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Irregular and Hybrids- 1st-5th Jun- Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier
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Subject: Irregular and Hybrids- 1st-5th Jun- Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-05-24 11:44 PM (#24959) (#24959) Top


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Location: India




Link for rules and other details about Sudoku Mahabharat : http://logicmastersindia.com/SM/2018sm.asp
Instructions for Irregular and Hybrids - http://logicmastersindia.com/SM/201806/


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Subject: Re: Irregular and Hybrids- 1st-5th Jun- Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-05-29 10:32 AM (#24960 - in reply to #24959) (#24960) Top


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Location: India

Instruction Booklet


The IB (with points) is available now: http://logicmastersindia.com/SM/201806/

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Subject: Re: Irregular and Hybrids- 1st-5th Jun- Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-05-31 9:39 PM (#24969 - in reply to #24959) (#24969) Top


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Location: India
A lookback at past winners of SM contests with Irregular variations:
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Subject: Re: Irregular and Hybrids- 1st-5th Jun- Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-06-01 12:07 AM (#24970 - in reply to #24969) (#24970) Top


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Location: India
The test has started.
An LMI player
Subject: Re: Irregular and Hybrids- 1st-5th Jun- Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-06-01 12:17 AM (#24971 - in reply to #24959) (#24971) Top


 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? Row Sum-Extra Region Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


An LMI player
Subject: Re: Irregular and Hybrids- 1st-5th Jun- Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-06-01 9:56 PM (#24972 - in reply to #24959) (#24972) Top


 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? Average
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


In online solving grids, the rule for outside-skyscraper was incorrect so it made me super-confused :(
TiiT
Subject: Re: Irregular and Hybrids- 1st-5th Jun- Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-06-02 2:06 AM (#24973 - in reply to #24959) (#24973) Top




Posts: 139
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Location: Estonia
 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? Toroidal Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


It was tough and very challenging.
bob
Subject: Re: Irregular and Hybrids- 1st-5th Jun- Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-06-02 8:34 AM (#24974 - in reply to #24959) (#24974) Top




Posts: 59
2020
Location: United States
 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? Outside-Skyscraper Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


I really enjoy sudoku variants and especially liked the hybrid variants with combined rules. More frequently I jump into the variants rather than doing the plain vanilla sudoke. I wish I I were fast enough to attempt them all Nice solving paths when I was able to find them. Irregular Sudoke 2 (9 x 9) was a very slow slog for me. Took way too much time and I suspect I missed some trick . Overall very interesting and fun puzzles I will enjoy on my own time.
aashay
Subject: Re: Irregular and Hybrids- 1st-5th Jun- Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-06-02 12:31 PM (#24975 - in reply to #24959) (#24975) Top




Posts: 46
2020
Location: India
 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? Fairly Nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? One Diagonal-Disjoint Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


My worst performance in SM in a very long time. Struggled a lot with the variants, just couldn't proceed. A forgettable performace. The sudokus were of top notch quality though.
3strikerz
Subject: Re: Irregular and Hybrids- 1st-5th Jun- Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-06-02 2:14 PM (#24976 - in reply to #24959) (#24976) Top




Posts: 8

Location: South Korea
 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? One Diagonal-Disjoint 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


Classic 3 and 5 is definitely not worth 5 and 3 respectively; they deserve more. Classic 6 is also probably worth less than 7. Probably shouldn't have wasted time trying to solve 4 with no avail.
TiiT
Subject: Re: Irregular and Hybrids- 1st-5th Jun- Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-06-02 4:23 PM (#24977 - in reply to #24959) (#24977) Top




Posts: 139
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Location: Estonia
Hi
I also would like to point out that the sudoku booklet consists 9 pages, not 8, like it says on the competition page!

TiiT
Hemant Kr Malani
Subject: Re: Irregular and Hybrids- 1st-5th Jun- Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-06-02 6:00 PM (#24978 - in reply to #24959) (#24978) Top




Posts: 61
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Location: India
 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? One Diagonal-Disjoint Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


Kumaresan R
Subject: Re: Irregular and Hybrids- 1st-5th Jun- Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-06-02 11:08 PM (#24979 - in reply to #24959) (#24979) Top




Posts: 27
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Location: India
 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


Gyuszi13
Subject: Re: Irregular and Hybrids- 1st-5th Jun- Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-06-02 11:13 PM (#24980 - in reply to #24959) (#24980) Top




Posts: 17

Location: Hungary
 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? Scattered Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


MrLiang
Subject: Re: Irregular and Hybrids- 1st-5th Jun- Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-06-03 1:59 AM (#24981 - in reply to #24959) (#24981) Top





Posts: 44
2020
Location: Thailand
 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? One Diagonal-Disjoint Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


kishy72
Subject: Re: Irregular and Hybrids- 1st-5th Jun- Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-06-03 12:19 PM (#24982 - in reply to #24959) (#24982) Top


SM 2020 (Math) Author

Posts: 417
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Location: India
 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? One Diagonal-Disjoint Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


Excellent test.Hybrids round was executed really well and I enjoyed this new round in SM.Just needed a few more seconds to submit the solution to the last classic that I had but satisfied with the overall show given the lazy start I had in Row Sum-ER.

