The (Fascinating) Sudoku With 20 Given Digits

  Рет қаралды 87,976

Cracking The Cryptic

Cracking The Cryptic

Күн бұрын

Пікірлер: 289
@Tinyturtletami
@Tinyturtletami 2 жыл бұрын
I love it when you tell us the secret. I heard it loads of times but each time feels special 😂
@davida1d2
@davida1d2 2 жыл бұрын
Shhh, don't tell anyone.
@chiarra644
@chiarra644 Жыл бұрын
I actually got to use the secret doing my first sandwich sudoku yesterday
@ButcherBB
@ButcherBB 2 жыл бұрын
I could _maybe_ solve these puzzles faster if I didn’t explain every deduction I make to an imaginary audience with a fake British accent
@isaacpianos5208
@isaacpianos5208 2 жыл бұрын
I find it a great exercize to be sure
@Pigeon0fDoom
@Pigeon0fDoom 2 жыл бұрын
It's not just me?
@sondrasmith50
@sondrasmith50 2 жыл бұрын
I thought I was the only nut in this nuthouse! Thank you for making me feel better about talking to myself. 😂🎉
@aaronchagman
@aaronchagman 2 жыл бұрын
This is my nomination for 2022 Comment of the Year
@DarkChasm
@DarkChasm 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah another one here 😆
@tombenizrilevi4803
@tombenizrilevi4803 2 жыл бұрын
You playing So Far Away made me tear up! You are a talented guitar player as you are an amazing puzzle solver and a lovely entertainer! Love you Simon
@inspiringsand123
@inspiringsand123 2 жыл бұрын
Rules: 07:11 Let's Get Cracking: 08:10 What about this video's Top Tier Simarkisms?! The Secret: 5x (08:20, 08:23, 08:31, 08:38, 08:38) Bobbins: 1x (26:20) And how about this video's Simarkisms?! By Sudoku: 11x (21:53, 23:20, 23:54, 27:49, 28:02, 28:07, 29:46, 30:16, 35:51, 42:10, 45:25) Ah: 11x (13:20, 20:32, 21:03, 22:17, 23:05, 28:18, 29:32, 38:01, 39:27, 41:02, 43:10) Beautiful: 8x (15:30, 29:22, 33:39, 38:24, 38:26, 47:44, 48:36, 48:36) Hang On: 5x (10:47, 15:02, 17:54, 19:15, 20:09) Sorry: 4x (05:53, 17:45, 24:46, 39:43) Lovely: 4x (03:32, 03:36, 23:10, 41:36) Brilliant: 3x (02:39, 05:38, 08:07) Pencil Mark/mark: 3x (34:18, 41:13, 41:19) Hypothecate: 2x (16:55, 23:08) Good Grief: 1x (19:06) Bother: 1x (36:38) Piece of Work: 1x (03:49) Elegant: 1x (47:54) Gooseberry: 1x (46:37) Approachable: 1x (04:12) Surely: 1x (30:26) Puzzling: 1x (03:51) Obviously: 1x (03:00) Whoopsie: 1x (30:12) Progress: 1x (43:15) Plonk: 1x (42:27) Wow: 1x (39:43) Cake!: 1x (06:05) Most popular number(>9), digit and colour this video: Ten (45 mentions) Nine (94 mentions) Orange (12 mentions) Antithesis Battles: Odd (2) - Even (2) Row (5) - Column (4) 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!
@wariolandgoldpiramid
@wariolandgoldpiramid 2 жыл бұрын
whoa! bot, you are super fast!
@malcolmjohnson4414
@malcolmjohnson4414 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks bot. Not everyone wants to know that Niblock and BreezyTrousers have a birthday.
@KajtekBeary
@KajtekBeary 2 жыл бұрын
@@malcolmjohnson4414 its still cute tho
@josefinereisberger8222
@josefinereisberger8222 2 жыл бұрын
When i solve Sudokus at Home (like easy ones, i‘m not THAT good) i say in my head ‚That goes there‘ and I‘M GERMAN. I literally say it in english. I watch this channel way too much 😂
@Screm01
@Screm01 2 жыл бұрын
I'm doing that too! Also German here :D
@chessburns
@chessburns 2 жыл бұрын
Oh absolutely! As we all do. I try doing the sudokus from the apps as if i was trying to explain it to someone n i just cant do it. How Simon and Mark do this is beyond my understanding. However that said. They have a knack for explaining the logic. The only reason i can even keep up with the logic anyhow.
