A 100% Rated Puzzle; 5/5 Difficulty. Hold My Beer. (For 2 Hours...)

[@GregJonson]

I took a different approach to this puzzle, I just stared at it for fifteen seconds and then started crying

[@biaberg3448]

Totally understandable!

[@nathanmays7926]

It's good to know other people share my solve path.

[@leojs5673]

there’s actually quite an easy trick to crack this in just under a couple minutes. step 1: skip to the end of the video. step 2: copy the entire grid apart from one cell. step 3: guess the last cell until it checks the solve and you’re done! 😂

[@biaberg3448]

@ You’re a genius!

[@blackro2058]

Same😊

[@stevieinselby]

Simon: "This square can't be a 3" [Deletes 1, leaving 2 and 3] [Wonders why it can't be 1]

[@dearmash]

#dory 🐟

[@MrKypoHAX]

😮​@@dearmash

[@dearmash]

@@MrKypoHAX to be clear not a criticism. Simon is a brilliant guy. While watching it reminded me of times I'd ask someone to send me a text while we're talking. Seconds later, still with the person, I'll get the ding 🐟 ooh I got a new message!

[@abj136]

Who can do a complicated puzzle for 2 hours and not be subject to such momentary foibles?

[@thaschwartz]

When he accidentally deleted the 1 and not the 3 there was finally a section of the puzzle I was able to solve.

[@gatlygat]

I actually did it!! [120 mins] Big thank you to the couple of commenters that said they wish they had have given it a proper go, because it is doable. Wasn't even going to start, but those comments intrigued me, so I did. And now it's done! Thanks again wonderful community. Scorchingly good puzzle BTW, deeply satisfying.

[@Eric-ui7lu]

yeah it's just very long but not necessairily hard

[@wordclover]

@@Eric-ui7lu My experience exactly. I found the most difficult part to be the instructions, and had to watch the first couple of minutes of the video to determine that the arrow cell is not included in its count. In total it took me 154:36 - half an hour of head scratching and two hours of fairly straightforward deductions.

[@timolson4809]

Was there a mistake at 1:27:55? Why couldn’t the blue grow downwards?

[@RockyInSea74]

I saw the same thing. He finds his mistake a couple minutes later.

[@ryanoftinellb]

He seems to think that any group of blue cells must have a subtriadic count, i.e.: one less than a multiple of 3. But two blue groups would actually add to one more than a multiple of three. His thought does hold for grey, though.

[@IdoN_Tlikethis]

​@@ryanoftinellb That's not the mistake he made here though. Because two blue regions can't add up to 6, and you can't place three regions of size 2 next to each other. So the only mistake he made here is not seeing that blue could also go down. Edit: 30 seconds later he does mistakenly say that 7 is an incorrect count, maybe that's what you were referring to

[@przemekmajewski1]

was looking for that comment! tripped me up a lot when checking my solution. I don't see why Simon deduced that hence the loop couldn't go down, blue couldn't also. And also the modulus is not constant. 2+2 remainder = 1 remainder. So a 2+8 combo has a modulus of 1. So both arguemnts were wrong

[@MaierFlorian]

So, usually I watch Saturdays puzzles on Sundays because I'm out on Saturday evening. But today I'm sick and therefore at home and what better could happen than a full 2 hour video on CtC ♥

[@stevieinselby]

This would be soooooo much easier to scan with lighter coloured shading, which would allow a lighter colour for the ❌s and a non-black colour for the line making it easier to distinguish the line from the borders quickly ... Simon's determination to always use dark colours does make it more difficult for him to solve it, I'm sure.

[@spin-rg9ib]

i think it has to do with color blindness. i think the darker colors make it easier for him.

[@upsidewalks]

Do you think he's secretly colorblind?

[@stevieinselby]

@@upsidewalks There's no "secretly" about it - Simon regularly struggles to tell the difference between shades of pink and purple, and some other colours (see their recent streams of Tumetsi for a case in point).

[@sushirunner]

Simon: "there must be arrows that I lost track off" Also Simon: picks the most complicated ones instead of the easy wins. Never change, Simon! 😀

[@janerobson2297]

In fact he highlights exactly the arrow cell he should look at. Again the cursor trying to tell him where to look!

