The Funniest Sudoku Ever!

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[@chameleon_yura]

Hi there, Chameleon in the house :) Having this puzzle solved on the channel was a pleasant surprise for me! Hope that it brings a smile on somebody's face :) P.S. It's not a 1-star for difficulty for sure. I guess that people on LMD decided to return the joke...

[@trisha2584]

Thank you for such a fun puzzle

[@chameleon_yura]

And once again Simon outsmarted the setter by finding a beautiful alternative solve path to the puzzle, and explained it so nicely making everyone think that the setter put it into the puzzle intentionally XD

[@DevilishlyDutch]

It sure made me laugh several times, and then again when I watched Simon solve it with prior knowledge, thank you for creating this puzzle, I love it so much! Probably my favorite puzzle I've ever solved 😁

[@tman9641]

P3rf3ct

[@Matilda_the_Hun]

I cannot believe a sudoku got a laugh out loud response from me! Placing that 1 in box 3 was hilarious

[@Nabend1402]

I love the idea that Fog-of-War puzzles enable a kind of setter's commentary or a story-telling element to be revealed as you clear the fog. Probably better if that appeared next to the grid and not in it but that could be great fun.

[@istvanmagi473]

On the other hand, if the funny commentary obscures some important elements of the grid (like here), that is slightly less funny.

[@nomophobe]

​@@istvanmagi473What is obscured by the storytelling aspect? I'm assuming there's something wrong with your computer's settings, because looking at the puzzle as Simon's displaying it, there's nothing obscured there at all

[@Nabend1402]

@@nomophobe Obscured is a bit strong but the grid is more cluttered. Really great idea, though.

[@nomophobe]

@@Nabend1402 I mean, more cluttered than a regular sudoku grid, sure, of course. Not in any way that impacts visibility, comprehensibility, or enjoyment of the puzzle though, I don't think

[@LarkyLuna]

I think the intended path was to think of where the green 356 goes in the 6 digits cage The incredible feats of logic to get to the same result are always fun to see xD

[@georgeaman1938]

I watched the video till the end and I can't believe that Simon didn't see it.

[@jasperwillem]

Yes. Nice.

[@ericsjoberg8167]

That’s how I did it!

[@jamesonskalinski6910]

I think the trick was to see that weather row 4 column 4 wad w or 3, row 2 column 5 will be 2.

[@mareksroka5629]

This was also my solve path, I was waiting for Simon to see it...

[@KittSpiken]

The 7! Poked out of the fog on box 1 for me: I was a bit worried about fitting 5040 in the cage.

[@MusicTheatreTheory]

Mateo here! Opening night was a smashing success. Thanks for the shoutout, Simon! Nothing helps me decompress after a show like a Cracking the Cryptic video and (if the puzzles are easy enough) an attempt at a solve. Thank you for all you do!

[@tzampini]

Who ever thought a Sudoku puzzle could make you laugh? Well this one did and I enjoyed it immensely.

[@31eipekili]

at 16:20 you can eliminate r6c5 as 2 much easier. If it were 2, then r2c5 would be 4 and r2c4 would be 2, and that would leave no viable options for the 8 cage

[@BenWJackson8]

Or either way to fill in the 8 cage solves the (2&4) in the 7 cage.

[@ashnikchauhan9103]

Having solved the puzzlebefore watching, I am having great fun in seeing Simon justify the name of the puzzle by demonstrating the curvy X; Chameleon has more in store for you my friend. Such a fun solve it was. Do show these types of puzzles in the future, because I am sure a lot of us come for not just great sudokus but to watch Simon solve it and have fun with it, just like we may have when solving such fun puzzles ourselves.

[@oliviamartinez25]

I’ve been utterly trolled doing this puzzle and I LOVE IT. I just HAD to watch Simon’s reaction to it

[@HunterJE]

Puzzle is broken, no way to make three digits in a 6-sudoku sum to 5040

[@HunterJE]

(Mathematical jokes aside, bravo, what a puzzle)

[@felis_timon]

There is! 0 is nothing. Therefore the number actually is 54. And there are 2 ways to make 3 digits add up to a 5 and a 4. (13 with 5 and 23 with 4)

[@siorac1147]

This comment chain is bewildering.

