A Beautiful Sudoku That ANYONE Can Solve

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We featured some easier puzzles a couple of weeks ago that were still absolutely amazing in terms of their logic. Here's another in the same vein. It's called Uniquely Paired Dots and it's by vidarino. It might not take you long but you'll enjoy every minute you spend in its company.
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Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits separated by a white dot are consecutive. Digits separated by a black dot have a ratio of 1:2 (ie one digit is double the other). Digits separated by a green dot differ by at least 5. A pair of digits can only appear once for each dot colour. (E.g. there can only exist one 1-2 pair with a white dot in-between, but there can exist a 1-2 pair with a black dot in addition, since it's a different dot colour.)
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[@vidaroni]

Yay, what a fun surprise! Thanks for solving my puzzle! :) It's probably my easiest, as well as highest rated, so I'm pretty happy with this one. :) (And it's not really my debut, as I've had a few features before, but it's been quite a while, so I don't blame you one bit for not remembering. :) )

[@emilywilliams3237]

It was great fun to watch this video, and I am going to try the puzzle myself very soon. Thanks for sharing it!

[@longwaytotipperary]

@@emilywilliams3237 yes, definitely fun!

[@BozoTheBear]

Very nice puzzle. I didn't find it super-easy, but actually a nice level of difficulty, which partly revolved around juggling "unusual" information (which combinations have been used). Thanks!

[@user-kt9vr1wj6y]

Nice constructed puzzle

[@crhodgkin]

This was a beautiful puzzle! I definitely had a different break-in (using the strings of white dots to get a disjointed 2468 quadruple in their centers and a disjointed 1234 quadruple next to them (and reducing those using the green dots and parity). I'm not sure if that was the intended solve-path, but it felt very intricate and elegant. Thank you! 🙂

[@clintonevans2003]

There is an strange pleasure in getting something 3-4 moves before Simon. The fact he discovers 4-5 other things you never even thought of while shouting at the screen, is irrelevant. 😃

[@MrWaffles1030]

This is one of those puzzles that the setter should frame and hang on their wall. Using every possible kropki pair in every color exactly once is sublime artistry.

[@vidaroni]

Thank you for those very kind words! :)

[@parkerbond9400]

Your comment was sublime artistry and an accurate statement on the beauty of the puzzle

[@HunterJE]

The runs of white dots in this rule set can be broadly defined if not placed before any other solving - since the pairs can't repeat, those runs cannot overlap and so have to be 123, 345, 567, and 789. (This also comes with the bonus deduction that the centers of those runs will always be even and the ends always odd...)

[@srwapo]

That's much better than my "try a number and see what breaks", haha!

[@bobh6728]

I got that immediately, but am completely stuck. Need to watch the video. I did also see that all possibilities of all three dots pairs are in the puzzle. Simon said there was a lot of green dots pairs, but there are only 10. 16 17 18 19 27 28 29 38 39 46

[@crhodgkin]

I spotted this at the start and it definitely made the solve easier.

[@saltyplumsoda1708]

that's how i got it. Deduced that 567 and 789 can't go on the left side, and then I was able to place 3 and 7 and go from there

[@Mama2AWE]

Yes, and once you know the runs for the white dots, you know what goes on the black dots...1:2 has to go with 123, 2:4 must be with 345, 3:6 with 567, and 4:8 with 789. It may have taken a bit longer, but I figured out there were only 5 positions where 5 could go on a run of white dots...it had to be on an end that wasn't a green dot.

[@ElysaraCh]

18:20 I love moments like this where he determines r3c3 and r2c4 would be forced to be the same digit based on r2c3's value, thus restricting what r2c3 can be, while completely oblivious to the effect that has on r2c4.

[@tehbertl7926]

21:44 what a lovely puzzle! It's easy to overlook the "unique dots" rule, especially on the white dots, but once I got some high/low logic from the black/green dots in columns 3 and 4, it wasn't TOO difficult. Really smooth puzzle overall.

[@EricMeyerweb]

As usual, Simon overestimates my abilities - I was able to reach the solution in twice his time, with some help from the video in a couple of places - but I did work out the first steps by myself, so that’s progress.

[@briancaster2876]

Progress is progress, food on ya. Where'd you get stuck, if you don't mind me asking? I did this one on my own but it took about an hour and I'd like to see if it's the same spots.