[@ChappersDave]

Judging by the length of the video it is going to be a very flat beer that someone is holding for Simon and said person will probably have cramp in their arm/hand.

[@avitaltagar]

What an incredible puzzle, this made my evening much nicer than it was

[@chocolateboy300]

I finished in exactly 244 minutes. I saw the title of this video and avoided it for a couple weeks. I finally decided to try it and was pleasantly surprised that it was not as difficult as I thought it was going to be. As with these pencil puzzles, I am usually much slower than in sudokus. The logic did not feel that difficult, but keeping it up over the course of the entire puzzle was difficult to do. It's almost like this puzzle is a marathon and that is where some of the difficulty comes from. Regardless of that, this puzzle was incredibly fun to do. I was a bit surprised at how low the digits were throughout the puzzle. I for sure thought that massive numbers would come into play. I think my favorite part was determining that r9c10 couldn't be a 7 as this hems in the bottom right with one set from each modularity and a number of cells that is not divisible by three. Another cool part was seeing that the line couldn't connect through r7c as the parity of the line would be wrong. I had a fantastic time with this puzzle and enjoyed every second...which is a lot of seconds. Great Puzzle!

[@YoshiFawful64]

Solved it in 1:28:42! Very impressive puzzle; the solve felt very smooth and logical the whole way through. By no means easy, but I never felt hopelessly stuck either. Major kudos to the creator!

[@inspiringsand123]

Rules: 06:56 Let's Get Cracking: 10:59 Simon's time: 1h49m00s Puzzle Solved: 1:59:59 What about this video's Top Tier Simarkisms?! Phistomefel: 1x (02:25) And how about this video's Simarkisms?! Touch Itself: 22x (08:02, 15:57, 25:05, 25:23, 26:14, 27:12, 28:04, 28:19, 31:07, 37:02, 41:54, 45:36, 50:19, 1:02:44, 1:15:05, 1:15:46, 1:16:09, 1:22:29, 1:23:01, 1:29:45, 1:30:56, 1:49:56) Hang On: 18x (02:40, 02:40, 02:40, 15:48, 15:48, 15:48, 18:11, 26:12, 36:29, 40:37, 1:12:57, 1:16:56, 1:22:22, 1:29:39, 1:29:39, 1:29:59, 1:57:55) Ah: 16x (14:04, 25:48, 28:39, 35:32, 47:04, 54:17, 1:03:16, 1:15:55, 1:15:55, 1:26:35, 1:27:09, 1:29:50, 1:42:32, 1:49:02, 1:50:42, 1:52:01, 1:52:19) In Fact: 12x (21:17, 30:33, 35:06, 1:15:15, 1:21:00, 1:21:32, 1:24:44, 1:28:51, 1:44:00, 1:48:04, 1:56:26) Sorry: 9x (05:05, 05:05, 20:08, 26:01, 26:17, 38:37, 1:14:33, 1:29:45, 1:54:49) Goodness: 7x (08:16, 26:17, 56:42, 1:01:20, 1:01:27, 1:35:40, 1:49:23) Clever: 7x (22:30, 29:07, 29:09, 34:40, 56:42, 1:05:34, 2:00:11) Brilliant: 5x (00:57, 04:17, 56:47, 56:49, 2:00:05) What Does This Mean?: 5x (18:53, 23:37, 26:56, 37:19, 58:48) Nonsense: 4x (1:54:13, 1:54:17, 1:56:12, 1:57:49) Beautiful: 4x (39:53, 1:33:57, 1:55:41, 1:55:41) Surely: 4x (13:38, 51:12, 1:23:56, 1:25:32) Wow: 4x (22:30, 22:30, 25:37, 50:25) Weird: 4x (1:01:23, 1:43:39, 1:43:43, 1:57:03) I've Got It!: 3x (15:53, 15:53, 39:58) Nature: 3x (09:47, 19:31, 31:17) Good Grief: 2x (1:24:51, 1:39:00) What a Puzzle: 2x (2:00:01, 2:00:01) Break the Puzzle: 2x (17:57, 58:30) Obviously: 2x (30:10, 32:13) Fabulous: 2x (2:00:15, 2:00:15) Cake!: 2x (04:22, 06:49) Missing Something: 1x (14:21) Naughty: 1x (07:26) Stuck: 1x (02:01) Lovely: 1x (1:01:48) Fascinating: 1x (06:34) Incredible: 1x (05:39) Ridiculous: 1x (1:59:48) Shenanigans: 1x (18:37) Alacrity: 1x (1:38:40) Intriguing: 1x (42:38) Progress: 1x (1:41:43) Let's Take Stock: 1x (1:18:27) Have a Think: 1x (37:47) Symmetry: 1x (03:56) Most popular number(>9), digit and colour this video: Twelve (23 mentions) One (153 mentions) Blue (95 mentions) Antithesis Battles: Even (5) - Odd (2) Higher (4) - Lower (0) Black (2) - White (0) Column (7) - Row (2) FAQ: Q1: You missed something! A1: That could very well be the case! Human speech can be hard to understand for computers like me! Point out the ones that I missed and maybe I'll learn! Q2: Can you do this for another channel? A2: I've been thinking about that and wrote some code to make that possible. Let me know which channel you think would be a good fit!

