how simon anthony solves a sudoku

a little bit of poking fun at my favourite sudoku-solving youtube channel, cracking the cryptic. with love 💙

[@ilankaplan2428]

This is the most niche meme I've ever seen and it made me laugh so hard

[@85TITZ]

EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY

[@Asterism_Desmos]

I was wondering how many people will get this lol

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

​@@Asterism_Desmosif this was recomended to them, they probably watch Cracking the Cryptic

[@nezzled]

I've never even heard of that person until now but I immediately got one of their videos recommended to me after this one@@jestfullgremblim8002

[@Schwuuuuup]

This comment alone has well over a thousand upvotes... I wouldn't have guessed this niche was that big

[@MacroAggressor]

Idk why everyone's calling this a niche meme... doesn't everyone spend hours at a time watching someone else complete a Sudoku?

[@hbk6917]

its because whenever simon removes a singular notation, he would usually press a lot of different keys before actually removing the intended number which usually takes one button only to remove it. It is something regular fans notice but its not really something worth pointing out because it is just a habit of his therefore making it niche since an average person wouldn’t dare meme about this but this man did it.

[@kemokidding]

@@hbk6917 r/whoosh

[@MisterAppleEsq]

@@kemokidding please explain in a minimum of 500 characters why this is a woosh

[@SjorsHoukes]

​@@hbk6917 It does not just take 1 button press - Simon is switching input tools when he does this. It would be niche if only a small amount of people would get it - but since many do, it's not very niche. Also: "this man" called holly? I think they are a trans woman, looking at their profile pic.

[@AhsimNreiziev]

I don't know if everyone _does_ , but certainly everyone _should_ .

[@specialkalberta]

It's amazing how consistently Simon will type the wrong number and then retype the correct number.

[@RichAFCW]

It's always the number 1 below as well!

[@awebmate]

It is just as amazing how consistently Simon types a number, that could be wrong, but turns out to be right anyway.

[@J3ff_K1ng]

You have to add Simon saying well that's a 4 and that's a 5 that's a 3 and therefore that's a 4 and ah good gracious me look at this cell aww this is beautiful this cell can only be a 1 due to this thermo and this 1 in box 3

[@gilleslesire4983]

B E A UTIFUL

[@ragingchicken7443]

This was ludicrously accurate, and i loved it.

[@EchoMirage72]

OH BOBBINS

[@nicolascortes6951]

I read it with Simon's voice in my head, Beautiful

[@shpinak]

because of SECRET!

[@nadines.1107]

My heart always stops when he types in the wrong number first... wrong key, blindly typing, then corrects immediately but i always fear he wont realize.

[@tspawn35]

That man can see things in a puzzle I never will. However, He will miss the most obvious things sometimes only to point out something super hidden.

[@ulkgb]

@@tspawn35 I still feel that is intentional. He leaves the low hanging fruit so we can feel good.

[@nickthompson1812]

@@ulkgb hahaha, you’ve cracked the cryptic solves of Simon! He does it to get us engaged in the comment sections ;)

[@frederf3227]

Dude's got a 90% wrong key rate. How?

He did make that mistake recently. Caught it in a few minutes, though, but still...

[@nedb147]

I so hope he’s seen this, absolutely brilliant

[@undergroundmonorail]

At least one of them has, i tweeted it at the ctc account and they liked it

[@twelvetenth8580]

But isn't he supposed to be the man working on both keyboards, the camera holder and the uploader of the video?

[@later_babes]

when it can’t be a 9 due to sudoku and he cleaned up his notes but there’s still a rogue 9 in the column notes

[@AhsimNreiziev]

Well, to be fair...... It is outrageous to make Simon do Sudoku in a Sudoku puzzle. But yes, I do find myself shouting "Scanning, Simon! *_SCANNING!_* " at the screen.

[@paulmaglio9254]

I have no idea why it took a full year for this to pop up on my feed, but hilariously accurate video - great job.

