New Sudoku genius or fraud?! 2

July 22* NB! Please add the ability to edit posts!

It absolutely exists. "Edit" link under the profile picture of your post.

There is no link there, the number of posts is only one. If you don't believe me (?), I can add a screenshot!

Okay, it seems that only mods/admins can do this. Marten will probably add this option to everyone, this feature should still be available in one forum.

There may be two answer options and two suitcases! Or if you try really hard, there may even be three solutions. This can happen with some sudoku puzzles. The people who put together the sudoku puzzles may not know all the possible solution options. Rolf solves 9 to one, or he realized that zero is not used in sudoku. So the next number after 9 is 1, and that's why he seems to be marking the number from top to bottom or from left to right. The rules don't say in what order, or in what direction, or with what result the solution must be. The main thing is that the solution fits. A solution that has been done in a different way is certainly interesting. Therefore, it should be mentioned that Rolf's solution, which has given so much to talk about, has fulfilled its purpose and is in first place on the comment portal anyway, or the suitcase took advantage of him or, conversely, Rolf found the solution in the suitcase. So the first place is not a fraud. Looking from below, both of them seem to have unattainable dexterity with solutions, and critics make sure that neither of them is overlooked. However, it could be that one of the solvers drank juice in the meantime, so to speak. There is also a story in Sudoku solutions that the game crashes and you write down the solution, but when a decision is made to approve the solution, it suddenly restarts and it turns out that half of the solution is not completed. There can be no talk of justice in such circumstances, and it seems unfair that Tsaplin's journey to the solution is not commented on here. :)

There may also be a deadlock in the implementation of the solution in the case of results with different times, and it is completely clear that in such a situation a possible solution path must be found to implement the solution. However, since time is running out during the passage in the deadlock, the solvers cannot be blamed for looking for a solution path. At the same time, it is possible that when solving along a certain path, the numbers more easily predict the next answers. Therefore, there is a lot of randomness in the result, in addition to the traditional solution formulas that have been memorized and the preferences of whether to fill in the more difficult number squares or the easier ones first. Of course, solvers with formulas do not like solvers who have not memorized the formulas and try to solve more in a way that suits them, i.e. without formulas, for entertainment and also to achieve better results, which perhaps would not be possible if solving with formulas in this way.

Some Sudoku puzzles are really so difficult that it is no wonder that the whole family is at the computer and the computer is equipped with double keyboards and mice. There are even suspicions that spies and other programs compare Sudoku puzzles. In the end, the individual competitors have no choice but to fight for one solution as a whole team.

Yes, I think so too, and I have already mentioned its necessity for a year in this forum... Mask, no... But speaking of the Chaplin times you mentioned, they haven't come through a swindle or other falsehood, so there's no reason to question them. I wouldn't rule out doping, but in that case he would have to be constantly under its influence :D

You can't do it without cheating. Where do these six-second Sudoku puzzles come from if not by waving them out of nowhere...

PS: I'll keep a spot open for spectators to watch me solve sudoku puzzles. Maybe cheaters will learn something from this and some will get motivated. Thanks, Ragnar Kruberg