@aldergreen
@aldergreen 2 жыл бұрын
Same! I'm Italian and I find myself thinking in English!
@Hertog_von_Berkshire
@Hertog_von_Berkshire 2 жыл бұрын
Donner und bobbins!
@jonaclausson6698
@jonaclausson6698 2 жыл бұрын
It's totally the same with me, german in normal life, Simon-english in Sudoku. And I can't fight it!
@blobz-1
@blobz-1 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the 24th Wedding Anniversary shout out, Simon! My wife and I spent a lovely evening dining on home cooked food (a fabulous cottage pie) and watching Simon and Mark solve sudoku puzzles :)
@danibarack552
@danibarack552 2 жыл бұрын
Really nice surprise in the intro! I love Avenged Sevenfold and So Far Away used to be my favorite song when I first heard it!
@adamheywood113
@adamheywood113 2 жыл бұрын
Simon: And that's impossible, because what I'm left with in these two cells is... Me: A _FACE!_ Simon: ...not a domino Me: Mmm yes of course
@artham2676
@artham2676 2 жыл бұрын
Well a face is not a domino!
@nervio2701
@nervio2701 2 жыл бұрын
did this in 21:48 before watching the video, i'm proud of myself, i first identified the possible leftover digits (1, 5, 9) then proceeded to try to disqualify some of them in the boxes and just went along, pretty fun puzzle
@WayneDupree1101
@WayneDupree1101 2 жыл бұрын
From "AJ's Dad" - thanks for the shout out on my birthday! Updated the stats from Inspiring Sand too! Had lots of cake, thanks Simon!
@tangrybird04
@tangrybird04 2 жыл бұрын
6:25 “Harrieb Al Sack”😂😂😂
@dutubarn
@dutubarn 2 жыл бұрын
There is a very interesting way to see where the left over digit can be, if you checkerboard each box you will get 5 black squares and 4 white. Each domino contains a black and white square so the left over digit can only be one of the black squares.
@fornife5004
@fornife5004 2 жыл бұрын
I now want a proof.
@LiveS1s2
@LiveS1s2 2 жыл бұрын
So corner or middle
@LiveS1s2
@LiveS1s2 2 жыл бұрын
@@fornife5004 the white ones will be on the "middle of the sides" of the boxes, like the 1s, 5s and 9s Simon looked for
@geoff544
@geoff544 2 жыл бұрын
... or 5 white squares and 4 blacks! 😉
@dutubarn
@dutubarn 2 жыл бұрын
@@fornife5004 What I wrote is a proof that the left over digit can only be in the middle or the corners :)
@michaelawilliams
@michaelawilliams 2 жыл бұрын
I officially did one faster than Simon! This is a Great Day! I must call my mom, my family, and my friends! Woot!
@r0bbiegill
@r0bbiegill 2 жыл бұрын
I'm always impressed when I can do these puzzles without watching the video! It took me nearly two hours (1h 56m 8s to be exact), and I had a lot more pencil marks, but I'm still impressed with myself.
@diannecarroll2821
@diannecarroll2821 2 жыл бұрын
Numerous times I've heard you express concern that one of your videos may be too long to enjoy. Not for my taste. I can select double speed and cut the time in half if necessary. And even when I can't solve the puzzle (which is almost always true of the puzzles with "long" videos) I get hours of enjoyment from the attempt. My thanks to you, Mark and the people who create the puzzles.
@Breadumi
@Breadumi 2 жыл бұрын
I managed to solve this before watching, and I'm amused that I went along almost the exact same path Simon did for the first part of the video. I even chose the same colors. Guess I'm learning a lot!
@stevieinselby
@stevieinselby 2 жыл бұрын
I love Simon's doubt about whether he's missed a trick over if it's even possible to have a box that _doesn't_ have 10-dominoes, when we have had puzzles on the channel before that had four marked cages in a box that were all 9s, and four marked cages that were all 11s!
