Peas Be With You ...

[@tomgalli1188]

It made me SO HPPY for Mark to get towards the end and say "Why aren't these getting resolved?" then the dismay in his voice when he realized "I'm gonna have to color something here!" I stared at those same last 28 squares for nearly 10 minutes before I gave up and starter coloring. I knew, I just KNEW, I was missing something. So nice to see that it wasn't just me!!! "This is very surprising indeed!"

[@Ardalambdion]

You should colour more often. I strongly suggested that when I saw 1s and 4s everywhere.

[@thebushmaster0544]

same here lol!

[@pairot01]

I coloured the 14 pairs :P

[@SamuPiano088]

SamuPiano here! Wonderful and clean solve from you today, Mark! It's always a pleasure to see more peas on the channel :) Sujoyku and I have become frequent collaborators, and we were hoping one of these would make it to the channel eventually! The idea for this one was mostly sujoyku's, and I found a nice configuration that resolved with a neat trick at the end. We are very happy with how it turned out, and we are glad you liked it!

[@annakarina5475]

Good work, both of you! Took me more than an hour, but I enjoyed it! 🙂

[@guidosautter8329]

The "Z" in German produces a "TS" sound like in "Tsunami" ... the term literally means "pea counter", which in German amounts to what Brits would figuratively call a "nit picker".

[@emilywilliams3237]

Thanks for this interesting video, Mark. I loved your solve and how you worked through the maxima and minima in order to come up with the digits in the circles. And I also love that you used "maxima" and "minima" as being the correct plurals!

[@nilsleder2957]

I can only agree 100% with all that Samu said. Thank you for this wonderful feature, Mark! Kind regards, Nils/sujoyku

[@AditaBattleForge]

This puzzle was a delight! Thanks Mark for featuring it. More puzzles like this from you, please!

[@RichSmith77]

Mistake at 9:00? 9+8+7+9=33, so there could have been two 3s in those circles at the end of your blue highlighted line. This meant the logic for placing the 2s at 9:45 was slightly off. There's a 2 on the purple line, so the orange and yellow lines share a 2 in r2c6. That places the 2 on the purple line in r5c9. The same result, but no need to rely on assuming blue has to have a 2.

[@pairot01]

That would break the other line in box 3, which would have to be at most 6+5+4=15, there can be no other 1 in circles. Edit: another line of logic is that the line I mentioned has to be at least 22, which means there's a 9 in it.

[@RichSmith77]

@pairot01 I know there are reasons it can be disproved. But that's not Mark's reasoning. Quote "Can be 9,8,7 with another 9...that could just get to 3...but no, that would mean either 31 or 30 ..." That's a simple addition error. He doesn't attempt to explain why 32 or 33 can be ignored.

[@victorfinberg8595]

8:45 that logic appears to be wrong. 33,32 still possible

[@pairot01]

Nope, the other line in box 3 needs a 9, because the circles can't have 1 so it adds to at least 22.

[@shawnmichajluk2044]

Great puzzle! Hope to see this peas rules set again.

[@michaelandersen-kk4fc]

first logical deduktion Maximus is a 6 in a circle.. 2 minutes later, this could be a 7 and this could be a 7.

[@RichSmith77]

19:30 "How could this be 26?" How indeed. You've previously mentioned two of the three digits cannot be 9s, so it's a maximum of 8+8+9=25.

[@cameronmyers2154]

Felt like I'd solved all the fun logic with the split peas and the counting circles, got bogged down with sudoku and the big diagonal at the end

[@brspies]

Fun puzzle. Really impressive how a simple set of overlaps on the in c7/c8 can unwind so much, if you've got the right priors in place. Very satisfying.

[@isidornimages]

This messed with my brain and for some reason had me think it wasn't possible to have repeat digits on a line, which made me give up quickly.

