I love how I already did this without knowing it was called the Snyder Notation #proud
@simianas3884
Жыл бұрын
Same
@Archyl
9 ай бұрын
Same
@Sunita_Rani_AWW
8 ай бұрын
Same 😅
@unschuldiger001
7 ай бұрын
samee
@Alenvei
7 ай бұрын
Same 🤣
@Similacrest
2 жыл бұрын
Just Goodliffe the entire grid like a boss
@williamnathanael412
2 жыл бұрын
Ooooh Simon should pin this!
@PetruRatiu
2 жыл бұрын
Nice to see the rule spelled out, I've seen you guys use it for ages but it didn't "click" that it's normally used when there are only two possibilities in the box. I just tried the puzzle with this in mind and it helped a lot to know that once you remove or overwrite one mark, the other automatically becomes true, without scanning the context.
@Math.Bandit
2 жыл бұрын
I think Simon has said that for him he uses it for digits restricted to 2 positions in more classic Sudokus to avoid cluttering the grid, and 3 positions for Sudokus that have other strong restrictions (like anti-Knight or something) where knowing it's down to 3 might be more relevant.
@deniseiln
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Simon (and whoever convinced you and/or Mark that these would be a good idea). I knew about Snyder notation from your comments in earlier videos, but it's nice to see it laid out like that. I've used Snyder notation on occasion when solving Sudoku (I'm advanced beginner-ish), but I was inconsistent and haphazard at best. I was delighted to see how far I could get into the example puzzle with this notation. I'm still not quick, but eh... I'm here to enjoy sudoku, and speed is only one small part of that for me.
@PotterSpurn1
9 күн бұрын
Who cares if a game takes hours. No one else is going to know or care.
@deniseiln
8 күн бұрын
@@PotterSpurn1 ? Did I say that my speed (or lack thereof) in solving sudoku bothered me? ...I /think/ you might have been trying to encourage me? (Or possibly encourage other non-speedy solvers?) So if a comment like that would have encouraged you... Carry on!
@allgreatfictions
2 жыл бұрын
Using Snyder notation, you could have placed that 1 without looking at 2s. In Box 2, Snyder notation places a 1 in column 5, which limits the 1 in Box 5.
@spyrodragonsbane3076
2 жыл бұрын
That's how I did it too!
@Jodawo
2 жыл бұрын
It's the one of the greatest things a solver will learn. There are other notation tricks but this is one that will make your solves much easier.
@mtths369
7 күн бұрын
I make little dots in their corresponding places (1=upper left corner, 2=upper middle, 3 upper right corner, 4=left side middle, 5=middle of box,... etc. ) its cleaner and faster.
@darknutgaming5510
2 жыл бұрын
I do what I can, then just number it out completely. I often see the break from just the available possibilities. Idc if I have 7 numbers in a cell, they all relate in at least three fashions to something else, somewhere. It isn’t very pretty, but I haven’t yet found a regular sudoku I cannot solve this way. I’ve quit for ten years because I thought sudoku was dead. What a great channel you have here!
@altcommand
2 жыл бұрын
Watch as many CTC videos as you can. Focus on the classics first. You will very quickly stop completely marking cells like you are describing. That’s what happened to me after finding this channel.
@darknutgaming5510
2 жыл бұрын
@@altcommand aight, I have been noticing a quicker response to some logics in the last few weeks, I still find more cracks as I number it up fully. Thanx for the tip
@thawardu3111
13 күн бұрын
Used it for years, nice to know the name of the person who officially defined it first.
@olivier2553
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I was using it a bit empirically, but was not exact enough.
@bjorn9875
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this short! :D
@GothMagpie
3 күн бұрын
Amazing! I’ve been doing this for years. Had no clue it was a thing!
@theneon08x
2 жыл бұрын
Just solved it as my first sudoku puzzle, took 41 mins!
@d4r4butler74
2 жыл бұрын
That was a fun puzzle, thank you.
@EntirelyPointlessContent
2 жыл бұрын
Also you can place that 1 by continuing to look at 1s, specifically in Box 2
@ProfessorMady
Жыл бұрын
I've been doing this without knowing there was a name to this technique.
@turujeeanimation445
9 ай бұрын
Frfr
@nicholasbaker8012
2 жыл бұрын
I thought this was the only way of doing Sudoku :/
@yelimsnusm7551
2 жыл бұрын
Right... Honestly, This is super simple XD
@rabidsamfan
2 жыл бұрын
I call it “pairs in squares” notation, myself.
