@@pouletbelette Thank you, and me too. I attempted one already actually but the sound quality turned out to be so bad it's completely unwatchable. I might try again if I get my hands on some better equipment, so let's hope the stars align.
I'm on my first extended family vacation in a year (because of covid), and I have been showing everyone my new obsession for the past year -- this channel. The Miracle Sudoku has been my example of choice, and has earned me such comments as "He's been forcing us to watch sudoku videos -- which have actually been pretty entertaining (in a surprised voice)."
I hope I say this right. I never knew much about sudoku and didn’t really care until I found this channel. The way you make it interesting has turned me on to sudoku. I know have all the apps support you on Patreon and can’t wait for the new videos. That all said the fact I’m now screaming at the video is only because of the things you taught me. Thank you
I want to encourage you. It ended up being easier than I expected. There were a few tricky parts but steadily asking the question what am I missing and how would Simon solve it did it for me. I slowly chipped away at the possibilities. I spotted the same things as Simon, just in a different way. For example the 56 pair in row 6 near the end couldn't be a 6, because there's then no place for 6 I'm box 7.
One of the best parts of lockdown has been finding so many creators on the RUclipss, but most of them come and go. You watch their films a few times but they're a one-trick pony. This channel, on the other hand, simply keeps getting better. The only thing I could ask for is more knight's move puzzles in the app :D Upward and onward, chaps! Here's to more people discovering the joy of sudoku!
The other day I was perhaps a bit unkind and I apologize. It occurred to me that the only reason I now see some of the logic (and therefore shout at the screen) is because I've been watching you solve these daily since Valentine's Day, and have learned from you. So thank you for teaching me how to be better at sudoku than I ever thought I'd be. You are very much appreciated!
So here I am, screaming at my screen for Simon missing the obvious, then discovering that I've misunderstood the rules.. Move on, nothing to see here..
@Hopeful Interpretation the first lines he did were all in a line, which means they can't repeat digits by sudoku. Only the ones who have zig-zags in them can repeat digits.
It would be hilarious if Simon had a neighbor that was in fact a viewer of the channel who obsessively watched the videos right when they went up everyday, and so Simon would be able to tell what part of the video they were at when they shouted something at the screen and he heard it from his place. That would also probably be kind of terrifying.
Simon: "Every deduction is so intricate!" Me: *"5 IS NOT BETWEEN 1 AND 4!"* I know it's easy to miss things and I sometimes pause for a bit to look around so I don't miss Simon's logic while distracted by my own, but when it's comical when he misses the straightforward deductions while remarking on the complex logic.
It seems like the faster he tries to solve it the farther ahead he looks and he never fleshes out the logic he just discovered completely. This leads to slower solves and more complicated paths more often than not. Sometimes it is best to go back to the digit you learned and fully scan its implications before going down all the paths it opened up in the puzzle.
I actually discovered this channel with the miracle sudoku. It just popped up in my recommended one day and I really thought i was going insane, starting to watch someone else solving sudoku for half an hour and actually enjoying it. Still, I have been watching ever since and it made Lockdown a lot more bearable.
That was very tough. Exceptional puzzle, Qodec, and fantastic solve Simon. It was my first between lines, so once I got going and got stuck, I watched some of this video to find my mistake, namely that between lines don't act like thermos, and the same digit can appear on the same between line as long as it's otherwise allowed by Sudoku. Once I realized this it made it *even harder*, lol. I needed a lot of Simon's help, but was very happy I spotted the final break-in about the 7 needing to go on the "bulb" in box 7. Other than that, I very much appreciate Simon using the phrase "going HAM."
It’s a special anniversary for me as I’m one of the many to discover this channel through the Mitchell Lee puzzle. It’s been such an oddly important part of my life since. Congrats and thank you! On that point I’ve gotten steadily better at the existing strategies of standard sudoku variants but that immediate break in reminds me how guys like Simon and Mark seem to possess an intuitive logic that I just don’t have. How does one even know to look in that central column with a fairly novel rule restriction?
