What Does It Mean?
(Published on 24. March 2025, 22:34 by sujoyku)
- Normal Sudoku rules apply, i.e. each row, column, and 3x3 region has to contain the digits from 1 to 9 once each.
- Renban: Each purple line must contain a set of consecutive non-repeating digits in any order.
- Region Sum Lines: Box borders divide the blue lines into segments with the same sum. (Different lines may have different sums.)
Here you can solve the puzzle online:
Solution code: Row 9 from left to right (9 digits in total)
Comments
on 3. May 2025, 15:12 by Lenivaya_Joppa
Thank you for this nice puzzle, dear sujoyku! I have to admit, it was very hard for me because I missed an important clue. Afterwards it had a nice flow. Thank you! :)
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You are much welcome, Lenivaya_Joppa, thank you for your comment! I am glad you enjoyed the flow of the puzzle.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 4. April 2025, 09:14 by virus_dave
Lovely puzzle, thank you! As others have noted, the break-in was lovely but quite tricky. Took me a lot longer than i'd like to admit to figure it out.
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You are much welcome, virus_dave, thank you for your comment! I am glad you enjoyed the puzzle.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 28. March 2025, 02:18 by antiknight
Great puzzle and a cool break-in!
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Thank you for your comment, antiknight! I am glad you liked the puzzle and its break-in.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 26. March 2025, 21:31 by madhupt
Awesome puzzle! Minimalistic design but very intricate logic to see it all fall into place. Thanks a lot for sharing.
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You are much welcome, madhupt, thank you for your comment! I am glad that you enjoyed how this resolved.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 25. March 2025, 19:29 by Snookerfan
To me it means that you have set another gem! Thank you
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You are much welcome, Snookerfan, thank you for your kind words! I am glad you liked the puzzle.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 25. March 2025, 18:28 by keenbowl
Wonderful puzzle, which I enjoyed immensely.
Thanks for setting&sharing!
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You are much welcome, keenbowl, thank you for your comment! I am glad you enjoyed the solve.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 25. March 2025, 14:21 by GeorgeTheToad2
Wow, sublime minimalistic puzzle that had many cool interactions throughout the solve. Really enjoyed this. Thank you sujoyku.
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You are much welcome, GeorgeTheToad2, thank you for commenting! I am glad you enjoyed the interactions in this puzzle.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 25. March 2025, 13:51 by SenatorGronk
Oh this was just fantastic! The way those first lines interact was absolutely joyous (an actual word that unironically came to mind during the break-in )
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Thank you for your comment, SenatorGronk! It makes me happy that you found the break-in to be joyous and that you liked the interactions.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 25. March 2025, 13:31 by Franjo
Herrliches Puzzle mit einem bildhübschen RSL-Einstieg! Vielen Dank für diese tolle Konstruktion.
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Sehr gern geschehen, Franjo, vielen Dank für deinen Kommentar! Es freut mich, dass Dir diese Konstruktion gefallen hat.
Herzliche Grüße, sujoyku
on 25. March 2025, 12:00 by SirWoezel
That's just amazing.
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Thank you, SirWoezel!
on 25. March 2025, 09:57 by EmX68
Awesome puzzle! It was a pleasure to solve it. Thank you!
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You are much welcome, EmX68, thank you for commenting! I am glad you had a fun solve.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 25. March 2025, 06:36 by Nordy
Incredibly intricate! The break-in had me constantly thinking “there’s just not enough information here…” but there was the perfect amount!
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Thank you for your comment, Nordy! It made me smile because I had such a similar experience when setting the puzzle. I had the break-in idea, experimented with additional clues and at first was astonished that this set-up entirely solves. I am glad you liked the puzzle.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 25. March 2025, 05:45 by TheNineElements
Solve Time: 24:13
I rated this 3/5 difficulty.
Great puzzle with some very nice geometry! I really liked how the two variant rules (RSL/Renban) worked together, and the break-in was excellent.
This puzzle was definitely a bit tricky (especially in the early phases), and felt around 3* difficulty overall. I think it falls slightly in the easier-average 3* range, and my time was a bit quicker than normal for 3* puzzles (though I think this is a result of me trying to "speed solve", and I managed to quickly spot the restrictions). The logic itself definitely felt harder than that of a 2* difficulty puzzle, though - which, depsite my fairly quick time, was a major factor in my 3* rating.
The break-in was a bit tricky, but was very cool and definitely my favorite aspect of the puzzle. It utilized several wonderful geometric ideas that were very creative and fun to unravel. The subsequent midgame phase was also excellent and very well-designed/constructed. The logic was very engaging, and my solve path flowed very nicely between the given clues/lines right up until I had reduced the puzzle to basically just classic sudoku logic.
Overall great puzzle, thanks for sharing!
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You are much welcome, TheNineElements, thank you for your detailed feedback! I can relate with what you are saying. It is good to hear you enjoyed the break-in and liked the geometric implications.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 25. March 2025, 03:26 by NEWS
Wonderful Puzzle! Thanks for sharing, sujoyku!
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You are much welcome, NEWS, thank you for your comment! I am glad that you liked the puzzle.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 25. March 2025, 00:50 by Calvinball
It means, that this is one of my favorite implementations of the RSL/Renban combo ever.
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Wow, thank you for your comment, Calvinball! I am glad you enjoyed the puzzle.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 24. March 2025, 22:50 by Ambrose
Very satisfying solve!
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Thank you for testing and commenting, Ambrose! I am glad you found the solve to be satisfying.
Kind regards, sujoyku
