Sailing To The Sudoku Olympic Gold
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
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Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. Each cage forms a 1-width long line. The sum of all centre cells along such a line is double the sum of the two cells at the ends of a line. Eg 1 2345 6 is a legal cage since 2*(1+6) = 2+3+4+5. Digits cannot repeat within a cage.
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Simon, if you dont want to quote The Raven, you can always quote Airplane:
"Surely this cant be a 4?"
"No, it probably can. And dont call me Shirley"
Something for Maverick to shout out as he flies by
It never ceases to endear me how Simon will spot incredibly complex stuff distributed over the entire grid, but also put a 34 pair right next to a fat ol' 4 and not notice it.
He does it on purpose to make us feel smart when we get to point it out in the comments. Thoughtful man.
Earned a chuckle - considering it was right after saying "and then it should be ordinary sudoku; and you know how good I am at that" 😅
I came to the comments to say something kind about how THERE'S A 4 THERE but I found it already well expressed by your good self
Why use that boring soduko thinking when you can use fancy box thinking?
At least he's not idle afterwards! He doesn't spot it because he's busy spotting other things!
I caught the %2 %3 tricks right away but didn't see the roping so after kind of staring at it for 40 minutes I skimmed the early parts of the video for hints. After using Simon's coloring I finished up on my own in another hour or so. Really enjoyed it!
Note that in the knowledge bomb picture, there’s a three in the corner!
What I absolutely love is the fact that there is roping in the middle of the sailboat, exactly where you would have ropes you would use to hoist the sail! Awesome puzzle and solve. Still praying for your voice, Simon.
and to the left as well :-) just not colored in
i am one of those who can sleep while hearing these videos, no nightmares only relaxing math in my mind
The dual color update to their system is letting Simon get to highlighting levels that shouldn't be possible
I like when you use colors in the cells- it makes the logic much easier to understand!
You can tell he's British because when he says "Surely this can't be..." he wants to quote The Raven and not Airplane.
Lol, I was starting to go to sleep then I heard you talk about others doing the same. I love watching your solves but listening to you talk is also a great way to turn my mind off. Thanks for all the videos and getting me into different types of sudoku, simon!
Rules: 04:07
Let's get cracking: 05:25
And how about this video's Simarkisms?!
Lovely: 6x (25:52, 39:18, 41:12, 42:16, 42:16, 43:13)
Beautiful: 5x (25:16, 28:11, 28:13, 42:11, 42:13)
Sorry: 4x (20:49, 21:29, 23:47, 23:47)
Knowledge Bomb: 3x (02:10, 02:18, 06:43)
Secret: 3x (06:34, 06:36, 22:22)
By sudoku: 3x (26:21, 35:41, 40:13)
Clever: 2x (35:05, 43:13)
Bobbins: 1x (13:20)
Useless: 1x (34:10)
Goodness: 1x (21:35)
Bother: 1x (33:57)
The Answer is: 1x (28:00)
Goodliffing: 1x (18:13)
Nonsense: 1x (06:08)
Come on Simon: 1x (24:08)
Hang On: 1x (31:04)
FAQ:
Q1: What is a Simarkism?
A1: A Simarkism is something that Simon and Mark typically or frequently say.
Q2: How do you do this so fast?
A2: I'm not made of flesh and blood, but of sand ...
Q3: Why don't you include 'XX' and 'YY'?
A3: Probably it's already on the list ('Scooby-Doo' for example), but not mentioned in this video. But if you think it's not, tell me what you'd like me to include and there's a good chance I'll add it!
Q4: You missed 'XX' at 'YY:ZZ'!
A4: 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!
Q5: Could you turn these statistics into videos?
A5: I've been playing around with the idea and I'm open to input as to what people would like to see. Let me know if you are interested in this and/or have suggestions.
Any votes for "close to being interesting"?
need to add "Surely" to the list
I watch this every night before sleep pretty much.
7:00 It wouldn't be 34 and another 34. It would be 34 and another 17. But that's still 51.
My voice did this for almost 9 days, I thought it was because I talked so much to my mom when she visited, but since you've had it for days, I'm starting to think it was something. Thanks for still making the video and hope your voice gets better. Congrats to the gold medalist, beautiful young lady and looks so happy :) You have way to much fun with, "it's a secret" :)
hey have you heard of this new virus in china ?
@@didi0625 haven't heard anything, I stay away from the news. That's one good thing about here. No other stuff, just fun and excitement
@@didi0625 details?
@@julieannmyers8714 I trust he was joking.
@@amoswittenbergsmusings certainly hope so!
12:32 The yellow flash logic is not needed to prove those cells add to 45 - that region is made up of one set of each color, which is the makeup of any one box in the roped region, ipso facto must have the same sum as any Sudoku box that is 45...
Or maybe even easier, that region is box 5 minus orange plus orange.
