Full Rank Ranked Cages
(Published on 4. September 2025, 05:06 by Justalilguy)
Rules
- Place digits 1-9 in each row, column and box without repeats.
- Full Rank: Rows and columns form 9 digit numbers. The clue just outside the grid is the rank of the 9 digit number read from the direction of the clue with rank 1 being the lowest and rank 36 being the highest 9 digit number.
- Ranked Cages: Cage sums are ranked from the lowest to the highest with rank 1 being the lowest sum. Clue at the corner of a cage is its rank. Numbers do not repeat in a cage and no two cage sums are the same.
Leave the rank cells empty at the end for the solution check to work.
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Solution code: Col 3
Comments
yesterday, 00:40 by Joyofrandomness
Brutal and beautiful!
on 4. September 2025, 23:29 by MattYDdraig
The opening to this was smooth as anything. Got quite bogged down in the middle (due to my own number-blindness), but overall this was a beautiful concept really well executed.
on 4. September 2025, 22:20 by aqjhs
this is 000OL3 levels of fullrankery, good stuff.
on 4. September 2025, 19:04 by Big Tiger
Judging from the presence of that 19 cage AND the 17 cage, "Numbers do not repeat within a cage" seems NOT to include the ranking digits outside the grid - is this a correct assumption?
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It does include numbers outside as well. Keep in mind the rank cells can have 2 digit numbers.
on 4. September 2025, 17:19 by mnasti2
Impressively intricate
on 4. September 2025, 13:45 by Snookerfan
Great and possibly the most evil puzzle ever. Took me approximately 4.5 (edit after being capable of using a clock again) hours of pure despair with luckily hope and reward in the end. Thank you!
on 4. September 2025, 07:28 by lmdemasi
That was the most intricate full rank puzzle I've done recently. I got the correct answer, though I'm not sure my logic was solid throughout the solve. Definitely felt like 5* to me.
