I think this is the first sudoku from a video I've solved, and it felt completely natural. Been watching CTC for over about 3 years now, and it's amazing how you guys helped me develop an instinct for this kind of logic. Thanks for everything you guys do and for the daily dose of a cheerful and wholesome, besides always very interesting, video!
Similar for me. I am just a little further down the path. Usually I take 2-4 times the video length to solve if I don't get impatient. This is my first solve under video length... Next goal - beat the solve time including explanations... Now to watch the video
I'd highly recommend the GAS puzzles if you're interested in continuing the solving journey, they're a great entry point into solving the more complicated puzzles that get featured.
Solved it too. I remember getting into cracking the cryptic because of an Aad Van de Wetering solve that went viral. And...typically when I've tried to solve Aad Van de Wetering puzzles in the past I've been able to crack them. I'd suggest going back through the archive looking for other puzzles by the same setter. Even if you couldn't solve them before, you can probably solve them now.
Rules: 04:44 Let's Get Cracking: 05:37 Simon's time: 19m45s Puzzle Solved: 25:22 What about this video's Top Tier Simarkisms?! Cooking with Gas: 2x (16:45) Maverick: 2x (09:15, 09:22) Bobbins: 1x (13:26) And how about this video's Simarkisms?! Ah: 7x (11:54, 12:39, 12:46, 16:04, 17:54, 17:54, 18:38) The Answer is: 4x (05:54, 06:18, 12:54, 16:29) Lovely: 3x (03:57, 19:12, 19:12) Brilliant: 3x (02:28, 02:34, 03:47) Incredible: 3x (01:08, 03:45, 03:45) By Sudoku: 3x (19:54, 20:39, 22:16) Extraordinary: 2x (01:49, 01:51) Elegant: 2x (14:09, 25:32) Hang On: 2x (09:25, 18:36) In Fact: 2x (09:47, 16:04) Obviously: 2x (03:51, 09:18) Sorry: 1x (09:59) Apologies: 1x (22:26) Beautiful: 1x (25:23) Magnificent: 1x (07:45) Doesn't get a Song: 1x (06:33) Progress: 1x (22:37) Pencil Mark/mark: 1x (20:51) Cake!: 1x (03:51) Most popular number(>9) and digit this video: Ten (4 mentions) Seven (60 mentions) Antithesis Battles: High (2) - Low (2) Higher (6) - Lower (2) Row (9) - Column (1) 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!
This channel's community is crazy dude A friend of mine is like, the smartest person I know and when we try these we always take 1 hour or so But even the casuals from this channel solve these in 20-40 minutes damn
I love how these videos help improve my Sudoku skills (which I use for my breaks at work) & provide entertainment at the same time. On top of that Aad usually provides fun, but approachable puzzles.
Simon's "aaahh" when he realises he can get a digit hits me deep Loved this puzzle, especially since it's simple enough for us mortals to have a chance :D
instantly backed! can't wait for this one, loved the first and love the channel! you've done more than you know for my mental health, my motivation levels (I find it hard to do most things but I always want to do sudokus), and the level of peace I feel within myself and in life. thank you ❤️
00:24:49 I always love thermo sudokus. This one took me a while until I finally noticed how limited that top right box was. The first few numbers were easy and then it's chipping away at the possibilities in the different spots and finally realizing, "Wait, I have a 4-5-6 triple in the top right which only leaves 1 spot for 3 which forces my central box"
At 18:05 where Simon says "and that might matter because" and proceeds to hover over the 7 that cracks this whole puzzle open for a good 20 seconds had me on the edge of my seat 😆
@@edwardjarvis3442 Since we know there has to be a 6 in one of the bulbs at r2c2 or r3c3, we know there has to be a 7 in r1c3 or r2c4 otherwise the 6 thermo has no viable completion. Those squares both rule out r1c4/5/6. Hope that helps, keep cracking :)
22:41 I could have easily been a couple minutes faster but they made me do sudoku in the sudoku puzzle, outrageous! I honestly think you could shave about 3-5 minutes off any time of mine just from terrible sudoku scanning, the logic stuff I usually always fly through. A wonderful puzzle that makes good use of how thermos interact and I definitely benefited from my thermo pencilmarking I always do! Loved this one, very approachable.