A super puzzle! I think that a possibly quicker breakin is 1) deduce (as you did on the video) that one of the summation arrows must be 2,3,4 2) observe that the two circles in column 6 must then see 1,2,3,4 and have 3 different values in between. So they must be a 5, 9 pair.
happy birthday to the miracle sudoku then. I still remember thinking "no way". Ironically, over the last year two digits and an immediate way to get more actually now looks generous.
Happy anniversary to the famous Mitchell Lee and his ground breaking miracle sudoku!! The one that started it all. Cant believe it has been a year and a huge thank you to all the setters, Simon and Mark for bringing us amazing puzzles, astonishing break ins, laughter , quips and logic to contemplate our mind!
That 9 in the central box was *so* shout-worthy! Funny thing is: in Simon's logic it wasn't all that crucial. This is typical for the man, I think: he has this incredible instinct for what matters most, most of the time. Congrats, Mark & Simon, on another milestone for CtC. Your place among the immortals is guaranteed. Sharpen your pencils for many more fantastic videos and never mind the collective groan if/when you decide to take a few days off and enjoy the relaxation of the Covid restrictions. You could recruit one of the Discord crowd to keep us sedated in the meantime.
Definitely. That 9 was a really clear illustration of something I've been realizing, watching these videos. When I've spotted a deduction that Simon has missed, I can pause the video and see what it gets me. More often than not, it doesn't get me much!
One year of watching Simon and Mark struggle with putting digits in square grids is a year well spent, I’d say! - Thank you so much for this channel, it has made the Bobbins of a year 2020/21 actually quite enjoyable.
It was The Miracle that brought me here, when I saw it on the Hacker News website. I've watched it a few times since, and Simon's emotional journey is worth it every time.
Yes - my first one as well. A friend said a couple of days ago that he thought sudoku was a bit repetitive, so I sent him "The Miracle" and got an enthusiastic email back saying how much he enjoyed watching the solve. The channel has cheered me up in the last horrible year.
Here i am one year later. I discovered the channel when looking for tips to solve killer sudokus. I have never looked back! Every time I want to share this strange obsession of mine with friends, the miracle sudoku is what they get 😁 thank you to the setters and Simon and Mark for what you do! You make this planet a better place
I think there needs to be a contest for how long you spend shouting at Simon. 10 whole minutes I spotted the impossibility of a 6 in r6c9. Brilliant video as always
aahh you mentioned south africa! hi from cape town simon! glad you love us! i found your channel just over a week ago and i've been hooked ever since. i always loved classic sudoku but i'd never seen these interesting constraints before i'd seen them on your channel and you explain them so simply. thank you! :)
I am so happy! I had the feeling that I might be able to solve this on my own, got stuck at the first attempt, got stuck further along on second attempt, let it be for two days and today I managed it twice! Now I'm going to enjoy very contently watching Simon crack the cryptics!
I'm not very familiar with between lines but I think the logic at 20:30 is that whatever is in the 'bulb' in box 6 has to be in column 7 in box 3 because it can't reappear on its own between line or the other bulb (which he discovers later). So that end is low, the other end has to be high but not 9.
Cheers to the one year anniversary of Miracle Sudoku! I discovered your channel because of that video and have watched it several times as it's very entertaining. Here's to many more years of CTC sudoku success!
So happy to celebrate the anniversary of the Miracle Sudoku with a shout out for solving my first puzzle hunt! Like so many I found the channel because of the Miracle and I am glad I did, I have loved sudokus for years and this is now the only must watch RUclips channel on my list 🤩 thank you for such great content!
39:06 … Simon goes full magoo and pencil marks the entire grid! Great entertainment as always from both setter and solver … but unfortunately too tricky for me. Looking forward to the Arrows app release though - that’s my weekend sorted!
This was such a great puzzle. The break-in was awesome, and the way triples and quadruples emerged for me was very cool. Usually if Simon's video is longer than 30 minutes, I don't have a chance, but I actually solved this one in 83:12!
I'm glad I quit after 20 minutes is all I can say! For some reason I thought the between lines had to be in order. D'oh! Most enjoyable video as usual!
