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jwilsonian
Subject: Re: Mock Test 17 @ 2010-03-20 3:42 AM (#297 - in reply to #254) (#297) Top




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Hello,

I am confused with regards to the Relay in section 1 of the Instruction booklet. I solved the first puzzle, but then none of the 3x3 blocks fit in the second puzzle. Can you please clarify what it is I am supposed to do exactly? Thanks! A cursory examination of submitting a row from puzzle 3 into 4 also shows that none are possible, even before I solve. Confused...
Gotroch
Subject: Re: Mock Test 17 @ 2010-03-20 3:57 AM (#298 - in reply to #297) (#298) Top




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jwilsonian - 2010-03-20 3:42 AM

Hello,

I am confused with regards to the Relay in section 1 of the Instruction booklet. I solved the first puzzle, but then none of the 3x3 blocks fit in the second puzzle. Can you please clarify what it is I am supposed to do exactly? Thanks! A cursory examination of submitting a row from puzzle 3 into 4 also shows that none are possible, even before I solve. Confused...


You can change position of the transfered element. So for example You can transfer top left corner 3x3 block from one puzzle to bottom right corner (or any of possible nine positions) of second puzzle

Edited by Gotroch 2010-03-20 3:58 AM
jwilsonian
Subject: Re: Mock Test 17 @ 2010-03-20 4:08 AM (#299 - in reply to #298) (#299) Top




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Ah, excellent. Thank you for your response. That makes things a lot easier...
debmohanty
Subject: Re: Mock Test 17 @ 2010-03-20 6:12 AM (#301 - in reply to #266) (#301) Top



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Please note : As per the IB, [red]Round1 and Round2 both are of 60 minutes[/red] now.
akash.doulani
Subject: Re: Mock Test 17 @ 2010-03-20 11:57 AM (#303 - in reply to #254) (#303) Top


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i have a question in " no four in a row " sudoku. does diagonal imply in the main diagonal or any 4 diagonally adjacent cells ?
cauchy
Subject: Re: Mock Test 17 @ 2010-03-20 12:02 PM (#304 - in reply to #303) (#304) Top




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akash.doulani - 2010-03-20 11:57 AM

i have a question in " no four in a row " sudoku. does diagonal imply in the main diagonal or any 4 diagonally adjacent cells ?

In any 4 diagonally adjacent cells (in any diagonal direction by the given cell).
purifire
Subject: Re: Mock Test 17 @ 2010-03-20 2:41 PM (#305 - in reply to #304) (#305) Top



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This is getting interesting and confusing at the same time :D .... Its high time I checked the IB out...
debmohanty
Subject: Puzzle Booklets available to download @ 2010-03-20 3:47 PM (#306 - in reply to #254) (#306) Top



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The puzzle booklets are available to download at the mock page
Tejal Phatak
Subject: Re: Mock Test 17 @ 2010-03-20 3:59 PM (#307 - in reply to #254) (#307) Top




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Seems like its going to be an interesting Mock Test :)
akash.doulani
Subject: Re: Mock Test 17 @ 2010-03-20 5:07 PM (#308 - in reply to #254) (#308) Top


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it feels like the good old days of our childhood when we eagerly waited for sundays.
jcvb
Subject: Re: Mock Test 17 @ 2010-03-21 8:00 AM (#309 - in reply to #254) (#309) Top




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can i know my score?
debmohanty
Subject: Re: Mock Test 17 @ 2010-03-21 8:24 AM (#310 - in reply to #309) (#310) Top



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jcvb - 2010-03-21 8:00 AM can i know my score?

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Relay2 is wrong
jcvb
Subject: Re: Mock Test 17 @ 2010-03-21 8:40 AM (#311 - in reply to #254) (#311) Top




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thanks.
neerajmehrotra
Subject: Re: Mock Test 17 @ 2010-03-21 1:25 PM (#312 - in reply to #254) (#312) Top




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nice set of puzzles..............although I could not do well
akash.doulani
Subject: Re: Mock Test 17 @ 2010-03-21 6:24 PM (#313 - in reply to #254) (#313) Top


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can i know my score?
debmohanty
Subject: RE: Mock Test 17 @ 2010-03-21 8:00 PM (#314 - in reply to #254) (#314) Top



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Here are the solutions
Tejal Phatak
Subject: Re: Mock Test 17 @ 2010-03-21 8:26 PM (#315 - in reply to #254) (#315) Top




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Was a really good Mock test.

