Prepare To Learn A Lot About The Number 14!
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Hi! We're Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe, two of the UK's most enthusiastic puzzle solvers. We have both represented the UK at the World Sudoku Championships and the World Puzzle Championships.
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The grandest joy of this channel is Seeing something Simon has missed and feeling Very Clever as you yell at the screen at him about it, and then going off to play a Much Simpler Sudoku and taking two hours to solve something that'd take Simon 3 minutes
I think because we're less adept at sudokus, we have fewer tools, which makes it easier to pick out when those tools are useful.
Ja ja jag
Like "There is no nine in a four cell 14 cage"?
@@ZachGatesHere probably the best theory yet. No wonder my “old friend sudoku” is the strongest tool I have
So true!
Somewhere in the not too distant future: "If X+3Y=18, then it follows that the square root of Green must be Purple!"
beautiful. that made me laugh
Which means green must be a 9 or a 4 and purple must be a 3 or a 2. :P (actually that makes me think that using square roots in some fashion might make an interesting sudoku. lol)
tbf the coloring is the same as using letters, just easier to look at in the board than if he had x y z n all around
If that ever happens, i'm putting a fish in my ear!
Me doing a classic sudoku: “9 must be in this cell”
Simon solving sudoku: “ Due to this equation and set theory, we now know the parity of green and purple. Therefore we get a green purple 7 triple in box 8!”
"Sorry, I'm being very inarticulate, that's because I haven't really got a clue what I'm doing" could be my motto to be honest. Both in sudoku and life.
That quote should be on a t-shirt.
His best quote in this video was "I haven't got a Scooby doo what to do."
Sitting here riding out Hurricane Ida in southern Louisiana. Power and internet held out long enough to watch today's video. Yay.
Stay safe my guy!
We're thinking about you in New Orleans! Stay safe!
Stay safe!
Be safe . Thoughts to you and city, community
Stay safe.
This must be one of the longest foreplays to a chromorgastic ending ever featured on the channel! What a stunning achievement, both for that guy Fry and for Simon. I did not even attempt to crack this one out of fear for a permanently fryed brain. Every week on CtC it feels like a bunch of mountaineers climbing the Highest Seven. Simon does it without oxygen and most of the faithful just gasp for breath at base camp. I've gotta say it again: *I love this channel*
Very eloquently summarized! 👍
I believe its the second longest bested by only 9 minutes on another one. Where he goes from nothing to solved in 45 seconds.
Blue and yellow in box nine disambiguate the top left cell in box six to give purple and thus also the purple/orange in box seven to be orange... and I am going mad but it's so colourful and now Simon's seen it too and my day is just made. I love this channel. Who needs drugs?
What a difference four years makes! You've changed lives. I raise my mai tai in your general direction!!
FryTheGuy's Logic Masters Germany page is one of the most intimidating things you'll see on that site. Even their 3-star puzzles are going uncleared, and most of their puzzles are 5 star difficulty. It's simply astonishing.
For real. Despite how things went, some of their puzzles always filled me in astonishment, like I did manage to solve plenty of their puzzles and most of them gave me the next level of thinking (which is MAD).
yeah he makes some great puzzles
If you look below the definition, you can buy Urban Dictionary mugs with "Goodliffe" and the definition on. You so need to buy yourself (and Mark) one!
Can we start a GoFundMe campaign to get Simon and Mark some mugs : )
Incredible Simon, just incredible. You deserve a bow just as much as Fry. Thanks to you both.
Love the dictionary entry!!! Making the world a better place one sudoku at a time! And now one dictionary entry at a time.
poor Mark. can`t believe that simon`s "goodliffe" joke has gone this far.
well, Mark himself said multiple times that he has to "goodliffe" sudoku sometimes so he's probably fine with it :D
Simonizing = ?
@@davidwalker3804 Taking the long way round a 'simple' deduction?
eg ''this cell can't be a 4 because xyz+abc-blue=green/purple'' (a 4 is in the same box a kings move away...)?
@@itsmeagain1745 nailed it
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That's actually how he got the 1 in box 7.
It is quite nice to encounter a 14-theme sudoku puzzle right on the day (August 29) that my wife and I have been married for 14 years :-) Thanks a lot!
Happy 14th Anniversary 🥂
Please tell me you did NOT buy her a Sudoku book as an anniversary gift. Unless, of course, you tucked a pair of airline tickets to her favourite holiday destination inside.
BTW, the traditional 14th anniversary gift is ivory, but that sort of thing is now frowned upon by elephant lovers the world over (and rightly so). However, the elephant itself is associated with the occasion, as a symbol of good memory and patience. Hmm... maybe a copy of Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk" album, signed by Lindsey Buckingham? Or, if you're on a super budget this year, a 10-pack of Ivory Snow bar soap. OR... a piano with all-white keys (you know, the "ivories")?
