This is my forth video here, I have started playing again, the kids are hungry, the wife is neglected, when i close my eyes I see numbers and squares. It's too late for me now, save yourselves.
@Kingcob75 жыл бұрын
They have two games on steam too, there is no escape :D
@zardzewialy5 жыл бұрын
I only read your comment after solving this one... the is no hope now.
@lakarto195 жыл бұрын
Bit too late for me as well, I think...... :D
@feha925 жыл бұрын
All the games I love the most that also has longevity, are the games that also makes me see them when I close my eyes. Sudoku, minesweeper, antijoy, euclidea, solitair/freecell, and so on (pretty much any pattern-based game, even some first-person shooters that have such traits). So you are not alone. I usually stop playing the games when those symptoms appear, as my inability to fall asleep within half an hour unless exhausted, turns into an hour because of it. Sometimes I switch to another game. At least antijoy no longer has this issue for me, as I solved its campaign and it only rarely gets updates adding a few new levels. ps: I used to have no issues playing sudoku a lot. Probably as I didnt solve it based on patterns back when, but rather by methodically step through it. It all changed when the fire natio- When I downloaded brainums sudoku app, as it had an in-built trainer for solving by pattern, and super useful highlighting that lets you see your notes easier :/
@TheSlyFoxThatCreeps4 жыл бұрын
@@feha92 I heard this is called the tetris effect, when playing a game so often wires your mind to start thinking in that sort of pattern in your everyday life. I can't tell you how many times i'll look at a keyboard and try to see where an R can fit using sudoku rules, lol.
@brianrichter82555 жыл бұрын
This was fun, it took me just about 20 minutes. I consider it a victory whenever I solve it in less than twice the length of the video.
@howardtoob4 жыл бұрын
Do you use an app or pen/pencil and paper?
@brianrichter82554 жыл бұрын
I use their web app. I did use pencil and paper before they created the web app.
@howardtoob4 жыл бұрын
@@brianrichter8255 Thanks. Do you find using the app easier for solving sudoku?
@brianrichter82554 жыл бұрын
@HowardC Yes, erasing lots of pencil marks can get messy, especially if I make a mistake. Being able to undo in the app is much easier. Corner and center marks and highlighting also make the app easy.
@howardtoob4 жыл бұрын
@@brianrichter8255 Thanks! If I use any app the puzzle is easier. I feel like I'm cheating when using an app so I use paper and pencil most of the time. I just purchased the app that these guys offer. I wonder if these competitions are app/programs or pencil and paper???
@markm49524 жыл бұрын
"Which is a racy name for something far more prosaic" Idk about you but I'm here for the vocabulary
@GARDENHOUSEFILMS4 жыл бұрын
Mark Mays same
@katiabatis87354 жыл бұрын
Exactly! 😁
@robertr66753 жыл бұрын
Undoubtedly
@pixels2music3482 ай бұрын
This had me ROFLing
@adryan.rognerАй бұрын
Hahahaha
@mikeydflyingtoaster4 жыл бұрын
I've just tried this sudoku and it took me 1 hour 31 minutes! Really proud, even though the time is incredibly slow.
@aok76_4 жыл бұрын
Took me about the same time. It's quite fun.
@atis19763 жыл бұрын
45 in r5, 45in c3, 37 in r5, 37 in c4, 89 in b4, 24 in c1. The puzzle almost done, before a first big digit. :)
@danagould14693 жыл бұрын
17:14, pretty proud of myself. I've learned a lot from these videas
@NiTeLightYears2 жыл бұрын
Do you use any pencil?
@juanander5 жыл бұрын
No fancy techniques needed, love how the solve just seemed to flow. Great classic sudoku
@javel67895 жыл бұрын
This was actually my first sudoku I was able to solve from this channel, so proud. Even tho my time was 37:30 I am improving :)
@oliverolsen11204 жыл бұрын
Me too, got it on 30:31
@thoperSought4 жыл бұрын
good job to both of you. it took me a lot longer than that.
@manuakasam4 жыл бұрын
40:24 for me, you're doing good mate! ;)
@TheFatFox4 жыл бұрын
@@manuakasam Lol i got that exact time too! 40:24.
@floydmoore94324 жыл бұрын
40:48!
