Quintessential
(Eingestellt am 4. Juli 2025, 05:30 Uhr von NicoD)
Rules
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Digits on thermometers increase from the bulb.
Cells that appear in the same relative position in their 2x3 box must not contain the same digit [disjoint groups].
Lösungscode: Row 4
Kommentare
am 5. Juli 2025, 01:45 Uhr von RedBarchetta
The first solve was 3 star and low rating in my mind. I solved it again after seeing the heavy lifting disjoint does - and it became 2 star high rating.
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ND: Thank you for solving!
am 4. Juli 2025, 20:53 Uhr von Jowser
Great puzzle!
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ND: Thank you very much!
am 4. Juli 2025, 16:26 Uhr von VitP
"why the low rating ?" ... a possible reason
let's look at some facts.
1) NicoD IS a first-rate setter, so the "low" rating IS unreasonable.
2) the difficulty ratings on this site are unrealistically low, maybe 10% (?) of the time.
imo, difficulty 2 SHOULD mean "beginners can do this, but it will be hard".
myself, intermediate, can do nothing at all beyond goodliffing the thermos. THEREFORE, it's level 3.
so, is there a CORRELATION between the simultaneous low difficulty and quality ratings? maybe, maybe not.
more research needed. send money.
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ND: Thank you for this great investigation!
am 4. Juli 2025, 13:32 Uhr von Snookerfan
What a fun puzzle! I do not understand the low rating at all. Thank you
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ND: You are welcome, glad you enjoyed!
