One deduction that would have sped things up a bit is that R2C2 (and thus R2C8 and R8C8) sees the entire 16 cage. So those three cells can only be 5789. That helps resolving the whisper, thermo and entropic lines pretty fast.
It took me a while, but I finished it. I used colors extensively, on the 123s after figuring out the highs, middles and lows; and letters lightly. (For compactness, I substituted B for blue's 123 sometimes.) I was stuck for a considerable amount of time, and for a moment I though I'd broken the puzzle. I had to resort to extreme measures to avoid having broken the puzzle then -- where must 5 go in block 9? -- and had to reconsider my centermarking. Now onto the video's solve.
It’s sudoku ballet watching you work out where the 5 goes in Row 5, as well as how you worked thru to break into the rest, with a brilliant explanation. Thanks BremSter
32:28 no vid help yay. Puzzle flowed really nice. Never felt stuck. Nice fun puzzle. Now to watch Brem and see if I missed much. Invisible 8 to the rescue.
Cool puzzle, nice solve! I don't know if it actually helped my solve, but one neat thing I observed in this one: Given that they're low, where do R1C2 and R2C1 go in the 16-cage that intersects box 1?
one thing i do to avoid entering massive amounts of candidates is use colours to indicate sets of candidates. for example, i use light grey to represent the {1234} set, and in this case, orange to represent the {12346} set. double-click any cell inside the 16 cages, click orange
This was an awesome puzzle; I marked pretty heavily, which I think slowed me down spotting things a few times, but still was able to complete it in 18:19. Awesome puzzle, and great solve by BremSter!
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One deduction that would have sped things up a bit is that R2C2 (and thus R2C8 and R8C8) sees the entire 16 cage. So those three cells can only be 5789. That helps resolving the whisper, thermo and entropic lines pretty fast.
Fitting that one of the best puzzles of the year came here at the end of the year. Too good.
It took me a while, but I finished it. I used colors extensively, on the 123s after figuring out the highs, middles and lows; and letters lightly. (For compactness, I substituted B for blue's 123 sometimes.) I was stuck for a considerable amount of time, and for a moment I though I'd broken the puzzle. I had to resort to extreme measures to avoid having broken the puzzle then -- where must 5 go in block 9? -- and had to reconsider my centermarking.
Now onto the video's solve.
16:33 easy start, slightky deceptive middle. Very enjoyable
It’s sudoku ballet watching you work out where the 5 goes in Row 5, as well as how you worked thru to break into the rest, with a brilliant explanation. Thanks BremSter
32:28 no vid help yay.
Puzzle flowed really nice.
Never felt stuck.
Nice fun puzzle.
Now to watch Brem and see if I missed much.
Invisible 8 to the rescue.
21:40 for me. That was a fun one. A lot of pretty basic deductions but wasn't an easy solve.
Cool puzzle, nice solve!
I don't know if it actually helped my solve, but one neat thing I observed in this one: Given that they're low, where do R1C2 and R2C1 go in the 16-cage that intersects box 1?
Wow. What a seriously cool puzzle! That was amazing! I almost cried at how beautiful it was.
Done in 10:50 here. Loved it, fun :) Thks !
Thank you Bremster. Merry Christmas to you and yours, and best wishes for 2024.
one thing i do to avoid entering massive amounts of candidates is use colours to indicate sets of candidates.
for example, i use light grey to represent the {1234} set, and in this case, orange to represent the {12346} set. double-click any cell inside the 16 cages, click orange
24:34, thank you!
What a wonderful surprise!
Yes! A Secret Santa!! 🎅 Thanks for the gift 🎉
This was an awesome puzzle; I marked pretty heavily, which I think slowed me down spotting things a few times, but still was able to complete it in 18:19. Awesome puzzle, and great solve by BremSter!
Great puzzle.. done in 20 mins..
Lovely bonus!
a great puzzle and fun solve, thank you
Very nice
37:29 .... I battled
That was hard for me almost hour to solve
I made way too many errors during my 40 minute solve, still enjoyed very good puzzle.
why the 16 cages cant be 5 4 4 2 1? you instanly wrote 12346
digits can’t repeat on the killer cages
That would require duplicating a digit in the cage, which against the rules of killer sudoku.
oh i didnt know that, ty @@virtual256
Probably worth watching the full explanation from about 4:30 to 4:55