[@AngelWedge]

I was equally bewildered until I looked on my laptop. My eyes are apparently not good enough to see the "!" on a phone screen

[@AlecBrady]

@@siorac1147 It's because 7! = 7x6x5x...x1 = 5040. Mathematicians are hilarious.

[@_raumplaner6575]

If you liked this puzzle, I can recommend solving the puzzle 'Intelligence Service' by Chameleon. It has an even lower rating on LMD, but truly some fantastic innovative ideas. Prepare to go through all sorts of emotions with that puzzle. It's a 6x6 Fog sudoku as well.

[@Rob-oj9bj]

Thanks! Trying it out now... I really REALLY wish you could undo sudokuban movement without undoing your pencil marks though...

[@or3213]

How do you find puzzles by their name or setter?

[@_raumplaner6575]

@Rob-oj9bj I strongly recommend having multiple versions of that puzzle open at the same time

[@_raumplaner6575]

@or3213 On LMD, there is an option called 'Advanced search'.

[@fawful9992]

What's LMD?

[@Zhon66]

I laughed out loud at this puzzle multiple times, and then had to explain to my fiance why a sudoku of all things was funny. Also, at 23:14 - you are correct that you missed something that is (IMO) easier to spot. If you consider the 8-cage and the 7-cage together, you should quickly realize that if the 7-cage has a 2 in column 4, it forces a 4 into column 5 in both the 7 and the 8 cage simultaneously, which obviously does not work. That also gives you enough info to get the 2 in the bottom right and the rest of the solve proceeds the same way.

[@livedandletdie]

This truly was the funniest sudoku I've ever solved, 18 minutes to solve, I really loved the 8 cage. It truly helped disambiguating things.

[@theadamholly]

It took me way longer than it should have to find what I thought was the big trick with the 8 cage: there’s a 2 in R4C4 or there’s a 4 in R5C5, so the 24 pair in box 2 could only be one way around. But Simon didn’t even need that!

[@spelldaddy5386]

The epitome of Simon's scanning skills is on display at 11:15. He's not even looking for unknown digits, just a setting that he scrolled past at least three times

[@mstmar]

i found another piece of logic that i found to be really beautiful. at 16:30, the 24 pair in box 2 cant be 2 4 because then it would make the 8 cage 135 which adds to 9 and not 8. i think we're missing something else though, since i can't see any easy way to get the rest of the grid filled in. nothing that would keep it as a 1 star difficulty anyways

[@kana2112]

I'm so glad I tried this first. It was so funny knowing what was coming and waiting for Simon's reactions.

[@Anne_Mahoney]

Exactly! And Simon did not disappoint: his reaction to where the blue line went on the left side was quite amusing -- and then his discovery of the right side was wild. Great fun to solve, and to watch.

[@ericchen3129]

I like how Simon still puts a 3 in the upper right corner to seemingly defy the clue in that cell for a couple seconds as well as to show what it does if a 3 is entered in any corner of a Sudoku puzzle. (15:29)

[@sHillChannel]

The green can only go in 1 place in the cage.

[@georgeaman1938]

Thank you Simon and Chameleon! What a nice foggy puzzle!

[@davidrattner9]

So glad you got a kick out of solving this Simon! A fog of war puzzle that had such pizzazz, joy, laughter and incredible moments from you.

[@tedg1278]

I had been wanting a puzzle that deliberately and blatantly thwarts the REM rendition for a while. I was satisfied.