Great puzzle! One way in which I was able to speed up the solve for this was to keep highlighting squares where 1 and 9 couldn't go - you start with highlighting all line segments and then some deductions are faster e.g. the deduction made at 29:10 could have been made at 24:20
97:27, I was questioning my steps the whole way, missed a bunch of triples (and quadruples and quintuples), but it all seemed logical and I got the correct grid in the end, so "w00t".
I don't even like solving Sudokus but somehow I just think it's really interesting to watch you solving and explaining these extremely difficult riddles. Also I somehow find these videos kinda relaxing to watch after a stressing day, so thank you for that :D I hope you have/had a great day, wishing you all the best!
I can't believe I was doing this wrong the whole time!!! I was trying to do it like a thermometer as well - so each line between two dots not only had digits between the dots, but that they HAD to go in ascending or descending order. I'm such a dope!! lol. Oh well. Nice puzzle.
For some reason I thought a digit could not repeat on a line between two circles. I spent over an hour staring at the puzzle before I realized I had made up my own rule that broke it. D’oh!
@@davemc6887 The rules were perfectly clear, but you brought your assumptions to the rules interpretation. You are told to use the Sudoku rules & the two circles connecting a "between line" contain digits higher & lower than the digits on that line - a bit of counting early on makes it obvious that repeats must exist on some lines.
I saw the miracle sudoku video for the first time today. Then I subbed and found this one that was just released.... hard to believe that is just a coincidence 😂 great channel! 👍
After noticing that one of the arrows has to be a 2/3/4, there's a simpler continuation than Simon found. However the arrows are disposed, the between-line that starts and ends in box 8 cannot have a 1, 2, 3, or 4 in either of its circles. Now the only way to fit three digits between them is if the circles are a 5/9 pair.
Got stumped... watched the video waiting to see what I missed... watched more... and more... like 10 seconds left of something silly and I’m like what is going on?? Finally the final just as Simon said “oh... I see” I finally did as well...
31:57 - yeah, even my neighbours know that a 9 was placeable in box 5 since you put in the 9 in box 4, 8 minutes ago. the only thing is: i dont know if they can use this information... ;) happy miracle anniversary =)
I prefer “Nowledge Bomb” versus “Numpty” because you’re anything but (except when you miss the obvious in favor of the ridiculously complicated, but that’s why we love you 💜).
I made a mistake on this one because I didn't know that digets could repeat on between lines. Had to watch the video to clarify the rule. Good puzzle and video though.
I must have had some fantastic coffee because the arrows and C7 jumped right out at me fixing the 9s in C5 and 59 pairs in C6. Stayed ahead of Simon for a full 5 minutes 😅
You might not be able to hear them shout at you, but I'm constantly hearing my sister shout at you 😂😂, she must of shouted 9 goes there a million times @MichaelaHolmes 😂😂
... me too! But, I'm pretty sure I'm not your sister... 🤣 My cats kept thinking I was yelling at THEM... So, I started telling them, "not no... nine... nine... not no... that's wrogn". I might need medication. 🤦🏼♀️🤣
Easier break-in. The circles in box 8 - column 6 have 1, 2, 3, and 4 pointing at them, the smallest number is a 5, the three cells on the line in column 7 now force the other circle to be a 9.
Considering that a 9-arrow is accompanied by a 1 in the same column and box and thus must be created as 2-3-4, when you enter these five digits in box 8 the maximum range you can create for the two bulbs in column 6 is 5..8 which isn't big enough as it only allows two different digits between them and you require three. The 9 in column 5 must therefore go in box 2. Interestingly Simon does use this logic at some later instance to determine that the boundaries in column 6 need to be a 5-9 pair.
Awesome solve. The only thing I saw was that the line in the top right could have used more attention. With the Goodliffe treatment at 25:55 you would have found a 2345 quadruple in row 4.
Horrah... finished that one... and it took me 73... have to admit i did think it would be impossible... but then i heard a voice in my head... "where does 1 go on the centre line, this is a knowledge bomb for you but 1 is not bigger than 1 and less than 9" and then another voice said "but where can 9 go on the centre line... ohh bobbins" lol Actually a really fun puzzle. great work.
Simon, you missed the more elegant break-in here, as soon as we know there's a 1 in one of the two arrows, and 234 in the other. In box 8, the pair of dark circles on column 6 see both arrows, so 1234 are ruled out and they have to be a 59 pair.