My favourites are One Diagonal-Disjoint (13),Toroidal (10) and Outside Skyscraper (8) in that order.

Well done Ashish ! The grids were excellent design-wise as well as aesthetically and were tremendously fun to solve.
gaurav.kjain
Subject: Re: Irregular and Hybrids- 1st-5th Jun- Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-06-03 4:25 PM (#24984 - in reply to #24959) (#24984) Top


SM 2020 (Irregular and Outside) Author

Posts: 52
2020
Location: India
 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? One Diagonal-Disjoint Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


This is one of the round which is best in construction quality and layouts.
My score may not reflect the feedback, but I feel this round should be solvable within the time limit.
Ashish has done extremely nice job with his signature theme and creativity. Amazing....sudokus and I enjoyed solving each one of them.
pranavmanu
Subject: Re: Irregular and Hybrids- 1st-5th Jun- Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-06-03 7:26 PM (#24985 - in reply to #24959) (#24985) Top




Posts: 55
2020
Location: India
 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? Fairly Nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Classic Sudoku



A terrible round to cap off what has in my opinion, been the worst SM in history.

The target distribution of difficulty is nowhere close to being achieved.At every point,I faced a stumbling block,which is something i have never experienced before in an SM round,and which i dont expect to experience as well

Even a GP round seems to be more approachable than these tests,which is appalling.

Apart from all this,Disappointed with my own showing as well.

This is the first time ,I have wanted to stop solving and quit the test after just 45 mins. I had to force myself to regain focus and complete the test.

Really sorry to say,Ashish,but that was my experience.
swaroop2011
Subject: Re: Irregular and Hybrids- 1st-5th Jun- Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-06-04 5:26 AM (#24986 - in reply to #24959) (#24986) Top



PR 2020 (Shading and Loops) Author

Posts: 668
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Location: India
 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


Wonderful Set of Puzzles. Well thought theme throughout the round. I can imagine the efforts put into designing every sudoku and entire round. Well done.
I didn't expect it will go so well for me. Although puzzles were hard, I do like Irregular sudoku.
At the same time, I believe that, fixing the theme restricts the difficuilty level for the puzzle sometimes, so that might be the case that it turned out to be so many hard puzzles.
Enjoyed a lot.
Thanks Ashish and LMI.
RameshLMI
Subject: Re: Irregular and Hybrids- 1st-5th Jun- Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-06-04 9:40 AM (#24987 - in reply to #24959) (#24987) Top


SM 2020 (Converse and Odd Even) Author

Posts: 51
2020
Location: India
 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? Toroidal Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


shera90
Subject: Re: Irregular and Hybrids- 1st-5th Jun- Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-06-04 5:26 PM (#24990 - in reply to #24959) (#24990) Top





Posts: 71
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Location: India
 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? Scattered Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


It was a really nice round. In my opinion it was the best one this year. For me the best sudoku was the scattered 9x9 and for 6x6 it was toroidal.

I didnt expect to solve this much considering lack of practice for quite some time. first time i didn't get stuck in syscraper 9x9. Even though it was mixed with outside, it still is the variant i fear the most. The others were really amqzing too like row sum extra region 6x6 and the classic 5. I think it deserved few more points. And also for one diagonal - disjoint 9x9 should have been around 10 and for row sum-extra region it should have been 13

Lastly the placing of numbers being almost the same in all 9x9 variants was excellent.
vopani
Subject: Re: Irregular and Hybrids- 1st-5th Jun- Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-06-04 8:02 PM (#24991 - in reply to #24959) (#24991) Top


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Location: India
 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


The best SM round of the year by far.
Wonderful puzzles Ashish! Thanks a lot.
An LMI player
Subject: Re: Irregular and Hybrids- 1st-5th Jun- Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-06-05 3:22 AM (#24992 - in reply to #24959) (#24992) Top


 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? Irregular 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


geronimo92
Subject: Re: Irregular and Hybrids- 1st-5th Jun- Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-06-05 4:47 AM (#24993 - in reply to #24959) (#24993) Top




Posts: 8

Location: France
 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? Average
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? One Diagonal-Disjoint Sudoku


An LMI player
Subject: Re: Irregular and Hybrids- 1st-5th Jun- Sudoku Mahabharat & ISC Qualifier @ 2018-06-05 12:14 PM (#24994 - in reply to #24959) (#24994) Top


 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? Row Sum-Extra Region 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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