Decapitator
(Published on 25. May 2025, 05:30 by NicoD)
Rules
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Within a cage, digits must not repeat and they sum to the small number in the top left corner.
Solution code: Row 5
Comments
on 19. June 2025, 13:18 by Djirt
Приветствую, практически идеальная структура с небольшими изъянами! Шедевральная головоломка, спасибо большое!
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ND: Пожалуйста! Поздравляю, это очень сложно.
on 1. June 2025, 01:23 by askaksaksask
This is such a cool puzzle. Marvelous setting. Untangling the geometry interactions here felt a bit like the puzzle had several stages to it, all of which are rewarding. It really showed off its depth right from the getgo despite me having a good intuition on where to start. As far as pure cage sudoku, this is as fine an example as any. Fantastic puzzle. Thank you!
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ND: Thanks for the feedback and congratulations on solving it!
on 31. May 2025, 08:08 by Netra
I can't imagine how one can design such a great puzzle! a small symmetry breaking leads to a whole bunch of results, it is like a avalanche!
I would say it is a steady 4 for around 10 mini steps, which makes it a 5 overall
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ND: Congrats on solving it and thanks for the feedback!
on 27. May 2025, 23:24 by shteev
Very clever construction! Took me a while to finish tho, hard to know where to look at the end!
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ND: Congratulations, it is very hard indeed!
on 27. May 2025, 19:38 by dennischen
Crazy hard puzzle! Lots of really cool ideas present here.
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ND: Congratulations on solving it!
on 26. May 2025, 06:47 by Justalilguy
Now that is some gourmet killer sudoku. Very fun the entire time.
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ND: Thanks, glad you enjoyed!
on 25. May 2025, 15:28 by Snookerfan
Very nice puzzle, extremely hard and enjoyable. It took me ages to get actually started after the kind of obvious first realisations. Only by fiddling with some cages I had a small breakthrough. The puzzle resisted until the very end and had many beautiful moments in the solvepath. A real challenge, thank you
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ND: Big respect, I do not think I will be able to solve this one if I had not set it myself!
on 25. May 2025, 13:58 by Exigus
Amazing construction with just the perfect cage selection. I thought I got off to a good start but that was still very hard. Loved it. Thanks!
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ND: Congrats, it is a hard one for sure!