Well, that one defeated me, but that's just making me even more motivated to learn new techniques. It's good to know that you needed around an hour - I feel no shame in defeat, when an expert like you takes that long to solve it. Great job!
I got it after borrowing your break-in though, had to pause after that 7-dominoes revelation and do it myself till the end. :P
Same. I needed that hint then I stumbled through it in ~3h
Rules: 03:04
Let's get cracking: 03:42
And how about this video's Simarkisms?!
Sorry: 8 (06:31, 25:26, 25:26, 25:26, 25:26, 35:05, 44:18, 1:08:41)
Goodness: 3 (35:26, 54:08, 54:40)
Out of Nowhere: 3 (14:49, 44:05, 51:35)
Bobbins: 2 (29:11, 1:04:40)
How on Earth: 2 (06:04, 29:45)
Naked Single: 2 (37:50, 37:54)
The Answer is: 2 (23:46, 25:05)
Clever: 2 (15:26, 1:03:56)
Good Grief: 1 (54:12)
Useless: 1 (10:37)
You Rotten Thing: 1 (47:06)
Bingo: 1 (22:59)
Stuck: 1 (24:51)
FAQ:
Q1: How do you do this so fast?
A1: I'm not made of flesh and blood, but of sand ...
Q2: Why don't you include 'XX' and 'YY'?
A2: Please tell me what you'd like me to include and there's a good chance I'll add it!
Q3: You missed 'XX' at 'YY:ZZ'!
A3: That could very well be the case! Human speech is hard to understand for computers like me, especially British sometimes! Point out the ones that I missed and maybe I'll learn!
You’re stunning!
Honestly I’m very interested in how your code works, does it scan the generated subtitles as some type of script and links certain phrases with the times in the video? If it’s something else could you elaborate?
Rich harvest today!🤗
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They've commented on youtube-dl, a project which can download TH-cam videos regarding the feature to write automatically generated subtitles, so I suspect they download the subtitles directly, then grep for the required strings to get a count.
@@scragar thanks for the explanation!
Coloring sudokus with naked colors are honestly the most satisfying when you finally get to the end.
I needed a long video today. Thank you.
Poor Simon. "Gets" his first digit at 41 minutes and doesn't notice. 9 in box 7. This is a wowzer solve though.
Lol yeah I started by pencil marking all the possible 9s (since a 4-cage summing to 14 can't contain a 9) and then after the colour roping I noticed that there was only one remaining possible 9 in the box
Not the first time I looked at a puzzle and couldn't start it - then came back and found the new sequel of the Sudoku movie series.
wow, this puzzle was insane. For once, I'm glad I decided to simply grab some milk and watch this while preparing to sleep instead of actually trying it first (which is what I usually do)! Amazing puzzle and fantastic solve!
That puzzle was so brilliant it did deserve to be simonized, goodliffed then simonized again
I can't express the awe of seeing Simon solve a puzzle like this in about 45 minutes, when it takes me days to find to the logic in it myself. I don't think I could do it that fast the second time around, knowing way towards the solution.
I loved how Simon ended resorting to Goodlifing and then totally embraced it
Beautiful puzzle and brilliant solve! I especially enjoy the longer videos as they tend to stretch my thinking the furthest. :-)
I like 14. It's weird. Factor it into prime numbers and write them in ascending order: 2 and 7. Now note 2 is the 1st prime so replace 2 with 1. And 7 is the 4th prime so replace 7 with 4. Concatenate and you're back at 14. The next time that works, I believe, is for 2,127.
Math is suprising
How.
The hell.
Did you come up with that?
Mind blown!
I'm seriously impressed you solved this without placing a red in the 14 of cage 7 and figuring out that red was the low half of red-green. Or without deciding that one of the yellow-blue pair is the low digit (again, based on cage 7).
This one is so beyond me I can’t even begin to think about how I would’ve approached it. Great job 👏
Check the video at 21:40 and that might give you an idea how to start.
I think mathematicians might have a clue.
Yeah I took one look at it and thought 'alright, I'll just watch the video'.
Happy for Mark being a verb! Looking forward to Witness on Tuesday and Looney Tunes on Wednesday. And every day for puzzle entertainment! Happy 4th! 🍷 Cheers to many more!
This is how Mark will now introduce himself - "I'm Mark Goodliffe and I'm a verb" 😂
Actually, "Mark" was already a verb before that. So now both his personal and his family name are verbs, which is a special achievement, I guess.
This puzzle was amazing. I couldn’t have done it on my own, I needed Simon to get into the logic. But then I flowed right with Simon and it also drove me mad since he sometimes didn’t follow his own pointed out logic, hahaha. But also I had coffee way too late today and my mind was all over the place. Anyways, I had a great time!
I noticed that this puzzle has a nice entry with the phistomefel-ring that places the 9 in r8c3, but from there I got stuck and couldn't solve it.
