20000! Three times for luck.
(Eingestellt am 18. Juli 2026, 15:15 Uhr von Fool on Hill)
Puzzle rules
This is a puzzle I set for timotab's 20,000th day - which set the theme. Do look out for timotab's puzzles here and also his Youtube stream.
The ending of this puzzle is a little trickier than the first phases, but it is navigable efficiently if you find the right way to look at it.
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
The product of the digits on the blue "20,000 line" is 20,000.
Digits in a cage sum to the cage total. The product of the cage totals is 20,000.
Adjacent digits on an orange Dutch Whisper line differ by at least 4. The sum of the digits on the line is the line sum. The product of the three line sums is 20,000.
Play here on Sudokupad: 20,000! Three times for luck.
Lösungscode: Digits on the orange line from R4C5 to R8C7
Kommentare
Gestern, 23:08 Uhr von PancakePie
What a fun puzzle! The number makes it seem so insurmountable, but you constructed this so precisely, that the path is actually easier to start than expected! The end did take me some finagling, but I was grateful once it all snapped together. Thank you!
am 21. Juli 2026, 19:06 Uhr von guirigui
Nice puzzle! Very clever use of arithmetic. I can confirm it can be solved without any napkin with just a timy bit of mental math ;)
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Thank you - I was wondering whether I should write something myself. I tried to make it that the math(s) was interesting, but not too difficult ...
am 21. Juli 2026, 17:44 Uhr von LeppyR64
I'm gonna need a bigger napkin for this math. Looking forward to it!
Update: It didn't need to be too big. Fantastic puzzle!
am 19. Juli 2026, 05:44 Uhr von timotab
Thank you for setting such a wonderful themed puzzle to celebrating my turning 20,000 days old!