You were joking about how we sometimes yell because you don’t notice something. You were thankful you can’t hear us doing so. Has anyone already suggested you guys try and do a live solve on twitch? I have no idea if the format would work with a crowd texting observations at you as you tried to solve but it would certainly be an amusing experiment.
I feel like I've seen Twitch suggested at least once a week. They've ignored all previous requests. To be honest, I don't blame them. They enjoy solving the puzzles themselves. I can't think of anything more likely to ruin that satisfaction of tackling a good puzzle than having a thousand people tell you what the next step is before you have had a chance to work it out for yourself.
This was fun. took me 45:00 + but it would have taken so much more because I had no idea how to start... and then I made a mistake in between (twice) so I had to watch the video to find where I went wrong... but I loved how this had nothing to do with maths (almost) and was purely by logic...
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Happy miracle anniversary! And such a fantastic solve too, thank you!
I really like your puzzles. I hope you are planning to participate in the setting bonus videos.
I watched this being set live in the ctc discord, amazing to watch.
@@pouletbelette Thank you, and me too. I attempted one already actually but the sound quality turned out to be so bad it's completely unwatchable. I might try again if I get my hands on some better equipment, so let's hope the stars align.
Ironically I haven’t tried this one before so I just be like visiting it for once, and wow it really worths the attempt :P
I'm on my first extended family vacation in a year (because of covid), and I have been showing everyone my new obsession for the past year -- this channel. The Miracle Sudoku has been my example of choice, and has earned me such comments as "He's been forcing us to watch sudoku videos -- which have actually been pretty entertaining (in a surprised voice)."
I never understood people that yelled at the TV while watching sports... until I found this channel.
Welcome to the Nerd Olympics.
🤣🤣🤣😳🤔🤣
Holy crap you're right lol
I hope I say this right. I never knew much about sudoku and didn’t really care until I found this channel. The way you make it interesting has turned me on to sudoku. I know have all the apps support you on Patreon and can’t wait for the new videos. That all said the fact I’m now screaming at the video is only because of the things you taught me. Thank you
Clearly, Cracking the Cryptic is the best channel on RUclips.
That title was all I needed to know two things: one, this video will be awesome and two, I am absolutely not going to attempt it.
I want to encourage you. It ended up being easier than I expected. There were a few tricky parts but steadily asking the question what am I missing and how would Simon solve it did it for me. I slowly chipped away at the possibilities. I spotted the same things as Simon, just in a different way. For example the 56 pair in row 6 near the end couldn't be a 6, because there's then no place for 6 I'm box 7.
@@my0wn4cc0unt I'm working my way up the difficulty ladder, I just recognize this one is a bit beyond me at this time haha
The title has nothing to do with the puzzle. It refers to an anniversary of a different, unrelated puzzle.
"A lot of people shout at me all of the time but at least I can't hear them...!" 😂
Unless they're really, REALLY LOUD!
And I took that personally.
One of the best parts of lockdown has been finding so many creators on the RUclipss, but most of them come and go. You watch their films a few times but they're a one-trick pony. This channel, on the other hand, simply keeps getting better. The only thing I could ask for is more knight's move puzzles in the app :D
Upward and onward, chaps! Here's to more people discovering the joy of sudoku!
The other day I was perhaps a bit unkind and I apologize. It occurred to me that the only reason I now see some of the logic (and therefore shout at the screen) is because I've been watching you solve these daily since Valentine's Day, and have learned from you. So thank you for teaching me how to be better at sudoku than I ever thought I'd be. You are very much appreciated!
So here I am, screaming at my screen for Simon missing the obvious, then discovering that I've misunderstood the rules.. Move on, nothing to see here..
It was pretty misleading I think that the rule set didn’t specify that number can repeat on the black outlines I think
@Hopeful Interpretation the first lines he did were all in a line, which means they can't repeat digits by sudoku. Only the ones who have zig-zags in them can repeat digits.
Thought there had to be a 1 in the bottom left of the Big N?
