Renban V-ban
(Published on 7. February 2023, 14:58 by zetamath)
Normal sudoku rules apply. The digit in the square is even.
The lines in the grid are renban. The lines must contain a string of consecutive digits without repeats, but the order does not matter. For example, a length 4 line could contain 4756.
Anti-V: No pair of orthogonally adjacent cells in the grid can sum to 5. (To clarify, summing to 10 is okay!)
Have fun, leave a comment if you enjoy the puzzle!
PS: I stream solving sudoku like puzzles three days a week. You can check out the channel, as well as some videos I have made about setting puzzles, at my YouTube channel here.
Solution code: Column 9
Comments
on 19. July 2024, 19:59 by puzzlepandit
This is great arrangement. The moment I understand what's happening in top boxes I was in another world.
on 20. July 2023, 12:00 by dennischen
Is there supposed to be a "digits in gray squares are even" rule?
Edit: Seems so, but only CTC link includes it and not puzzle page
on 8. February 2023, 15:30 by WeakSolver
Fun puzzle.
on 7. February 2023, 19:44 by dumediat
I loved the geometry in this one! Also fun as always to see conspiracy theories in the LMD comments XD
on 7. February 2023, 18:03 by polar
@Farkov:
The odds are also quite high if the setter asked them to submit their solutions to make sure the solution code wasn't bungled up on posting :)
on 7. February 2023, 17:46 by Wessel Strijkstra
Very cute puzzle, approachable and fun:)
Also, great to see more cursing on lmd, great job farkov
on 7. February 2023, 17:16 by Phistomefel
@Farkov: With email notification, the odds are actually quite good. :)
on 7. February 2023, 17:04 by Farkov
@Perladel & KNT
Yeah, and they somehow knew the minute he was about to post it...what are the odds? :)
on 7. February 2023, 16:58 by KNT
@Farkov: they very likely tested the puzzle before it was posted.
on 7. February 2023, 16:58 by Perladel
@Farkov
Those "early solvers" were people who tested the puzzle before being published (zetamath does this frequently in his Discord group). So they already had the solve
on 7. February 2023, 16:47 by Farkov
Wait, what?
This puzzle dropped at 14:58 and had a solver and a comment by 15:01??
And had *two* solvers and *two* comments by 15:06??
Am I missing something?
on 7. February 2023, 16:35 by Perladel
Very nice and approachable!
on 7. February 2023, 16:30 by Snookerfan
Very nice, trickier than expected! Thank you
on 7. February 2023, 15:06 by Bellsita
I loved the use of the anti-V on this puzzle! Some tricky spots in the beginning but the puzzle flows beautifully!
on 7. February 2023, 15:01 by wooferzfg
Great puzzle! There's some cool and tricky steps in this one, and the negative constraint is used really well. I'm starting to become a big fan of Anti-V puzzles :)