Is truly absolutely brilliant. Well Done!
This was glorious ! Kudos!
Magnificient puzzle, very glad this channel exists otherwise I'd not have been able to experience the puzzle since I am nowhere near good enough at basic Killer to even have begun this puzzle.
Looks like Simon forgot about, and missed a few chances to use the new rule during the middle part of the solve.
Every four-cell 14 cage must share two (or four) digits/colors with every other 14 cell cage. That includes the cages with with 7 and 8, which must contain one half of each 7 domino.
Absolutely stunning. Thank you. :-) (Both Simon and Fry)
I’ve been binge watching you solve puzzles all weekend. This is my first time yelling at the video. It’s not that I see things you aren’t doing. It’s more that we can see how some of the comparisons you make (earlier) can apply later on when you are making further deductions. Your end of video attention to detail with the coloring is the icing on the cake. It’s definitely one of my favorite solves.
I'm a bit late for this party, but I must say that if Goodliffe is now the verb for pencil marking the whole sudoku grid, we need a verb "Anthony" for coloring the grid in the most remarkable ways...
This might be the most beautiful puzzle that's been on this channel so far. Absolutely mesmerizing.
A pure joy to watch, and in and of itself, well worth my $3 for this month. Bravo!
Considering my backlog of CtC puzzles I really want to try plus length of video I'm just going to watch this and learn as much as I can! Thank you all very much!
Amazing. Even more than normal.
I love how Simon always looks like he just got told a really solid joke at the beginning of the video
Well its time to start goodliffing this puzzle
The symmetry breaks in this puzzle are incredibly clever
Wow! I think this may be the most ridiculous sudoku puzzle I've ever watched Simon solve. I attempted it, and I got a foot in the door on the left side (using a different path than Simon), but I spent hours trying to figure out the next step and I just couldn't, so I gave up and watched Simon. Bravo!
A beautiful rainbow of colour yet again. Very clever breakin with the 14 cages for sure, yeah. I really enjoyed seeing your solve c:
I love the line "I don't have a Scooby-Doo"
Fabulous and fun! Great way to spend coffee on Monday morning. Thanks Simon. 😊
Also thank you for the consistent coloring at the end, it's SO SATISFYING even if it's somewhat tongue-in-cheek!
First hour length CTC video that I’ve been able to solve fully logically. And in the same amount of time as Simon
That quadruplet in box seven to find out that green is 56 was just sitting there for like 20 minutes. Not complaining though, it would take me a whole day to do this puzzle haha
Yes, and that would get more coulouring on the top of the grid. Also, donno if that would get the puzzle easier but you forgot that the 4 cells regions shared 2 digits, specially in the 78 regions. I think that meant only one of the 7 pairs components ( pink/orange, blue yellow and red/green) appeared in the 4 cells-regions
Despite the difficulty, I’m really wishing right now that I’d tried this puzzle before watching the video. This is one of the most fascinating puzzles I’ve ever seen
Finally an hour long video after few days of approachable puzzles. And colouring challenge as well which are my favourite.
Couldn't tackle the puzzle but I discovered orange/purple have to be 3/4 pair few minutes before Simon so that felt pretty satisfying
Ones are red, two/fives are blue
Simon goodliffes his way through
Part of me wants this puzzle to be featured _again_. That's how much I like it.
Simon makes such a big deal of roping, then completely forgets about it.
Haha, ye, the missed opportunities in box 7 really irked me. :D
Yeah... This one IS a bit beyond my paygrade...
Give this puzzle to Mark and you'll see what a goodliffe is 😂😂. Great solve Simon! Extraordinary puzzle.
Marvellous logic, all the way through to the end when it cascades to a close.
I love the long episodes, Simon. This one was an all time best. I vote it goes in the best of CTC reel. What a great puzzle, and a fabulous solve!
awesome solve Simon !!
Gonna settle in with a nice hot chocolate for this one!! Thanks Simon 😁
In a teapot ?
@@denisdescamps8090 a good old fashioned mug I’m afraid haha
Took me little over three hours, but loved every minute of it!
I clicked on the link just to give it a go before watching the video, and after couple minutes of staring at it with absolutely no idea where to begin, I figured this would just be one of those puzzles that I enjoy watching it be solved rather than trying it out myself
Happy belated birthday! Thank you!
absolutely brilliant solve Simon. way out of my league but a joy to watch the solve. Thank you
I needed several attempts, because, well life. I had so many breaks and rewind some explanations
There's only 11 cages and not 14. I can no longer endorse this puzzle as being elegant
Amazing, tremendous.
due respect to you on this! most puzzles I have little difficulty staying ahead but on this one I was struggling to keep up. makes me want to study your brain…
I really like the way Simon prounces Loony Tunes.
