Mexican Standoff
(Published on 27. August 2026, 22:35 by starwarigami)
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Fully colour the grid with three colours A, B, and C, such that each cage is completely filled with only one colour, all cells of the same colour are orthogonally connected, and no 2x2 area of the grid is completely filled by one colour.
The colour of certain cells has been given.
Digits may not repeat in a cage, and each cage sums to a unique total.
The cages marked with a letter in the top left corner sum to the number of squares in the grid filled with that colour.
Cages filled with the same colour all have the same remainder when divided by 3.
Solution code: Row 9 (left to right) - 9 digits, no spaces
Solved by Jesper, jmw, kangaroo, Piatato, Fool on Hill, Mad-Tyas, Piff, Stargazing Albatross, Bankey, bansalsaab, Arheus, Chefofdeath, palpot, han233ing, ryan_campbell2010, BlazingSnow, erml, Stabbers, ... 0123coolkid, by81996672, ThomasR, Spillo, HopperSmith92, SFP, Ipit, misko, booteskey, dogfarts, DaniK, zaj20020530, Djirt, mathhead, clock, yangduoxing, ATBlanchard, majestic spork, ly_ra17
Comments
on 2. September 2026, 19:29 by Djirt
Спасибо за этот шедевр!
on 30. August 2026, 13:58 by Snookerfan
Brilliant puzzle, 100% well deserved. Mathy, which I am apparently pretty good at, because I experienced it as a 3 to 4 star puzzle. Thanks
on 29. August 2026, 12:01 by XuanZzz
wow this was brutal and really brilliant!
on 29. August 2026, 06:28 by Agent
Great puzzle full of nice little surprises, thanks!
on 29. August 2026, 01:00 by Stabbers
Very hard, very amazing. Had to come back to it 3 times; glad that I have
on 28. August 2026, 15:04 by Bankey
Fun puzzle. Thanks, @ starwarigami :).
on 28. August 2026, 09:31 by Piatato
Excellent!