18:12, glad I had the idea to look at the bulbs of the thermos right away, felt a little lost in the middle, shocked at how good my time was in the end.
A great puzzle! Took some time out of my day to solve a puzzle and decided on this one. Took me around 31/32 minutes, a great time from start to finish. Thank you for always sharing such wonderful puzzles, and your wonderful rapport with everyone in the audience here. And of course… your wonderful solves! (Plus Aad’s fantastic setting)
I love this puzzle. It's not extremely hard, but it takes some thinking to get through the first stages, without any super complicated tricks, so it's perfect for me.
What a lovely puzzle, which is no surprise coming from Ard. Thoroughly enjoyable to solve and not over difficult, sort of puzzle that will lure in the unsuspecting to the world of solving
Simon around 18:15 was stuck "What should we do now, I don't know where to look." Simon also at 18:15 his curser over the 7 which was what where he needed to look lol. Love the irony. Simon: I think we are getting there. Simon literally 4 seconds later puts the final digit into the puzzle.
Good setting and solving, pretty little puzzle!!! Wonderful musical outro as well!!!! Favorite quotes from this episode: - “There’s some wonderful names today.” I just thought this was a wonderful and wholesome thing to say :) - “Well, I could think of no better date than that!”
Definitely had to wrestle with those thermos a bit, but got it done is 32:06 without having to lean on the video for help, which is a rarity (except for the GAS series). I know others like a higher level of difficulty, but this was a good level for me.
21.07! Aad's puzzles are little brain snacks where you spend five minutes staring at the grid trying to comprehend what the ruleset means, and then it completely unwinds from nothing. I love that so much.
I have to say, I'm feeling pretty good about your chances on the guess-the-setter stream. I looked at the grid for today's puzzle and literally said to myself out loud, "This feels like an Aad puzzle..." Even though Aad's puzzles aren't always to my taste (he often has too much Sudoku in his Sudoku puzzles for my liking :p), his ingenious aesthetic is apparently unmistakable.
5:45 "how long would it take Mark to Goodliffe those thermos?" I know you guys do that in fun, but seriously, a) it would take him no more than 15 seconds, and b) he wouldn't do the 2-length ones, and probably not the 3-length ones. 15:45 Time to start goodliffing. Mark is watching with a big grin on his face "come on Simon, you know you have to. it's inevitable"
43:10 for me. That was a rather neat and enjoyable solve. A bit tricky in a couple of places, but more down to my sluggish scanning than anything else.
Great puzzle, not to hard but it took me a while to see where to start. That's the beauty of these puzzles, especially from Aad, they always manage to make it a new one inside the boundaries of a sudoku
This puzzle is fantastic, the ideas it allows you to discover about thermo sudoku are fantastic but not unapproachable. Just under 17 minutes not too long either.
41 minutes, or thereabouts. I spent 20 minutes and then realized I'd made an erroneous deduction very early on (it turned out to be that I thought r2c2 had a limitation it didn't have) and restarted, and solved it in 21:57. That was definitely a fun one, and like most of Aad's puzzles, the logic was delightful! It was also nice to have an Aad puzzle that was a bit of a challenge but readily doable for me, whereas many of his are at the "a bit of a challenge" level for Simon and Mark and beyond my skills. :)
9:53 the reason it set her off the first time but not the second is because the first time you said "Ah, let's ask" which I hope makes it a bit more understandable why she got confused.
Need to hit that million dollar mark because DDR x Sudoku is a match made in four squares. I for one welcome Mark Goodliffe as our ambassador to bridge the Sudoku and Rhythm game communities and elevate them to even greater heights.
I like these types of sudoku, when video time is below 30 minutes for Simon. Many times the longer ones too demanding. Longer ones for sport, shorter ones for relaxing.
