Is BREMSTER Faster Than A Sudoku World Champion? Sudoku Analysis 54

[@SmartHobbies]

Join the Smartie Party now 🥳to get EXCLUSIVE reward puzzle packs, ad free content, discord access, and so much more 👉👉www.buymeacoffee.com/timberlakeB/membership Time Stamps 0:00 Intro 00:25 It’s Solving Time! 02:37 About The Puzzle And Book 03:31 Pause The Video #1 05:21 Pause The Video #2 06:43 Why You Want To Restrict Center Marking 07:11 Why You Get Stuck In This Puzzle 08:16 Pause The Video #3 12:27 Pause The Video #4 15:27 Bonus Tip 16:42 BremSter’s Time Vs Kota’s

[@JohnRandomness105]

I solved it when Bremster did his video. Right now, I remember nothing, but perhaps I'll recall. 3:40 R3C3 has a 6. I saw that my solve was horrendously long. 5:25 Placing the 1 in R3C8 leaves a chocolate teapot triple in the row. 8:20 3 in R4C6. I typically get such a single when I centermark the entire row. 12:30 The 7 is in R1C5, because of the pointing pair. I often miss or forget pointing pairs because of the clutter. I don't see them until I see them -- or find that I've used a swordfish to do the work of a pointing pair. 15:40 Sometimes I color and cornermark that cell to predict what it will be, but I usually avoid assuming uniqueness. 16:50 Bremster solved it about ten times faster than me. I don't recall if I took any breaks.

[@SmartHobbies]

Thank you for the feedback, John. Glad to hear you watch BremSter’s channel.

[@AnonimityAssured]

A lovely puzzle. I can't claim to have been competitively fast, but I got there fairly quickly, accelerating greatly towards the end, first with a UR (49 = row 4 column 9): 49, 51, 59, 56, 33, 38 (hidden single, owing to partitioning of box 6), 16, 48 (hidden single), 36 (hidden triple in box, leaving resolvable pair), 26, 39, 31, 12, 11, 83 (hidden pairs in box, leaving resolvable triple), 93, 71, 15, 19 (hidden UR, boxes 7 and 9), 45, 24, 25, 54 (naked single), 68, 58, 52, 55, 86, 97, 85, 95, 72, 92, 74, 94, 84, 77, 79, 89, 99, 27, 21, 22, 13, 29, 47, 48, 17, 18, 66, 65, 62, 42, 64, 44, 61, 63, 81, 91, 88, 98. And then without: 45 instead of 19 (hidden single, 52, 24, 25, 97 (restriction in box 6), 54 (naked single), 85, 65 (hidden pair in box 8), 84 (naked single, found as hidden single), 77, 18, 19, 62, 52, 66, 95, 72, 92, 74, 94, 86, 89, 27, 99, 81, 91, 88, 98, 47, 29, 13, 62, 55, 42, 64, 44, 61, 22, 21, 63, 17, 79, 48. Afterthought: Here's a variation that would have pushed BremSter a little harder, even though it has two extra givens: 000 800 004 001 000 090 060 450 700 208 000 000 009 000 100 000 000 603 002 016 070 040 000 900 100 007 000 000800004001000090060450700208000000009000100000000603002016070040000900100007000 HoDoKu rating: Hard 1006. Andrew Stuart rating: Tough Grade 342. Edited to add the afterthought and make a spelling correction.

[@SmartHobbies]

Nice job spotting a UR Julian, and thanks for the alternate solve as well as variation puzzle.

[@BremSterPuzzles]

I am very happy with 5 times as long considering I do not consider myself a speed solver, I am solving on camera, I am trying to explain what I am doing and just trying to have fun relaxing. It's a great community and we all have a lot to contribute, thanks for the video.

[@SmartHobbies]

You are welcome, BremSter, and great job on the solve. I was excited to see you promote Ashish’s new book. He makes great puzzles that also do a good job of teaching specific strategies.

[@jonbrowne]

Tough classic! I saw this on Bremster channel and checked my time as 27:14. Tried again just now and 22:23. I bet you could do this in under ten minutes Timberlake!

[@SmartHobbies]

I don’t remember how fast I solved it when I tried it, Jon. Definitely no where near Kota’s time.

[@chaotix37]

Solved this blindly at 9:15. its tricky in a sense.

[@SmartHobbies]

Nice job Chaotix!

[@thomaswilke6312]

Your thumbnails are getting so snazzy

[@SmartHobbies]

I’m glad you think so. I am trying to make them more appealing. Is there any particular element you think I should try to improve?

[@BradJames878]

Took me 47:06 and I'm kicking myself. I just didn't see the 9 up in the corner, and I had all the info to fill it in. I'd have been much faster if I saw it.

[@SmartHobbies]

Happy to hear you solved it Brad.

[@JalenPlays]

👏👏👍

[@SmartHobbies]

Hi Jalen!!

[@martintai3004]

with tools highlight all possible candidates from beginning, it can be down to 5min. it just need to get used to find naked pairs, and naked singles. there is no advanced technique required. BremSter is always not the guy to clean out the grid once he has new digit found. Bad habit.

[@SmartHobbies]

Thank you for your comment. How often do you watch BremSter's channel?