[@olafvanderveen629]

41:59, one of the first puzzles from the channel I have been able to solve :)

[@parkerbond9400]

It was really cool that every possible dot pair was used/needed and how they interacted to give a pretty smooth solve path. Also Simon didn't need to know that every green dot was used until the moment when he figured that out so not realizing it earlier wouldn't have changed the solve path at all.

[@PiperWyattP4]

I am proud to say I actually solved it! Usually I find the puzzles really hard and I love to watch simon solve things, even so that I picked up some tricks to solve easy sudoku’s myself but I am nowhere any good. I usually struggle with the sudoku apps 🙈 that said I am so proud I did it without any help. Solved it in about 45 minutes with a bit of distraction 😂❤🎉

[@quothacreations3465]

loved this puzzle from start to finish--thanks vidarino. the four strings of three consecutive digits was such a wonderful break-in.

[@emilywilliams3237]

This was such a fun puzzle - I started the puzzle, then wanted to watch the video, but I will definitely come back to do this puzzle in full later on. Simon, you are so fun as a solver, and I am sure you are very interesting at a party. Why don't you invite me to a party sometime and I can report back! Such a nice run of vocabulary, too - panoply, gamut, ambit, and finally, to sum it up, collection! Thanks as always for a fun video.

[@longwaytotipperary]

@Emily Williams - great comment. If Simon does invite you to a party you must definitely report back!

[@longwaytotipperary]

@emilywilliams ditto on the vocabulary- I’ve learned a number of words from Simon. Panoply and ambit today!

[@davidrattner9]

@@longwaytotipperary absolutely so cherish ❤️ you to 🙂

[@davidrattner9]

Absolutely ao cherish and ❤️love you 2

[@longwaytotipperary]

@@davidrattner9 thank you from my 1/2 ❤️

[@ce7.0]

First time actually trying one of these and getting through it; took 77 minutes to do the dots and then another 24 minutes to do the sudoku. I did watch just enough of the video to where Simon pointed out that all 4 possible black dot pairs were in there, but then got all the rest on my own. Very fun!

[@congobongoproductions5476]

I actually gave it a go as my first sudoku challenge from your videos and got surprisingly deep into it fairly quickly. I eventually struggled a lot and got stuck so I resorted to watch the video to continue the puzzle and faired well for the rest of it. Time around 100 minutes. However small it may be, I'm proud of this achievement and will surely try any other approachable puzzles you feature in the channel. Much love to both of you and everyone in the community 💜

[@Adrian_Grey]

Simon and I had the same thought about green dots at the start, "there must be loads of those", but I do not trust my instincts one bit and investigated immediately, which turned out to be pretty important. Overall, a nice approachable puzzle.

[@davidanderson5830]

34minutes to solve it for me. I love when Simon takes time at the beginning to make announcements and shout-outs since I can compare my time to the video length and feel supremely smart when I can solve the puzzle as fast as the video is long!

[@y_prime]

solved in 10:49 - observing that all green pairs are used simplifies a decent amount of logic

[@tristinbratt4893]

59:41. Definitely my most difficult solve yet, such a beautiful puzzle

[@Kinada]

Fun puzzle, I found it interesting that each dot type covered all the possible unique options for those dots.

[@jasonveale8467]

Thoroughly enjoyed completing that puzzle. Just flowed so nicely from start to finish.

[@jenniferlenfestey5335]

Great puzzle, fun to solve. My favorite was in figuring the center of the double kropki dots were even, and it's play on the black kropkis.

[@boydegg]

46:55 .. .that's a great puzzle. the restriction of using each kind of pair once only is very clever.

[@oak3001]

Managed it in 50 minutes or so. Realized that all the dot combinations were used early on, I'm just not that quick at solving!! For these 'easier' puzzles, I'm torn between having the enjoyment of solving them myself, or having the enjoyment of watching Simon solve them...

[@tristinbratt4893]

I usually do both. I give myself an hour or so to solve, then if I can’t solve I watch Simon

[@sanctionbuster]

37:49. Thank you for saying it could be solved. It gave my brain the motivation it needed to get this one done. Thank you.