[@someone__something]

I loved this puzzle! I actually laughed out loud when solving it, well done Chameleon :)

[@inspiringsand123]

Rules: 05:54 Let's Get Cracking: 06:51 Simon's time: 19m19s Puzzle Solved: 26:10 What about this video's Top Tier Simarkisms?! Three In the Corner: 6x (06:24, 08:44, 15:23, 15:26, 15:32, 23:42) And how about this video's Simarkisms?! Hang On: 7x (08:11, 10:29, 10:31, 13:35, 16:51, 20:21, 25:50) Brilliant: 5x (26:23, 26:37, 26:37, 26:54, 26:56) Ah: 5x (08:16, 12:27, 14:02, 19:52, 22:28, 22:28) By Sudoku: 4x (12:23, 15:00, 17:11, 25:39) Obviously: 4x (03:27, 04:13, 14:41, 21:29) Beautiful: 3x (12:35, 15:17, 15:20) Witty: 3x (10:12, 26:25, 26:43) Sorry: 2x (15:08, 23:33) Incredible: 2x (02:11, 02:11) Going Mad: 2x (25:32, 25:34) Cake!: 2x (03:48, 03:51) Out of Nowhere: 1x (26:06) Clever: 1x (23:12) Naughty: 1x (05:34) Flummoxed: 1x (20:26) Bizarre: 1x (08:59) Surely: 1x (08:27) I've Got It!: 1x (22:31) In Fact: 1x (09:12) Wow: 1x (20:09) Have a Think: 1x (14:57) Most popular number(>9), digit and colour this video: Fifteen (4 mentions) One (36 mentions) Blue (19 mentions) Antithesis Battles: Low (2) - High (0) Even (5) - Odd (0) Row (3) - Column (3) 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!

[@MisterM2402]

I got to the end, clicked the tick and got the message "Did you miss some rules?". I thought this was one last troll, that there was some extra joke hidden in the rules. I mean, it says "blue line" and those lines are more grey than blue... But no, I actually just messed up all on my own! Being convinced you're going to be pranked again is worse than being pranked in the first place :)

[@jeremiahbrown7385]

22:45 for me. The easy path forward at 19:30 is to realize that the six cell cage has to contain all 6 digits, and the only place for green is R6C4. Then, by Sudoku, there is no green or purple in the 8 cell cage. That means the 8 cell cage can only contain one of the digits 356, which rules out 135 as a way to fill it. So R4C4 has to be a 2.

[@KSilverlode]

Lovely puzzle, and delightful to watch Simon's reaction to the cheeky surprise lines and comments!

[@de8o]

I’m so glad to see you doing this. I got such a laugh when I did it.

[@GuilhermeCarvalhoComposer]

This one was absolutely fantastic. Just the right amount of challenge, and the reveals along the way... *mmwah* chef's kiss. The innovations in sudoku are making it SUCH a rich form. I mean, who would've even _conceived_ a mere two years ago that a number puzzle could contain genuine surprises, humour, plot twists, inside jokes...? This is just amazing.

[@stevieinselby]

An easier way of finding 2 in the corner is just to extrapolate from the 8-cage. If it's 3-1-4 then the 4 looks up at a 2/4, which uses up the 2 in c5 ... and if it's 2-1-5 then the 2 looks up at a 2/4 pair, using up the 2 in c5 ... so either way the 2 in box 6 has to be in r6c6.

[@yadiracamacho499]

That's what I did.

[@Tatzuki]

I would love to see more of such puzzles that play with your expectations! was really entertained by both, solving it myself first and then seeing simon's reactions to the funny little twists :)

[@SMTRodent]

I had *so* many giggles watching you solve this! Thank you, that was a treasure.

[@darkpheonix77]

I'm so glad you said at the beginning that it had one start on logic masters, cause that ment i opened it up and did it before watching. I made me giddy to watch you clear the fog!

[@Izual_Rebirth]

Brilliant. Not often I’m able to solve one of the puzzles featured by Simon but managed to get through this one and what a great puzzle it was.

[@stephenvale2624]

It is so much fun to watch you having fun with these puzzles. Mark is always so somber.

[@KeithGrant]

I love that I got to laugh at all the great points in this solve... then watch the video to see Simon experience the same moments.

[@rarrmonkey]

I think solves are always higher on Fog of War because people can use the fog to solve the puzzle, not everybody is as honest as Simon.

