One Of The Most Brilliant Puzzles We've Seen

Today's puzzle is (yet) another incredible sudoku. It's called Everything Is Stavros96 and, unsurprisingly, it's by Stavros96!!! You can play it here:
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Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. Grey lines are palindromes ie they read the same from both directions. Along thermometers digits must increase from the bulb end. In each cage, digits must sum to 9 or 6. Digits may not repeat in cages.
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Hi! We're Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe, two of the UK's most enthusiastic puzzle solvers. We have both represented the UK at the World Sudoku Championships and the World Puzzle Championships.
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[@Wecoc1]

[Sudoku competition starts]

[@yojimbo301]

"If this is a blue-9 pair then 9 is not equal to yellow"

[@6163]

"This is a nine-blue pair"

[@EverythingMovieReviews]

Woah, thanks for the feature! Glad to see this one get featured so quick! Time to see Simon attack it!

[@Kelarys]

The fact that every single 3, 6, and 9 was found before a single other digit was solved is nothing short of art. What a wonderful puzzle.

[@orzelgryf]

Can I just appreciate the fact, that Simon gave a like to a video of this guy teaching a guitar?

[@brandengagne9134]

Anyone else notice that Simon used purple to designate 6 at the very beginning. Then later he didn’t want to use yellow, so he got rid of the purples for 6. And switched the yellow to purple. Ironically, the new purple also ended up being 6.

[@travholt]

46:44

[@shifttheshaman]

Wow. I was actually emotionally invested in each new reveal being a 3, 6 or 9, not one of the lesser, inferior, betrayer numbers! What a work of art.

[@J_Squatch]

Alternate title: British man creates a new from of math involving colors as variables

[@Leyrann]

Someone should make a puzzle called "Simon's favorite puzzle", which includes:

[@borreholic7238]

You gotta love Simon's trademark giggle - I'm calling it the "Flurry of Activity" giggle.

[@patrickschmidt8945]

10:19

[@RockBottomRiser21]

"Light grey is not 3"

[@millicrouch4805]

“Here is when it’s gonna get really spicy” 😂😂

[@fowlerj111]

In a rare turn of events, I solved this one myself -- in 96 minutes 😁

[@Squib]

The software is crying out for a way to have multiple colors in a square

[@jertlemiah]

We should try to find Simon some more puzzles that require coloring, he gets so excited every time 😅

[@HunterJE]

Like I say every time Simon uses colors to represent specific unknown values and struggles with "I know this is a purple-green pair but there's no real way to indicate that" it's just more evidence that the ability to use letter variables in pencil marking should be a top priority for the next version of the solving software.

[@viktorwik]

I know it's stupid, but I just love it when Simon says something like "This is a 9-blue pair", puts a huge smile on my face