Herniated Ring-3
(Published on 20. October 2025, 03:05 by brtmns)
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Digits appearing in large circles (on grid intersections) must appear in the surrounding four cells.
Digits cannot repeat within a cage, and the digits within a cage must add up to the total given in that cage’s upper-left corner.
An X separates two digits that add to 10.
A V separates two digits that add to 5.
Along a green line, two adjacent digits must have a difference of at least 5.
SudokuPad
Play the Herniated Ring-1 here.
Play the Herniated Ring-2 here.
Digits appearing in large circles (on grid intersections) must appear in the surrounding four cells.
Digits cannot repeat within a cage, and the digits within a cage must add up to the total given in that cage’s upper-left corner.
An X separates two digits that add to 10.
A V separates two digits that add to 5.
Along a green line, two adjacent digits must have a difference of at least 5.
SudokuPad
Play the Herniated Ring-1 here.
Play the Herniated Ring-2 here.
Solution code: Column 9 from top to bottom
Last changed on on 21. October 2025, 16:24
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Comments
on 21. October 2025, 16:24 by brtmns
Removed Kropki from the rules.
Last changed on 21. October 2025, 16:24
on 21. October 2025, 16:02 by Snaques
Should we interpret the kropki rule as a negative constraint?
I don't think it is deterministic as it's written, but seeing there are no black dots in the puzzle it makes me think this is the case.
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It is a copy paste mistake, should have removed that, sorry.
brtmns
on 20. October 2025, 14:46 by VitP
quite easy for experts. non-experts can do it, with effort.
hence, level 2
on 20. October 2025, 12:40 by Myfyr MJ
Very nice, thank you.
