Country X-Sum
(Published on 24. July 2026, 23:20 by mathpesto)
Rules:
Irregular Sudoku: Fill the grid with the digits 1-9 so that no digit repeats within a row, column, or region.
Country Road: Draw a non-intersecting, orthogonal loop through the centers of some cells which passes through each region exactly once. Any pair of orthogonally adjacent cells across a region border must have at least one of the cells visited by the loop.
X-Sum: Clues outside the grid indicate the sum of the first x digits on the loop in that row/column, from that direction, where x is the first of those digits on the loop.
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Solution code: Digits on the loop in Row 2 (left to right)
Comments
on 19. September 2026, 19:28 by Chefofdeath
I think I do too many Mathpesto puzzles and I’m just used to your style because this did not feel like a 5 star to me. But it was definitely very pretty and fun! Thanks for another banger!
on 16. August 2026, 03:58 by BloodbuzzCorio
Great puzzle mathpesto! Defo deserves its 5 stars for difficulty.
on 1. August 2026, 20:09 by valacd
What WildEnte said. Fantastic puzzle, but not sure if I were ever able to solve it on my own. Great logic and lots of fun!
on 1. August 2026, 17:44 by WildEnte
Awesome but gosh this was difficult. 5 stars for me, or maybe 6 because without valacd I wouldn't have made it, ever.
I'm amazed how the few clues made the unique pattern possible.
on 31. July 2026, 06:30 by Norkas
Rather hard, but holds a lot of pretty logic.
on 25. July 2026, 16:55 by Christounet
Awesome! Thanks :)
on 25. July 2026, 10:24 by Piatato
Wonderful!
on 25. July 2026, 05:53 by blueberrypug
5 for me
on 25. July 2026, 00:16 by Myxo
Lovely!
on 25. July 2026, 00:04 by Ambrose
Excellent puzzle, a wonderful journey!
on 24. July 2026, 23:28 by pmays123
Incredibly fun and impressive puzzle. Thanks for sharing!
