9.33 for me, probably my best time ever for these. I spotted some hidden pairs early which helped a lot. Watching these videos is certainly improving my solving.
This was an easy and enjoyable one for me. Spoiler follows. I enjoyed having not just one but TWO geometry (or NYT Trick) patterns -- Box 6 row 5 and Box 8 col 6. I did those first (like you) and that resolved much of the middle band and middle column with some others. I then did my usual corner-marking, and that led to the naked single 1 in Box 9 (r9c9). That collapsed the 1s (as I recall) and left behind an immediately resolved 5,7 pair in box 7. That pair yielded the naked 7 in r7c2 that unlocks the rest of the solve. My time was 19 min -- lightning fast for me. :)
9.33 for me, probably my best time ever for these. I spotted some hidden pairs early which helped a lot. Watching these videos is certainly improving my solving.
17 min!!! My best time ever on a NYT hard puzzle!! Thanks for helping me get to this point!
9:08 to solve. Lovely flow on the puzzle today! Thanks Rangsk
This was an easy and enjoyable one for me. Spoiler follows.
I enjoyed having not just one but TWO geometry (or NYT Trick) patterns -- Box 6 row 5 and Box 8 col 6. I did those first (like you) and that resolved much of the middle band and middle column with some others. I then did my usual corner-marking, and that led to the naked single 1 in Box 9 (r9c9). That collapsed the 1s (as I recall) and left behind an immediately resolved 5,7 pair in box 7. That pair yielded the naked 7 in r7c2 that unlocks the rest of the solve. My time was 19 min -- lightning fast for me. :)
Best time for me also, 11 min, thanks rangsk!
7:56 for me. Definitely one of the easier of the hard sudokus, but still fun.
26 mins , I think my best too. Thanks Rangst!
Second day in a row of finishing the hard faster than the medium for me. Pretty close on both roughly 12:30 and 13:30.
9:09 for me! First time solving the hard under 10 minutes!
short little 3:52 today. Managed to tear apart the middle 3 boxes
7:36 for me today.
On of my best time.
kind comment
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