@JASPACB750RR
@JASPACB750RR 2 жыл бұрын
One of the best songs ever written. Extremely emotional video, esp the end with the home movies and photos. RIP Rev!
@lodeisho
@lodeisho 2 жыл бұрын
Omg, I'm so happy. Yesterday I tried my first, huh, complicated? sudoku, and I discarded a few I didn't even understand the rules for, but I went with this one. I couldn't do it. But today I watched the video, and a lot of my logic was right! I feel like I just got a little bit better at sudoku, thank you
@PlayingChello
@PlayingChello 2 жыл бұрын
Wow, really wasn't expecting to win the drawing, shocked me at midnight when I watched this! Really honoured, the game sounds so fun!
@marcosdiez7263
@marcosdiez7263 2 жыл бұрын
I think I was able to cut corners with this one after realizing that a) you had three classes of distribution, leaving aside either the 1, 5 or 9 with tiles adding to 11, 10 and 9 respectivelly, 2) that the left over digit could be placed only on the corners or in the center of each box to leave a set of four dominoes, while the cells orthogonal to the central one only could be part of the dominoes, and 3) when the leftover is in the corner, the central cell must be part of a domino with an adjacent cell. So, in box 1 couldn't add to 11 because the 1 was orthogonal to the center, so it was either adding to 10 with the dominoes surrounding the 5 or 9 with the leftover 9 on either top corner, and then work with the candidates in either case, leaving naked singles (the 3 and 4 in the first box) or just two candidates in each cell. This heuristic helped simplify the entire puzzle.
@chris5619
@chris5619 2 жыл бұрын
It helped Simon as well.
@somniferus
@somniferus 2 жыл бұрын
Ahh, this is a much better way to think about it, though its possible to solve without considering that directly. I broke into this puzzle is by considering r3c3. We know it can't be 1, 5, or 9, therefore it's in a domino attached to the either the 2 or the 1. That only gives us the possibilities of 7, 8 or 9, but 7 and 9 are already ruled out. So it's just a naked single 8 (which immediately gives the 3 in r1c2 as well). From there you can easily break into box 3, and then eventually work your way around the corners into the middle. Just considering which of the sums could be made using the few possible digits made each of the boxes a fairly simple self-contained puzzle.
@hisham_hm
@hisham_hm 2 жыл бұрын
I started with these same observations too! I think it was the first time I managed to solve an over-30-min-video puzzle without getting stuck somewhere halfway through... it took me about 55 mins to solve but it went rather fluidly!
@hisham_hm
@hisham_hm 2 жыл бұрын
@@chris5619 Simon eventually realized these things, but he realized them gradually as he observed them through the solve. But it's possible to note those things considering the domino geometry and sums abstractly from the beginning, and that makes the remaining solve a lot easier!
@robert-skibelo
@robert-skibelo 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, this is the right way to approach the puzzle. But Simon can't do this kind of analysis. Once he eventually realised that the left-over digit can't be in the middle of a side he made rather a meal of it, and also had trouble remembering this discovery later on. He is not a systematic solver.
@tiithendrikpiibeleht4092
@tiithendrikpiibeleht4092 2 жыл бұрын
Caught on to the logic needed quite quickly on this one - and looking in top left corner also really got the thing going. Total time was 18:20. Amazing puzzle!
@bkaozzz
@bkaozzz 2 жыл бұрын
18:57 for me, loved this puzzle and the logic behind it! Definitely one of my favorites from the channel
@Salokin92
@Salokin92 2 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful rendition of So Far Away in the intro!
@RockyInSea74
@RockyInSea74 2 жыл бұрын
27:34 for me. I think Simon's aversion to pencil marking early on slowed him down. For example, in r3c3 for box 1, you can put an 8 at the very beginning. Because, either the box must have the leave-out number (1-5-9) or must join to 1 or 2. Well, 1 and 5 are already in the box, and 9 is in the row, so you know it joins with 1 or 2. to make 9/10/11. With a 1 or 2 you must add 7/8/9. 7/9 are ruled out by sudoku, so you know it is an 8. You can then pencil in the options for the rest of the box if it is 2-8 or 1-8. Most of the boxes let you do this.