@guanyin19
2 жыл бұрын
After penciling 1s into two positions in box 6, you can also pencil 7s into exactly the same two cells. You can now switch from corner pencil marks to central pencil marks in those cells to indicate a 1/7 pair. Central pencil marks indicate which candidates a specific cell in the grid is limited to. You know that one of these cells has to be the 1, and the other has to be the 7. No other candidates can go in either of these cells. If you tried to place any other number into one of these cells, the remaining cell now has to be both a 1 and 7, which doesn't work for obvious reasons. See if you can use Snyder notation to find another pair in box 4.
@klskl1
24 күн бұрын
I keep it all in my head - of course I rarely solve a sudoku, but that's beside the point
@chad286
2 жыл бұрын
thanks to you guys that i managed to solve an expert difficulty sudoku by myself within an hour and a half, keep it going
@youreyesarebleeding1368
2 ай бұрын
Damn... I clicked this video because I thought it was going to be about the Leetcode problem for solving sudoku lmao. Just did that one today
@madcrasy6841
21 күн бұрын
This isnt really a trick, this is how you solve it the normal way
@Hustleacademy818
11 ай бұрын
Bruh ain’t have todo all that to find the 2. 😂
@anidleteen
2 жыл бұрын
I just realised I've never truly learnt this, I just know it from watching all your videos and trying it myself
@EZal17
2 жыл бұрын
Weird, my previous comment almost immediately got deleted (was it because I mentioned a sudoku app that I dislike?), so I’ll just post my timing on this one: 1 minute 55 seconds. 😊 I admit I was helped a bit by pencil mark auto-eraser (the one that, if you put a digit in solid, erases all pencil marks of that digit in the same box, row, and column), but other than that, I was all by myself. Been solving classic sudokus on my phone since around 2012, with a couple 1-2-year breaks, but I still have a lot to learn about the harder puzzles, so I’m subscribed to this channel. :)
@PeterDB90
2 жыл бұрын
The problem I have with Snyder notation is that for an inexperienced Sudoku player, it's very difficult to spot something as simple as naked singles using it because if you would have pencil marked every possible position for every number, a naked single becomes immediately apparent - not so if you are only marking numbers that can only go in 2 positions.
@PedroContipelli2
Жыл бұрын
I find that marking every possible position should only be used as a last resort as it actually obscures more than it helps. There is such an overload of information that simple pointed pairs are harder to spot and use.
@PeterDB90
Жыл бұрын
@@PedroContipelli2 I actually switched back to marking every possible position and have found it immensely more helpful, so to each his own. I find that the more advanced techniques typically don’t come into play in most puzzles until AFTER you eliminate all the other more obvious ones (like nakeds, hiddens, etc.) and by then the pencil marks dwindle to a much more manageable amount so it makes it not very difficult to apply advanced techniques. It would just irritate me to no end to get stuck on a puzzle using Snyder notation because I missed a naked single somewhere
@PaulaZF
2 ай бұрын
On the screen it has a number notation. If you are using your pencil put a dot notation. Imagine the face of a die, the dot in the upper left corner is a one.
@spelldaddy5386
2 жыл бұрын
A nice palindromic solve time, 8:38. I wish there were a full length solve of this puzzle, so I can see how I compare with simon's time
@EZal17
2 жыл бұрын
The thing is also, when Simon does a solution video, he also spends a fair amount of time explaining how he gets what he gets. I’m really curious to see a run-through of a puzzle like this one or maybe slightly harder without explanation. It might be not particularly entertaining, but fun if you try to race against. :)
@spelldaddy5386
2 жыл бұрын
@@EZal17 that's similar to what mark does with the gas videos (and Simon with gapp)
@MichaelJones-kq3md
2 жыл бұрын
21:05. I've never really thought about the names of techniques, but I do use this Snyder notation, have for many years in fact
@Kimbonessness
9 ай бұрын
Is there a way to confidently confirm that a triple can be unraveled early on in a Sudoku puzzle? Do you suggest we go to every box and Snyder notate...? There was a video I just watched where I got lost between the last 3-5 minutes of it, I'd have to find the title of it. I'm trying to more easily solve an expert level Sudoku puzzle, using techniques I wasn't aware of. Luckily, I can get through up to hard puzzles, though somehow I do them faster than medium level puzzles occasionally😅
@oddball_oddity
6 ай бұрын
I've always done it like this naturally T.T and so it seems with many people in the comments... Who is this Snyder and why did he name it after himself LOL 😂
@AdamGaffney96
2 жыл бұрын
I will say I do sometimes get a bit confused with my own pencilmarking when I'm doing it, as I usually dislike having a mix so tend to just do all centremarks. But this seems like a good way to see through the confusion, if each marking has it's own purpose.