[@Gboy-ri5ky]

holy shit

[@Gboy-ri5ky]

props to you honestly

[@ROL4NDpkmnguide]

That's E in the corner!

[@doooooomed]

This comment is criminally underrated 😂

[@dbridle09]

I can't remember a single CTC solve that was a smooth and fluid as this one, it was great to watch!

[@juhak27]

1:58:35 "It is not, I don't think, the most incredibly straightforward thing ever."

[@SnowTheJamMan]

Given that it's Simon wouldn't "Hold my wine" be more appropriate haha

[@kf7872]

Hold my chocolate icing 🙂

[@jonnanino]

As someone who is fascinated with molds and fungi i love how this puzzle grows from the "spore" in such a regular pattern! Great solve, absolutely one I'm happy to let you do battle with, im sure I'd embarrass myself.

[@star_hero]

One of the best puzzles ever featured on this channel. I think there are a few that I've enjoyed watching Simon struggle through more, but I would never attempt them myself. This one however manages to be difficult but approachable at the same time

[@MichaelGreen831]

I've been away. Haven't had time for puzzles or watching Simon and Mark solve them. But a 2hr video crosses my path and I just HAVE to stop and take it in.

[@Cassiebsg2]

I thought I had broken my solve, due to the +10 cells. At a point I had an enclosed 5 region with only 4 cells... and the puzzle solution still told me my "digits" were correct.... :o I had to come and watch Simons solve (after hours of trying to fix the path) to figure they had to be more than 9 ( I think the rules should define which "digits/letters" to use, in case of 10+. (since I had asumed they hat to be 1-9). Anyway, thanks for a great puzzle and an even better solve. :D

[@studgerbil9081]

Looking at how the line moves and same-modularity cells connect the first thing I thought of was a bishop's-move, but it turns out to be a knight's move instead. That really helped me find the path. Amazing and difficult puzzle.

[@ryanoftinellb]

Using the keyboard, you’re not restrained to hexadecimal, you can go out to base 36 (1 -> 9, A -> Z). After that, I guess you’d have to ask Sven for extended ASCII.... This is clearly a Ψ-sized region.

[@IdoN_Tlikethis]

the kids will be thrilled when we inevitably get a region of size Σ

[@IdoN_Tlikethis]

though if we ever end up needing that many digits I think it would be better to just make it possible to enter multi-digit numbers

[@SourabhDas95]

​@@IdoN_Tlikethis The Romans learned this the hard way 😛

[@IdoN_Tlikethis]

@SourabhDasXCV I'm not sure what you are talking about. I think Roman numerals are quite convenient. I'm sure @ryaneakinsↁↀↀCCLXIX would agree.

[@ryanoftinellb]

@@IdoN_Tlikethis Haha! This finally pushed me into working out how to change my KZbin handle.

