NYT Hard Sudoku Walkthrough | Dec 9, 2024

[@johanwedin4669]

Found it easy today, 11 min, thangsk rangsk and wellcome back!

[@chazmartdesigns4308]

welcome back. the background looks nice once again. Starting to catch up to your times 17:49

[@TheHunterMPG]

Hey welcome back! 😃

[@calpurniabruchi5742]

30 minutes for me, a bit hard but worked it out. 🎉

[@Sg190th]

Welcome back! This puzzle was tough... at least until I ended up with 249,249, 2479, and 249. So it was basically the UR situation but with triples...? Idk Actually, I'm silly. I didn't see the pointing 1's in box 5. I know I woke up early, but I definitely need some more energy to scan better. But it's fun using different methods.

[@hectormendoza496]

8:55 for me. Nice puzzle today.

[@romina141086]

30:45 today.

[@Mark-n6f8o]

What is the name of the "advanced strategy" that alerted you to the 49 pair and colouring?

[@Rangsk]

I think it might be a backwards way of seeing the hidden 56 pair in c1 which then has c1 claim the 1 and 3 from b1. I'm not sure if it has a name, but I'd just call it coloring (which is a pretty generic term for a bunch of different strategies that involve using colors symbolically)

[@lesliewilliams6751]

Must have got lucky and spotted the right numbers to find quickly today.

[@493HZ]

I always struggle to do these as quick as you and feel so stupid. Is there like, an order of things you look for? Like a PEDMAS type thing

[@Rangsk]

In this video I go over everything in depth: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l52cZ2V6jKpkiZI