@princeofrain1428 Жыл бұрын
I'm an amateur solver, but anytime there's an approachable enough solution i try my hand at it. Its always interesting to see the logics that you use, Simon, especially in regards to where to look at the puzzle. It makes such a huge difference in how you solve compared to me! As an amateur, my instinct was to race at naked singles but you've shown in this video just how powerful pencil marking can be. Thank you as always!
@DisturbedNeo4 жыл бұрын
*Fills in 41 of 57 empty squares* “I think we might have cracked the puzzle.”
@petzkuh3 жыл бұрын
I had this recommended to me again, and I was pleasantly surprised when I tried the solve. Took me only 8:07, and I could feel the solve just flowing from a hidden pair to a naked single, and so on. Very pleasant puzzle, thank you to both Sam and Simon!
@feliciehoffmann94644 жыл бұрын
How I beat Simon: 1. Get on the Sudoku 2. Listen to his first steps 3. Pause the video 4. Work on the puzzle 20 minutes 5. Start the video 6. I gOt ThAt BeFoRe SiMoN!!!!!!!! I'm sO sMaRt!!!!
@khalisaisar11193 жыл бұрын
How to begging for likes
@dario404011 ай бұрын
Nobody is begging you filthy dog
@deflatedfruit47164 жыл бұрын
well... 53:55 is a dreadful time, but I'm just pleased I've got to the point I can solve one of the puzzles on this channel! I didn't realise a popup saying "Looks good to me" could be so rewarding
@YBA-FEL9 ай бұрын
I completed Sudoku in 14 minutes professional level
@codingbloke5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Simon. My first proper no peeking solve in 35 mins. I was happy to see that my general approach matched yours when I watched video albeit much slower. Really enjoying these videos.
@Seriously_Unserious4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this. I've gotten good a solving the medium difficulty puzzles but was hitting a plateau where I couldn't quite figure out how to get at the harder ones consistently. Videos like this, where you take on classic Sudoku rules without anything fancy really helps me work out the techniques to crack the harder ones.
@MegaLight4Ever Жыл бұрын
Can you say more? I too have mastered medium levels but struggle with difficult levels.
@Glenfern Жыл бұрын
Oh dear, I'm new to Sudoku and right now it's all double Dutch. I hope to get better one day 🙏🙏🙏🇦🇺❤
@vkts4 жыл бұрын
Wow, I was sitting on it like 40 minutes with just 4 digits put, then started the video: "Look at the impact of these squares" so I did and solved it in like 10 minutes afterwards
2 жыл бұрын
I am a complete novice and knowing nothing about "naked singles", it took me almost half an hour to solve it. I got stuck with 2 pairs of exact numbers in up & bottom right-hand squares. Took a bit of adjusting but it was really fun. Thank you for a very instructive and calming video.
@gabrielvitalo4 жыл бұрын
This was the second sudoku I was able to solve from this channel. It didn't take any advanced techniques, but it still makes me proud :)
@shashipancholi4 жыл бұрын
Me: solves before watching and feels proud that it only took me twice as long as Simon Also me: watches video realising Simon probably could have solved in half the time if he wasn't having to explain his method
@GaimeGuy4 жыл бұрын
Probably more like a 3rd or a quarter of the time.
@tu._.12404 жыл бұрын
My firts time trying one of his puzzles and it took me an hour lmao (without watching first)
@RandomBurfness5 жыл бұрын
I tried solving this as fast as I could, and I got a time of 11:21! It was an enjoyable puzzle to speedsolve, lots and lots of pairs and triples!
@pierrezanetti32832 жыл бұрын
I managed to do it in 12 minutes and 30 seconds but I'm sure I can do it in less than 10 minutes if I spot some pairs faster. In any case, thanks a lot for your energy, your good vibes and happiness and your precious tips, I appreciate this a lot !!! Big love from France !
@1997benny2 жыл бұрын
Discovered your channel recently and I confess I am amazed. I downloaded an app on my phone and haven't yet managed to solve a hard puzzle, only the medium ones. But with this video and your amazing web app, I somehow managed to find the willpower to solve the puzzle posted here. Took me a long while, 42 minutes to be exact, but it's the first ever hard sudoku I solved and all thanks to you. Now I'll watch the video and continue to me amazed at how easy you make them look!
