The key to this one was definitely the 79 pair in column 2. I tried last night, didn’t find it and got stuck, woke up this morning, started over, saw it right away and solved the puzzle pretty quickly.
Hi there, new subscriber here, one thing I have noticed that would speed up the puzzle solving would be to do a ramification after placing the new digit.
Welcome! Clarity and the ease of following my solve is more important to me than speed for these. Too much jumping around harms that goal. I hope you understand!
Funny thing about this one is if you pencil-mark the old fashioned way, it can be faster to solve. Once you fill out Box 1, you can fill out Row 1, with the 6 and 9 limiting the 2 to R1C8. Look down Column 8 and R6C8 can only be a 1. Everything falls into place much quicker then.
The key to this one was definitely the 79 pair in column 2. I tried last night, didn’t find it and got stuck, woke up this morning, started over, saw it right away and solved the puzzle pretty quickly.
I saw the 148
hidden triple in b1 1st thing, so pretty straightforward.
10:12 for me. Thank you for posting!
15:03. Geometry is fun. And for once, I wasn't tripped up by naked singles, since they could all be found through diligent penciling. What a concept!
Feels good when you found the excact intended path, just flows.. 9mins
Failed to see the 79 geometry in box 1 so this one took me the better part of an hour, but I finally beat it into submission :)
18:56 took me forever to get going. I could not find any pairs or triples. Eventually I found a triple in the top band and then it was quickly solved.
Hi there, new subscriber here, one thing I have noticed that would speed up the puzzle solving would be to do a ramification after placing the new digit.
Welcome! Clarity and the ease of following my solve is more important to me than speed for these. Too much jumping around harms that goal. I hope you understand!
148 in c2 & r1 form triple in b1
5.37.. Was maybe lucky with spottings in the beginning
46:04 you had that hidden 3 in box 5 for sooo long😅
The style of the hard puzzles has changed in the last weekish. I’m just not familiar with some techniques that would make the solves faster
13:55 to solve.
Funny thing about this one is if you pencil-mark the old fashioned way, it can be faster to solve. Once you fill out Box 1, you can fill out Row 1, with the 6 and 9 limiting the 2 to R1C8. Look down Column 8 and R6C8 can only be a 1. Everything falls into place much quicker then.
Also, the naked 3 in the center box, R6C6.
30:39, i did some incorrect pencil marking somewhere along the line, which led to a contradiction and a near full restart
00:28:30
10:13 to solve.
8:32 for me.
Lots of singles, buried in the weeds. Nice job! 🎉
This one took me out I cannot lie.