[@undergroundmonorail]

about 15,000 of the 16,000ish views were in the last month or so

[@doge8825]

@@undergroundmonorailyou having another algorithm boost? This just popped up into my feed

[@undergroundmonorail]

@@doge8825 i guess i'm getting #bleesed again lmao

[@rebmcr]

@@undergroundmonorail 👀

[@navster100]

Took 2 years for me

[@j.r.qwertz]

Bobbins! I'm totally discombobulated. Good grief! And Maverick flies past my window again...

[@MeriaDuck]

🤣 If I ever create a youtube channel, my mavericks are fewer but louder; there's a military airfield nearby and those guys fly low, fast and are loud.

[@UnwovenSleeve]

The joke was already sold from the thumbnail, the first clip really solidifies it, and the fucking end clip just brings it home. What an amazing meme

[@nagualdesign]

Potty mouth. Oh bobbins!

[@logiclrd]

Haha :-) The real answer is that the custom software they had made has 4 modes of input: solution digit, corner marks, centre marks and colour. You can enter corner marks directly with Shift+digit and centre marks directly with Ctrl+digit, but you can also switch modes so that you don't need Shift or Ctrl by pressing the spacebar. Simon hasn't picked up the Shift and Ctrl shortcuts, so he cycles through the modes by pressing space repeatedly for every new kind of input. Result: spacebar sound KACHUNK-KACHUNK-KACHUNK. And if he overshoots by mistake, then he has to press space another 3 times to cycle around. :-P

[@AndaraBledin]

Using the Shift shortcut and Numpad to enter digits doesn't actually work, because Shift+NumPad is the same as turning NumLock off. As a result, if you use the NumPad numbers, you are forced to use Space to cycle modes instead of just using the shortcut for Corner digits.

[@TheYortle]

I just use z, x, and c

[@kimikanna_live]

I've always wondered what kind of Pentagon he is hacking. Finally i got the explanation. Thank you!

[@MeriaDuck]

ah so the software does support these shortcuts, only the brain of poor Simon is hard wired to the spacebar

[@jerayneous]

We all thought it, but none of us had the courage to make a video about it 🙏😭

[@13LuCkYjOhNnY]

BRO I WISH MORE PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THIS MEME

[@scottshaw8864]

Yes, why it takes 20 loud button presses to change 2 numbers will forever remain a mystery

[@susanollington5257]

Wild guess - you can change modes with Tab and shift and I think he might be pressing tab over and over to get to the right mode but he’s going so fast he sometimes presses it too many times?

[@SjorsHoukes]

@@susanollington5257 Yes, Anthony is switching input tools. That's why it sounds like he needs 5 clicks to do 1 thing.

[@paulmaglio9254]

@@SjorsHoukes The funny part is that if he leaves the controls on the full sized number and just uses the control and command keys he can achieve the same thing without all the tabbing. Then again, it wouldn't be Simon-like to do things the easy way!

[@MikehMike01]

because he’s old and doesn’t understand keyboard shortcuts

[@lexipowell7357]

I like it; it's like ASMR

[@sKlush]

this is so funny and I have literally no one that I can show this to

[@anthony_edward]

The end had me dying

[@francoistrempe]

I loved this. At the start is seemed like a parody showing how insanely good Simon is that he can solve sudokus super fast, the you see the second keyboard giving the impression that he is solving two at the same time, then you get the punch. Well played.

[@258thHiGuy]

I like the idea that Simon has an RGB keyboard

[@undergroundmonorail]

you know that dude has the tiktok influencer setup for *sure*

[@SjorsHoukes]

2365 individual commenters: "That's so niche!"

[@AlberteUdenH]

BOBBINS!

[@jaega4247]

"That's worth a bobbins, I think." - taken from the same video.

[@noitallmanaz]

This meme was as useful as a chocolate teapot

[@shangaiguarisnaque9277]

I see what you did there

[@jaybird6396]

You missed the part where he tells you the secret

[@Meni_Rosenfeld]

I thought it would start with a blank grid and end with a fully solved Sudoku... Because that's how fast he solves them.