@TheNewAccount20084 жыл бұрын
Jesus christ... My doing that puzzle with full focus took 10 minutes... You are doing this while talking and explaining. I have been watching your channel for quite a while now, and I am still in awe of your skills...
@Socialdogma5 жыл бұрын
LOL @ “It’s called a ‘naked single.’ It’s a racy name for something far more prosaic.”
@Khaisz.5 жыл бұрын
I tried to solve this, 30 minutes in I thought I finally was making good progress and noticed a number I wanted to place couldn't be placed there or anywhere else in the box, so I had to clear everything and start over. I will however try again when I get home from work, Your channel has resparked my intrest for sudoku.
@conorlinehan44343 ай бұрын
I like starting with what must be the “only two” options. Makes perfect sense and just boosted my abilities over the last 48 hours of watching your channel.
@michaeltaylor88034 жыл бұрын
33:05 was my time and Simon just runs through it... haha it's just so impressive seeing him do it with ease when I had to really try! my times have gotten so much better though with watching the channel.
@corriemeijer4625 ай бұрын
Hi, I have a book of cracking the crypts that belonged to my brother Jan. He passed away in 2021. Since his youth he was always busy with numbers. I found his name in the book as a supporter of your work. Nice to see you. Greetings from Amsterdam.
@hascleavrahmbenyoseph71863 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this youtube channel! When I began doing sudoku puzzles as a child, I learned a little trick that I thought might help some viewers. You see that 3 and 7 in the middle row of box five? I new, once I had found the 9 in box eight's upper right hand corner, that the positions of 3 and 7, in box eight, are conditioned by two rules: a.) 3 and 7 cannot pair in squares one and two of box eight. b.) 3 and 7 can't stack in box eight's square two and square five i.e. you can't spear box five with a 3 and 7 in box eight. There are two other facts that indicate the position of the 6 in box eight. a.) The 1 in box seven forces the 1 in box eight to be in the middle or bottom row of box eight. b.) The 6 in square four of box two leaves 6 as the only number that can occupy square two in box eight. If either a 3 or a 7 had been "given information", if 3 or 7 were already printed in square one or two of box eight, then YES, 3 and 7 could pair side by side in box eight in another given puzzle. In this puzzle 3 and 7 could not pair side by side once the 9 was placed in box eight's square three! I use this trick in all sudoku puzzles that I do because it helps to find the other missing information in the puzzle. I hope this is helpful to many viewers who didn't realize this sudoku "rule of number conduct".
@ClassicTV4U Жыл бұрын
I have been solving "extreme" 'hard" and "very hard" puzzles from a sudoku book without the "pencil in" method, but it takes me DAYS. I will try this method (looking at rows & columns) to narrow down the solutions. Great tutorial!
@MegaLight4Ever Жыл бұрын
Wish someone could explain it to me. 😢❤
@alexandrecoutu42834 жыл бұрын
I'm very proud of myself! It's the first sudoku from this channel that I did on my own. My time was 33:44.
@iambicpentakill Жыл бұрын
It's weird to go back in time and watch you solve a straight Sudoku. Really impressive!
@wazza14795 жыл бұрын
I'm very happy, I decided to pause the video at the beginning and try it myself. It took me 10:04.
@JohnSmith-if7kx5 жыл бұрын
31:55 for me. This was a good slap in the face to show me where I need to work on my foundations. Now time to watch the video and see where to improve.
@Leo-fs3ui5 ай бұрын
I discovered 2 different x-wings using number 2. C-1+9 R-2+8 & C-3+8 R-3+7. I was so excited waiting to watch Simon solve the puzzle and mention x-wings. Sadly he didn’t. Nevertheless I found them and never would have had I not discovered your channel. Thank you and keep it up. Cheers
@dhirasarika2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I was using a technique someone taught me a long time ago and using your method has opened up a whole new vista to me. I am slow but learning and actually solve a hard sudoko with your help! I am still having a bit of trouble with diabolical so I'll stick with hard until I get more comfortable.
@hrishikeshlanjekar51344 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. Paused the video at the beginning. Took 30 min to solve. Then watched the whole video to understand how to approach the puzzle. Thanks again....