[@davidh.4944]

Perhaps, but that is certainly not a very generous way to look at it. FOW puzzles also have rather linear solve paths, and are also just fun to play. And with an easy difficulty rank, I'd guess that more people simply attempt it than usual.

[@LAaronB10]

I think that there is an easier way to get the 2 in the bottom corner, then the steps Simon took around 23:00 into the video. If you focus on the 8 cage, you can see that either possibility for that cage puts a 2 in row 2 column 5.

[@NickBosshard]

Such a fun puzzle to solve, made the mistake of thinking the 8 cage couldn't have a 2 and was surprised when the fog didn't clear. Managed to solve it without using that information, which was well worth the logic I would have missed.

[@MLWJ1993]

I never imagined Sudoku could actually get me to laugh out loud like this one did! 😂

[@samimnotpete]

This is the first of your featured puzzles that I have tried before watching the video, and I loved it. Laughed out multiple times. Very happy with my 47 minutes.

[@shaunholt]

This may be my favorite video on the channel. It's thoroughly entertaining even on repeat viewing.

[@darreljones8645]

I just KNOW this guy's gonna cook up something hilarious for next April Fool's Day.

[@AcanthaRayneOakMoon]

Gloriously unique idea to put text onto the grid. Love it

[@hadvadyingbad5605]

I discovered your channel yesterday and I've been watching all day! In order to complete them I've been racing you (and referring back when I'm stuck). This puzzle was the second I've managed to complete! The other was the Devil's Miracle video. Hopefully I'll be able to complete the others some day! Awesome videos and channel!

[@emmbeesea]

Holding one out for r4c6 not being colored green. But hey, Box 3 had a green in the corner, so that's a little something. Very funny solve. Loved it!

[@lh8807]

The best thing I did was solve it before Simon. Getting to watch him go through that brought joy to my day

[@AppleOfThineEye]

I love the sarcastic remarks in the right-hand corners lmao

[@leickrobinson5186]

Yay, Maverick! (18:08) Hearing Maverick always makes me happy! :-D

[@daniellucas5522]

I loved it, but I can also see the reason it gets disapproved. You have to trust the markings extend as they seem to for cages to progress early on, but you can't trust that they extend for the lines. Would be much better if there wasn't a need to assume the cages will extend as expected for the first couple of bits of logic.

[@GregJonson]

I solved this two days ago when it came out, so for once I got to sit back and enjoy your journey knowing what was about to happen. :D

[@UltraLuigi2401]

Your logic to get 2 in the bottom right is way more complicated than necessary. For the 8 cage, either r4c4 is 2 or r5c5 is 4, both options make r2c5 a 2.

[@darthrainbows]

Fantastic! I haven't laughed at a sudoku before. Well done Chameleon!

[@ashleydampier4745]

While I was solving the puzzle, Losing my Religion started playing on the radio 😂 just after the top right corner was revealed. Definitely made the joke funnier 😂

[@easternblot]

Solved it in 15 minutes and then went back to watch Simon's reactions as he cleared the fog :D (And get frustrated that it took him way too long to see that R6C4 was green... That was clear from placing the blue at 19:14, after which there was only one place for green to go in the 6-cage)

[@longwaytotipperary]

Totally delightful!!! 😄👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@jon-tabbypiper6554]

21 mins of absolutely breaking my brain for a bit! Beautiful puzzle!

[@Quintinohthree]

At 23:32 I'm absolutely astonished how Simon has managed to prove there's a 2 in the corner without noticing that the 8-cage in either version resolves the 2/4 pair in row 2 in the same way, because either it's a 2/1/5 resolving a 4/2 up top, or it's a 3/1/4, also resolving a 4/2 up top. Somehow he investigates the first only to forget about the second.

[@kimspence-jones4765]

I’m pleased I found the virtual x-wing with the 8-cage and box 2 that fixed the 2 in box 6, which Simon missed. Very rare I find a better path than the man!

