Sudoku Variants Series (285) - Pole Position Sudoku
(Published on 9. September 2020, 00:00 by Richard)
Pole Position Sudoku
Inspiration for this type comes from Eric Fox.
Solve online in F-Puzzles (thanks glum_hippo!)
Apply classic sudoku rules.
The digit in the first cell of each row and column indicates the position of the digit 1 in the respective row or column.
Solution code: Row 9, followed by column 8.
Comments
on 8. December 2023, 00:36 by cascadeshiker
Very nice. I really enjoyed that. Thanks for setting and sharing.
on 26. March 2022, 18:54 by Realshaggy
I realized yesterday that Pole Position is just a special Numbered Rooms Sudoku :-)
on 20. November 2021, 16:06 by Richard
Added link for online solving. Thanks glum_hippo!
on 29. September 2020, 02:30 by BenceJoful
Very nice! I enjoyed watching the options for 1 placement evaporate until they all just fell into place.
on 10. September 2020, 21:52 by SudokuExplorer
@glum_hippo The first thing that came to my mind was a jellyfish.
on 10. September 2020, 20:31 by glum_hippo
The givens look a bit like the logo of the Android OS, at a 45° angle.
on 9. September 2020, 20:49 by alok1511
Thank you Eric for the cool variant and thank you Richard for the puzzle. Being new to the forum, really enjoyed my first solve!
on 9. September 2020, 20:42 by DJV
My first solve on this website! Thanks for the nice puzzle!
on 9. September 2020, 17:22 by Mody
Hat großen Spaß gemacht :)
on 9. September 2020, 16:40 by Joseph nehme
Thank you Eric for the cool variant and thank you Richard for the great puzzle. I enjoyed it a lot :)
on 9. September 2020, 06:28 by Richard
@Eric Fox: sure I liked it. When I first saw it, I had to think of the type Sudoku one-five-nine (SVS 247), but in your's there is a nice interplay between rows and columns. So it definitely can be distinguished as a new type and it's very suitable for SVS. Even stronger: I finally managed to make a two-star sudoku again ever since my long after-WSC2019-break! :-)
on 9. September 2020, 01:41 by glum_hippo
f-puzzles link: https://f-puzzles.com/?id=y33kz2r7 (thanks to @EricFox)
on 9. September 2020, 01:19 by Eric Fox
Great puzzle! I'm glad you liked my idea :)
@Rollo remember, the 5s and 7s in C1 have to describe the location of the 1s.
on 9. September 2020, 00:44 by Rollo
:-)