@PhaseOG4 жыл бұрын
I’ve been watching you for a while and for the first time I decided to try it out myself first and it took a little over an hour for me to complete it I think I’m about to get addicted😅
@Squril5 жыл бұрын
Would you be interested in solving a hard ("extreme", "competition", or whatever else Sudoku apps call their hardest difficulties) computer generated Sudoku?I find I have a much bigger problem with those than these logically hand built ones. These I can solve, even if it might take an hour, but some of the app ones (during breaks at work, for example) I can't make any progress. It kind of feels like I'm getting stuck in pretty much the same place on most of the generated ones.Though I did see one or two that are genuinely unsolvable, actually starting with contradicting givens. I understand if that's not your thing, though.
@v0ldy543 жыл бұрын
Usually if a puzzle requires brute force it means it's not a good puzzle, automatically generated ones might have that peoblem
@harrysurtees87102 жыл бұрын
I hit the "like button", but actually, I love this puzzle. Cracking the Cryptic, just amazing how many viewers you have, just amazing. If Peter Robinson (Uncommon Knowledge) and Simon Anthony put their minds together, they could solve all the worlds problems,
@Natalie-t1b6mАй бұрын
I'm basically new to Sudoku. Can I clarify the notation with the corner or centre numbers. I first notice this at 5:31 when you add the 4 and 5 to the squares that had 9. When the numbers are in the centre do they represent only possibilities for a single cell, but when they are in the corner they are the only location of a number in a 3x3 block? Thank you
@ALewdCard3 жыл бұрын
37:02 for me. Stumbled a couple times along the way, but this was a very satisfying solve. Looking forward to seeing how it gets broke in the video now. I noticed the 3/7 pair in the central box and quickly found the 8/9 pair in box 4. Also found a naked single 9 in box 9, helped me place other digits about midway through the solve. Not sure if that was required for the solve or not, it stuck out to me though.
@tadperry18175 жыл бұрын
I just wrote to Simon and Mark just the other day and requested exactly this very thing. Now I understand that finding an X-wing is possible even when it is not specifically pencil marked. It really is as simple as finding the same number limited to two locations in two different rows or columns and when you get stuck, you might as well go looking to see if that's true anywhere. This was my first relatively easy solve. Thanks, Simon! You and Mark are great!! Also watched an older video about pincers and pivots today. That's going to come in handy.
@lemlem354 жыл бұрын
This is a fantastic example of a puzzle that requires good logic but no completely complex techniques to solve, perfect for someone like me who hasn't grasped all that yet
@MinimumGnome5 жыл бұрын
My time was 14:38, which is fantastic for me. Definitely upping my pattern recognition game thanks to watching Simon for the last few months.
@lian60073 жыл бұрын
Mind blowing. I was using mediocre methods and would give up after 35 min of little progress. Now I take 20-30 min completing expert level!
@nicoleleboeuf-little10484 жыл бұрын
"No finned swordfishes or... franken-x-wings..." All right, I'll bite - what's a franken-x-wing? :D
@BlueSapphyre4 жыл бұрын
It’s similar to an x-wing, but instead of row and column creating the constraints, it’s row/column and square.
@broefkip4 жыл бұрын
It took me 1 hour 1 min 29 seconds and you can do this in 10 minutes 😂 That's so impressive! Edit: Now that I am watching the video I immidiately see why you are so much faster!
@ryptoll48012 жыл бұрын
I just stumbled upon this channel. I do enjoy solving sudokus and just recently been able to crack the harder ones, although not particularly fast. I solved this one in 35 minutes. You taught me something new about the grid. I had no idea it meant something!
@anneirenej3 жыл бұрын
So i am trying to up my sudoko game by learning new ways to approach them. Your videos are helpful as you attack them completely different than me. It has been refreshing to learn new ways to approach. So thank you.
@martianhermit4 ай бұрын
I came here looking to improve (as an amateur), I tried the puzzle before watching and solved it in 9 minutes which I guess is a good sign. I've already been doing most of the techniques in this video intuitively, but the naked single in the bottom right corner was an eye opener for me, I never thought of looking at rows of 4 digits like that.
@Oli-l5m10 ай бұрын
First sudoku video I've watched and I was pleasantly surprised how much quicker I solved it than I suspected. Thank you for sharing some interesting techniques
@R.F.98474 жыл бұрын
It never fails. I follow along, then it gets to a part where I pause the video and confidently go off on my own, only to eventually realize I made a mistake somewhere. Grr.
@ainsleyh.83062 жыл бұрын
first video I've ever watched of yours! it took a minute for me to understand the website, but I solved the puzzle in just under 9 minutes!