It would be hilarious if Simon had a neighbor that was in fact a viewer of the channel who obsessively watched the videos right when they went up everyday, and so Simon would be able to tell what part of the video they were at when they shouted something at the screen and he heard it from his place. That would also probably be kind of terrifying.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
This is a ridiculous hypothetical, and I love it.
1:16.34. I'm loving all the unique rulesets that have been popping up lately on the channel. Keep up the great work!
RUclips recommended the miracle sudoku to me. Have been a subscriber for a year now!
Simon: "Every deduction is so intricate!"
Me: *"5 IS NOT BETWEEN 1 AND 4!"*
I know it's easy to miss things and I sometimes pause for a bit to look around so I don't miss Simon's logic while distracted by my own, but when it's comical when he misses the straightforward deductions while remarking on the complex logic.
It seems like the faster he tries to solve it the farther ahead he looks and he never fleshes out the logic he just discovered completely. This leads to slower solves and more complicated paths more often than not. Sometimes it is best to go back to the digit you learned and fully scan its implications before going down all the paths it opened up in the puzzle.
I actually discovered this channel with the miracle sudoku. It just popped up in my recommended one day and I really thought i was going insane, starting to watch someone else solving sudoku for half an hour and actually enjoying it. Still, I have been watching ever since and it made Lockdown a lot more bearable.
That was very tough. Exceptional puzzle, Qodec, and fantastic solve Simon. It was my first between lines, so once I got going and got stuck, I watched some of this video to find my mistake, namely that between lines don't act like thermos, and the same digit can appear on the same between line as long as it's otherwise allowed by Sudoku. Once I realized this it made it *even harder*, lol.
I needed a lot of Simon's help, but was very happy I spotted the final break-in about the 7 needing to go on the "bulb" in box 7.
Other than that, I very much appreciate Simon using the phrase "going HAM."
It’s a special anniversary for me as I’m one of the many to discover this channel through the Mitchell Lee puzzle. It’s been such an oddly important part of my life since. Congrats and thank you!
On that point I’ve gotten steadily better at the existing strategies of standard sudoku variants but that immediate break in reminds me how guys like Simon and Mark seem to possess an intuitive logic that I just don’t have. How does one even know to look in that central column with a fairly novel rule restriction?
“There is not a 9 in both of these cells. Why is a secret, but there clearly won’t be” idk why but this really _cracked_ me up
6:25
I enjoy the way you get excited about every puzzle you do
Thanks for this lovely puzzle. About 70 minutes for me, and I basically followed the same path as Simon although my initial logic was not as elegant.
A super puzzle! I think that a possibly quicker breakin is
1) deduce (as you did on the video) that one of the summation arrows must be 2,3,4
2) observe that the two circles in column 6 must then see 1,2,3,4 and have 3 different values in between. So they must be a 5, 9 pair.
happy birthday to the miracle sudoku then. I still remember thinking "no way". Ironically, over the last year two digits and an immediate way to get more actually now looks generous.
It's practically solved, right? 😁
it’s been a year since i’ve subscribed, and i’ve watched your videos every day since simon. thank you, you are loved and appreciated🥰❤️
Happy anniversary to the famous Mitchell Lee and his ground breaking miracle sudoku!! The one that started it all. Cant believe it has been a year and a huge thank you to all the setters, Simon and Mark for bringing us amazing puzzles, astonishing break ins, laughter , quips and logic to contemplate our mind!
Another very clever one, thanks.
That 9 in the central box was *so* shout-worthy! Funny thing is: in Simon's logic it wasn't all that crucial. This is typical for the man, I think: he has this incredible instinct for what matters most, most of the time.
Congrats, Mark & Simon, on another milestone for CtC. Your place among the immortals is guaranteed. Sharpen your pencils for many more fantastic videos and never mind the collective groan if/when you decide to take a few days off and enjoy the relaxation of the Covid restrictions. You could recruit one of the Discord crowd to keep us sedated in the meantime.
Definitely. That 9 was a really clear illustration of something I've been realizing, watching these videos. When I've spotted a deduction that Simon has missed, I can pause the video and see what it gets me. More often than not, it doesn't get me much!
Very enjoyable to watch.