Made a mistake by starting with the Relay in the 1st round, took really long to complete it :|

Round 2 was nice as well. Found Arrow Sudoku a little tough, wasted a lot of time on it. Fortress and No Four in a Row were good puzzles :)

In all, a very good Mock Test!
Thanks to Gotroch and Cauchy.
Tejal Phatak
Subject: Re: Mock Test 17 @ 2010-03-21 8:32 PM (#316 - in reply to #254) (#316) Top




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Ohh forgot about Outside Killer!
That was a nice puzzle too...
debmohanty
Subject: RE: Mock Test 17 - Congratulations @ 2010-03-21 8:58 PM (#317 - in reply to #254) (#317) Top



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Congratulations to janoslaw, jaku111 and Rohan Rao topping the table. Hope everyone enjoyed the mock.

And thanks to cauchy and gotroch for yet another nice mock.

Please rate the Sudokus if you have not done so yet
Gotroch
Subject: RE: Mock Test 17 @ 2010-03-21 9:48 PM (#318 - in reply to #254) (#318) Top




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Congratulation to the winners and thanks to all participants.
Special thanks to Deb, for preparing the site despite we delivered our puzzles in last minutes.
Our puzzles are usually hard and probably should be little easier in this Mock, but we hope you found them interesting.

Gotroch & cauchy
amitsowani
Subject: Re: Mock Test 17 @ 2010-03-22 1:05 AM (#319 - in reply to #316) (#319) Top



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Was not in the good solving zone today :{ Kept making mistakes repeatedly on each puzzle.

In the first round I solved two of the puzzles from Matchmaker, then I had identified a third puzzle correctly to be a Diagonal Sudoku but broke it twice and decided that my assumption that it is Diagonal was wrong and moved on to the relay.
In the relay I had not expected the puzzle to require backward compatibility with the second puzzle, I used uniqueness and messed it up.

In round 2 I really wanted to crack the Loop Sudoku, but could not move it even a bit, will have another attempt on this one later.
Then I went back and solved puzzles which are in my comfort zone , the outside killer and arrow sudoku in an attempt to salvage some pride. :P
Made a last minute dash to solve Fortress Sudoku, but couldn't beat the clock.

Matchmaker is a really awesome puzzle type and it was well executed in this particular mock. This has inspired some new puzzle creation ideas in me :)
Relay was good with the 1,2,3,4 theme. I solved it after the test and was a nice solve. Matching the row and column constraints is much easier then matching the box constraint.

Overall it was a well executed mock test. Thanks to Gotroch and Cauchy for creating such wonderful puzzles.
cnarrikkattu
Subject: RE: Mock Test 17 @ 2010-03-22 2:28 AM (#320 - in reply to #318) (#320) Top




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Had a disaster in round 1 and solved all of one puzzle (though the puzzles themselves were great when I came back to them later). Round 2 puzzles were excellent, especially the loop puzzle. I definitely suggest everyone to look through that puzzle (as only 4 people solved it).

Wish me luck next Sunday :)


Edited by cnarrikkattu 2010-03-22 2:56 AM
purifire
Subject: RE: Mock Test 17 @ 2010-03-22 1:00 PM (#322 - in reply to #320) (#322) Top



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Great set of puzzles ... thoroughly enjoyed solving... Was in my own sweet world... forgot to click "submit" on 1 puzzle each in both rounds :D

I found the relay puzzles in round 1 very interesting....

Match maker was good too..

When I look in hind sight Puzzles were good enough to be completed in the stipulated time... :)

Overall Thanks to Gotroch and Cauchy for this wonderful Mock... and all the best to all the Czech players for their national championship this coming weekend.. .:)

Rishi
amitsowani
Subject: RE: Mock Test 17 @ 2010-03-22 3:03 PM (#326 - in reply to #322) (#326) Top



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To add to that all the best to the US participants for their National Championship too :)
vopani
Subject: Re: Mock Test 17 @ 2010-03-22 6:15 PM (#335 - in reply to #254) (#335) Top


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@Gotroch

Very nice puzzles. Liked MatchMakers, more bacause I'm good in these ;-)
I solved the relay later and I'm happy I didn't start with that during the mock ;-)

In Round 2, I liked Pandigital and No Op Math. Arrow was a tough one! No comments on Loop :D

All in all,
Nice mock, Cauchy and Gotroch! :-)
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