That's what I thought too. I'm glad someone else thinks so because I wasn't sure
@@romainbricout1713 "explanation X is simpler than explanation Y" is indeed a ymmv thing a lot of the time, and in this case I will allow that using that logic there was helpful to set up the slightly less obvious version of the same logic below later...
I am from Hong Kong too I start watching your video since last year.
I imagine Simon’s wife if she need his attention…. Coming up to him whispering in his ear: “tell me about the secret” instantly his eyes lighting up whispering back to her “45”
Wow! Great day. Fantastic solve.
Simon, are you taking cold meds? lol
Sudoku, your favorite, was on point today.
Analytical skills superb, as always.
Enjoyable puzzle & satisfying to watch it unwind. Thanks!
I watch the videos after dinner for the puzzle itself, but sometimes I'll also put on a rerun to fall asleep to.
21:26 I was wondering how long it would take Simon to recognize the mod 3 requirement in the cages - that's normally something he picks up on right away when dealing with 3- or 6-cell renban lines.
My head has never been as blank as it was trying to put any digit at all into this puzzle...
Actually that picture is from Rio 2016 where she took bronze :)
Resolving 3-4 pairs via the medium of drastic over complication
Thank you simon!!!
You quote The Raven, I think "Don't call me Shirley."
This puzzle killed me. I spent over 6 hours on it over several days. I saw all the mod logic except the mod logic on the extra 2 cells and the mirroring logic. Once I had those two pieces of information it solved rather quickly. How you see these things I'll never know! lol
69 minutes but the last 75 cells or so took about a minute at the end. Starting this one was brutally difficult to me.
Is Tom1i a pirate?
Isn’t the colored cells image in the beginning just a vertically flipped image of the olympian at 1:43
34:16 for me, very fun to solve.
I can often solve a puzzle in 2-4 times the time the video takes. I'm so glad I didn't try this one out, because I don't think I would have gotten a single digit. I don't think I would have found the roping, let alone the relationships between numbers in boxes/cages, nor the mod3 thing. Great puzzle, though!
~45 minutes. Multiples of 3 was a big help in solving this for me.
Your haircut looks nice, Simon
Pass.
I love the story but the puzzle rules intimidate the wossnames out of me. I think I'll just watch.
Even after watching, I'm pretty certain I could have stared at this for weeks without finding a single digit. Cool puzzle, impressive solve, but not for me to try for myself
16:36 that's not very nice
(makes me think of mallrats)
oh look it's a schooner!!!
no it's a sailboat you idiot!!!
A schooner is a sailboat!!!
WHY CAN'T I SEE THE SAILBOAT!!??!!?!?!?
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Simon you are actually the best at spotting images in grids. "A strange fish with a big fin and a particularly grumpy looking face." 🤣 Your kids must love looking for shapes in clouds with you.
I've only recently found this page and I'm addicted I've learned so much from you! Keep up the amazing content I love how you detail ur explanations makes it so easy for me to understand!!
Welcome!
Welcome and enjoy the ride. There are a lot of puzzle solves that will amaze and entertain you!
I suggest going back in the early days of the channel and watching the different chess Sudoku puzzles. Was there really approachable ones that I found I was able to do when some of the other things like killer or thermometers get kind of difficult until you can understand them easily
When I hear "surely", I think of:
"Surely you can't be serious!"
"I am serious. And don't call me Shirley."
*PHEW* ... I *earned* this one!
Took me almost 90 minutes (85:07): 60 minutes to *finally* see the key break-in, and another 30 to clean everything up from there. I'll take it, though.
Tough puzzle (for me)!
Thanks so much for the content. I love it. If any viewers are conscious of their mental health and ambitious about raising awareness I launched a social media platform all about inclusivity and awareness I would love to help if anyone wants
If your Neapolitan ice-cream is blue, orange and green perhaps throw it out!
Your voice is slowly getting back in shape Simon!! What never changed is the quality of the videos, so be proud of yourself. Whenever I get anything I can’t do anything productive hahaha
I struggle with anxiety and love watching these during my lunch breaks and before bed. They do help me relax and I appreciate it so much!! Thank you Simon.
I'm glad you found something that helps you! I however read that you snuggle with anxiety, which made me giggle:p
@@imke17 I snuggle with it too. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer, right?
Puts 34 pair literally next to a big 4. Solves puzzle another way with ever noticing. Aaaaahhhh! If it was a custard pie, it would hit you in the face.
Completed in 26m50s.
What a lovely puzzle this is! The mod 2/3 logic was really telegraphed loud and clear by the rule set itself and hugely powerful. Together with the "outies" logic the solve path became very much apparent. I had a few phone calls and my 43:11 clock time is worse than my actual solve by at least 4 minutes.