[@marykkuhner6571]

I didn't try solving it, but Simon's solve was a joy to watch: the flow of this one is very nice, given how hard it seems to be.

[@GoldenredDragon]

Took me 277 minutes... Had a restart after one hour, and two other incoherent grids had me undo half the grid to start back from a point where I noticed a divergence in Simon's solution from the path I had took. It was absolutely a thrillingly unexpected way to spend the entirety of my Sunday! Thank you so much! Beautiful! (ps: I used magenta, yellow and cyan for the colourings, making a better contrast for my black loop and red x's...)

[@missingdeck9999]

Thank you for the birthday shout-out! Fingers crossed for Mark :) And now to settle in with popcorn for the movie ...

[@A_CC_K]

Happy birthday

[@yvibrrr]

Happy birthday 🎂

[@MorganZex]

This for me was hard to start, but once I grasped the logics it went veeeeery smoothly until the end. It was lengthy but not hard, I got stuck maybe once or twice due to the grid being so large, but never for long. I'm not a pro solver at all, I think this kind of logics just clicks perfectly with my brain. An extremely enjoyable puzzle!

[@Xashrur]

That was such a wonderful puzzle to solve. Thanks for highlighting it here!

[@domanski123442]

I love long videos, more time to spend with Simon 😊

[@doooooomed]

Simon, I hope you don't mind but I use your videos to help me sleep most nights. Please don't take offence, the combination of your very calming voice, simple explanations of complex puzzles switches my mind off from all the worry inducing thoughts that might keep me awake at night. Its the perfect balance to help me drift off so thank you for curing my insomnia! This particular video has taken me a week to watch all the way through for obvious reasons. An amazing puzzle and solve thank you. 😅💤

[@titatovenoor7415]

same here!! i do also watch during the day sometimes because i do love the content, but it does really help calm down my mind and get ready for sleep! youre not alone!!❤❤❤

[@DaniErik]

Incredible puzzle! Sure, it’s a long solve time, but never did I feel truly stuck. The variety of logic is really impressive as well.

[@robinbrown6530]

114 minutes approximately. Technically shorter than Simon but if you shave off about 10 minutes for the intro and rules explanation I am about 4 minutes slower. I will take it. My brain feels like mud. Math Pesto, take a bow. I am going to take a nap.

[@glorkspangle]

Simon: this grid looks so complicated! Also Simon: leaves massive green crosses everywhere.

[@petermawhorter9016]

Thought I might skip this one due to the difficulty rating but ended up really enjoying it and I got it in 04:21:15, which is quite fast by my standards. Not a totally clean solve as I used checking to back out of an error near the end. Super enjoyable and I felt it flowed rather well...

[@congobongoproductions5476]

1:20:29 this part talking about a vertical horizontal string took me off guard 😂 simon was thinking in higher dimensions with this one for sure

[@stephenmccarthy1795]

Making the loop black weakens the effect of the black borders.

[@glorkspangle]

"I don't think it's the most incredible straight-forward thing ever."

[@Hapchu]

What a great puzzle. It did not feel like 2 hours.

[@xerodeus2337]

After sitting through all 2 hours watching this I'm a bit bummed I gave up so easily. This was one of those puzzles that was hard and fair and I love those kind. I sort of assumed for the 5 star difficulty it would be too hard to even attempt. Still a great time watching though!

[@gagstersps3]

I think this was an easier 5 star puzzle. Some of these large grid non-sudoku puzzles take quite a while to solve, which means the video length of Simon's solve isn't really a good reference point for the difficulty.

[@HunterJE]

56:08 The clue exceeds 3 even without looking northwest-it sees one loop cell to the northeast and at least three to the southeast; all three loop ends inside that southeast sight line would need to separately cross it since the two blue ends connecting directly via a single cell would break modular alternation...

[@Miamariamusic]

Perfect timing Simon, and beautiful solve!

[@GGTM70]

39:53 The joy of a puzzle is these moments

[@longwaytotipperary]

Yikes! Good luck, Simon! Will have to watch in batches. Really hope the winner of the monthly puzzles will choose to make a sudoku with you and I can fantasize it’s me.

