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(Published on 26. June 2025, 02:22 by ThePedallingPianist)
This is my response to Scojo's setting prompt this week, as redeemed by isajo4002, which was to use coordinate arrows such as those used here. Obviously, as I'm a terrible team player, I put my own twist on them.
Huge thanks to aqjhs and my dad for testing.
Normal 6x6 sudoku rules apply.
FULL RANK COORDINATE ARROWS:
• Write six different 2-digit numbers onto arrows, with the tens digit on the shaft and units digit on the tip;
• Assign each arrow a rank according to the position of its number in a list of all six numbers arranged in ascending order, where rank 1 is the lowest;
• Place each arrow's rank into the cell described by its digits, where the digit on the shaft is a row number and the digit in the head is a column number;
• Rows are numbered top to bottom and columns are numbered left to right.
V:
• Digits separated by a V sum to 5;
• Not all Vs are necessarily given.
Example
Huge thanks to aqjhs and my dad for testing.
Normal 6x6 sudoku rules apply.
FULL RANK COORDINATE ARROWS:
• Write six different 2-digit numbers onto arrows, with the tens digit on the shaft and units digit on the tip;
• Assign each arrow a rank according to the position of its number in a list of all six numbers arranged in ascending order, where rank 1 is the lowest;
• Place each arrow's rank into the cell described by its digits, where the digit on the shaft is a row number and the digit in the head is a column number;
• Rows are numbered top to bottom and columns are numbered left to right.
V:
• Digits separated by a V sum to 5;
• Not all Vs are necessarily given.
Example
Solution code: Column 1, top to bottom
Last changed on on 26. June 2025, 02:41
Solved by aqjhs, Elker, zeniko, Sotehr, Puppy, PierreTombal, Clara123, vitaminz, SKORP17, IcyFruit, bansalsaab, Exigus, smckinley, marcmees, DragonEgg, kriskos, MattYDdraig, Yiab, ralphwaldo1, lmdemasi, ViKingPrime, karlmortenlunna, Scojo, rich_27, TCK Green
Comments
on 29. June 2025, 21:58 by ViKingPrime
Ow, my brain
on 26. June 2025, 21:57 by Exigus
A great new way to bend your brain. Thanks!
on 26. June 2025, 16:05 by vitaminz
Lovely geometry in the opening half and a wild finish
on 26. June 2025, 12:36 by PierreTombal
I don't think the opening was that complex, but the puzzle has some nice tricks up its sleeve.
on 26. June 2025, 06:16 by Elker
As usual required a lot of work to figure out how the mechanics of this worked. Lots of fun.
on 26. June 2025, 02:41 by ThePedallingPianist
Thanks for testing