@jihyoslint4 ай бұрын
I tried doing it by following your explanation while pausing and rewinding parts as I can so that my train of thought could follow yours. It took me 31mins and 51s. 😂 Not as good, but pretty neat for a beginner like me, thanks a lot!
@williamdavids59154 жыл бұрын
I constantly do expert sudoku puzzles in 5-8 minutes every morning.....it gets the computer working well for rest of each day!
@matt82395 жыл бұрын
I've never been interested in Sudokus and yet I can't stop coming back.
@matthewkendall52353 жыл бұрын
From possible combinations (all cells with possible values shown) - my best time for an extreme Sudoku is still 69 seconds and my top ten time is 88 seconds - still trying to beat 60 seconds. I consider any time under 2 minutes 20 seconds average to good and anything under 80 seconds quite fast. I don't generally play hard sudokus because I find them too easy - once you have the 36 or so solve routines down you generally only have about 20 routines you need to stick with. Thing is with practice you can get really, really fast. It is rare - maybe one puzzle in a hundred or more that takes me 10 - 30 minutes to solve - because on those I learn something new as I encounter a new tactic to use. Must say I love them - often do them on the bus going home and try and get five to ten or so done on the trip - depending on how jerky the ride is over a 35 minute trip!
@aldriannatawijaya67373 жыл бұрын
how did you do that
@matthewkendall52353 жыл бұрын
@@aldriannatawijaya6737 has to be simple practice and very, very fast pattern recognition and every now and then a puzzle just collapses and each cell found points to the next. Remember I start my times from possibles revealed - so to reveal all possibilities for all cells generally would take someone 4-5 minutes - but there is practically no skill involved - so I just remove that and start from a pattern with say 27 known cells and 54 cells with 2-7 choices in each. I typically look at cells and start solving around the digits that have the highest occurrence then progress down to the digits with 3, 2, 1, or 0 cells presenting. Then I do a quick parse across all digits looking for patterns. Sometimes the hard deciphering algorithms aquire the pattern quicker - it just out - like in seconds, sometimes I miss a simple pattern and it might take 2-3 minutes to spot the obvious elimination - but that is almost I missed a simple clue on the first 3-4 passes (human error). About 1 time in 70 I might botch the pattern if the glass screen on my smart phone doesn't play nice - but generally if you are around 2 mins 20 seconds you know sooner or later you will do a real fast time - and when you start to go well under 90 seconds its a real buzz! If I could ever go sub 60 seconds I think I would retire - game conquered - but that might take a long time and require a freaky perfect game to come along!
@javierflores41125 ай бұрын
I've been watching the newer videos and I get a little in over my head on some of the very difficult puzzles. So coming back to a classic sudoku and being able to complete it in 9:29 felt super exciting for me! It was very fun 😊
@TheRaker10002 жыл бұрын
11 minutes 31 seconds with no hints from the video, my best ever on a puzzle from this channel.
@TheSunshinebob2 жыл бұрын
That's a fun puzzle! Using what I learned (and retained) from previous Cryptic videos I got it in 14 minutes. Thank you Cryptic!
@sudokuandme8 ай бұрын
I'm so glad I found you - I just started my channel. This is so fancy! I just video my Sudoku book. lol and I avoid doing dishes.
@shantanunene43893 жыл бұрын
Revisited this puzzle, and took me 9:36 this time. Have certainly improved because of this channel.
@sandras70292 жыл бұрын
"He might be doing it slower than others" he says. My jaw hangs open as I try to keep up with what he is doing :O
@mangouschase3 жыл бұрын
I got about 22 minutes, either is a record, or it's how good I'm actually at sudoku and I've been making my own life harder by starting with additional rules. 13 minutes with Simon's techniques, thanks. I'm still not good at spotting 3 numbers looking at a box, nor pencil marking.
@TheOpinionatedMama3 жыл бұрын
I solved this one under 8mins. Feeling accomplished 🙌 Loving all your advanced level videos on it 👌
@whitegalactico71523 жыл бұрын
Your brain is so sharp
@shystudyspy2 жыл бұрын
Yay, I did it in 20 minutes without watching the video at all. There were a couple of times when I thought that I would have to refer to the video in order to keep going, but I ended up managing by myself.
