Hats off for those who enjoyed full-rank, yin yang or even CC sudoku, I find those variant very difficult. Here's my attempt at a 4x4 full-rank sudoku.
Normal 4x4 sudoku rules apply.
Full-rank: An outside number from 1–16 if given indicates the ordinal rank of that row or column (read as a single four-digit number) when all 16 possible row/column orientations in the final grid are sorted from lowest to highest. In this puzzle all ranks are unique.
Divisor cells (custom rule): A digit marked with σ must divide each of the four rankings meeting at that cell (horizontal, vertical, and their reversals). Not all divisor cells are given.
Puzzle:
For example if the divisor cell value is 3, then the ranking that passes 3 could either be rank 3, 6, 9, 12, or 15. I only found 2 version but I decided to upload this version first since I hesitate to upload more than 1 puzzle in a single post.
Solution code: Value of rank 10 and rank 13 please. (8 digits no space)
on 28. January 2026, 13:28 by Krisonium
Added more clarity to the full-rank rules.
on 28. January 2026, 08:18 by Titan29
I've truly spent 2 hours on this and have 2 digits, I can't quite wrap my mind around how to make any further deductions, I'm throwing in the towel but it's definitely an interesting ruleset.
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