[@michaelpeele5739]

There's one that he "solves" in about 9 seconds. Actually, it is making every cell a color, and not getting the digits until the last moment, then you can fill in all the digits in a few seconds.

[@galoomba5559]

At least in his videos, I feel like he's slow but consistent. I often solve puzzles faster than him because he tries to be extra careful and rigorous. But then I get stuck for 2 hours while he keeps finding new logic every few minutes...

[@tashwinters3355]

"Beautiful."

[@Epic-1224]

That explains why I sometimes solve the same sudoku faster than him when I'm using my phone

[@JamesStocks]

That's a 2, that's a 6, that's a 9. Oh, that's a 7! And then we have all the 3s.

[@jkid1134]

I only ever use their site on mobile, but I have a very good idea of how the keyboard shortcuts work from trying to make sense of every click from Simon's keyboard.

[@potato.pancake]

never expected to see such a niche meme that i understood completely

[@bristolrovers27]

🤣🤣🤣 Love the guy, but you're bang on

[@sonalita_]

"bang on" I see what you did there. Take my internet goldz.

[@leileleileleile]

This is so accurate and very niche, god bless you for making this

[@kindlin]

It's the second keyboard that really drives this one home for me. It's so good.

[@la_gej_]

I legit haven't laughed that hard in years

[@maxmccamish8095]

niche meme but I appreciate it so much

[@danielharmon1204]

This is so much funnier than it has any right to be

[@Mmm---mmm]

I love the fact that this got randomly recommended to us in these last few months and almost exactly a full year ago it happrned too, funny meme

[@hashtagornah]

I instantly knew what the meme was gonna be and had to watch. I was not disappointed. 😂

[@marktrescowthick9027]

What say we all chip in for a touch typing class? Absolute gold, and totally accurate.

[@sportsjefe]

He's an accountant by trade! If anybody is supposed to know how to do this it's him!

[@mtchllBarrett]

really what you're hearing is him hammering spacebar to switch between the different number entry modes in the software, no touch typing class needed :)

[@Unchained_Alice]

But then the videos would be 1/4 the length so we'd get less Simon. :(

[@paulmaglio9254]

@@sportsjefe It doesn't help that their software's ten key is actually inverted. There have been times then I have been staring at the screen with my hand over the ten key and typed in the wrong number because I looked at the one on the screen. I really like Sven's software, it's just a little something I noticed that is probably contributing to all of the mistypes.

[@nonyobisniss7928]

@@paulmaglio9254 I only look at the on screen panel if choosing a color and don't use the numpad so hadn't thought about the discrepancy. I suppose the advantage of numbering it that way is it matches the numbering system for the 3x3 boxes, and it's more in keeping with our intuitive reading order (e.g. written English).

[@altintx]

This video just popped up as a recommendation. I watched it and laughed. I went to like it but it was already liked. I’d seen it last year. LOL. Even funnier.

[@CriticalMonkey623]

Yesss, gimme more Sudoku shitposting algorithm, it's about time

[@notthatseanbean]

Lol, that is hardcore niche. I and 400,000 other people laugh at this.

[@rayflyers]

Impressive that he does all that with the letter keys

[@TheRedCyndaquil]

It may have taken 2 years to get to me, but it was well worth it

[@barerparsley3311]

This is my favorite meme of all time

[@AnaFromTheShire]

LMAO holy crap this is so bang-on!!! I love this, I love that you went to the trouble of making this and I love that I've now watched enough CtC that this appeared in my feed today. A great LOL - thanks! :D

[@nathanialblower9216]

OMG, I’ve been laughing to myself about this for years! I can’t believe you did this!! What’s with the soda cans though? Artistic license, or do we have some reason to believe he’s got no trash bin??

[@undergroundmonorail]

no that's just what my room is like lmao

[@undergroundmonorail]

i can't believe i got roasted this hard on my own video

[@AndaraBledin]

@@undergroundmonorail At least you've got great taste in soda. 😸

[@salmonbelle]

I just found this and it's a treasure.