Some VERY impressive deductions in this one
wow this is just so incredible.. more than 40 minutes to first digit! We often make fun of Simon for not spotting the obvious, but boy does he spots the totally not obvious! That thing about bisected 14s.. I followed the whole video and i'm still not 100% convinced the puzzle is resolvable.. just wow!
Took me nearly 2 hours thanks to an error halfway through and then a whole lot of backtracking, but that was a heap of fun. I ended up with the entire grid coloured and every cell's colour known, but each with 12, 34, 56 & 78 pairs.
195 min to solve. I got my first digit at 126. I had to color the whole grid to see the two digits that HAD to be the same and this were forced to be the lower of the two they could be. I'm proud of that time. Now to make dinner and watch the video after. What an insane puzzle.
I was so happy when I found the logic at 10:46 all on my own.
I couldn't solve it in the end but I'm still proud I found it:)
Simon could have got an orange in r1c1 starting at about 34:00 using the cells known to be low digits (1-6). At this point we've just filled in six low digits in c7, so we can put in 789 for the remaining three cells (just as in c3 earlier). This gives us a 789 triple in box 3, meaning r2c8 is a low digit. This gives us six low digits in r2, so r2c1 is a 789. Finally, we now have a 789 triple in box 1, which means r1c1 is low, and the only low digit not yet accounted for in this box is an orange. (He eventually completes this logic around 49:00.)
He could actually have spotted this around 28:00 when he was looking for 1 more 123456 cell in box 3. If you use the logic of c3 on c7 you know c7r1-2 is 789 giving a triple and making r2c8 123456
I just spent DAYS working on this amazing puzzle and found an amazing breakthrough. So I had to see how Simon did it and find out if my way was different from his. Of course it wasn't.. Every step I did was exactly the same, right up to the breakthrough at the 100-minute mark where we identify the pair that just can't be a domino. What a puzzle.
Bravo Maestro!
I'm proud that I was able to solve the puzzle using a similar coloring as Simon did, though I did color the full grid using all nine colors before figuring out which digit is which. Amazing puzzle!!!
Wow...Well done
And the moment at 1:06:00 when Simon concludes that four does not go into center cell of box 7 not by just seeing that purple 4 right next to it but realizing that in 14 cage there are only 7 or 8 possible so 4 is incorrect… well, I assume that seeing that common purple four would be too easy XD Really, beautiful thinking, I am absolutely impressed every time I watch these videos ❤️
Great Gods this puzzle was amazing !
This was brilliant
In regards to the 14 square in box 8 use the pigeonhole principle: Make three buckets {1,6},{2,5},{3,4} that represent the pairs of digits that sum to seven. If you pick four digits from 1 through 6, then at least 2 belong to 1 bucket.
Edit: Thus if you want to make a 14 cage which uses only 4 of the digits 1 through 6 you must have two pairs that sum to 7.
Since, two digits come from one bucket they total seven this requires the other two digits to add to seven which is by definition the contents of a bucket.
Hence, you must either select 2 buckets or include a 7 or 8 (assuming sudoku digits).
Absolutely madly brilliant. I got pair coloring, roping and 789s but i lacked the logic about 7 dominos to start the left-right communication - thanks for the explanation.
You really Goodliffed this puzzle, but you also Simoned it (guess what that would mean)!
I'd say Simoning is probably extensive colouring
Here we would probably say "Simonized."
(It is a tedious detailing process of waxing/buffing to a highly durable, glossy sheen... seems appropriate 😄)
I would still favour pencil Marking, but cangrats to the urban dictionary entry and to the channel birthday!
Just astounding.
Following Simon's as always brilliant entry into the puzzle, I've deviated from his solution after he removed the 9 from the right 14 cage box 2/5. I did the complete coloring of the grid first, because it is such a rewarding moment when you can just select all cells of one color and then fill them in simultaneously. A wonderful puzzle, FryTheGuy!
for me one of the greatest! it took me several days to solve it, but i am happy i solved it all alone :)
3 of the killer cages are equal to the answer to life, the universe and everything.
I am very very proud indeed to have solved it, somehow. Though it cost me 7 hours, messy colouring, and even messier pencil markings. Definitely nowhere near as elegant as Simon's solve. One hell of a puzzle - beautiful, masterful setting.
Took an hour. All I did was manage to eliminate 9 from ONE box. Couldn't figure out how to go forward at ALL.
This is the first time I solve a problem of this channel completely on my own! Almost two hours, but well spent!
@25:37 The Tetris puzzles in The Witness show up in a Sudoku
I always love these "blank" puzzles, where you go from nearly nothing on the board and just follow the logic to finally get a number
For the Eureka word, I nominate snibbob.
I am an American and for the longest time I thought goodliffe was and adjective Brits used to convey that something is needlessly exhaustive. I had a good laugh a while back when I realized it was Mark's last name.