"and there's a given 3- how g e n e r o u s"
Ah yes, peak generosity
It’s that British sarcasm. It’s so sharp that you’re cut a few minutes before you notice.
wow, i really liked the logic in this one. Just Amazing
One year of watching Simon and Mark struggle with putting digits in square grids is a year well spent, I’d say! - Thank you so much for this channel, it has made the Bobbins of a year 2020/21 actually quite enjoyable.
It was The Miracle that brought me here, when I saw it on the Hacker News website. I've watched it a few times since, and Simon's emotional journey is worth it every time.
That bit where he starts placing all the threes is genuinely amazing.
Yes - my first one as well. A friend said a couple of days ago that he thought sudoku was a bit repetitive, so I sent him "The Miracle" and got an enthusiastic email back saying how much he enjoyed watching the solve. The channel has cheered me up in the last horrible year.
So it's been a year since I discovered your channel. Thank you so much for your work! You've helped me a lot in this past year :)
Here i am one year later. I discovered the channel when looking for tips to solve killer sudokus. I have never looked back! Every time I want to share this strange obsession of mine with friends, the miracle sudoku is what they get 😁 thank you to the setters and Simon and Mark for what you do! You make this planet a better place
I think there needs to be a contest for how long you spend shouting at Simon. 10 whole minutes I spotted the impossibility of a 6 in r6c9.
Brilliant video as always
aahh you mentioned south africa! hi from cape town simon! glad you love us! i found your channel just over a week ago and i've been hooked ever since. i always loved classic sudoku but i'd never seen these interesting constraints before i'd seen them on your channel and you explain them so simply. thank you! :)
I love how Simon goes into detail explaining the obvious easy logic even I noticed and just casually sees incredibly complex logic so casually.
I am so happy! I had the feeling that I might be able to solve this on my own, got stuck at the first attempt, got stuck further along on second attempt, let it be for two days and today I managed it twice!
Now I'm going to enjoy very contently watching Simon crack the cryptics!
I'm not very familiar with between lines but I think the logic at 20:30 is that whatever is in the 'bulb' in box 6 has to be in column 7 in box 3 because it can't reappear on its own between line or the other bulb (which he discovers later). So that end is low, the other end has to be high but not 9.
Cheers to the one year anniversary of Miracle Sudoku! I discovered your channel because of that video and have watched it several times as it's very entertaining. Here's to many more years of CTC sudoku success!
So happy to celebrate the anniversary of the Miracle Sudoku with a shout out for solving my first puzzle hunt! Like so many I found the channel because of the Miracle and I am glad I did, I have loved sudokus for years and this is now the only must watch RUclips channel on my list 🤩 thank you for such great content!
We only shout in a kind way.
It just feels so powerful to finish one of those on my own! 44:36
Beautiful puzzle. Solved it in 55:38 :) I'm sure that a year ago I would not have been able to even start it...
39:06 … Simon goes full magoo and pencil marks the entire grid! Great entertainment as always from both setter and solver … but unfortunately too tricky for me. Looking forward to the Arrows app release though - that’s my weekend sorted!
This was such a great puzzle. The break-in was awesome, and the way triples and quadruples emerged for me was very cool. Usually if Simon's video is longer than 30 minutes, I don't have a chance, but I actually solved this one in 83:12!
Took me over an hour. Between-lines are such a simple seeming rule but they really do me in. The break-in was wonderful.
I'm glad I quit after 20 minutes is all I can say! For some reason I thought the between lines had to be in order. D'oh! Most enjoyable video as usual!
Great puzzle! One way in which I was able to speed up the solve for this was to keep highlighting squares where 1 and 9 couldn't go - you start with highlighting all line segments and then some deductions are faster e.g. the deduction made at 29:10 could have been made at 24:20
I'm surprised that Brucie hasn't gotten more mentions in these sudoku puzzles. "You don't get anything for a pair--not in this game!"
97:27, I was questioning my steps the whole way, missed a bunch of triples (and quadruples and quintuples), but it all seemed logical and I got the correct grid in the end, so "w00t".
Very neat puzzle! I had a bit of a pause until I realized what the 3 contributed, then it all started flowing again. Scrappy finish. 38:25 for me.
