Expert Puzzler Gets Pranked

Mark tells Simon this puzzle was "quite easy". Mark was not telling the whole truth... or even a tiny part of the truth. Watch Simon get more and more confused on ahaupt's latest brilliant (and brutally hard) puzzle, which you can play here:
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Rules: Normal sudoku rules apply. Numbers in the top left of the dotted cages give the sum of the digits in the cage. Digits cannot repeat within a cage.
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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. We're also "cryptic crossword" aficionados. Mark is the twelve-time winner of The Times championship and Simon is the former record holder for most consecutive correct solutions to The Listener crossword. We hope we can help your puzzle solving while also introducing you to some of the world's best puzzles.
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[@danpowell806]

That puzzle is very approachable. I printed it out and left it on the table, and approached it many, many times.

[@caseyrafn]

You should have called Mark on speaker phone and told him that it only took you around 12 minutes, no problem! Haha ...

[@Stephen-Fox]

Almost as funny a watch as Simon's response to the miracle Sudoku as he gradually came to the realization that actually this was a real puzzle and not Mark trolling him. "I suspect you're never going to see this because this can't be a puzzle and I'm about to give Mark an angry phone call... Although..."

[@hitsch4985]

"We are cooking with something very old and unignitable", now there's a t-shirt. Kind of how I feel a lot of the time when I watch Simon doing maths...

[@disappointedsocialist4748]

So Simon has proven himself to be a good father, a great Starcraft missclicker, quite an astonishing guitarist and once again quite a genius puzzle solver. That’s something to be proud of for sure

[@luchiprieto1586]

i laughed a lot but at the same time i felt so bad for poor simon, he really got played (nice one Mark)

[@danielchmiel7787]

"So, purple minus blue equals twenty plus grey minus green". n o i c e

[@BlueWaterXpress]

I love how they keep saying "by sudoku" when they find a digit by using the standard sudoku rules. It feels like animé characters shouting out the name of the technique they're using. And I find it amusing to imagine i.e. a chessplayer saying "I'll take your pawn with my pawn BY CHESSMOVE" every time he makes a move on the board.

[@SingWhileYouMay]

After Mark's introduction, I'm not even going to try this.

[@JoelBlundellThings]

Thanks again for using my intro, guys! I'm glad people seem to like it!

[@pikapuffin368]

"Bobbins." - The voice of a man who has been deceived, backstabbed, and quite possibly bamboozled.

[@MatthewAndThings]

Simon - "Purple minus blue equals 20 plus grey minus green"

[@gurkenhead9]

New idea for Patreon content:

[@justinscomp]

"The hardest naked single in the world... ever... in the history of sudoku." Love it!

[@discretefun660]

Thanks a lot for covering my puzzle and for the amazing solve! Loved the video and prank :)

[@cowpenular]

Simon: I'm sure you're all screaming at your screen

[@Sacrozhangt]

17:45

[@Stephen-Fox]

"The hardest naked single in the world" - Naughty snake.

[@MadScientist212]

"Bobbins. I think you know what I'm really thinking, I will say bobbins."

[@jeanotzubler2477]

I would pay to hear a recording of that phonecall