@jackharrison5695
@jackharrison5695 2 жыл бұрын
8 is a powerful number with this rule set, I used the fact it has so few possible friends to make quite a lot of progress.
@HairyLoco
@HairyLoco 2 жыл бұрын
I love watching these videos and sometimes participate in the sudoku myself; what I always struggle with is the initial logic to go into this. The moment Simon said each domino could only add up to 9, 10 or 11 I already thought to myself I could probably never have solved this puzzle, because I couldn't even conceive that kind of logic. These kinds of impressive deductions are what makes all you solvers stand out, and ye have my respect.
@th.nd.r
@th.nd.r 2 жыл бұрын
Loved the music, the setting, and the solving!! Such an original idea for a puzzle, I love the tiling trick with the problem of isolating a digit on the middle of a side! PS: two dominoes were left unconnected, and you never clicked check!
@markp7262
@markp7262 2 жыл бұрын
29:22 finish. A very interesting concept. Excellent!
@legobil_
@legobil_ 2 жыл бұрын
The way dominoes tile a square with uneven cells remind me of the board game KingDomino (or follow up, slightly more advanced QueenDomino) where the players draft domino tiles to make up their kingdom in a 5 by 5 pattern with matching terrain types, and the starting castle can be somewhere in that pattern. The moment you tile a domino with the fifth cell in a row or column you lock your pattern in place and if your castle is then in the checkerboard pattern that align with the center square you can (possibly, if a little lucky with draft, draw and terrain types) tile the entire square, and if the castle ended up on the off-square you are doomed to discard at least one domino and miss out on potential points. A really simple and cool game, easy to introduce to kids from as low as 6-7 years and still provide adequate challenge for their parents! Also a great puzzle from Aard and great solve from Simon!
@AdamGaffney96
@AdamGaffney96 2 жыл бұрын
I must say when I clicked on this video I did not expect Avenged Sevenfold and I absolutely love it! Simon can't stop being awesome.
@VeritasUnae
@VeritasUnae 2 жыл бұрын
What a neat idea for a puzzle. Yet again Aad is setting tremendous puzzles and Simon is solving them! Kudos
@GrahamNicholson56
@GrahamNicholson56 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely loved this puzzle. Realised very quickly that placing the remainder was crucial to tiling the boxes and headed on from there. Great work Aad, thank you so much!
@Gonzalo_Garcia_
@Gonzalo_Garcia_ 2 жыл бұрын
15:55 for me. What an interesting puzzle!! Loved the ruleset!
@yoavhayut543
@yoavhayut543 2 жыл бұрын
What a fun and approachable puzzle. The first time I've been able to solve a puzzle without help from the video!!
@Orenotter
@Orenotter 2 жыл бұрын
My solves so much less time would take If to my audience (which is fake) My time was not spent In a British accent Explaining each move that I make. Thanks for the inspiration, Trevor.
@CaptainSpock1701
@CaptainSpock1701 2 жыл бұрын
I have now learned to click the like button *_before_* I watch the video. You get so caught up while watching that you sometimes forget. That's not fair on you guys!
@ELStalky
@ELStalky 2 жыл бұрын
42:47 - "I keep messing up my modes" Some trivia: That is called a "mode error" which is a prevalent issue in software development and engineering which has led to plane crashes among other things. (Sven's software is actually quite accommodating as it can be used in a modeless way as well - for the most part - by staying in digit mode using modifier keys for pencil marks, candidates and colors.)
@ServantOfSatania
@ServantOfSatania 2 жыл бұрын
48:50 for me. God bless Sven's software, the pen tool came especially in handy for this one
@srwapo
@srwapo 2 жыл бұрын
34:11, I figured out that the digits not in pairs had to be 1, 5, or 9 only and that certain cells HAD to be in pairs or they would break the 3x3 box pretty quickly. It was fun after that, though a bunch of trial and error. And I had a stupid mistake in Box 7 at the end.
@evergreentree8042
@evergreentree8042 2 жыл бұрын
I had an error in box 7 as well.