That was great fun, managed it in just under 16mins. I saw the name and the shape and wanted to give it a go but didn't believe I'd be able to get it. But it did indeed unwrap wonderfully.
15:17 I broke the cardinal rule and used heavy penciling for this one. I think it worked for the logic but it did slow me down having to update the markings as I went along
unrelated to the puzzle, but I've been enjoying Simon's gradual transformation into an anime icon in the thumbnails and I am very much looking forward to the editor inserting a "is this a _____ ?" meme into them any day now
20:11 for me. Had to do a double-take when Simon finished and the timer read 29:12 - no way I beat his time - but of course, he didn't reset the puzzle. He started at 05:42 and finished at 25:22, so he got it in 19:40. Still, I think that's the relative best I've done so far (and DEFINITELY the best I've done on an Aad van de Wetering puzzle!)
35 mins. This one is about my level. Though I did pencil mark the thermos, I think it actually would have saved Simon some time in this one as well if he'd done the same. Though if saving time was the goal, Simon doing some Sudoku would save him more time lol
I think this is the first sudoku from a video I've solved, and it felt completely natural. Been watching CTC for over about 3 years now, and it's amazing how you guys helped me develop an instinct for this kind of logic. Thanks for everything you guys do and for the daily dose of a cheerful and wholesome, besides always very interesting, video!
2nd solution for me, 48 minutes, well pleased with the time. I was a novice a couple of years ago.
Similar for me. I am just a little further down the path. Usually I take 2-4 times the video length to solve if I don't get impatient. This is my first solve under video length... Next goal - beat the solve time including explanations... Now to watch the video
I'd highly recommend the GAS puzzles if you're interested in continuing the solving journey, they're a great entry point into solving the more complicated puzzles that get featured.
Your comment gave me the confidence to give it a go, and now this is my first Cracking the Cryptic solve as well!
Solved it too.
I remember getting into cracking the cryptic because of an Aad Van de Wetering solve that went viral. And...typically when I've tried to solve Aad Van de Wetering puzzles in the past I've been able to crack them. I'd suggest going back through the archive looking for other puzzles by the same setter. Even if you couldn't solve them before, you can probably solve them now.
Rules: 04:44
Let's Get Cracking: 05:37
Simon's time: 19m45s
Puzzle Solved: 25:22
What about this video's Top Tier Simarkisms?!
Cooking with Gas: 2x (16:45)
Maverick: 2x (09:15, 09:22)
Bobbins: 1x (13:26)
And how about this video's Simarkisms?!
Ah: 7x (11:54, 12:39, 12:46, 16:04, 17:54, 17:54, 18:38)
The Answer is: 4x (05:54, 06:18, 12:54, 16:29)
Lovely: 3x (03:57, 19:12, 19:12)
Brilliant: 3x (02:28, 02:34, 03:47)
Incredible: 3x (01:08, 03:45, 03:45)
By Sudoku: 3x (19:54, 20:39, 22:16)
Extraordinary: 2x (01:49, 01:51)
Elegant: 2x (14:09, 25:32)
Hang On: 2x (09:25, 18:36)
In Fact: 2x (09:47, 16:04)
Obviously: 2x (03:51, 09:18)
Sorry: 1x (09:59)
Apologies: 1x (22:26)
Beautiful: 1x (25:23)
Magnificent: 1x (07:45)
Doesn't get a Song: 1x (06:33)
Progress: 1x (22:37)
Pencil Mark/mark: 1x (20:51)
Cake!: 1x (03:51)
Most popular number(>9) and digit this video:
Ten (4 mentions)
Seven (60 mentions)
Antithesis Battles:
High (2) - Low (2)
Higher (6) - Lower (2)
Row (9) - Column (1)
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!
16:02 Nice puzzle. Always nice to have a faster time than Simon. You know the once or twice a year that it happens.
there are few pleasures in life as enticing as an approachable aad puzzle
What a fun puzzle! There wasn't anything too diabolical, but it was hard enough to keep me thinking the whole 20 minutes I took.