I don't even like solving Sudokus but somehow I just think it's really interesting to watch you solving and explaining these extremely difficult riddles. Also I somehow find these videos kinda relaxing to watch after a stressing day, so thank you for that :D
I hope you have/had a great day, wishing you all the best!
Today's word from cracking the cryptic: numpty
Which is ironic because that's how I feel about myself when I watch these videos
Cheers
Nowledge bomb; this is how it will be spelt on the channel from now on. You brought this on yourself.
It wasn't until discovering this channel that I learned to respect the phrase "There's stuff going on here."
I can't believe I was doing this wrong the whole time!!!
I was trying to do it like a thermometer as well - so each line between two dots not only had digits between the dots, but that they HAD to go in ascending or descending order. I'm such a dope!! lol.
Oh well. Nice puzzle.
As always, such a great design by Qodec, and it was a lot of fun to watch the solve!
For some reason I thought a digit could not repeat on a line between two circles. I spent over an hour staring at the puzzle before I realized I had made up my own rule that broke it. D’oh!
Thought the same. Rules were not at all clear on this. Very unlike Cracking the Cryptic
@@davemc6887 The rules were perfectly clear, but you brought your assumptions to the rules interpretation. You are told to use the Sudoku rules & the two circles connecting a "between line" contain digits higher & lower than the digits on that line - a bit of counting early on makes it obvious that repeats must exist on some lines.
Don't feel too bad. When I first read/heard the rules, I thought they had to go in order between the bulbs like a thermometer.
I feel like if you’re able to repeat a digit, it usually says it. If you can’t, why say anything? Seems obvious.
I saw the miracle sudoku video for the first time today. Then I subbed and found this one that was just released.... hard to believe that is just a coincidence 😂 great channel! 👍
I enjoy that you continue to share favorite comments you guys receive, it shows you are engaged with your community.
That break-in is diabolical.
After noticing that one of the arrows has to be a 2/3/4, there's a simpler continuation than Simon found. However the arrows are disposed, the between-line that starts and ends in box 8 cannot have a 1, 2, 3, or 4 in either of its circles. Now the only way to fit three digits between them is if the circles are a 5/9 pair.
@@BookofAeons That's a very nice way of doing the break-in :)
I do love that a given digit is in fact generous recently
19:25 i discovered a digit before simon and i feel like an absolute prodigy
Got stumped... watched the video waiting to see what I missed... watched more... and more... like 10 seconds left of something silly and I’m like what is going on?? Finally the final just as Simon said “oh... I see” I finally did as well...
*First:* Why does YT recommend me a sudoku video?
*Then:* Hmm, kinda nice to watch
*Now:* Making puzzles with *Mark's voice in my head*
N is for Nori nori nori nori nori nori nori nori nori... Nori
31:57 - yeah, even my neighbours know that a 9 was placeable in box 5 since you put in the 9 in box 4, 8 minutes ago. the only thing is: i dont know if they can use this information... ;) happy miracle anniversary =)
Quite nice seeing the South African reference at the beginning of the video as a South African
Quite proud of myself, I finally had a "you're missing something obvious!!!" moment that wasn't wrong XD that 2 in box 9, wooo!
31:51 finish. I may have over-penciled this at first, but it definitely helped at the end.
2 min late? Was scared there was none today!
Rules 2:38
Let’s get cracking 3:57
I prefer “Nowledge Bomb” versus “Numpty” because you’re anything but (except when you miss the obvious in favor of the ridiculously complicated, but that’s why we love you 💜).
Qodec is a beast
that Miracle Sudoku is amazing and such a great video
Congratulations, also, for reaching 3 5 0 K subscribers!
I made a mistake on this one because I didn't know that digets could repeat on between lines. Had to watch the video to clarify the rule.
Good puzzle and video though.
I must have had some fantastic coffee because the arrows and C7 jumped right out at me fixing the 9s in C5 and 59 pairs in C6. Stayed ahead of Simon for a full 5 minutes 😅
Wow a whole given 3. How generous indeed
You might not be able to hear them shout at you, but I'm constantly hearing my sister shout at you 😂😂, she must of shouted 9 goes there a million times @MichaelaHolmes 😂😂
... me too!