[@SamnissArandeen]

I loved this puzzle so much that I paused before he even started the solve, and figured it out in just over 20 minutes. Some logic: When a setter of a puzzle says "there can be only one (x constraint)", count how many possible combinations of that constraint are possible and how many are on the grid. Hint: all 10 valid green pairs, 4 black pairs, and 8 white pairs are represented. I personally write "cheat sheets" of any significant combinations in variant sudokus. The white runs of dots must be consecutive and nonoverlapping (123, 345, 567, 789) The black dots always involve the middle of each white run (1 must flank 123, 2 must flank 345, 3 must flank 567, 4 must flank 789) The green dot "corners" on two of the four Whiteruns restrict both of those to 123 or 345, orients the 123 to avoid repeating a green pair, and orients the 345 because 5 can't be in a green pair. Only 1 green pair may involve a 4 or 6, which restricts where on the grid you can place them once those pairs are identified. No 5s may be in a green pair, period.

[@altreusplays]

You were right! I did it! My ability to solve these puzzles is exclusively down to this channel and how much Mark and Simon explain their thinking

[@imblackmagic1209]

what an amazing puzzle, thanks for sharing!

[@BazilBrusch]

Thanks Simon! As you suggested this was amenable to be a first variant solve; which means *YES* I did it! (in twice your time). My only concession was that I first watched your explanation of the rules.

[@gdbyzantryx810]

This one was really fun! The "eureka" moments from the uniqueness of dots (not once but twice) was really nice while solving. Time: 33;40

[@MarkWiseTechno]

Solved in 49:32 and enjoyed it a lot! The challenge was all about keeping track of which dot pairs were already used up and avoiding any possible repeats, but once I got a good handle on it, everything flowed pretty smoothly. It also didn't hurt that I've recently been working my way through the domino Sudokus in the CTC app so my brain is more attuned than usual to the Kropki logic.

[@Aliessil]

Finished in 28:38, what an awesome puzzle! My break-in was by noticing the consecutive dots had to be 123, 345, 567, 789 which put 2468 in the middles, forcing the other halves of the black dots to be 1234 😀

[@parkerbond9400]

Mine was similar but I initially realized the left 2 group of dots used the 12345 white dots (because of the green dots affecting what that middle black dot cells could be) and the right 2 groups of dots used the 56789 white dots. Which gave R3C4 and R6C3 as a 24 pair and R4C7 and R7C6 as a 68 pair.

[@GrahamNicholson56]

Looking forward to that party conversation opportunity Simon! 😉

[@alaguerre6362]

I needed a bit of a hint from Simon, but then figured the most of the rest out on my own.

[@oakleyg2870]

Best puzzle on the channel in the last month. Fun, innovative and well-constructed.

[@shallowabyss515]

Sir, you have a refreshingly optimistic definition of "anyone".

[@_KingRaz]

That piece of logic at 22:40 is one of the most beautful, satisfying things I've seen in a while. Wonderful solve as always.

[@shardj5151]

It's where I got stuck :(

[@crystalgehrt8861]

I did this break in sort of the opposite from Simon. I placed the middle digits of the triples then followed them around over black dots, green dots, then to the consecutive restriction. It did help to keep track of which green combos were taken from pretty early on as well. That said, Simon is still much quicker than I am, so it didn't matter much in his solve. It's interesting and novel logic. I enjoyed it.

[@Zhon66]

24:15 for me. This was a fun little puzzle, and having the same "they're all being used" moment three times for each of the colors was great.

[@dustysparks]

All I needed was Simon's intuition at 9:30 and I was off to the races, that's definitely the "break-in" and I was having trouble sussing out the... well... you'll just have to do it yourself or watch the video ;)

[@ukdavepianoman]

Very neat puzzle combining every combination of white, black and green dots. As others have said the start is very easy if you start with the white dots (noting middle cell of each run must be even), then the black dots. Sorting out the green dots was a bit more difficult - just need to keep track of what were already done, or forced options and eliminate digits in the other green dot dominoes.

[@chaneyma2015]

24:18 for me. First time i was actually faster than Simon. I think the bit of Sudoku and not overthinking the rules helped me lol.

[@praematura]

16:55 for my time (conflict checker off), this was definitely approachable and a lot of fun! Props to vidarino for a great puzzle!

