Rank Up 20.mg12.2 - Some Rank Dokes
(Published on 15. November 2025, 03:55 by MathGuy_12)
This was set for Scojo's Setting Saturday prompts. ThePedallingPianist redeemed this prompt to create a puzzle to go in a pack for the finale to his Rank Up series. This is my second entry for this prompt, see the first one here.
Thanks to ThePedallingPianist and IkeManga for testing!
SudokuPad Link
Rules:
- Normal Somedoku rules apply. Place the digits 1-5 in the grid. Row / Column N must have N different digits.
- The values in a killer cage have a sum whose even/odd parity is given in the upper left corner.
- Full Rank:
- The digits in rows and columns, read in both directions, make a total of 20 numbers of 5 digits.
- Cells outside the grid have a value equal to the rank of the indicated 5-digit number according to its position, where 1 goes to the smallest and 20 to the largest.
- For one or more tied ranks, the ranks share the smaller value and later ranks skip in value, i.e. rank N has exactly N-1 ranks that are of a strictly smaller value.
Solution code: Rank 1 (5 digits)
Solved by spookyripper, zeniko, marcmees, SKORP17, Scojo, palpot, aqjhs, laquartetfan, Fusce, Zibl, Sewerin, yellow, brewring, ThePedallingPianist, ChinStrap