This channel's community is crazy dude
A friend of mine is like, the smartest person I know and when we try these we always take 1 hour or so
But even the casuals from this channel solve these in 20-40 minutes damn
@@isaacpianos5208 It's all about instincts developed by watching Simon solving these kind of puzzles
@@insomniak5 it has to be that lol
I love how these videos help improve my Sudoku skills (which I use for my breaks at work) & provide entertainment at the same time.
On top of that Aad usually provides fun, but approachable puzzles.
I know it wasn't aimed at me alone, but knowing you said the names were wonderful after saying my name filled me with joy for the entire week.
Simon's "aaahh" when he realises he can get a digit hits me deep
Loved this puzzle, especially since it's simple enough for us mortals to have a chance :D
instantly backed! can't wait for this one, loved the first and love the channel! you've done more than you know for my mental health, my motivation levels (I find it hard to do most things but I always want to do sudokus), and the level of peace I feel within myself and in life. thank you ❤️
The box 3 logic in this puzzle is so gorgeous
Finally managed to watch and solve this one just in time for today's offering. A very solvable one for a change from Aard, Thank you.
You know, after doing the puzzles on the CTC apps, I'm surprised when puzzles even give us digits at all
50 minutes after launch and 60% backed. Thanks to you (and dedicated nerds like me, I might add 🙂). Looking forward to getting the book soon!
Day after and it is at 200% …
00:24:49 I always love thermo sudokus. This one took me a while until I finally noticed how limited that top right box was. The first few numbers were easy and then it's chipping away at the possibilities in the different spots and finally realizing, "Wait, I have a 4-5-6 triple in the top right which only leaves 1 spot for 3 which forces my central box"
At 18:05 where Simon says "and that might matter because" and proceeds to hover over the 7 that cracks this whole puzzle open for a good 20 seconds had me on the edge of my seat 😆
at 18:56 i dont understand why the top row cant be 7s in box 2?
@@edwardjarvis3442 Since we know there has to be a 6 in one of the bulbs at r2c2 or r3c3, we know there has to be a 7 in r1c3 or r2c4 otherwise the 6 thermo has no viable completion. Those squares both rule out r1c4/5/6. Hope that helps, keep cracking :)
I love when he says “ah, just use sudoku”
Consistently smooth solve. Loved it. Thank you.
First time I actually spotted a y-wing to finish off the puzzle. Very pleased!
12:13 finish. A very nice little puzzle, excellent!
I just backed Volume 2 on Kickstarter!
22:41 I could have easily been a couple minutes faster but they made me do sudoku in the sudoku puzzle, outrageous! I honestly think you could shave about 3-5 minutes off any time of mine just from terrible sudoku scanning, the logic stuff I usually always fly through. A wonderful puzzle that makes good use of how thermos interact and I definitely benefited from my thermo pencilmarking I always do! Loved this one, very approachable.
Easier than I thought. Well done.
7:01 for me. Very nice puzzle, I always appreciate an approachable one from time to time!
18:53 for me, thermo is one of my favs!
I love the way the logic unfolds in this ... great to watch!
A very approachable puzzle. I do love it when a Sudoku appears that I know I will have a chance of completing.
19:59 Very nice and approachable puzzle. A good next step for those who want to look beyond GAS, I think.
Videos posted at 8:30pm like clockwork, I love it
18:12, glad I had the idea to look at the bulbs of the thermos right away, felt a little lost in the middle, shocked at how good my time was in the end.
35:25 ... I was bewildered to begin with ... then it all started to unfold. Lovely design.
56:20 first time trying to solve a non-classical sudoku after watching CTC for a while. very good and beginner friendly puzzle!
Excellent! Well done.
A great puzzle! Took some time out of my day to solve a puzzle and decided on this one. Took me around 31/32 minutes, a great time from start to finish. Thank you for always sharing such wonderful puzzles, and your wonderful rapport with everyone in the audience here. And of course… your wonderful solves! (Plus Aad’s fantastic setting)
I love this puzzle. It's not extremely hard, but it takes some thinking to get through the first stages, without any super complicated tricks, so it's perfect for me.
