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Standard - 9th -12th February - Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier
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Kwaka
Subject: Re: Standard - 9th -12th February - Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-02-13 4:27 AM (#24247 - in reply to #24163) (#24247) Top


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 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? Quadruple 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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Subject: Re: Standard - 9th -12th February - Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-02-13 12:29 PM (#24250 - in reply to #24163) (#24250) Top


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Update - Extension by 12 hours


Based on requests from a few regular participants (due to school/college examinations), the test is further extended by 12 hours and can be started till 23:59 IST (6:29 PM GMT) today (Feb 13).

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Subject: Re: Standard - 9th -12th February - Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-02-14 10:09 AM (#24252 - in reply to #24163) (#24252) Top


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Congratulations to Jan Zverina, Seungjae Kwak and Tiit Vunk for taking the top three places. Jan was miles ahead of the rest of the competition in this round, five minutes ahead of the 2nd placed competitor.

Amongst Indian participants, Congratulations to Rohan Rao (overall 5th), Rishi Puri and Kishore Kumar for taking the top 3 places. The 'R' factor on display again.

Of the 308 participants, 131 were from India, 23 from Japan and 19 from USA. Jakub Majewski (Poland) was the first to start the test while Bhupendra Singh (India) was the last person to start the test. 67 participants completed the set within the allotted time. The median score of the test was 51.9.

Thanks Hemant and Swaroop for the puzzles!

Participants may share feedback on the results page and rate the puzzles on the contest page.
sena
Subject: Re: Standard - 9th -12th February - Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-02-14 10:52 AM (#24253 - in reply to #24163) (#24253) Top




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 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? Fairly Nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Untouch 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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Subject: Re: Standard - 9th -12th February - Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-02-14 11:13 AM (#24255 - in reply to #24253) (#24255) Top


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Solution Booklet is available now.
Kumaresan R
Subject: Re: Standard - 9th -12th February - Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-02-14 12:03 PM (#24257 - in reply to #24255) (#24257) Top




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I would like to share a walkthrough on solving the Quadruple Sudoku 6*6 (attached)



Attachments
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Attachments quad6x6 walkthough (2).zip (87KB - 32 downloads)
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Subject: Re: Standard - 9th -12th February - Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-02-14 3:26 PM (#24260 - in reply to #24257) (#24260) Top


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Kumaresan R - 2018-02-14 12:03 PM

I would like to share a walkthrough on solving the Quadruple Sudoku 6*6 (attached)


Thanks Kumaresan.
Hemant Kr Malani
Subject: Re: Standard - 9th -12th February - Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-02-14 4:59 PM (#24261 - in reply to #24163) (#24261) Top




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Congratulations to Jan Zverina, Seungjae Kwak and Tiit Vunk for taking the top three places. Also congratulations to Rohan Rao, Rishi Puri and Kishore Kumar for taking the top 3 places amongst the Indians.
Thanks to LMI for giving me this opportunity. It was a lot of fun creating the Sudokus. From the set my personal favourites were 6x6 Quadruple and 9x9 Untouch. And the Quadruple actually got most attention out of the entire set :P
Also thanks to Swaroop. It was a very nice experience of authoring with you. Apart from the sudokus you created, you also helped me a lot in making my creations better by your suggestions :)
Hemant Kr Malani
Subject: Re: Standard - 9th -12th February - Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-02-14 5:14 PM (#24262 - in reply to #24238) (#24262) Top




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Para - 2018-02-12 11:58 AM

The one thing I disliked was that there were two antisymmetric puzzles in this set: Untouch 2 and Extra Region 2. They are never enjoyable to me, because any deduction for one digit is also automatically true for another digit on the other side of the grid.


Thank you for the feedback. This being my first time as an author, I have a lot to learn. And this feedback will surely help me.
swaroop2011
Subject: Re: Standard - 9th -12th February - Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-02-15 12:11 AM (#24263 - in reply to #24163) (#24263) Top



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Congrats to top 3 overall as well as Indians. It was great experience supporting Hemant. Its so good to see youngsters rising in solving and creating.
Sorry to Hemant if I was too strict mentoring(rejected lots of his creations) just wanted him to learn as much possible and create a good round.
I was very much aware of the half solve of Untouch 9x9 due to symmetry, but I let it through because I like his design and idea. Thanks to LMI for the opportunity and all testers.
Thanks to all participants and their feedback, will surely keep that in mind during next contest. I hope you all enjoyed.
Any participant if they feel they could not solve any particular sudoku, please feel free to post here we will be happy to help you.
Good luck with upcoming contests. :)
sunderramanv
Subject: RE: Standard - 9th -12th February - Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-02-15 5:42 PM (#24276 - in reply to #24163) (#24276) Top




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Generally, the 9*9 version carries more points than the 6*6 version of each variant. Is it because of the difficulty level of 6*6 is greater than 9*9?
Hemant Kr Malani
Subject: RE: Standard - 9th -12th February - Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-02-15 6:08 PM (#24278 - in reply to #24276) (#24278) Top




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sunderramanv - 2018-02-15 5:42 PM

Generally, the 9*9 version carries more points than the 6*6 version of each variant. Is it because of the difficulty level of 6*6 is greater than 9*9?

The points are an indicator of the level of difficulty of the sudoku. So, yes; the 6×6 carries more points because of difficulty.
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