@GlennHanna810 ай бұрын
I like to do classic puzzles without pencil marks if I can, adding some memory exercise into my puzzle solving. If I get absolutely stuck I can of course use pencil marks and see if there was something obvious I overlooked... but I'm hoping to find a couple of new logic tricks to add to my bag to try. That first numberphile video taught me a couple of new tricks to try, so thanks for that.
@Sahjhan4 жыл бұрын
"How To Do Hard Sudokus In 10 Minutes" I guess if this was a 'Friends' episode, it'd be 'The One with the Brain Transplant'.
@adrenaline4life2335 күн бұрын
After watching this video and being stuck on my first hard puzzle in my book, I realized I’ll just go back and practice on medium for awhile lol This is more complex than I thought when you get to the difficult range of puzzles.
@Urroner3 жыл бұрын
When I first did this puzzle, it took about an this and this was just after this video was released. I saw it again and decided to do it again. Now, I barely remember do this puzzle, but none of the details, so it was almost like the first time. It only took me twenty minutes. And as I watched the video just after doing the puzzle, I saw something which I need to do, but I don't. Simon didn't going through each digit doing the Snyder notation, he looked at the whole puzzle and looked for where a pair of digits have to occupy. I'm still doing the former as a routine at the start of each puzzle, but if Simon does it differently, I figure I've got to look into it and try it out. If I had done the puzzle his way, I could have knocked two or three minutes off. Mark and Simon are really decent men...for being British. Hey, I'm a Florida man and my sons, none of which live here any more, totally hassle me about that. Even my three surrogate daughters do it.
@IndustrialQueue5 жыл бұрын
First sub 30 puzzle! (At least in the ‘hard’ category) and I only needed the opening hint for the first time! Thanks for the way you teach these puzzle and for your evident passion for the hobby.
@Dragzeka4 жыл бұрын
This puzzle took me just under 50 minutes. You are ridiculously good at puzzles :o
@Maou32 жыл бұрын
I'm learning some new techniques now, and I'd like to ask: At 9:19, is it safe to use unique rectangle to place a 6 in R7C5? And another question: is unique rectangle safe to use in general, that is, is it always safe to assume that the original board will produce a unique solution?
@aberrance67065 жыл бұрын
Started following this channel recently and love it, can solve about half the NY times expert puzzles I do but still don't understand the logic behind that right corner 9
@howardtoob4 жыл бұрын
Prior to putting in the 9 in the R9/C9 he mentions how, "mismatched" the R9 & C9, are. There is only a 9 that can go in that spot. He works so fast that it's very hard for me to follow. I'm only starting this "hobby" but I did catch that. I feel he does a very good job of explaining except he does so speaking quickly so I generally have to go back several times to pick up the tips.
@phs1253 жыл бұрын
Finished it in exactly 12:06 Was really impressed with myself, Then when I started watching the video, I realised I had done it couple weeks ago or so...
@ovishen95234 жыл бұрын
I ve only opened those videos to get to the puzzles, but now that I got to watch it to see your approach I noticed you use the corner and center marks the same way as I do hehe
@gposchman5 жыл бұрын
Great video and puzzle. I took a slightly different direction, but I was able to find numbers by going through columns and rows after taking a look at the structure of the puzzle, learned that from you and Mark. As I filled in numbers the puzzle seemed to create naked singles all over the place. What fun. Gene
@charlesbruno9905 жыл бұрын
I started doing sudokus about 5 months ago. I've gotten pretty good. I call it a "key" when you have only one obvious choice. Can a puzzle every get to a point where there isn't a "key", and you have to make and visualize a choice result several moves ahead to see if it works or not. I've had a few of these. This type of puzzle seems to make it truly "diabolical".
@r0bw00d4 жыл бұрын
I reattempted this puzzle using Simon's free flow focus and I have to admit that I'm not very good at it. I started out well enough, but I soon formed a 14 cell in R3,C4 that I wound up using to break the puzzle, as I eventually had a 1 and 4 on either side of it. I won't let this stop me from learning this technique, but it's clear that my slower, more methodical technique of running through the numbers one at a time disallows room for more error.
