Sudoku Variants Series (349) - X-Distance Sudoku
(Published on 1. December 2021, 00:00 by Richard)
X-Distance Sudoku
Inspiration for this type comes from Mi Yanming X-Distance (1), X-Distance (2)
Solve online in Penpa+ (thanks SudokuExplorer!)
Apply classic sudoku rules.
Digits outside the grid have to be placed in the corresponding row or column in the given order, where the second digit is placed X cells away from the first digit and X is the digit in the first cell of the corresponding row or column.
Solution code: Row 5, followed by column 4.
Comments
on 16. July 2025, 13:20 by JoBerlin
Sudokupad link with solution checking:
https://sudokupad.app/7i01z0okl9
on 23. March 2025, 18:01 by sisk0
Sudokupad link from the Cracking the Cryptic channel:
https://sudokupad.app/grfN7fj9gM
on 6. December 2021, 23:23 by djorr
Tough for me! Definitely a 3-star puzzle, but very fun. And very surprising it has a unique solution. Thank you!
on 4. December 2021, 13:53 by RockyRoer
This was beautiful. Thanks.
Your earlier distance puzzle inspired me to create a distance puzzle too -- with a little different twist. If you or anyone else is interested, the link is here: https://logic-masters.de/Raetselportal/Raetsel/zeigen.php?id=0005Y3
I'd love to see another with distance clues on all four sides someday.
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@RockyRoer: thanks for the link! I will certainly take a look at it. :-)
on 3. December 2021, 06:42 by Richard
Thanks for all the nice feedback! :-)
on 2. December 2021, 11:30 by elpadrinoIV
Not a hard puzzle, and super nice!!!
Logic is different of what I'm used too. Really liked how it unrolled.
Thank you very much for the puzzle!
on 1. December 2021, 21:57 by thoughtbyte
Wonderful puzzle, it was a joy to unfold this one.
on 1. December 2021, 17:07 by koba1917
Don't do many x-sum type puzzles so this was difficult for me at first but very nice construction and enjoyed the rule set once i got used to what to look for
on 1. December 2021, 13:49 by marcmees
fun solve. thanks Richard for your weekly effort.
on 1. December 2021, 06:08 by Richard
Added link for online solving. Thx SudokuExplorer!
on 1. December 2021, 04:50 by henrypijames
This was not at all an easy puzzle, I struggled quite a bit. Solid 3 stars difficulty.
on 1. December 2021, 01:27 by SudokuExplorer
Here's a Penpa+ link: https://git.io/JMa2M
Lovely and smooth puzzle, thanks! :-)