[@sayedalisinaqaderi8429]

The last message almost makes you feel that you already broke the puzzle.

[@felis_timon]

You mean r6c6? When I revealed that cell I actually thought I broke the puzzle because I still had 3 as a possibility in it

[@sayedalisinaqaderi8429]

@@felis_timon yes you are right.

[@KCML82]

a well deserved title to this video. I had a lot of fun solving

[@eddieharwood7788]

That was great fun and I don't think I have solved any puzzle you have featured any more quickly than that.

[@JustinSmith1973]

10:30 - 11:17 Conflicting checking "that feels like cheating..." Me still needing it for the GAS puzzles..."ok" 😂

[@PeterZaitcev]

- Mom, can we take Phistemofel? - We already have Phistemofel at home. Pfistemofel at home:

[@Dantefader]

YAY! This was my first ever sudoku solved which was shown on the channel, im so proud of myself - i know its not the hardest one but usually the ones you feature on the channel are over my league. Thanks for sharing this one :). My Time was 00:21:09, im still so proud haha

[@kingofbritons]

What an excellent puzzle! I really enjoyed the solve with all of the hidden surprises.

[@Poet13xRatedRKO]

I was wondering if the line rule was fake since the lines are gray and not blue, but it turned out to be real. Pretty fun puzzle indeed.

[@QwDragon]

It's kind of blue)

[@TurtleMoonTube]

line is blue on my tablet

[@Epaminaidos]

16:24 The way he deduced the next step is astonishing. But there is a much simpler way: both ways to fill the 8-cage lead to the same result in the 7-cage. So it's possible to fill the 7-cage immediately.

[@ianoz1]

Very cheeky puzzle... stumbled when I hadn't noticed line stopped before entering r9c9. Good one :)

[@joshrobbins4853]

Simon's refusal to pencil mark caught up with him this time. If he had put the 356 in the large cage he would have easily seen that green had to go in R6C4

[@zingy13]

What a fantastic funny puzzle. Trolled myself with that line in box 6 good and proper; I was so convinced about where the line was going that I broke the puzzle. I think it was due to the line being thin that I didn't see at first where it ended (even though the fog was cleared), and took me a few minutes to realise my mistake! 😂

[@f.b.jeffers0n]

Barely into my solve, I chuckled, so the title fits like a glove! 🤣

[@ukdavepianoman]

Very witty puzzle. Took me about 9 minutes. I laughed when the left line revealed itself...and then again when the nature of the right line became apparent. Any puzzle that makes fun of Simon's obsession with 3 in the corner deserves 100% rating in my book.

[@jeremyarcus-goldberg9543]

One of of the best Sudoku ever!

[@bi1iruben]

Great fun puzzle. Seeing that the 6-cage needed a green square simplifies the solve.

[@benjaminrealy5661]

14:11. Especially loved the anti Easter egg of the 3 in the corner.

[@bghplays2044]

Simon finds a complicated way to solve the puzzle haha where does green go in the 6-cell cage?

[@timothybexon6171]

I'd love to see a twist on these Fog of War with how the 'lights' work. Like if they revealed all the cells in a row and column. That would change the logic a bit.

[@netbattler119]

never has a puzzle inspired such rage in me

[@tessabrisac7423]

😂😂😂

[@sdsign4229]

And how delightful that rage is!

[@neil2796]

I'm awful at Sudoku. I got to the coloring phase and could not proceed. I'm glad Simon had a pause at that point.

[@FullazInTheHood]

I was so stoked to finish in 10 mins because it was the first time I have ever beaten the Video time. But then when I watched Simon’s solve I realised I had made a logic leap which helped me finish quicker. Bummer. Oh well, easy come… easy go.

[@DevilishlyDutch]

Sub-20 for me, not bad at all, what a fun puzzle! Now to watch Simon solve it :D

[@nathandts3401]

Pretty good. 6x6 is probably the perfect size for it.

