the opposite experience: I flew through the Big Average (probably took me less time than the small Average) but couldn't find any opening for the Big Kropki.
Thanks to the puzzle makers!! |
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Location: United States | Does anyone have general tips for kropkis (and kropki sudokus)? I always have a really hard time starting them, and I often just end up having to use trial and error until I find something that works. |
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Location: India | If anyone is interested, average 6x6 walkthrough is here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2OFqlbyLKVDWDU2eV84NUprUlE |
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Location: India | Solutions are available now. |
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Location: India | rakesh_rai - 2016-02-17 8:03 AM
Solutions are available now. |
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Location: India | @Rakesh
Thanks for the walkthrough. I never got that first '4', probably the reason why I took long.
@Harmeet
Really nice sudokus as a first-time author. Hope to see more from you in the times to come.
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Location: India | Sure! Will look forward to it. |
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Location: India | @Rakesh and Harmeet
Thanks for this great Sudoku test. All the puzzles were of great quality. I enjoyed all the puzzles. My favorite were Average and Non Consecutive Sudoku. Looking forward for more such puzzles from both of you :) |
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Location: India | @Rajesh:
Thank you. But there was no Non Consecutive sudoku in the test ;) |
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Location: India | :) I mean Consecutive Sudoku |
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