But, I'm pretty sure I'm not your sister... 🤣
My cats kept thinking I was yelling at THEM...
So, I started telling them, "not no... nine... nine... not no... that's wrogn".
I might need medication.
🤦🏼♀️🤣
Box 4 right? Drove me crazy that he didn’t see it!
We need a new miracle sudoko to celebrate the one year anniversary!
One that is as approachable as the 25 minute journey. Would it really be considered hard today?
@@57thorns Maybe, Maybe not. It depends.
That was a fun puzzle. Finished it in 44:19.
Puzzles like this feel like the Sudoku equivalent of a conspiracy theorist with a corkboard full of note cards and red string.
38:22 ... Nice puzzle!
Easier break-in. The circles in box 8 - column 6 have 1, 2, 3, and 4 pointing at them, the smallest number is a 5, the three cells on the line in column 7 now force the other circle to be a 9.
Not spelling KnowledgeBomb with an N being a KnowledgeBomb is quite possibly the best KB on the channel to this date.
60:42. Not the greatest time, but I was solving at this 12 am, was kinda tired, so I happy with it :p
Anyways, fantastic puzzle!
"N is for Numpty" caught me so off guard. 😂 Almost got a spit-take
is that a type of mushroom? No wait, that's shiitake my bad :D
Break in can be done a lot simpler (spoiler)
Considering that a 9-arrow is accompanied by a 1 in the same column and box and thus must be created as 2-3-4, when you enter these five digits in box 8 the maximum range you can create for the two bulbs in column 6 is 5..8 which isn't big enough as it only allows two different digits between them and you require three. The 9 in column 5 must therefore go in box 2. Interestingly Simon does use this logic at some later instance to determine that the boundaries in column 6 need to be a 5-9 pair.
Awesome solve. The only thing I saw was that the line in the top right could have used more attention. With the Goodliffe treatment at 25:55 you would have found a 2345 quadruple in row 4.
Podcast is hereby subscribed to... Looking forward to episode 2
Horrah... finished that one... and it took me 73... have to admit i did think it would be impossible... but then i heard a voice in my head... "where does 1 go on the centre line, this is a knowledge bomb for you but 1 is not bigger than 1 and less than 9" and then another voice said "but where can 9 go on the centre line... ohh bobbins" lol
Actually a really fun puzzle. great work.
32:11 - When covid is over, British viewers should stage a shout-at-Simon event outside his house.
80 thousand people all shouting "Bobbins" in a fairly restrained, British way. Followed by tea and a nice chat. I'll be there. 😉
I'd go to London for that!
Excellent puzzle
after watching simon's break in, took about 1 hour to complete. feeling proud though!
Congratulations!
@@PuzzleQodec Thank you!
The Given Three, wasn't that a Shel Silverstein book?
So this Friday we have two of the releases of the year; the Arrow Sudoku app and Mass Effect Legendary Edition. Guess I’d better cancel sleep.
Simon, you missed the more elegant break-in here, as soon as we know there's a 1 in one of the two arrows, and 234 in the other. In box 8, the pair of dark circles on column 6 see both arrows, so 1234 are ruled out and they have to be a 59 pair.
You were joking about how we sometimes yell because you don’t notice something. You were thankful you can’t hear us doing so. Has anyone already suggested you guys try and do a live solve on twitch? I have no idea if the format would work with a crowd texting observations at you as you tried to solve but it would certainly be an amusing experiment.
I feel like I've seen Twitch suggested at least once a week. They've ignored all previous requests. To be honest, I don't blame them. They enjoy solving the puzzles themselves. I can't think of anything more likely to ruin that satisfaction of tackling a good puzzle than having a thousand people tell you what the next step is before you have had a chance to work it out for yourself.
Our podcast is now avaiable...
Me: immidiately pausing, opening my spotify, clicking "observe"
I'm sorry for interruption Simon. You may continue.
This was fun. took me 45:00 + but it would have taken so much more because I had no idea how to start... and then I made a mistake in between (twice) so I had to watch the video to find where I went wrong... but I loved how this had nothing to do with maths (almost) and was purely by logic...