[@A_CC_K]

Ice cream at the ready for this one. I have only recently started to try and solve pencil puzzles so I think I won't be giving this one ago. Looking forward to watching Simon solve it.

[@mstmar]

i colored mine pretty differently. i colored the loop/non loop cells instead of modular groups. it really helped seeing where the loop was forced and helped counting for the arrows, but was a bit harder to use the "trick" (see 47:50).

[@alexsavchovsky7282]

You get my like just for using the verb "groked" :)

[@arkadeusz91]

1:36:55 It's just classic Simon. "There might be arrows that I have lost track of" - he says right after clicking on the arrow that is complete and can be counted and filled, and yet he refuses to do so :)

[@GaraLios]

@@arkadeusz91 it was infuriating yet funny

[@twixerclawford]

This loop is definitely participating in NNN the way it's not touching itself

[@richardfarrer5616]

I took one look at the rating and another at the length of the video and said "Nope". But, even though I would have struggled mightily if I'd tried it, the individual steps really weren't so bad (after the event). I even called out Simon on his mistake about where the blue region had to grow so I like to think I'm learning - slowly.

[@Rickiumm]

I remember test solving this puzzle and accidentally thought 16 was 2 mod 3 😂. Really great puzzle, but I still think it's 4/5 for difficulty. Definitely a fun one to try for people who want to try a harder puzzle than what they are used to and I'm glad it got featured :) (71:11 was my time)

[@katiekawaii]

Totally agree with the 4/5 difficulty. Very challenging, but not quite as hard as it initially looked, and super fun to solve.

[@bones7708]

I agree on difficulty. It's long and slow to solve, but not extremely difficult at any point. Patience and carefulnes is enough to eventually get it done.

[@ericpraline1302]

This was a great puzzle. Difficult but more because of the volume of deductions required rather than any single one of them being horrible. That and having to keep track of all the clues and rules on a big grid. The only time I got really stuck was when I was confused about the modular sequence, a silly oversight.

[@blackro2058]

I love watching you videos

[@Hydrabogen]

152:54 for me. My first 5 Star Puzzle I think

[@Full_Bloom2_Hey_Its_Leah]

Can someone explain 44:30-45:29 to me? No matter which way I look at it, I can't see how Simon's comment here about the loop going "clockwise" makes any sense. The deduction that gives him one new purple and one new blue cell hinges on this idea, but (1) the loop doesn't have a direction it's moving because it is just a line, and (2) even if it did, surely that direction would be counterclockwise, right? Since the loop approaches the connection point from left side?

[@seduccion8341]

4 months ago I suggested using hexadecimal numbers and now Simon used it at 1:51:30. I'm happy

[@GDVa]

At 1:27:55 how does he know the blue has to extend left instead of down? Edit: he came back to it

[@thaschwartz]

Yay I love the GiGA chad puzzle movies.

[@brianj959]

👏👏👏👏 (to both Math Pesto and Simon)

[@MReginaldGoldstein77]

Got 15 seconds into the rules and left. But hope you have a wonderful day, Simon.

[@MartinSteed]

47:52 another way to determine if the 3 is on the loop, is if it isnt, the 78 becomes a 7 and the 1 has to go into 7 which would be 2 of the same mod in consecutive positions.

[@raccomunk1717]

I'm surprised, I usually struggle with 5/5 difficulty puzzles, but this one felt like a breeze to me, didn't get stuck at any step for more than a few minutes!

[@lavamatstudios]

Took me three hours but I got through it. Great puzzle.

[@DRayX701]

Made it very hard to see using black for both the loop and the delineation of the fillomino regions. Would have probably been better to use lighter colors for the shading and a dark (but non-black) color for the loop.

[@QwDragon]

Seems like you should've use circles for the loop. Line interacts with arrows and borders and it's harder to check ortoganal touching with it.

[@hewholimpsmartin]

Always a pleasure to watch you two - thank you, thank you El Tour de Tucson took my mom (Vera) and I a little over two hours to complete 😊

[@sammys9361]

I've never clicked on a video so fast! so excited :)

[@MarushiaDark316]

I do know that Sven has plans for eventually adding double-digit numbers, so that should help a lot.

