Smallhat
(Published on 21. April 2022, 17:27 by the_cogito)
Contained within the grid are nine non-overlapping 3x3 square regions, which must be located. Each region contains the digits 1 to 9 once each, such that no digit repeats in any row or column. Cells outside regions do not contain digits.
Pink lines are renban lines, and must contain a set of consecutive digits in any order, with no repeats. Cells on a renban line that are outside any regions do not contribute towards that line's set and still not contain any digits.
Circled cells indicate the number of cells from their respective region that that particular renban passes through. For example, if r3c3 were 6, then its region would need to cover the entirety of that renban line.
Any given renban could contain no digits at all. Every circle contains a digit.
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Solution code: Row 6 followed by column 6, no spaces.
Comments
on 11. October 2022, 14:56 by ddx2407
Brilliant puzzle.
Took me awhile to understand how the Renban lines work across boxes (just the same, ignoring the blank cells, but somehow it wasn't immediate for me).
Nonetheless, I never aim for a quick solve, but an interesting one, and it was a definitely an interesting one, so I'm glad I didn't miss it out.
Thank you!
on 15. June 2022, 20:51 by Christounet
Beautiful design ! The construction part was not that hard but very impressive. A bit more challenge with the sudoku scanning part... thanks for this great puzzle !
on 12. May 2022, 20:29 by Crusader175
Struggle a little bit on the sudoku part, but very fun puzzle to solve!
on 24. April 2022, 21:56 by Agent
Great puzzle! I really enjoyed the logic to determine the 3x3 regions. Thanks for setting!
on 23. April 2022, 23:33 by MagnusJosefsson
Great puzzle! Very fun and original logic!
on 22. April 2022, 06:58 by Avg Sudoku Enjoyer
Brilliant puzzle! The interactions between the geometry of the lines and the potential box locations were really interesting and satisfying.
on 22. April 2022, 06:49 by Elliott810
Sensational puzzle! Small hat, but big brain. Take a bow and thanks for sharing:)
on 21. April 2022, 19:16 by KNT
This was great. I figured out all the locations of the boxes very quickly, probably within 15 minutes, but then the rest of the solve was really tricky to scan for me... for whatever reason. Finished in about 40 minutes, but cool logic start to finish, even during the sudoku
on 21. April 2022, 18:40 by purpl
First of all, the way the puzzle unravels and the weird assymmetry that I can still just barely see was amazing. Secondly, look at that beautiful face and the little hat :>
on 21. April 2022, 17:31 by Playmaker6174
This puzzle was a great fun journey for me, quite challenging at the first half but very satisfying later on. Thanks for a lovely puzzle :)