[@bait6652]

The laugh is priceless for puzzling that X was great discovery..toobad he couldnt get the arcs as close as possible as the sfwr would allow. This puzzle was solvable once the 8 block was revealed as it fixes the 7block...the crazy thing is if u assumed the RHS arc continuous , the puzzle broke. Fun puzzle

[@dudbike]

That was great! The people in the 20% that disapproved need to laugh more in life.

[@istvanmagi473]

This was easily the worst puzzle I've ever seen. At least on CtC.

[@_aullik]

well it deserves a downvote for rating it as low difficulty

[@Hemigoblin]

@@istvanmagi473…why?

[@acantilado]

I’m assuming there were troll downvotes due to no 3s in the corner

[@kindlin]

Where did you get 20% from? I loved the puzzle. It was challenging for me, so probably at least a 2 or 3 on the difficulty side, but as other posters pointed out, that's part of the joke. It's all just a fun puzzle, yall need to calm down. After solving it, I knew I had to get Simon's reactions to all the fun little inside jokes.

[@PlutoTheSecond]

I honestly prefer having the conflict checker turned on. The conflicts are always obvious enough, you just have to land your eyeballs on them. I'd rather have the grid point them out to me than spend 15 minutes being lost because of one small thing I never see.

[@josephbentley7780]

13:37 for me, got stuck on the 36s at the end until i saw the `>3` clue. lol

[@chitraagarwal8259]

Really fun on a rainy morning here...

[@stephenmor66]

Laughed a lot solving this😅

[@concibar4267]

This was so funny!

[@achimsinn6189]

Me: solving the puzzle by coloring all those squares, then watching the video to see how Simon does it in a far cleverer way without coloring those squares Simon: starts coloring those squares being like "you might go crazy if you try this without coloring Me: ^_^

[@AFT3RDAY5]

Solving this was particularly funny 😄 And I did the coloring almost as fast 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@Gonzalo_Garcia_]

I solved this one a couple days ago, very fun puzzle!!

[@Coldheart322]

There are a few ways of finishing the puzzle and the last bit of fog. I noted that 4 couldn't go in r2c5, as it would force two 2s in c4. But I did initially make the assumption about the line going into r6c6. It's the only thing I wasn't too happy with, but otherwise was fun. I also think you could have done more with the 356 colours if you looked at green and the 6cell cage.

[@3838666mm]

I laughed really hard when the trick revealed itself, what a puzzle

[@MarieAchee]

I solved it!!! I needed your help knowing that I needed to color, but I did the coloring on my own :-D. That was exhilarating. Please more one star puzzles! :)

[@adrianhead6272]

Completed in 7m49s. It may have been amusing... but it was also very simple.

[@JimeMatthies]

We need more trol puzzles! Crazy text and lines!

[@mrukon9]

19:07, both fun and funny! Made me smile a few times :-)

[@spacelem]

You could get the 2 in the corner much earlier at 16:16. If you tried placing 2 in r6c5 then r2c5 would be a 4, putting 2 in r2c4, which puts 3 in r4c4, and a 4 in r5c5 to complete the cage total. But then we have two 4s in c5. So the 2 must go r6c6.

[@JohnRandomness105]

This puzzle took me a surprisingly long time. I suspect that I took the longest ever. I used letters for 356, substituting them only in the last few plays. The setter took a pot-shot at Simon, resolving the final 356 ambiguity by specifying no 3 in the corner. 6:40 I snickered when Simon said, "We mustn't repeat on that diagonal." (This is after I finished the puzzle.) 8:40 My version said, "You guessed it. It's 7!" 9:40 I snickered every time Simon referred to the diagonals or the X. Then I utterly lost it at the reveal. 13:50 More snickering when Simon said there's another (shape). 16:30 2 in the 23 cell forces 2 into the corner. What happens with 4 in the 45 cell instead? 21:20 If 45 is 4, then 24 must be 2, forcing 2 into the corner as well. Heads I win, tails you lose: in the 8-cage, if R4C4 is 2, then R2C4 is 4. If R5C5 is 4 then R2C5 is 2.