Thanks Florian. Not often I find myself in bed solving a puzzle while trying not to disturb my wife but this one piqued my interest. Great puzzle as always.
This is absoutely my favorite type of puzzle. I already love coloring puzzles, but the cherry on top was the very last digit I placed was put in the spotlight. A most satisfying conclusion!
Coloring at the beginning definitely helped with this one, finished in 14:01 (conflict checker off). Many thanks to Florian for a really wonderful puzzle!
I loved that - it was a breakthrough for me. Right from the start I didn't waste time trying this and that. I got colouring straight away and out it came, only about 50% longer than Mark.
These lines, they are so very squigglish. The squiggle in ways that are wrigglish. As I add each new sum I get knocked on my bum For these lines make me feel mighty ticklish!
This is just the kind of puzzle that I think is the best - a very straightforward rule set applied in a beautiful and fun way. Thanks for this video, Mark!
Rules: 02:34 Let's Get Cracking: 03:05 What about this video's Top Tier Simarkisms?! Three In the Corner: 2x (20:59) Bobbins: 1x (22:18) And how about this video's Simarkisms?! Ah: 5x (06:08, 06:24, 07:22, 18:14, 20:01) Naked Single: 3x (20:57, 22:24, 22:33) By Sudoku: 3x (06:30, 17:48, 18:43) Bingo: 2x (06:52, 14:41) Beautiful: 2x (23:02, 23:32) In Fact: 2x (08:45, 11:06) Obviously: 2x (08:24, 16:44) Goodness: 1x (10:04) Sorry: 1x (08:47) Clever: 1x (16:05) In the Spotlight: 1x (21:01) Lovely: 1x (23:04) Brilliant: 1x (02:18) Incredible: 1x (23:24) Elegant: 1x (23:35) Approachable: 1x (23:51) Symmetry: 1x (10:09) Weird: 1x (12:39) Most popular number(>9), digit and colour this video: Thirty Four, Seventy Eight, Eighty One (4 mentions) Two (50 mentions) Red (23 mentions) Antithesis Battles: High (2) - Low (2) Even (3) - Odd (0) Row (20) - Column (15) 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!
13m 10s. Once again I am impacted by coloring some cells early on, later writing in the values for those cells and then being entirely unable to stop myself from making those digits the same color every time I write them in for the rest of the solve. Maybe could have gone under 13.
Elegant and fairly approachable construction. Magnificent solve, magnificently explained. 😏👍👍👍 P.S. I am surprised that Mark kept using *white-flashed colours* together with corresponding *corner-pencilmarks...* _"...for the sheer heady excitement of doing so"_ That is redundant and cumbersome *Simonesque* notation. As far as I can remember, Mark rarely does that. I substituted flashed colours with corner-pencilmarks as soon as I discovered their values. Of course, notwithstanding my less redundant notation, I was much slower than him. 🤪
Thanks for all the praise Mark, and for the nice solve which was very entertaining as always :-)
Thank you for making one of my favorite puzzles in months! Absolutely perrfect balance of fun and challenging.
Thanks Florian. Not often I find myself in bed solving a puzzle while trying not to disturb my wife but this one piqued my interest. Great puzzle as always.
beautiful, slick, elegant!
Well deserved praise that is. Elegant and enjoyable! Great fun
As always in awe at how simple Mark makes some puzzles look. I didn’t find this awfully tricky but double the time Mark took!
This is absoutely my favorite type of puzzle. I already love coloring puzzles, but the cherry on top was the very last digit I placed was put in the spotlight. A most satisfying conclusion!
Coloring at the beginning definitely helped with this one, finished in 14:01 (conflict checker off). Many thanks to Florian for a really wonderful puzzle!
Loved this one even though I got stuck a few times. Great flow and then a quick resolution once I saw some things I missed.
I love colouring puzzles. Very approachable
I loved that - it was a breakthrough for me. Right from the start I didn't waste time trying this and that. I got colouring straight away and out it came, only about 50% longer than Mark.
11 mins 18 secs for this easy yet enjoyable sudoku
smoothly solved Mark, thank you.
A nicely approachable coloring puzzle. Thanks! 00:38:43
12:40 “…and weirdly this other pair in the nine box adds up to nine as well.”
I will let you into a secret: 5×9=45
5:45 for me fun approachable puzzle
Yay! Fun thing to solve, very smooth construction
These lines, they are so very squigglish.
The squiggle in ways that are wrigglish.
As I add each new sum
I get knocked on my bum
For these lines make me feel mighty ticklish!
14:47 ... I enjoyed this one
Nice puzzle!
This is just the kind of puzzle that I think is the best - a very straightforward rule set applied in a beautiful and fun way. Thanks for this video, Mark!
Great puzzle, great presentation.
16:31 for me. That was nice!
Rules: 02:34
Let's Get Cracking: 03:05
What about this video's Top Tier Simarkisms?!
Three In the Corner: 2x (20:59)
Bobbins: 1x (22:18)
And how about this video's Simarkisms?!
Ah: 5x (06:08, 06:24, 07:22, 18:14, 20:01)
Naked Single: 3x (20:57, 22:24, 22:33)
By Sudoku: 3x (06:30, 17:48, 18:43)
Bingo: 2x (06:52, 14:41)
Beautiful: 2x (23:02, 23:32)
In Fact: 2x (08:45, 11:06)
Obviously: 2x (08:24, 16:44)
Goodness: 1x (10:04)
Sorry: 1x (08:47)
Clever: 1x (16:05)
In the Spotlight: 1x (21:01)
Lovely: 1x (23:04)
Brilliant: 1x (02:18)
Incredible: 1x (23:24)
Elegant: 1x (23:35)
Approachable: 1x (23:51)
Symmetry: 1x (10:09)
Weird: 1x (12:39)
Most popular number(>9), digit and colour this video:
Thirty Four, Seventy Eight, Eighty One (4 mentions)
Two (50 mentions)
Red (23 mentions)
Antithesis Battles:
High (2) - Low (2)
Even (3) - Odd (0)
Row (20) - Column (15)
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!
12:07 for me. its been long since i played one of those.
What a brilliant and enjoyable puzzle.
Finished in 14:41. Fun puzzle!
Lovely fun puzzle from a top constructor
18:23 for me. Nice puzzle!
20:26, much better once I started coloring.
Nice quick one....w good layout.
This one is very fun.
17:03 for me.
00:18:42
34:26 for me
nice puzzle
Finished in 19:24
40 minutes, my usual 2x CtC time
54m. Very enjoyable solve
13m 10s. Once again I am impacted by coloring some cells early on, later writing in the values for those cells and then being entirely unable to stop myself from making those digits the same color every time I write them in for the rest of the solve. Maybe could have gone under 13.
Elegant and fairly approachable construction. Magnificent solve, magnificently explained. 😏👍👍👍
P.S. I am surprised that Mark kept using *white-flashed colours* together with corresponding *corner-pencilmarks...*
_"...for the sheer heady excitement of doing so"_
That is redundant and cumbersome *Simonesque* notation. As far as I can remember, Mark rarely does that. I substituted flashed colours with corner-pencilmarks as soon as I discovered their values. Of course, notwithstanding my less redundant notation, I was much slower than him. 🤪
10:37 for me. more or less just filling in. not much logic except the little bit at the beginning.