[@ButcherBB]

Possibly my favorite video ever made

[@solarpellets]

I love how he presses like four keys to enter a single number. It's almost therapeutic.

[@ApesAmongUs]

The 7 needed to disappear and then a 6 appear and disappear several times.

[@aarond6131]

I thought I was the only one that noticed holy shit I'm dying

[@kellycashion2404]

I just watched this 4 times in a row 😂

[@lucad.marchesi8950]

For the first time in my life I understand an incredibly niche meme lol

[@KeiFlox]

Friggin amazing.

[@literallyjustayoutubecomme1591]

I found out some days ago that CTC has a meme community and I’m glad

[@alexhill4605]

this is just perfect

[@BeegBeegMikeMike]

The board was empty about 47 seconds ago and now he won’t stop

[@philipphanslovsky5101]

Lol, the ending was unexpected. Chapeau!

[@bornonthebattlefront4883]

As someone who’s quite new to this side of KZbin (I’m forever grateful for it) this is an S tier meme Having watched cracking the cryptic for only about a year now, it’s so exciting when I figure out something first

[@th.nd.r]

THIS IS SO TRUE

[@frason2]

Oh, so brilliant!

[@victorfinberg8595]

don't forget the 4 cans of pop

[@svool_gsviv9885]

Oh my gosh this is so good

[@SetemkiaFawn]

Put on and it's lots of fun. It is niche because you have to watch cracking the cryptic. Now it may be the most popular Sudoku channel in the world, but that doesn't mean everybody watches it and most certainly people don't spend hours of their day every day solving sudokos. But what I really want to know What I really want to know is, what's the second keyboard, the one on the right?

[@undergroundmonorail]

that's a Drop ALT, got it a while ago because i wanted a 65% for taking to work

[@jumppis697]

Funny but so true!

[@lynnebaldwin330]

Oh bobbins!

[@jessie.7533]

This is so funny😭😭😂😂and certainly holds truth

[@Vendavalez]

And he is using a quieter keyboard now, which is kind of sad.

[@robredmond]

Amazing!

[@Paulo51297]

That's bobbins and beautiful at the same time!

[@stuartharris2165]

and you needed to say "Bobbins" at some point!

[@michaelparkin1694]

Absolutely hilariously true

[@KirstCheen]

This is sensationally funny 🔥🔥😂

[@jacobknight5497]

This just made me laugh out loud 😁

[@urcnpam]

Oh, bobbins.

[@asafthemagniv8374]

that's facts bro, no cap🧢🧢🧢

[@DerMarkus1982]

TIL: Sven Neumann's Sudoku app is so complicated, you'l need *two keyboards* to operate it! 😁 BTW, I hope that CrackingTheCryptic know about this. Too funny!

[@hunterk9973]

That seven was as useless as a chocolate teapot

[@pinecubes]

lmfao I love this so much

[@benedettapierfelice1873]

I laughed so hard at this

[@somethingdiscreet]

Come on Simon!

[@Patashu]

I know enough about Cracking the Cryptic to find this funny so: Lmao

[@crispywhiskers9365]

BAHAHAHA this is so spot on

[@betssylopez5895]

so niche and so funny

[@EchoMirage72]

You just fucking killed me

[@djkhemix]

That is fucking hilarious!

[@awilliams1701]

that's hilarious!

[@puceronie]

Bobbins!

[@coolpro1461]

I love it 😂

[@TheZenytram]

Pretty much 😂

[@benphelan88]

Hahaha amazing

[@siddharthannandhakumar6187]

I often wondered why would he press 3 or 4 keys to enter a digit...

[@LaPoubelle42]

accurate

[@reetan3830]

Finally a niche CTC meme 😭😭😭

[@MPSpecial]

oh my GOD

[@tyrgannusgaming6657]

I must admit, stumbling across this meme is odd from my vantage point

[@n8style]

haha always thought this too :D

[@thechch277]

😂 great video.

[@tkellaway]

Bobbins, sorry I'm so slow today.

[@Kurokuma10]

It's beautiful 🥲🥲