[@EkuuleusNorth]

Great puzzle.

[@HunterJE]

Simon saying "it's possible there are arrows I've lost track of" while moving the cursor all over the 25 pencil marked arrow that definitely sees exactly two loop cells XD

[@maljamin]

Well he specifically at that moment (1:36:55) pointed out an arrow box marked 58, which was totally countable and would've finished. 😅 He didn't want to take his own suggestion I guess.

[@someonesomewhere1240]

1:36:55 with a 58 clearly showing 5, too.

[@Kleyguerth]

This is going to my watch later (don't worry I do watch them!), I don't think I'll be able to solve it myself, but I do like the CtC "movies" and non-sudoku puzzles!

[@RichSmith77]

1:20:08 "...in a fair way...because this is a binary clue". Just so I'm clear. We're now saying it's *not* bifurcation, because the cell we're looking ahead from only had two options? I may need to update my definition of "bifurcation". 🙂

[@rhoadeshouse]

Just for the title, we need to watch this.

[@minamagdy4126]

Welcome to What Might Simon Miss, where I state a mid-puzzle deduction, then we see whether Simon finds a more convoluted way of solving the puzzle. Check my reply to see whether he uses it or not. Today, Simon might miss (spoilers, obvs): At 1:17:15, that r5c8 is a 1, since it is 1 mod 3 and enclosed in a region smaller than 4 by different-modularity cells (honestly, this puzzle is tightly woven, so I struggled to get anything that could be missed by a successful solver).

[@minamagdy4126]

Yet again, I'm foiled quickly. This time, Simon didn't skip a beat at all. Overall, it seems that harder fillominos and similar have logic that is too local for me to find something Simon wouldn't

[@kbsanders]

1:27:52 Simon assumes blue grows left but could grow down instead?

[@alvoi4379]

At 1:27:55, you colour one cell blue because "the blue region has to extend", but why couldn't it extend downwards?

[@alvoi4379]

oh, okay, you notice the error a couple minutes later, great job as always Simon!

[@jayclarke3142]

Awesome video

[@МихаилСвятловский]

I was quite brave to start this on my own and did in 1:40 💪

[@Craft_CEO]

?

[@marcbennett9232]

wow simply epic! im going to have to give this a try. chances dont seem good lol.

[@acanimations1223]

A birthday movie, can’t wait 😁(also happy 61st birthday to Doctor who)

[@AlanBarwick]

I hope Math Pesto and Marty Sears don't meet up to swap ideas. Finkz would have a field day running round this loop.

[@michaelkelly8955]

Watching Simon doing the puzzle, I imagine his mind is Matrixesque, cascading lines of digits somehow coming to a resolution. My mind is more equitable to a horse in its stall counting to 5 with it’s hoof, then giving a whinny of pleasure when I get it right.

[@MrA-149]

1:27:58 why can’t the blue grow down the grid? Never mind 😅

[@RoderickEtheria]

I marked the C's and E's. The puzzle understood. I then removed them and put different letters, and it still understood.

[@RichSmith77]

I marked them with pencilmarks for "12" and "14". I'd have been a bit put out if the answer check told me my solution was incomplete unless I happened to have the idea to use hexadecimal, unprompted. It seems to have become the convention that cells requiring values greater than 10 are left out of any answer check, and I'm ok with it.

[@TinchoFigue]

What makes a puzzle 5 stars?? I can't believe this is one, it's really "flowy" and (although long) simple.. I have seen solves of 3/4 stars where i didn't get a single clue of how to start/continue, with really high level logic

[@themorebeer3072]

I thought last week's non-sudoku was the 200th One Up.

[@janerobson2297]

Don't know why but I found this really hard to keep track of. In my brain 369 should have been purple, 147 blue and 258 grey! No idea why

[@PeterL-v4p]

Great puzzle! Great solve! Horrendous choice of colors...

[@michaelandersen-kk4fc]

I will just skip this one, when the worlds best solver (100% succesful solves ) spend 2 hours on it. I have no chance of solving it.