What a lovely puzzle, which is no surprise coming from Ard.
Thoroughly enjoyable to solve and not over difficult, sort of puzzle that will lure in the unsuspecting to the world of solving
This was a refreshingly straight forward Sudoku for CTC, no overly complicated rules. I beat it in 25 minutes.
Simon around 18:15 was stuck "What should we do now, I don't know where to look."
Simon also at 18:15 his curser over the 7 which was what where he needed to look lol. Love the irony.
Simon: I think we are getting there.
Simon literally 4 seconds later puts the final digit into the puzzle.
Thanks, Simon! And Aad! This was challenging yet approachable. I was able to tackle it without trouble breaking in!
Good setting and solving, pretty little puzzle!!! Wonderful musical outro as well!!!! Favorite quotes from this episode:
- “There’s some wonderful names today.” I just thought this was a wonderful and wholesome thing to say :)
- “Well, I could think of no better date than that!”
Definitely had to wrestle with those thermos a bit, but got it done is 32:06 without having to lean on the video for help, which is a rarity (except for the GAS series). I know others like a higher level of difficulty, but this was a good level for me.
21.07! Aad's puzzles are little brain snacks where you spend five minutes staring at the grid trying to comprehend what the ruleset means, and then it completely unwinds from nothing. I love that so much.
I really wanna see Mark playing Dance Dance Revolution! That definitely would be the greatest thing on UA-cam!
Side Note: I love the anime-style drawing of Simon in the thumbnail for this video. Can we have more of these?
12:57 for me. This was a joyful and approachable puzzle indeed!
I have to say, I'm feeling pretty good about your chances on the guess-the-setter stream. I looked at the grid for today's puzzle and literally said to myself out loud, "This feels like an Aad puzzle..." Even though Aad's puzzles aren't always to my taste (he often has too much Sudoku in his Sudoku puzzles for my liking :p), his ingenious aesthetic is apparently unmistakable.
5:45 "how long would it take Mark to Goodliffe those thermos?"
I know you guys do that in fun, but seriously,
a) it would take him no more than 15 seconds, and
b) he wouldn't do the 2-length ones, and probably not the 3-length ones.
15:45 Time to start goodliffing. Mark is watching with a big grin on his face "come on Simon, you know you have to. it's inevitable"
21:44. Thermos are my favorite
43:10 for me. That was a rather neat and enjoyable solve. A bit tricky in a couple of places, but more down to my sluggish scanning than anything else.
I went to not knowing how to solve any sudoku to screaming at my screen pointing out “obvious” things. Thank you Simon for your great lessons
Pledged for the first book. Pledged for the second. Looking forward to many more to come!
Thanks, Aard! This was the first CTC puzzle (except GAS puzzles) I solved without help in maybe a month or two. I loved the logic path.
i love the friendly and lovingly banter you two have :D
19:55 I love this type of puzzle
13:03 for me--two of my favorite variants beautifully combined! And congrats on getting the kickstarter funded so fast! Let's hit some stretch goals!
26:46 What a great thermo crossed with diagonals puzzle! Nothing too tricky and it has a great flow all the way through :)
Extremely enjoyable puzzle, and not too hard at all. Loved it!
Great puzzle, not to hard but it took me a while to see where to start.
That's the beauty of these puzzles, especially from Aad, they always manage to make it a new one inside the boundaries of a sudoku
Proud of completing this in 00:22:45. Had to undo a bunch due to a typo. Fun solve. 😊
😂 21:31 “why do I never see the black digits? Because I hardly ever get given them.” 😂
18:39 for me. This was fun and more approachable than I was expecting
This puzzle is fantastic, the ideas it allows you to discover about thermo sudoku are fantastic but not unapproachable. Just under 17 minutes not too long either.
9:01
Rushed through the puzzle so I could go back the Kickstarter sooner :P
Simon keeps looking more and more like Miles Edgeworth in these thumbnails. I like it.
