Rank Up 20.Marty - Hitlines
(Published on 8. October 2025, 01:35 by marty_sears)
Rules:
Fill the 5x5 grid with the digits 1-5 so that digits don't repeat in a row or column. External cells can contain any number from 1-20.
FULL RANK: A number entered in an external cell represents the rank of the 5-digit number formed by reading the digits in that row or column from that direction, where (1) is the lowest 5-digit number and (20) is the highest. This puzzle does not have any tied ranks.
HITLINES: Numbers cannot repeat along a hitline. The small clue in the top-left corner of a square indicates the total of any numbers along its line that match their position number, reading along in order from the square end, which is position 1.
eg: If a hitline contained the numbers 13, 2, 1, 19, 5 in that order, then its clue would be 7 (the sum of 2 and 5, which are the only numbers on the line that match their position number; 2 is in the 2nd position and 5 is in the 5th position.)
Solution code: Row 1 of the grid from left to right (5 digits)
Comments
on 21. October 2025, 09:40 by Clementi
Lovely little puzzle. That final step was very intricate, took me a while to locate it
on 20. October 2025, 22:08 by cbossut
The last bit was so sneaky XD
on 18. October 2025, 18:40 by davidz32z
No matter how many rank sudokus I do I will never ever ever remember that 1 is the lowest number. Just mind bogglingly counter intuitive for me. Great puzzle though!
on 9. October 2025, 16:52 by Franjo
Funny and easy Rank Upisode. Thank you very much for creating and sharing this lovely puzzle.
on 9. October 2025, 14:54 by Klausku
That was my first full rank and my second hitline puzzle. So it was much harder than 2* for me. Especially the tail of the long hitline fooled me. A funny puzzle with very nice logic. Thanks, Marty.
By the way: will there be another season with Finkz?
Marty: absolutely. The final season is in the making, I think it will take a couple more months to finalise
on 9. October 2025, 02:10 by jakestilesowen
Great puzzle with a variety of little "aha" moments! Thanks for it.
on 8. October 2025, 21:20 by wuc
I did a couple ranked yet. Great addition. The last deduction is very clever. Great setting thx.
on 8. October 2025, 19:07 by mscha
Whew!
This might be “accessible” if you've followed the Rank Up series, but definitely not for a Full Rank newbie like me!
But I've figured it out eventually. Very elegant puzzle.
on 8. October 2025, 17:42 by Norkas
Pretty good variety for such a small puzzle. I enjoyed that.
on 8. October 2025, 07:33 by Machiavelli
This should be in the full rank puzzle intro textbook. Very fun and approachable.
on 8. October 2025, 05:54 by hamosphere
A really well constructed puzzle. Perhaps trickier than it looks?? Took me about 30min.
on 8. October 2025, 02:16 by zeniko
That‘s a nice, fitting and quite approachable entry iinto the series. In particular, I liked how much that one hitline managed to shape the solution. Thanks for sharing.