@robynhenry4303 жыл бұрын
I love your videos sometimes to actually watch and other times to fall asleep to... your voice is so soothing
@gabrielmyself4 жыл бұрын
I am watching a lot of yours videos and now I learn how to solve harder sudokus. Thanks. :-)
@Harker7773 жыл бұрын
Not sure whether I've gotten better recently, but this one is a
@P34CC32 жыл бұрын
such a wholesome, I needed to watch it twice to understand it better.
@Pompomatic5 жыл бұрын
I liked that corner-technique, haven't though about that before :)
@giddygolfer3 жыл бұрын
Interesting how the mind works, Simon took a few minutes to see the 9 in the bottom right corner that was there for all to see from the get go! I profess that time shouldn't be a consideration. If you solve the puzzle, kudos to you.
@Pyromonkey835 жыл бұрын
Another great puzzle by Sam. The ones in the classic app from him have been excellent (I especially love the final puzzle, a work of art to solve), and this is no different. 8:09 to solve, and a great flow from one number/pair to the next.
@fondueyourself2 жыл бұрын
I thought I had it at just under 20 min, but when I checked there was a mistake! I had to go back to the video with the timer still running. Most of what I did matched yours, but not in the same order. I don't know exactly when my mistake happened, but I ended up pausing the vid to finish at 34:41. I was pretty proud that I made it as far as I did. I tend to make mistakes only when I don't look carefully enough at the squares that interact and end up jumping to conclusions that should have been obviously wrong.
@rezamiau3 жыл бұрын
at 3:21 37 in row 4 , 6 and column 6 give a 37 pair in row 5. also 246 in row 9 and column 7 give a 246 triple in box 9.
@ethanharvey65545 жыл бұрын
Your videos have been getting me back into sudoku in the last couple months. Discovered a few nice variants as well! But how do I keep hitting a freeze point about 1/3-1/2 the way through some of the more difficult ones! Any pointers for finding/learning the hidden trick?
@dragnl0rd5 жыл бұрын
Managed to finish this one in 17:18, my fastest solve yet for a puzzle from this channel! I'm certain now that it's somehow easier for me to solve puzzles that are *fun* like this as opposed to theoretically equal difficulty puzzles that are generated with generic computer software.
@cameodamaneo4 жыл бұрын
This took me 8:24. Probably the only puzzle on this channel where it didn't take me at least twice as long as Simon to finish.
@user-wc3pc5kq8l Жыл бұрын
At 3:13 why he puts 89 only in the two boxes as a note. For instance one more 8 could go on the top right of the 3X3 grid and one extra 9 could go on the right bottom of that 3X3 grid...
@rumslol45254 жыл бұрын
I like these types of sudokus because they are challenging enough to get you thinking but free form enough that there are multiple answers. I solved this a completely different way (albeit much more slowly).
@joanswan2122 жыл бұрын
I watched your video today and it totally works. Thanks for the tips
@sourceconnection5957 Жыл бұрын
My first suduko ever; pritty simpel really once you get the jisst of it; The video could be a bit faster; Had to set the speed to 4 in order not to fall asleep; More then that; it was quit fun for a beginners video. Very nice how it was dumbed down so that anyone can follow.
@Zatani820822 күн бұрын
in the video at 10:22 how can that square in the bottom left group top right be a 2 if the middle left could also be a 2?
@Zatani820822 күн бұрын
never mind just saw the 2 in the middle group that blocks that row's 2 from being in the top middle of the bottom middle group (forced to be a 6 then to complete the row it needs the 2)
@norvillerodgers315 жыл бұрын
22 minutes I need to follow the logic through. It’s funny that the ones I always point out watching Simon I never see when solving myself😂😂😂
@realdeadlygaming93734 жыл бұрын
I’m happy I did the puzzle before I watched this. He confused the heck out of me the way he does it.. only took me 8min to finish it!
@pk-docla7 күн бұрын
I haven’t been playing sudoku all that long, so within the first two minutes when he was saying “we know that such and such a number goes here…”, I was like “we do I certainly don’t.” LOL. I guess I have a long way to go before I can learn from his methods.
@donaldduke22332 жыл бұрын
You go a little fast for me (I'm in my 80s) but I'm sure after watching it a few times I'll pick up some valuable tips. Thanks for sharing.
@irenesabe5 жыл бұрын
this is the first time i actually try and solve a sudoku before watching the video andit was so nice to see my thought process was the same as his at least up until half the puzzle, made me feel good about myself even tho it took me double the time