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SM 2020 (Math) Author
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Location: India | | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Too many hard puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Classic Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
An excellent,testing and a hard set.I had tremendous fun doing this test.With 20 mins to go for the 16 point instructionless,and having figured out the rules,I was confident of finishing it comfortably.But it turned out to be incredibly sticky and I had to put too many pencil marks before getting it right.Towards the end,there was a lot of panic as the timer began to slowly go under the 5min mark.I was almost sure that I would end up broken but thankfully there were no errors.It felt great to complete the set.A hard set but a really good set of sudokus.
My favourites were the Classic (10),and scattered(12).I enjoyed solving the rest too but they gave a bit more trouble than I would have wanted.So that concludes SM with a beautiful set to complete it . Looking forward to the offline finals and hopefully to attend it and meet like minded people :).
Would love to know the individual contributions by the authors !Thanks for the fun test!
Edited by kishy72 2016-03-12 4:14 AM
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Location: United States | | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Toroidal Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
Lots of aha moments in this fun collection, even in the classic sudokus. I usually leave the easy 6x6 puzzles until the end for spare minutes but I was working the first instructionless until nearly the last minute...someday I shall finish one of these. |
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Neighbours Variations (SM 15/16) Author
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Location: India | | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Too many medium difficult puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Toroidal Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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Location: Hong Kong | | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Too many easy puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Average | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Instructionsless (Irregular Overlapping) | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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Location: India | Due to power-cut I couldn't submit my 2 answers, namely- IRREGULAR(1-9) and DEFICIT(1-6).. Is there any possibility that I could submit my answer key for consideration?
Looking for your reply. |
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Location: Estonia | | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Instructionsless (Irregular Overlapping) | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
I think the only problem was the location of the answer keys. In the 2-nd 6x6 classic the answer key column was the first column I solved there. I actually solved taht column + 4 other digits in the grid. |
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Location: India | | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Instructionsless (Irregular Overlapping) | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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Location: United Kingdom | | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Too many hard puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Scattered Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Many puzzles were worth too much or too little | |
Some of the classic Sudoku puzzles in this test were far more difficult than the assigned point values, and indeed more difficult than some of the fancy variations. I felt the variants were good though; no complaints in this section. |
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Mean Minis (2020) Author
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Location: India | Plucky - 2016-03-12 11:38 PM
Some of the classic Sudoku puzzles in this test were far more difficult than the assigned point values, and indeed more difficult than some of the fancy variations. I felt the variants were good though; no complaints in this section. I had a different experience and I felt the classic sudokus (especially the 10 pointer) were easier compared to the assigned points. |
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SM 2020 (Converse and Odd Even) Author
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Location: India | | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Toroidal Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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Location: United Kingdom | rakesh_rai - 2016-03-13 1:44 AM
Plucky - 2016-03-12 11:38 PM
Some of the classic Sudoku puzzles in this test were far more difficult than the assigned point values, and indeed more difficult than some of the fancy variations. I felt the variants were good though; no complaints in this section. I had a different experience and I felt the classic sudokus (especially the 10 pointer ) were easier compared to the assigned points.
I felt the 6x6 ones (and 8x8 one) were fair, but the 9x9 ones were too tricky for their value. I usually don't have any problems with the classic 9x9s so was surprised here by this. |
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Location: Japan | | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Instructionsless (Irregular Overlapping) | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
I like Instructionless the most. I couldn't solve it in time, but after the test I enjoyed it so much. Good techniques were used in both of them. |
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Location: Thailand | | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Instructionsless (Irregular Overlapping) | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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Location: Japan | | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Too many hard puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Instructionsless (Irregular Overlapping) | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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Diagonal Vision Author
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Location: Switzerland | Nice set of sudokus, thanks !
I crashed the toroidal sudoku, loosing 13 minutes between trying to fix my mistake and solving it entirely again after the first strategy wasn't successful.
Thanks for the whole sudoku mahabharat series, it was fun, even if designed first for indian players.
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Location: India | | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Toroidal Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth too much or too little | |
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Location: ITALY | | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Below Average | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Toroidal Sudoku | |
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Location: India | | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Toroidal Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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WSPC Organizer
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Location: India | | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Too many medium difficult puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Instructionsless (Irregular Overlapping) | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
Very nice puzzles, but felt its on the harder side.
Really liked some of the solving paths here... top quality puzzles.
My favourites were both the Instructionless ones and the Scattered 9x9. |
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Location: United States | | How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Toroidal Sudoku | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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Location: India | Solutions appended and included authors' contribution. |
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SM 2020 (Math) Author
Posts: 157
Location: India | It was a wonderful experience creating sudokus for the test. Thank you so much Deb for giving me this opportunity. We had very less time (approx 10 days) to finalise a lot of things . So this is what we could actually come up with . I am glad so many participants liked it. Deb has made a mistake by crediting me with instructionless 9x11. It was 90% his effort and 10% mine. I would also like to thank Ashish Kumar for actually making me believe that I can create Sudokus when I had just started creating. Thanks Ashish . |
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PR 2020 (MII and Regions) Author
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Location: India | It is good to see that many indians are not only improving themselves in the solve but also in the authoring side. Many indians have contibuted their puzzles for the first time in SM and the response was quite impressive. I believe its because of the passion they have for puzzles which takes them to such a level. Same passion I saw in Akash and it was him who took an effort to get into creation side and achieved this level. I did nothing to make him create but just his interest towards creation was more than the motivation from my side. |
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