Simon had me belly-laugh a few times. The man is a saint with his self-deprecating humour. This bloke runs circles around most of humankind and a fair number of his nerdish audience on the channel. He must know this, yet remains devoid of any form of hauteur. I wish I had even 1% of his built-in character. Simon, don't read this. It's not good for your soul ;-)
Fun fact: I did not use the -striping- roping at all. My chromatocompulsive brain module is underdeveloped compared to the master's.
Actually, Simon, DO read Amos's comment. Print it up and put it next to your screen. It is good for your self-deprecating soul!
LOOKING FRESH SIMON, NICE HAIRCUT!
SORRY CAPS
sorru caps
Sorry*
It's funny that you coloured those cells red, green and blue to denote that they contain the same digits from the very beginning, and then it took you some time and some mod(3) logic to deduce that the middle blue is 6,2,1 and the top and mid green are 9, 7 and 4
I hate that I can follow along with you and find logical paths well in advance of you, but when I'm in front of a puzzle I sputter and stand still. :(
Thankyou for all the effort you go to with this channel. Your videos help me focus my thoughts as I wind down at night, allowing me to sleep better
Really enjoyed this, thanks, but it took me about an hour as my brain was buffeted by the winds of intellectual decay.
Your videos are nothing if not soothing. I too watch them as a sort of meditation before going to bed every night.
Simon should use one of those eye trackers. I am curious to know how fast he looks at the grid before he explains to us the logic.
34:22 for me. Awesome puzzle!!
You're the Bob Ross of puzzles; sharing your passion in a way both informative and relaxing.
Simon: Those digits must be 6's, 7's, and 9's.
Me: (mentally cues up the Rolling Stones' "Tumbling Dice")
Nice knowledge bombs art!
Really clever solve, Simon!
Sports records according to Simon: Olympic < World < European
13:08
“I feel like that's really close to being interesting”
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“Perhaps not close enough. Bobbins.”
That should be turned into a meme/gif :D
Somehow, recently, I solve many sudokus. But somehow I often don't get a unique solution. That makes me crazy.
I think part of the good night sleep after watching your videos is that while you are solving the puzzles we are also trying to look around and see things too, and because of that it tires out our minds. as well you have a very calming and pleasant voice to listen to
I am one of those who appreciate your logic in solving these puzzles, and use it for a restful sleep. Thank you so much!!!
Hi Simon - on 23:27 you made a logical error: you said that r9c4 + r9c5 has to be divided by 3 and so the sum has to be 12. But the 3-restriction is only valid for the cage not for the middle part
He didn't make an error. The divisible by 3 rule applies for all cages and thusly for the 7 cell cage. The union of the two grayed cells and the 7 cell cage makes a complete set of 9 and is therefore divisible by 3 (45). Subtract a number divisible by 3 from another number divisible by 3 and you get a number divisible by 3.
@@ThomasJohnsen2 Ok now I got it - not only the sudokus are genius - mark and simon are brilliant
29:38 “Tell me what r2c6 could be if 5 sums 1 and 4!”
Quoth the Simon “Never 4.”
This puzzle had *a lot* of difficult-to-get useless deductions. Other than that, I loved it.
how many puzzles have you had to skip and do an easier one for the video?
How are you colouring in your Sudoku?
The bottom mode button, the one with all the colours in a small sudoku grid icon, changes the input mode to colours.
@@RichSmith77 thank you 😊 need to try that
@@julia-07 Also, if you want to enter multiple colours in a cell, as Simon sometimes does, you need to enable multicolour mode in the settings (the cog icon).
Sup
I don't think you understand the rules. A 7 cell cage with a 9 and 8 at the end would not have to add up to 68. It would have to add up to 51. 8+9 is 17, 17*2 is 34, 34+17 is 51. I don't know where your getting 68 from.
He was referring to the fact that there are two cages with seven cells...
I don’t think you understand the concept of a mistake, if you watched the video you would clearly see he knows the rules very well. Have you got nothing better to do than comment every time Simon misspeaks or misses an obvious digit, Id love to watch over your shoulder while you do a sudoku.
Honest question now.
I noticed you got interrupted and had to take a phone call.
Have you ever "bobbinsed" up a puzzle to then pause the video and go back to a point, blame it on a phonecall or trampoline wars just so we can see it finished?
He doesn't do stuff like that. Either he will work all the way back on video so you can see where he went wrong, or it won't get posted because he didn't find a solution before he ran out of time.
@@nagranoth_ he does seem pretty genuine. I was just wondering if there was a puzzle that he seriously messed up but he thought that the world needed to see it.
I have watched 99% of the videos on this channel and I can tell you that Simon is absolutely genuine. He doesn't just seem genuine.
@@01evansa of course he'll make sure to post the solution if he feels you really should see it. He just won't be dishonest about it. He'll show the failure, then spend more time apologising than he needs to explain the correction.