[@inspiringsand123]

Rules: 02:54 Let's Get Cracking: 05:16 What about this video's Top Tier Simarkisms?! Three In the Corner: 2x (23:12, 30:13) And how about this video's Simarkisms?! In Fact: 4x (03:36, 13:54, 19:36, 24:11) By Sudoku: 3x (12:06, 13:03, 22:18) Ah: 3x (18:37, 25:46, 26:33) Clever: 2x (31:28, 32:12) Lovely: 2x (15:18, 20:14) Sorry: 1x (03:36) First Digit: 1x (08:05) Hang On: 1x (13:01) Unbelievable: 1x (01:05) Wow: 1x (22:14) Weird: 1x (09:28) Most popular number(>9), digit and colour this video: Twenty Six (19 mentions) One (63 mentions) Blue (8 mentions) Antithesis Battles: Row (9) - Column (8) FAQ: Q1: You missed something! A1: That could very well be the case! Human speech can be hard to understand for computers like me! Point out the ones that I missed and maybe I'll learn! Q2: Can you do this for another channel? A2: I've been thinking about that and wrote some code to make that possible. Let me know which channel you think would be a good fit!

[@nicocost33]

48.20 for me. After the circles it was not easier. Great puzzle.

[@Griffin-sr3ej]

I really enjoyed this puzzle, I got stuck at the end and thought that maybe I had made a mistake. I watched the video and had almost the same solve path at Mark, so when back to the puzzle before he started colouring and it unraveled itself beautifully

[@victorfinberg8595]

title means "ENTITY that counts peas" shortest english version would be "pea counter"

[@pairot01]

He who counts the Ps

[@piarittersporn]

Lovely puzzle.

[@srwapo]

44:21, fun solve, just got super stuck on the 36 line at the end, took more work than I expected to figure that one out.

[@pairot01]

Normally I struggle with split pea lines, but the counting circles really reduced the available options. Not too hard of a puzzle, save for spotting a couple naked singles out of the blue.

[@wanderlustwarrior]

32:12 for me. That was a fun one!

[@bigjim6408]

Kate & Allie ❤

[@stuartmcconnachie]

4:45 Do you collect stamps? Followed by them stomping on your foot. Have you ever been to the capital of Thailand? Followed by another act of totally unacceptable bodily assault… 😮

[@davidh.4944]

I got as far as placing the 1, and narrowed the circle total down to to possibilities, but doing all that the math was turning out to be just too tiring for me this evening. I gave up and just watched the video solve.

[@alexandrostheodorosnteris3917]

First comment merry Christmas amd a happy new year with more cracking the cryptic sudoku adventures in new year ❤❤❤

[@RoderickEtheria]

Took me a while to spot the bent triple to wrap this up, after mistakingly forgotten about the 578 20 total earlier in my solve.

[@alanclarke4646]

Ah, so THAT explains why I'm stuck. I can never see bent triples 😢. I now have to abandon my attempt to solve this one.😢😢

[@RoderickEtheria]

Mark found a different path ignoring the bent triple. The bent triple I spotted was r2c7, r4c7, and r6c9, having their effect on r1c9.

[@titusadduxas]

1:22:39 - Crikey - I made hard work of that one.

[@Ray-iu7hg]

26:32 for me. Gosh Mark is fast!!

[@TurquoizeGoldscraper]

51:39 for me.

[@allendracabal0819]

Very efficient solve from Mark. He had a few minor slip-ups and things he overlooked, but nothing that caused much lost time. I enjoy watching his solves when he is on fire like this.

[@frankwilliamhansen9550]

He's been on fire lately, and very jolly too! Love it 😁

[@LednacekZ]

45:54 for me. wasted at least 20 minutes on a bunch of pointless logic, because i dont know how to add up to 36. what a waste of solve.

[@danecarter5454]

9+9+8+7=33. Luckily it turned out not to matter.

[@pairot01]

The other line in box 3 needs to be at least 22 (the circles can't have 1), so it must have a 9

[@fuxpremier]

49:41 for my solve. I did follow more or less the same path as Mark. I was surprised not to struggle more on the large diagonal, which was rather cool. Funny puzzle.