[@awebmate]

conflict checker should be off by default imo

[@jensstalberg8968]

Nice puzzle, I have been waiting for green dots, it makes a lot of sense, as well as black lines, and my big point, white dots should not be white, they should be purple...

[@tahtiassa448]

Another great solve. Entertaining indeed as usual.

[@nickburton5871]

Loved it! For me, challenging but doable.

[@joetaylor7292]

I had a notepad with the green dot combinations and was crossing them off as I went. I still was stuck for ages until I realised I had already ticked off 2-7 which helped me get the last break in

[@zackglenn2847]

I really enjoyed this one. Such unique logic.

[@alirion649]

You are so fun Simon! “Let me just check that I agree with MY logic” 😹

[@dilbert719]

37:20, and it might have been much smoother if I had properly applied the unique pair rule to the white dots as well as the green. My first in was the interaction between the looping white, green, and black dot clusters on the left, which was interesting to see play out. A lovely puzzle, Vidaroni! Thank you!

[@PuzzlesPundit]

This is a great construct with all dots contained. Congrats to creator. I was able to figure out at beginning. Also I figured that as white dots must be triplets of 123, 345, 567 and 789, all the middle digits on white dots sequence must be even.

[@DarkChasm]

Yeah very nice, very smooth, flows easy. well made!

[@ceiling_stars]

First one I've done with no help from the video! Took more time than I'll admit, but thoroughly enjoyed myself :)

[@themorebeer3072]

Quite enjoyed that one. I feel like I got all the logic with some effort, though funny enough I didn't get the logic in quite the same way as Simon's solve. Same path, different methods. The revelations about how all the dots were 'filled' by all possible unique candidates was particularly great.

[@davidh.4944]

67:06@#9700. It took me quite a while to work out the break-in, but I finally realized that the middle digits on the white kropki runs could only be 2468, and that the 8 was shared with the black kropkis. This let me get started on all three colors and eventually to the end.

[@Orenotter]

You showed off your grey cells again As you're bound to do now and then. "Huzzah!" I did shout When you figured out That the combos on green dots were ten.

[@bertbergers9171]

@ Vidarino thank you for the puzzle, Simon thank you for the solve and the video! Wieej!! I didn’t have to explain stuff to the camera but I was way faster on the break in then Simon was. He did it the convoluted way. I just wrote the 4 black dot options in a box and tried the 4 triplets of white dots on them. Found the 4 combos then checked which two could combine with the green in the p-pentomino’s. Oh wow, i even finished 5 minutes faster!

[@DNPaterson]

An interesting puzzle, with the "no pairs repeating" rule. Took me 51:54, but it was satisfying getting there in the end. Spotting the rotated area and using that to get the first few digits was the key. I also noticed that all possible combinations for each type of dot was used, so that helped eliminate options.

[@Kiltric]

Such a fun puzzle! Really enjoyed the exclusive pairs rule. 20:19

[@AlexandreRibeiroXRV7]

Managed to solve this alone, no hints. Took a while to understand how the dot system actually constrained the solution, but once it did it was so effin beautiful.

[@therealedvaize]

I usually don't challange myself to often but I tried this one and solved it in about 40 minutes. We had slightly different approaches at the start but the realization of the fact that all green dots were given happened and almost the same time in the puzzle.

[@juanalexanderriosvalera]

A fun puzzle and very approachable.

[@jennygoodwin8740]

Really enjoyed this one

[@dddnegre]

40:21, very pleasurable once u know the dots are unique

[@RealCadde]

24:45 SIMON First, the 49 pair in box 1 is resolved by the nine in R7C2 And since the remaining green dot pairs all have a one on them, you have an X-wing of 1's in rows eight and nine. This places a 1 in R7C5. The green dot in box nine is the only one that can hold a 9 digit due to there being a 9 in R2C1 that sees the other two. Also, since there is definitely a 1 in row one placed in box seven. R5C1 cannot be a 1.

[@Unchained_Alice]

Once I noticed how many dots there are and what that means it made it so much easier. This was fun

[@piarittersporn]

Wonderful puzzle.

[@creativename3256]

I don’t usually solve the none-GAS sudokus on this channel, but I really enjoyed this one. 19:48 for me

[@istvanmagi473]

If you solved this one in 20 minutes, you can solve the vast majority of puzzles on the channel.

