Sadism
(Published on 17. October 2022, 13:05 by grkles)
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Arrows: Numbers along an arrow sum to the value in the associated circle, and may repeat if allowed by other rules.
Full Rank: Numbers outside the grid are "Full Rank" clues. Read each row and column from top-to-bottom, bottom-to-top, left-to-right and right-to-left to give 36 9-digit numbers. If these are listed in increasing order, a clue gives the position of that row/column (as read from the end with the clue) in said ordering, with the lowest number being at position 1.
Solve online:
- Penpa+ -- note that for Answer Check to work, the numbers outside the grid on arrow cells must be in blue/green/red, and anything else outside the grid must be in black or grey (or deleted).
- I do not recommend solving in f-puzzles or CTC app, since you can't notate larger numbers. However, if you hate Penpa+ and really really want to, here you go.
Solution code: The 9-digit numbers ranked 9 and then 21 (18 digits, no spaces).
Comments
on 28. December 2023, 02:07 by ashisstuff
took hours but amazing all the way through
on 1. September 2023, 22:50 by Bankey
What an insane journey, full of several hard-obtained aha moments! With the flood of pencilmarks all around, it is so easy to lose sight of the obvious! I am amazed at the mind that can create this!! Thanks for setting and sharing with us lesser mortals, @ grkles :).
on 23. April 2023, 14:00 by Yann
Awesome puzzle, but quite a bit tough, the full rank requires a lot of scanning (as does the solution code).
But I do agree with PrimeWeasel about the title, it's not really fitting.
The difficulty curve's evolution is very enjoyable, going up and then down.
I especially loved the short chains required in the bottom part of the grid.
Thanks for setting this, grkles.
on 12. March 2023, 06:16 by wisty
Such a smooth and wonderful puzzle! Longer than most 3* difficulty puzzles though, so anyone picking it up because it's approachable and a beloved variant should be aware it takes a little bit of time.
Also, my favorite step was discovering how the arrow at the bottom of box 7 was restricted because a certain digit needed to go directly above another digit all the way in box 1 from the beginning of the puzzle!
on 4. March 2023, 15:20 by Playmaker6174
Exceptionally evil but also a wonderful puzzle that exploits the power of full rank constraint! That part towards the end was the biggest WTF moment I've seen in a long while :o
on 23. October 2022, 09:35 by BloodbuzzCorio
Very nice dose of mental exercise on this one grkles! Thanks for the great puzzle.
on 22. October 2022, 19:01 by Niverio
Most sadistic solution code I've seen since compass fillo #5
on 19. October 2022, 03:03 by wenchang
Very Enjoyable! Spoiler alert!
https://youtu.be/3jkdt0kFz0A
on 18. October 2022, 19:39 by wenchang
Very Nice! Spoiler alert!
https://youtu.be/3jkdt0kFz0A
on 18. October 2022, 18:46 by bansalsaab
Oh wow. I really thought i would have made a mistake but lucky i didn't. Hardest thing about this puzzle is you have to be careful at each step but otherwise it has nice logical flow
on 18. October 2022, 09:35 by Snookerfan
Great puzzle, the solve path is really smooth and clever. Thank you!
on 18. October 2022, 03:21 by h5663454
It's too terrible...
on 18. October 2022, 02:22 by polar
The title is no joke..
on 17. October 2022, 21:55 by KNT
A roller coaster of emotions. really really strange yet enjoyable solve path
on 17. October 2022, 16:45 by Volkner
Is there an example somewhere of how the rules work? I think I understand, but I'd hate to get going and spend an hour at it only to find that I'm wrong.
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@Volkner you mean an example of Full Rank? Well, imagine that, say, r2c123 was 1 6 5 and r6c987 (note the order) was 1 6 7. The rank of r6 (from the right) would need to be higher than the rank of r2 (from the left), so the former could be 2, 3, or 4 and the latter could be 1, 2, or 3. Does that answer your question?
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Yes sir. Thank you. That's what I thought, just wanted to be sure.
on 17. October 2022, 16:29 by PrimeWeasel
Not sadistic at all. Mildly torturous, and a wee bit bonkers.
on 17. October 2022, 15:48 by jonn
A well constructed puzzle that showcases very cool full rank logic that unfolded beautifully :) Some of which were obscure but discovering them was rewarding.
on 17. October 2022, 15:43 by Vebby
Great construction! Really enjoyed it. Does that make me a masochist? :thinking_face:
on 17. October 2022, 14:26 by glum_hippo
This puzzle was made with great care and demonstrates consideration for some of the nicer logical possibilities. Thank you for your creativity!
on 17. October 2022, 14:13 by cdwg2000
Very nice!