[@hundertzwoelf]

You do realize that they only upload successful solves? 😄

[@michaelandersen-kk4fc]

@@hundertzwoelf my point. they manipulate the channel to make them self look better

[@Jodawo]

This puzzle has been up for 1 hour and I checked to see if it still has its 100% rating. It seems that SKORP17 has struck again. If you check for solvers who have the most solves, I think you will find this individual if not at number one is in the top three. It is a shame that LMD allows this person to not only defame great puzzles but to cheat to inflate their solving totals. I wonder how many puzzles got rejected from this channel because of a low score caused by trolls on LMD.

[@Tahgtahv]

Probably not many. I think CTC goes more off recommendations. Certainly there's way too many puzzles on LMD for them to just be browsing what's published looking for puzzles.

[@Jodawo]

​@@TahgtahvThey do take recommendations but many times they do mention the rating on LMD. I can't imagine there are many who go out of their way to make recommendations. Those that are making recommendations might be only seeing a few of the puzzles that fit the types that they like to do. From what I hear this channel gets about 20 puzzles a day sent to them. That tells me that they have to find some way to figure out which ones will be chosen. Maybe certain recommendations will gain more importance than others because of who it is recommending them. The author of the puzzle that is sending it in might be a tipping point. It's still comes down to LMD and their rating that can push a puzzle one way or the other. It seems that the rating on LMD whether it be for difficulty or for its likability is suspect. How many times have we heard Simon or Mark saying that the rating on this puzzle is so many stars and we watch them do it and it takes them much longer than the rating is telling us it should take. Then we have the trolls who are messing with the likability of the puzzle. LMD is great for bringing puzzles to the masses that they can solve and get noticed. LMD unfortunately is not reliable for rating difficulty or likability, in my opinion. I will say this, if the puzzle is truly difficult to the point where the trolls can't get an easy win and bump up their solving totals, the rating is more accurate. As soon as the channel does the puzzle and supplies them with the answer then the rating becomes unreliable as soon as the trolls get a hold of that information. This is not the only channel that does live solves and we also have to consider discord for the answers that the trolls might get for puzzles. I have stopped publishing on LMD because I don't want to be judged by an inaccurate rating. To give you an idea I have a puzzle that is in the top 10 on this channel in both views and in likes. That is out of thousands of solves that they have done. On LMD I think that puzzle is under 80%. Thank goodness I didn't publish it on LMD before it got on "Cracking The Cryptic" or it may never have been seen.

[@Gsudi]

How do we know the loop is not just a small circle?

[@lennartmuijres664]

55 minutes for me, despite the first 10 minutes thinking that an arrow digit refers to separate amount of loop cells rather than total ^^'

[@averygaron994]

The shading color scheme and using the same color line for the path and region boundaries made it impossible to see what was in the grid

[@rbettsx]

You appear to have acquired some nice graphics for your thumbnail.. congratulations! The heads in your title sequence, however, still look as if they were recovered from baskets during Robespierre’s Terror. 😣

[@fba8573]

Why would you choose grey instead of yellow!! 😭😭😭

[@davidblake6889]

Wow! Sorry Simon, but your beer is a bit warm and flat now...

[@Tfin]

I thought I had made a mistake at one point, because I couldn't see a way to divide 8 cells into regions of 2, 5, and 8. I was wrong, of course, but it took me too long to see that 8=8.

[@bobbie0976]

Just over 2 hours for me. I didn’t think it was super hard, just very intricate and checking, double checking, triple checking all options. But there was always somewhere to look to keep going.

[@leefisher6366]

You haven't 'grokked' the rules? Sorry, Simon, I don't smurf the meaning of Grok.

[@JASPACB750RR]

My biggest pet peeve about Simon and these big puzzles… Spends over an hour doing a hard puzzle, muddying it up with all the X marks, then leaves them all in once they’ve satisfied any usefulness. Clicks check solution and ends the video. Noooooooo, please delete them all from the solution for us on the spectrum.

[@stangerrits6712]

Beautiful puzzle. Beautiful solve. Awful colour scheme.

[@DonaldHall-i7z]

You're doing a fantastic job! A bit off-topic, but I wanted to ask: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How can I transfer them to Binance?