@drengskap
@drengskap 2 жыл бұрын
Well, that took several attempts and quite a lot of Saturday, but I did finally manage to solve it by myself, having worked out the possible domino totals and the possible locations of the spare digit, and I can't often say that about a puzzle with a 49-minute video, so I'm feeling pleased with myself!
@janno1177
@janno1177 2 жыл бұрын
45:50 "I havn't got [any] 11-boxes, I've just got 9-boxes [...]" yes, Sudoku is all about filling the 9 boxes! xD
@thesundancekid123
@thesundancekid123 2 жыл бұрын
An extraordinary puzzle from Aad, so elegant! I am really happy with my solve, took me 42 minutes. I first realized that only 1, 5 and 9 can be the leftovers, then that they must go into the middle or the corners which really helped. Made a little mistake in the beginning, from then on it went smoothly.
@AlmightySimian
@AlmightySimian 2 жыл бұрын
Did anyone else notice Simon draw a screaming totemic head in the top right at 15:20? Just me? Cool Cool!
@Coyotek4
@Coyotek4 2 жыл бұрын
43:12 ... another gem from Aad Wonderful puzzle!
@JohnRandomness105
@JohnRandomness105 2 жыл бұрын
I was astonished at how easy this puzzle was. I took it nice and slow, of course. It took me a little while to recognize that my usual starting practice of corner-marking digits in blocks would be useless. Filling out the six-digit rows and columns was considerably more useful. The domino sums (consequently, the spare digits) were severely restricted. The location in blocks of the spare digit was less restricted. Once I filled in digits (or pairs) I colored them, a different color for each domino pair. (Fortunately, I only needed eight colors, and not twelve.) This was useful with my memory issues -- I could identify the dominoes and see and recall what they summed to. 10:30 It helped that I first center-marked the digits in the rows and columns with six given digits. But after that, I did work around the grid with each block -- corner blocks first, of course. 11:20 In each block, I filled each cell with all possible candidates, then gradually ruled them out. (I don't usually this early in Sudoku.) 15:30 The spare cells are restricted to the centers and corners of the blocks. 23:00 Filling out the rows and columns will help. It seems as if Simon's making the puzzle harder for him than it was for me. 23:40 "We don't want to debase ourselves too early in doing Sudoku in Sudoku puzzles." Speak for yourself. As a mediocre Sudoku puzzler, I need every tool I can get. 32:00 No, two boxes are nine-sum. None are eleven-sum. 48:20 Yes, that restriction on the spare cells was critical. The END: Thanks for the video. And thanks for a puzzle that I found surprisingly approachable.
@misofac
@misofac 2 жыл бұрын
A very pretty rule set. It's quite easy to do the break-ins via the checkerboard invariant: if you color the 3x3 box like a checkerboard you will have five cells of one color (corners+center) and four of the other color, and as each domino covers one black and one white cell, the leftover cell will always be one of the five.
@TurquoizeGoldscraper
@TurquoizeGoldscraper 2 жыл бұрын
44:31 for me - It took a few minutes to do the math and figure out that the odd number out must be 1, 5 or 9. 30 minutes in and I realize that the odd digit must be in the middle or on a corner.
@stevewithaq
@stevewithaq 2 жыл бұрын
Got this one in 37:33. Once I realized the only 3 options for the leftover digits, it wasn't too hard to figure out the corners, then the middles, then the center.
@codevii9063
@codevii9063 2 жыл бұрын
The moment when Simon missed the 9 2 logic in box 4, which was the same as he started the puzzle with, then immediately used the same logic in box 8. Made me chuckle a little. Love you Simon
@chocolateboy300
@chocolateboy300 Ай бұрын
I finished in 59 minutes. This was such a cool and unique puzzle to solve. I found it a little difficult to scan, but I had a great time with it. I colored everything to make it easier on my brain and I found that the outlier could only exist in the corners and the center. That was neat. Also, the only possible sums were 9, 10, and 11. Even with that information, it takes a lot of work to solve this one. Great Puzzle!
@MJJ1390
@MJJ1390 2 жыл бұрын
I rarely tackle (and even more rarely solve) the puzzles, but I was really happy that I remembered the secret when I did and used that to my advantage. 50 minute solve time made me feel really good about it!