@alessandro2075
2 жыл бұрын
I agree with you, but sometimes it is a great help and the only way of getting to the end. Sometimes, halfway through the puzzle, I cancel all my pencil marking and redo it altogether. It allows me to declutter my mind and often I see new fixes while I do it freshly
@rabidsamfan
2 жыл бұрын
I do this kind of marking in the top left corner of a cell and if I get to needing “all the possibles in the cell”. I do it at the bottom right and add a slash mark for clarity.
@EatMoreChikenOrElse
9 ай бұрын
Can you explain when to put in the small numbers in the middle vs when to mark them in the corner? Seems like it’s usually when you have pairs/triples/etc?
@npcnugget
2 жыл бұрын
So that technique has a name... I've been using it for years that I can't even remember where I got it...
@cbesthelper404
2 жыл бұрын
Did it in 7 minutes 2 seconds. I found this one to be easy.
@aidsenebola
2 жыл бұрын
I always did this instinctively. Cool
@puzzleisfun-78
Жыл бұрын
I just know that a name is given to that method. Snyder notation
@Y3ssirree
2 жыл бұрын
I've been doing sudoku puzzles for about a year and just now started to check other methods. Like this one, most of these I've been using but man the deeper i look the more i realize sudoku is so much more complex that these are just the tip of the iceberg
@felixrouthier2202
2 жыл бұрын
I’m quite new (and therefore horrible) at sudokus but I’m somewhat really happy I got this one in under 30 minutes whereas a hard regular sudoku usually takes me up to two hours (and sudokus with extra rules are so much harder to me)
@stevenape377
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent!
@mapl3mage
4 ай бұрын
I thought this was a common strategy…
@logond277
2 жыл бұрын
Ive just been using this withoit knowing
@darcash1738
2 ай бұрын
Decent strat. I like to use full boarding tho. I mark strict 2-case scenarios like this with an apostrophe ‘.
@RichHeimlich
2 жыл бұрын
I absolutely LOVE the Selection feature of this app and it seems to be the only one offering it, but the lack of notation where the numbers go in order, 123, 456, 789 by rows, is just not going to work for me. Does anyone know if this option is coming?
@sheilakimani5202
9 ай бұрын
Did you mean, the most basic sudoku tip?
@jaredlamb7495
2 жыл бұрын
never knew it was for when theres only two possible spots, made solving a lot more efficient compared to when i mark 3 or more
@sayyedabdulrehman
Ай бұрын
Common sense named after Snyder
@indian_scouser_ynwa
7 ай бұрын
Apparently I've been using this tip all day long without knowing it's name 😂
@glum_hippo
2 жыл бұрын
The things you learn on Cracking the Cryptic
@FleckerMan
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@DN-wy3ud
4 ай бұрын
I was already doing this without knowing its a thing😮
@eragg0
2 жыл бұрын
18 mins of solving; proud of myself noticing some nakeds
@QwDragon
2 жыл бұрын
I thought center marks are the part of this notation too, aren't they?
@simianas3884
Жыл бұрын
😂 I Already Use This Method Since The Day I First Started Playing Sudoku, And I Didn't Even Knew There Was A Method For Sudoku. I Just Learned It On My Own.
@8ggt
2 жыл бұрын
I got it in 20 minutes! :)
@cfwhitney
Жыл бұрын
Why can’t the 1 go to the left of the 6 in box five? :/
@gobsvensen
2 жыл бұрын
Was expecting you to pencil mark the 1s in box 2 to resolve the 1 in box 5
@estate86
11 ай бұрын
I found this notation by myself, am I sudoku genius? 😂
@mollyoxy
6 ай бұрын
i figured this out as a child 😂
@turujeeanimation445
9 ай бұрын
I use this trick without knowing but only 50% not the 2 part
@Alaska_mo
2 жыл бұрын
You should assume more than think
@TheBigPlayground
Жыл бұрын
That is not a tip, its a fact
@harrysurtees8710
2 жыл бұрын
I did it in 51 minutes :D
@Team__Bacon
Жыл бұрын
huh? 😭 OHHHH I GET IT NOW 🎉🎉🎉
@silentbob5551
6 ай бұрын
I often get asked, “What is the best no shit technique?”
@bluehong494
Ай бұрын
isn't this.. literally the rules? how is this a tip?