41 minutes, or thereabouts. I spent 20 minutes and then realized I'd made an erroneous deduction very early on (it turned out to be that I thought r2c2 had a limitation it didn't have) and restarted, and solved it in 21:57. That was definitely a fun one, and like most of Aad's puzzles, the logic was delightful! It was also nice to have an Aad puzzle that was a bit of a challenge but readily doable for me, whereas many of his are at the "a bit of a challenge" level for Simon and Mark and beyond my skills. :)
36:30 I'll take it. So happy I could figure this out before viewing the video.
9:53
the reason it set her off the first time but not the second is because the first time you said "Ah, let's ask" which I hope makes it a bit more understandable why she got confused.
19:03 a fun one. I always enjoy thermos
"What should we do now?" as his mouse hovers over the 7
solved in 9:06 - cool logic!
18:15 "I dont know" while hovering the 7 😅 And when the 6/7 is placed you got the whole termos as the one with 6 cant start with a 4 :)
33:52 for me, although I did have Liverpool playing in the background, so I kept having to stop to watch all the goals go flooding in.
Need to hit that million dollar mark because DDR x Sudoku is a match made in four squares. I for one welcome Mark Goodliffe as our ambassador to bridge the Sudoku and Rhythm game communities and elevate them to even greater heights.
I like these types of sudoku, when video time is below 30 minutes for Simon. Many times the longer ones too demanding. Longer ones for sport, shorter ones for relaxing.
That was great fun, managed it in just under 16mins. I saw the name and the shape and wanted to give it a go but didn't believe I'd be able to get it. But it did indeed unwrap wonderfully.
18:42 once you have the 6 in r1 c7 you can fill in both of the “34” thermos
Beautiful puzzle. 22.45 solve for me - approachable and satisfying!
"I think we're getting there" says Simon, with four empty cells left 😆
20:07 for me, including restarting from scratch after I broke it. That was fun!
Glad you enjoyed the email! Thank you so much for the shoutout, it really meant a lot :)
17:43 ... my solve wasn't very elegant, but I'm content with how I did.
Nice puzzle!
I highlighted all the possible options for all those thermometers and still finished in 12:26 :-P
Wow, fully backed in less than 2 hours!!!
Wow! I did this. In 38:44 which seems unbelievable to me. That really was a fun and most approachable puzzle.
My second successful solve. And with a lot fewer mistakes than my first, too! Gonna try for #3 soon.
Loved this one. Natural flow, but suprising assymetries develop. 22 min for me, but seemed a lot longer because I got so sunk in it.
15:17
I broke the cardinal rule and used heavy penciling for this one. I think it worked for the logic but it did slow me down having to update the markings as I went along
unrelated to the puzzle, but I've been enjoying Simon's gradual transformation into an anime icon in the thumbnails and I am very much looking forward to the editor inserting a "is this a _____ ?" meme into them any day now
16:13 for me. Quite approachable!
16:48 for me. Nice to be able to easily finish one :)
Cant hardly wait for Vol 2!
40:45 my time. Thanks to this channel my sudoku skills grows;d
backed and getting a copy of both books 😊
A great puzzle to wind down before bed with - 14:52 for me :)
47:58 which isn't too bad, considering it's Aad. really nice flow.
Got it in 10:55. Was surprised how well I did, as I felt I got stuck in a few places, but really nice puzzle!
I've backed the Kickstarter!
18:46 I couldn’t help but picture Simon as a Tolkien-esque dwarf hollering “DOES THAT LET ME USE MA SEVENS?!”
20:11 for me. Had to do a double-take when Simon finished and the timer read 29:12 - no way I beat his time - but of course, he didn't reset the puzzle. He started at 05:42 and finished at 25:22, so he got it in 19:40.
Still, I think that's the relative best I've done so far (and DEFINITELY the best I've done on an Aad van de Wetering puzzle!)
63:23 i love it
35 mins. This one is about my level. Though I did pencil mark the thermos, I think it actually would have saved Simon some time in this one as well if he'd done the same. Though if saving time was the goal, Simon doing some Sudoku would save him more time lol
great puzzle great solve as always!👍
This was very enjoyable to solve