[@Jonas.Nilsson]

43 minutes!! Loved this puzzle!

[@user-ds3ju2vb9p]

Great puzzle, and very accessible. I'm not an adept solver, but I managed to solve it on the second try. The first try, I worked out what the white dot triples needed to be and that the complete set of dot pairs was needed dot, then flipped a triple and tripped over the basic Sudoku.

[@adamheywood113]

28:59 for me, very happy with that time Wonderful puzzle, thank you

[@swansonchrismonster]

Ah, I enjoyed this one. Not quite an hour to solve, but I am generally slow with these. Good job! fun puzzle.

[@jimmahT]

Love that fact about Mount Everest ❤

[@backpacking_trombonist]

My time ended at 46:10 Very fun. The logic with the green dot in R2C1 and R2C2 took me an embarrassingly long time to spot.

[@samc9516]

This was the first time I chose to attempt and then actually successfully completed a variant sudoku without using the video for help/guidance/hints at all. It took me ages but I'm still pleased! I figured out all the logic, what mostly held me up compared to you is simply not spotting the normal sudoku patterns very quickly. Also I needed a pen and paper to work out that all the green dot combos were in the puzzle haha.

[@istvanmagi473]

Just pick any other variant sudoku on this channel, and that has a 50% chance of being much easier than this one.

[@samc9516]

@@istvanmagi473 haha thanks, I shall be! I've attempted a fair few and have completed some of them, but I've always needed at least one or two hints from Simon until now.

[@josephbentley1300]

30:46 for me, always enjoy these unique rulesets that are still very approachable

[@GregJonson]

I got 26 minutes equal! And what's quite interesting is that I took a fairly different route than Simon and still solved it. That's how you recognise a truly approachable setting.

[@Yttria]

I found it quite approachable. Made a mistake eliminating 1 from box 5 on my first attempt. Finished 2nd attempt in 20:18 so I'd guess 25 min total. Immediately recognized the constraint on the white dots being runs of 3 that had to start and end with odd digits. That identified the contents of the black dot cells off the white dot runs all being low. This made the center of the green dot triples being high. This led to a 1, 2 pair in column 3 which gave the location of 4 in the column. Then it was off to the races.

[@Ai_Make_Money]

awesome thanks

[@JPRobinso]

84 mins all on my own. I got that all the dot options were included, and deduced places runs, and where do 5s go, or don't go, and can an 8 go here? and then once I'd placed a lot of the clues I realised I could do some sudoku on it! very nice puzzle!

[@olivier2553]

After a mishap because I repeated the 1-7 green dot in box 9, although I knew I had it already on row 2, I managed to complete the puzzle. The opening had me twisting my brain a bit, but the middle could only be even, so the could only be low on the left part, etc.

[@thecaneater]

The real breakthrough comes in seeing all possible dots are used, for all colors/varieties. Simon explained early on the 4 black dots are 1-2, 2-4, 3-6, 4-8. The white dots are all 123, 345, 567, 789. And all the green dot possibilities are represented; 1-6, 1-7, 1-8, 1-9, 2-7, 2-8, 2-9, 3-8, 3-9, 4-9. That's all 10 green dots. I got more stuck on the Sudoku than I did the ruleset.

[@Swisswavey]

Very clever puzzle and not at all difficult. Still a pleasure to solve.

[@Ardalambdion]

The middle white digits are 2, 4, 6, 8.

[@hansbaeker9769]

There are other tallest mountains as well. As I understand it, the tallest mountain in terms of height above the surrounding landscape would be Denali / Mt McKinley. And in terms of height from the base when the base is underwater is in Hawaii, but I don't remember the name of the mountain.

[@Seomus]

1 finished it. 86:27 with thinking I had not understood how the white, black, green dots interacted. It wasn't until I found an error in pencil marking that messed me up. But I just had to chip away at it.

[@srwapo]

21:30 + 3:16 playing on my phone = 24:46. Surprised by my time as I was just staring wondering where the start was before realizing certain digits on the black dots made certain digits on the white dots impossible with the negative constraint.

[@JohnRandomness105]

It took me a while, but I managed the puzzle. 6:40 On the contrary, every possible green dot is also given: 9-1234, 8-123, 7-12, and 6-1, giving ten total combinations. Also, the cells between two white dots must be even: 123, 345, 567, 789. 14:50 R2C4 has to be 3 to avoid repeating a green-dot pair. 17:15 The grid looks very familiar.