@samplename5159
@samplename5159 2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful from all angles! One of my favourite ever deductions is r5c9 can't be 9 i found early on: In any single box 1 and 9 can never simultaneously be in breaks-tiling-if-spare positions, because then 5 is spare and tiles add up to 10 but 1 and 9 can't form a tile. Fairly simple, but signifies next tier of understanding this unique ruleset - granting me immense satisfaction.
@haniapopowska8966
@haniapopowska8966 2 жыл бұрын
I can't believe it...I actually solved this one!! 😲 It took the first hints from Simon and a buttload of time, but I did it!
@jananders93
@jananders93 2 жыл бұрын
Never thought I'd hear a song from my favourite band in the intro of a CtC video. You guys just keep amazing me😍
@Shurtugal1427
@Shurtugal1427 2 жыл бұрын
1:40 piney 😂😂😂😂
@ianpearse4480
@ianpearse4480 7 ай бұрын
So cool. Thank you for sharing.
@trudain
@trudain 2 жыл бұрын
I see that you mention the GAS expansion is available on the app, but it still says coming soon for me. Is there something else I need to do?
@michaelsager3829
@michaelsager3829 2 жыл бұрын
Same, I dont see it either.
@DarkChasm
@DarkChasm 2 жыл бұрын
~45mins. pretty cool puzzle, sounds so simple but it's really cool :) ❤❤❤❤❤❤
@tiredmsudude
@tiredmsudude 2 жыл бұрын
Omg he played So Far Away. I need more of that in my life.
@wpsetzer
@wpsetzer 2 жыл бұрын
Someone might find this funny. I tried solving the puzzle three times and I got stuck in the same place each time. All of my logic was correct, I was certain. I finally compared my partial solution to Simon's, and it turns out my very first deduction was wrong. I had double clicked the sevens and said "four sevens looking at the middle box", and put a 7 in the middle.
@aldergreen
@aldergreen 2 жыл бұрын
Really nice puzzle, it took me 61 minutes. Now, I am a very beginner in sudoku that have a different set of rules from the usual, so my time is quite long. But I found this puzzle very interesting and pretty approachable for a beginner!
@antoniskeris6042
@antoniskeris6042 2 жыл бұрын
Wow for the first time ever I was able to solve a puzzle quicker than you, usually I don't solve thaem at all haha! There is a very easy way to solve the first digit. So in the top left 3x3 sq. We know that the domino is either 9 or 10. If it were to be a 9 there has to be a 4 at the 5's left, but if that were the case there had to be a 7 next to the 2 and a 9 at the bottom also. That is impossible so the domino sum is 10. From that we can easily deduce that there is a 9 above the 1, and the 3x3 is pretty much solved in half a minute. Keep up the great work!
@jenniferlenfestey5335
@jenniferlenfestey5335 2 жыл бұрын
Great puzzle, approachable and interesting.
@chipsounder4633
@chipsounder4633 2 жыл бұрын
Great song choice, seen them at download and i cried when they played this. R.I.P. Rev
@shalaz1981
@shalaz1981 2 жыл бұрын
Was Simon throwing some major shade at Mark? 🌲
@RoselynTate
@RoselynTate Жыл бұрын
I feel like Simon missed something very cool about the logic, which is that in most of the boxes, the positions of some digits are the same regardless of the eventual sum. In box 1, for instance, you can rule out 11 immediately, but then if you look at the possible positions for both 9 and 10 dominoes, you can determine that the positions of 3, 4, 8, and 9 are the same regardless of whether the dominoes sum to 9 or 10. And that pattern continues around the puzzle. This was such a lovely puzzle, I really enjoyed it!
@ColdIceCreamMan
@ColdIceCreamMan 2 жыл бұрын
64:13 for me, but I got distracted by phone and didn't pause the puzzle. I came really far until box 7 where I made a slip and filled in wrongly. I watched your video at this position and noticed my errors. :D I've done a LOT of GAS in the last weeks and now I feel comfortable doing bigger puzzles and this was a good entrance but I need to be a bit more careful here with too fast deductions. (leading to errors)
@christianlett
@christianlett 2 жыл бұрын
36:07 for me, which is, by my standards, very quick, so I'm more than happy with that result!