@shawndiesel007
7 ай бұрын
This is kind of a common sense tip that only works for relatively easy puzzles
@snakeyesz
2 жыл бұрын
11:13😕
@Kinghavs
7 ай бұрын
This feels like a loser way to do it.. i never write anything other than the correct number on a puzzle
@altcommand
2 жыл бұрын
You guys really should just start putting these on Tik Tok too. You are already making the videos, so why not?
@hakan341
Жыл бұрын
So what’s new about it. This is what I figured out when I first saw a sudoku.
@FilmscoreMetaler
2 жыл бұрын
Sorry, I'm not at all convinced yet. That's a specific scenario and most of the time a digit can be in three or more cells which means I could never mark them and thus lose track? Also let' say I mark three cells e.g. in a L-shape, with the next known number, I can either still delete two and end with one or delete one and end with two which is at least as good as this. I feel like if I don't mark numbers that can only go in 3 or 4 positions, I will oversee a lot of restrictions and more often than not lose time instead of saving it. I'm not an expert though so if all experts can juggle all the restrictions in their heads with ease then (and imo only then) this tip might be helpful - but not for normal level solvers. Please let me know if I'm wrong! Edit: Usually you'll also use center and color marks so I feel you won't come far using ONLY this "trick".
@bjorn9875
2 жыл бұрын
This is meant as a compliment to other stuff, such as center marks. As you say, with only this "trick" you will still not get very far, but by using it, it helps make a lot of other techniques more easily found. (X-wings, for example). It's also very useful when a digit is limited to a row or column, but the cells themselves might have very little limitation. As for why it's suggested to not mark when it applies to more then 2 cells is not critical, but in a classic sudoku when your forced to mark 3 cells, it can sometimes cause more confusion then it helps. The less markings you have, the more easily you can find "weak" cells, or combinations that matter. If you get to a point where you have marked everything that feels important, then you can start marking >2 possibilities/region, but until then, it's generally easier to see what is going on with fewer markings. (The same reason we generally don't fill in all options in the center of all squares, but only those that have a few options.) Edit: Also in non-classic sudoku I very often use this notation for >2 cells, although often limited to max 3 cells, but that's a different issue :) Edit2: I'd go so far as to say that this technique is meant to avoid having to juggle restrictions in your head, by writing out "likely relevant" restrictions, and only such. The idea is that you don't need to solve it in one pass, but by finding more and more restrictions, you can look at previous stuff and find new restrictions thanks to you easily being able to see markings.
@PierceArner
2 жыл бұрын
Snyder notation is specific for when a digit can _only_ be placed in exactly 2 positions. This is why there's a different notation for Snyder notation up in the corner, so that you can distinguish it from other types of pencil marking and coloration. The reason it's such an important tip is that the _binary positioning_ is specifically important to getting you placable digits, while other types of pencil marking or coloration fill other purposes. While 3 or 4 _MIGHT_ be helpful in an L shape, it's not until you get good at using it for this purpose that you'll know when that might be useful or when that's giving you too much to look at. You get a really good sense of the differences in how those multiple types of notation are used in how Simon differentiates them in the videos, and you can even see how he & Mark use standard pencil marking very differently from one another.
@FilmscoreMetaler
2 жыл бұрын
@@bjorn9875 and @Pierce Arner Thanks for clarifying things up to me, I'm still learning and got both your points. I'll try adapting this idea for the next sudokus I'll solve and see if it is of any clear advantage to me. :)
@Jodawo
2 жыл бұрын
This is not the only trick. You have to remember they only have a minute to show you something. This is an example and it will not show you all different scenarios. This is a method you just start with when you are searching for naked singles. By using this method you might also find pairs. These pairs can then be used to possibly find even more cells to notate. This is definitely a very powerful tool to help you solve and keep track of what's going on. There is nothing wrong with notating three different cells. Usually you start with looking for those that only have two possibilities to keep it simple. Sometimes it's not good to clutter up the grid with pencil marks. When you go down the list of numbers you hope you will get many of them. This technique is only one example of different ways to notate cells. There are also center mark and coloring which have become huge in solving. It's not going to solve the puzzle for you but it will help you keep things straight and give you important information. Again, please remember they only get one minute and it's impossible to give you all the techniques in one sitting. It's very possible you will be given other techniques in future shorts or if you go and watch the channel you will see these techniques in action. The channel shows live solves with a lot of variances in the rulesets. They also do the classics Sudoku which you will see a lot of different ways they notate cells.
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