[@ymiros0953]

Realising this right away made the puzzle a little easier to solve imo with all possibilities on a cheatsheet and ticking them off whenever I found one

[@parkerbond9400]

Simon did realize that every green dot was used right at the time it became needed/useful. Before that point you just need to realize how uniqueness affects the 2 green dot pairs at R2C3 and R7C2.

[@JohnRandomness105]

@@parkerbond9400 True.

[@chrisbaeyens4513]

Yes! Solved it!

[@Happyjew666]

Just shy of 20 minutes for me. Very nice puzzle. Though now I'm thinking about other dot possibilities. For example Blue Dots: Every pair of blue dots sum to the same total.

[@danielharmon1204]

Just got home from a gig, and I see a brand new Cracking the Cryptic! Today can't get much better

[@Jesthers]

Solved on my own! Beautifully made puzzle, fun all the way through. While it is certainly approachable, it probably still takes quite a bit of variant sudoku knowledge to break into, though. Given the whole puzzle seems to assume that the solver knows each possible variation of digits that can go onto those dots, being able to use those white dot chains with the whisper dots to hack away at the options of the leftmost black dots might take quite a bit more thinking for someone who isn't used to them. Mighty fun puzzle, though, would highly recommend this one!

[@HalfHeartGames]

The only time Simon really needed to use the full set were the two moments "I've run out of 2s to place on green" and "every remaining green has a 1". Otherwise the starting groups of 5 doesn't really use the uniqueness. I got through most of the puzzle before realizing that any of the sets of dots were complete.

[@Jesthers]

@@HalfHeartGames Didn't watch the video so I dunno how Simon solved it. I know I'm not quite at his level, so that could contribute as why I felt this one to not be quite "beginner's first sudoku experience", but when I was playing this one at least it just felt like it would be quite a bit more difficult if you weren't used to how all the dots work and interacted, is all. I didn't mean it as a critique of the puzzle or anything, hope that makes sense :D

[@HalfHeartGames]

@StarClan4evr Ah yeah, not trying to argue against your experience lol. Glad you enjoyed :)

[@arataya8706]

Simon, for me at least, you are exactly the type of person I would seek out at a party. Kind, intelligent, and full of knowledge about interesting subjects. Please come to my house for a party!

[@CodeAndGin]

I got this one relatively quickly for once - 48:07. Was a pleasure to solve

[@Gonzalo_Garcia_]

11:11 for me. Great puzzle!!

[@crhodgkin]

This was very fun to solve! I had a very different break-in, which made the solve a bit easier for me. ---------- Because of the uniqueness rule, the strings of white dots had to be 123, 345, 567, and 789 (to both ensure that there are no repeated pairs and to make sure there were enough 3-digit runs). This placed a disjointed 2468 quadruple in the centers of each run of three dots. From there, the uniqueness of the black dots required that each pair was represented, which forced a corresponding 1234 quadruple (also disjointed) in R3C3, R3C7, R7C3, and R7C7. Using the polarity of the neighboring green dots and the parity of the white-dot sequences, these could be reduced in columns 3 and 4 which got me my first few digits fairly quickly. I'm not sure if that was the intended solve path, but it felt incredibly elegant.

[@Raven-Creations]

That was exactly what I did. I just posted a comment describing it before reading yours.

[@squallerrleon]

37:17 ! Got pretty far into this puzzle, but got stuck keeping track of what combinations were still remaining. Took a hint from 21:59, maybe I would of found it if I spent another 15 minutes

[@titusadduxas]

33:00 exactly. Very nice puzzle.

[@Alex_Meadows]

I quite like the idea of a sudoku party / CtC fan meet-up. If I were to arrange an evening in London, perhaps in the autumn, how many of you would be interested in showing up?

[@longwaytotipperary]

Oh how I wish…. I do buy lottery tickets, so there is a chance…🤔

[@pouletbelette]

Let's have it in Montréal, instead! You could count me in. 😅

[@giladooshlon]

Very nice. Done in 17:17.

[@Mr_Yeah]

39:50 Nice to be able to come close to Simon's time once.