@quothacreations
@quothacreations 2 жыл бұрын
48 min, not too bad for me--thanks as always Aad and Simon
@titusadduxas
@titusadduxas 2 жыл бұрын
Just under an hour for me. Very different but most enjoyable.
@maheswaraardhani323
@maheswaraardhani323 2 жыл бұрын
i can't believe i manage to solve this puzzle on my own and i notice a lot of unique things to solve this puzzle. still it took way to long for me to solve but in the end i'm glad i can solve it (79min). nice puzzle aad
@georgeaman1938
@georgeaman1938 2 жыл бұрын
Thank Aad van de Wetering and Simon. It was a nice and a special puzzle!
@ThePolymathlete
@ThePolymathlete 2 жыл бұрын
32:43 very fun puzzle
@yichen6313
@yichen6313 2 жыл бұрын
Cute and delightful puzzle :D
@craftyraf
@craftyraf 2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant puzzle! 39:20 here.
@loqueestamal3465
@loqueestamal3465 2 жыл бұрын
38:29 for me, which is good by my own averages, but my happiness is marred by the fact that Simon left two 6-4 dominoes unmarked at the end.
@angec9908
@angec9908 7 ай бұрын
I always laugh when Simon asks a question and I answer him…from a year and a half in the future 😂
@gastonastudillo
@gastonastudillo 2 жыл бұрын
One of the best intro so far
@aleksandarristov6358
@aleksandarristov6358 2 жыл бұрын
38:47, actually proud of myself on this one
@Sidnv
@Sidnv 2 жыл бұрын
If you think of the box as a 3 x 3 grid, and consider adding the coordinates of each cell, every domino takes one cell with even coordinate sum and one with odd. So the leftover cell has to have even coordinate sum, since there are 5 of those and 4 of the other. This is why the middle cells in the outer rows/columns cannot be the leftover cell.
@matejprochazka6243
@matejprochazka6243 2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful A7X intro!!
@piarittersporn
@piarittersporn 2 жыл бұрын
Very pretty and enjoyable puzzle.
@iceberg54321
@iceberg54321 2 жыл бұрын
The two poor 4-6 tiles didn't get a line. :(
@francoisduez601
@francoisduez601 2 жыл бұрын
19:54 Nice ruleset 🙃
@TTnarg1
@TTnarg1 2 жыл бұрын
One way to think about the tiling is to colour it like a chess board with black in the middle so that you have 5 black squares and 4 white. Then understand that each domino uses 1 white squares and one black. Then your see that the left over square is always black. Maybe not a tool needed for 3x3s but a handy tool for thinking about larger puzzles.
@ElPanaCanta
@ElPanaCanta 2 жыл бұрын
Man, that rendition of so far away caught me off guard, but I really enjoyed it
@brianarsuaga5008
@brianarsuaga5008 2 жыл бұрын
This one felt like pulling teeth to me! Very difficult. Felt like doing 9 back to back puzzles the way I did it. Then again, it took me 89 minutes!
@sylwia6476
@sylwia6476 2 жыл бұрын
I thought about the same example in 3rd box… (when you read the rules about dominoes) insane!
@wanderlustwarrior
@wanderlustwarrior 2 жыл бұрын
31:22 for me. It's been a while since the last time I've solved consecutive puzzles in under the video length!
@lesternielson9280
@lesternielson9280 2 жыл бұрын
Superb!
@davidsalisbury50
@davidsalisbury50 2 жыл бұрын
Took me 80 mins but did it on my own. Got the 1,5,9/11,10,9 relationship straight away. Realised the checkerboard 80% through and it became fairly easy after that.
@maggiewarner3176
@maggiewarner3176 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Simon idk if this is how you do this but it’s my birthday tomorrow and I’ve been watching you for a couple years now and I’ve loved your guy’s videos ever since. I never thought I could be so entertained and my brain gets a real workout when watching your videos. I turn 20 tomorrow and would absolute go belly up to hear you mention my name 🫶🏻 I luv u (Also to the person who’s birthday is Nov 1st and you’re turning 20 that’s awesome my sisters birthday is also today but she’s turning 17)
@CrackingTheCryptic
@CrackingTheCryptic 2 жыл бұрын
Aghh sorry Maggie, only just seen this. I'll try and shoutout tomorrow instead.
