63 minutes. Enjoyed the video, wanted to throw the puzzle out the nearest window.
@johnpauladamovsky86
3 ай бұрын
The naked single '5' in Row 6, Col 8... That was the key to cracking this puzzle.
@danmcconnell5941
3 ай бұрын
Yep that was it for me too. Had it all reduced and then finally saw that and the puzzle unwound easily after that
@georgesthibaudeau1533
3 ай бұрын
At 1m40s after placing the 7 in block 1's top row, you verified if there was anything more to do with the 7s. At that stage, the 7 was indeed locked in row 2, col 5 in block 2. Another helpful thing you did not spot was the pair of 6s in the middle row of block 4: the 6 pointing up from column 2 in row 9 squeezes the 6s between the 18 and 47 pairs in block 4. Immediately, this yielded a 68 pair on the right side of block 5. But the crucial move was to find the naked 5 in block 6, and you did quite well with this. For me, 19 minutes notation free to solve the puzzle
@FINFoxie
3 ай бұрын
I re-visited the puzzle and tried to follow my own footsteps. Spotting the pointing 6s in b4 is obvious. After basic scanning I was focusing on restricted cells on the right side of the puzzle. 26 (r3 c9) and 236 (r4 c9) are easy to find. Then I continued to b6 and the naked single 5 is a relatively easy spot when thinking about b6. It's much harder to find when thinking about the r6. Then 5 got placed in b9 leaving behind 236 triple in c9. That gives a 18 pair in c9 which was resolved. The rest is straight forward.
@FINFoxie
3 ай бұрын
Totally different route today! I think your biggest miss was the 6s in b4 r5 really early on. That gives a 68 pair in b5. Spotting that helped me a lot. Later on I found 236 triple in c9. I think it was after spotting the naked single 5 in b6 which also placed the 5 in b9. That 236 triple (and 5) left behind 18 pair in c9 which collapsed the whole puzzle.
@wayfinder1882
3 ай бұрын
i solved it in 5:15, what's a good time? i've never done an nyt sudoku before, i usually play the enjoy sudoku "devious" setting
@CineMiamParis
3 ай бұрын
Sounds like a great time to me!
@adrianhead6272
3 ай бұрын
All NYT "hard" sudokus can be completed in under ten minutes... if you're competent.
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