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Staples (Thermo)

(Published on 5. July 2023, 18:24 by Florian Wortmann)


Normal Sudoku rules.

Thermometer
Digits along a thermometer increase from the bulb.


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Solution code: row 5


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Comments

on 13. June 2024, 00:31 by wuc
Also 2 star to me. Didnt read any comment before. Was surprised how tricky the break in was. But man what a cool puzzle. Thx.

on 2. April 2024, 18:45 by augsod
Incredible puzzle, I really feel like I've levelled up after this

on 23. March 2024, 13:16 by Rollo
Sehr schönes, einfaches Design, aber nicht leicht für mich.

on 1. August 2023, 19:41 by Florian Wortmann
Some comments indicated the difficulty would be more like 2 stars than 1 star. I was able to look at the statistics now and the current average is 1.715 with appr. 40% 1-star votes, 50% 2-star votes and 10% 3-star votes.

Last changed on 14. July 2023, 12:19

on 13. July 2023, 23:02 by Something Wellesian
As someone who’s not yet able to manage above a two-star, this is decidedly a two star, and quite a tricky one at that in my experience. I kept coming back to it the last couple of days and getting frustrated; I even wrote comments here asking for help, thought I deleted them rather than posting.

It’s also gorgeous, though. Really lovely deductions and impossible to brute-force. I admit it took me a long time to see what may have been obvious to more experienced solvers, but when I did it had a really wonderful and clear flow.

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Thanks for solving and your comment, I appreciate the honesty regarding how difficult you found it!

I posted the puzzle with an estimated difficulty of 2* and was quite surprised that it turned out as 1*. Especially with these many solvers commenting they found it harder. I'm really curious what the distribution of the ratings is; I will be able to see the statistics on August 1st. Must be right on the tipping point to 2* :-)

on 13. July 2023, 03:00 by salimundo
For me hard break in, but once seeing it I can't believe it took me so long to figure out.

on 9. July 2023, 17:11 by Blashyrkh
Absolute Oberklasse unter den Thermo-Sudokus, aber das ist doch niemals 1* :D

on 8. July 2023, 22:06 by Klausku
Wunderschön. Aber definitiv kein 1-Stern für mich

on 8. July 2023, 04:35 by MatthewDonovan
Really nice, thank you. I agree though, this seemed more like a 2 star to me

on 7. July 2023, 23:57 by Nightmare2805
Really enjoyed it.

on 7. July 2023, 22:22 by dumediat
Beautiful, elegant, and clever. I love that this puzzle made me feel like I earned my progress while remaining approachable. Thank you very much for sharing!

on 7. July 2023, 19:21 by sacklunch
Excellent puzzle! Beautiful design, how on earth does this solve so elegantly? Thanks for setting and sharing.

on 6. July 2023, 21:23 by Florian Wortmann
Thanks for the kind comments everyone :-)

on 6. July 2023, 20:41 by BenTen
A really nice design. I loved the symmetry throughout. Thanks Florian.

on 6. July 2023, 20:28 by peep50183
Some really nice deductions to be made here :) I felt it was closer to 2* though.

on 6. July 2023, 19:19 by Jreg
Definitely not a 1 star puzzle, but the solution is magical. I have never seen a squiggly you-know-what like the one featured here.

on 6. July 2023, 16:19 by 99%Sneaky
A strange yet wonderful puzzle, thanks for sharing.

on 6. July 2023, 16:00 by puzzlepandit
Another gem by Florian Wortman. Looking at the symmetry I was wondering how this can I have one solution. But it does. Making it two star in difficulty as I struggle a bit.

Last changed on 5. July 2023, 23:10

on 5. July 2023, 19:03 by PinkNickels
Absolutely love these types of thermos. Remember seeing Simon solve one of these years ago and learning the trick. Took me just under 9 minutes. Thanks for setting and sharing!
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Thank you :-)

Difficulty:1
Rating:94 %
Solved:376 times
Observed:10 times
ID:000EE6

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