@maggiewarner3176
@maggiewarner3176 2 жыл бұрын
@@CrackingTheCryptic thank you so much!!!!
@deucedeuce1572
@deucedeuce1572 2 жыл бұрын
It's not just the math that's amazing, but also the memory required to even be able to do the math. (the immediate memory to retain each symptom and then use those symptoms to diagnose and cure... because I can't think of the right words). For me that's the hard part. I have no doubt that these kinds of puzzles will improve your memory, especially short term memory).
@jonotick
@jonotick 2 жыл бұрын
Yay, finished this in 38 minutes without looking at the video once! I wonder if we followed the same path
@cluso9985
@cluso9985 2 жыл бұрын
Solved myself finally without hints by watching Simon. We won’t discuss times tho. Great puzzle! Love the rules 😃
@ruthphelps1440
@ruthphelps1440 2 жыл бұрын
That was a cute dig at Mark on his (not) Wordle in a Minute video, Simon. 😆 In his defense, it WAS a toughie!
@ImaginaryMdA
@ImaginaryMdA 2 жыл бұрын
Oooh, you use colors to mark the possible sums. Of course!
@DanielLearnsPiano
@DanielLearnsPiano 2 жыл бұрын
I usually judge how difficult these puzzles are by the length of the video. Around 30mins? I might be able to do it in 90. Usually when they are pushing the hour mark I know they are beyond me. However, I tried this one and found it pretty simple. There wasn’t even much sudoku. Still took my around 50 minutes which is actually good for me.
@Kinada
@Kinada 2 жыл бұрын
90 minutes, pretty cool puzzle.
@Galahad54
@Galahad54 2 жыл бұрын
Weird. I figured out the tiling almost immediately, but still took almost two hours because some logic was off. Probably assumed all extras were fives, so required backtracking. Is helping with my logical think. Fun.
The Fog Sudoku Theorem
1:18:56
Cracking The Cryptic
Рет қаралды 19 М.
Another Sudoku With Just 3 Given Digits?!
26:14
Cracking The Cryptic
Рет қаралды 56 М.
Cheerleader Transformation That Left Everyone Speechless! #shorts
00:27
Fabiosa Best Lifehacks
Рет қаралды 16 МЛН
1% vs 100% #beatbox #tiktok
01:10
BeatboxJCOP
Рет қаралды 67 МЛН
When you have a very capricious child 😂😘👍
00:16
Like Asiya
Рет қаралды 18 МЛН
To Brawl AND BEYOND!
00:51
Brawl Stars
Рет қаралды 17 МЛН
Why don't Jigsaw Puzzles have the correct number of pieces?
26:13
Stand-up Maths
Рет қаралды 1,1 МЛН
Cones are MESSED UP - Numberphile
18:53
Numberphile
Рет қаралды 455 М.
The UNBELIEVABLE Sudoku
47:00
Cracking The Cryptic
Рет қаралды 144 М.
In Sudoku, The Human Can Still Beat The Machine
26:18
Cracking The Cryptic
Рет қаралды 64 М.
7 Outside The Box Puzzles
12:16
MindYourDecisions
Рет қаралды 473 М.
Why is there no equation for the perimeter of an ellipse‽
21:05
Stand-up Maths
Рет қаралды 2,3 МЛН
The Sudoku With Only 12 Given Digits!
49:00
Cracking The Cryptic
Рет қаралды 37 М.
30 Queens. Can Martin Win?
19:10
GothamChess
Рет қаралды 17 МЛН
Extreme Sudoku: Human Logic Trumps Computer Guessing
25:39
Cracking The Cryptic
Рет қаралды 95 М.
Why do calculators get this wrong? (We don't know!)
12:19
Stand-up Maths
Рет қаралды 2,2 МЛН
Cheerleader Transformation That Left Everyone Speechless! #shorts
00:27
Fabiosa Best Lifehacks
Рет қаралды 16 МЛН