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⛐ Road Running Loop ⛐

(Published on 2. December 2023, 06:31 by ElChiglia)



---- RULES ----

Normal Sudoku rules apply: Fill the grid with digits 1 to 9 appearing once each in every row, column, and 3x3 box.

Road Running Loop: Draw a single non-intersecting loop into the grid that travels orthogonally through the centers of some cells. The loop must fulfill the following rules:
  • The loop has a direction which must be determined by the solver.
  • The loop must pass through all circles and all squares.
  • Digits in squares represent the distance (in number of cells) traveled along the loop until the next circle is reached. Digits in circles have no further meaning.
  • The loop is a valid parity line. Adjacent cells along the loop have opposite parity.
Kropki dots: Cells connected by a white dot contain consecutive digits. Digits in cells connected by a black dot are in a 1:2 ratio.

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Road Runner is a genre, recently presented by Agent on the CtC discord. Check out Agent's first puzzle here: Road Runner.


This Sudoku is part of my series of "build-your-own-loop Sudokus". If you liked solving this puzzle or if you prefer other combinations of loop logic and constraints, feel free to give the other sudokus of the series a go too:

Loop Logic Loop Constraint Further Constraints
Modular-Zipper-
Loop
Counting Cells Modular Line Zipper Lines
X-clues
Balance Loop Balance clues Parity Line Little Killers
Entropic-Zipper-
Loop
Counting Cells Entropic Line Zipper Lines
X-clues
Hiking-through-
the-Fog Loop
Signposts Dutch Whisper,
Polarity Line
Kropki Dots
X-clues
Renbanimo Loop Pentominos
Guiding Cells
Renbanimos Kropki Dots
Odd cells
Deceiving Loop Wrogn Clues Wrogn Clues 9 different
constraints
Count-the-
Whispers Loop
Counting Cells German Whispers Kropki Dot
Whisper-me-
Sum-thing
Loop
Line-sums German Whispers Kropki Dots
Road Running
Loop
Road Runner Parity Line Kropki Dots
Magically
Modifying Loop
- Incrementers,
Decrementers,
Nullifiers
Magic Squares,
Killer cages,
Kropki Dots
Skiing Loop Gates German Whispers Kropki Dot,
Between Lines
Behaving Loop 3x3 boxes Polarity Line Kropki Dots
Magical Loop Guiding cells Modular Line Magic Squares
Foggy Loop Guiding cells Parity Line Fog of War,
Killer Cages
10-Suȵ Loop Moon-or-Sun 10-Line Killer Cages
Counting Loop Galaxies Counting Line Killer Cages,
Kropki Dots,
Quadruple Clues
Shining Loop Moon-or-Sun Parity Line Killer Cages
Interfering Loops Slitherlink
+ Masyu
Entropic Line
+ Parity Line
Killer Cages
Slithering Loop Slitherlink Entropic Line Killer Cages,
Little Killer
BigBang Loop Galaxies Parity Line Row/Column Indexer,
Kropki Dots
Summing Loop Star Battle Region Sum Line Killer Cages,
Skyscraper,
Kropki Dots
Whispering Loop Star Battle German Whispers Sandwich Sum



Solution code: Column 2, followed by row 2

Last changed on on 27. January 2024, 13:39

Solved by mathpesto, endagorion, jkuo7, Jolly Rogers, Agent, Bootenks, LeaVulpina, najho, Cheetos, ehoqq, redgecko, galgamer, tuturitu, misko, mluciano98, ZornsLemon, dmgciubotaru, sorryimLate, Mitsunari, Kallor, Sewerin, paranoid, LehanLehan, fca.felix.sudoku, jinkela114514, susadoraku, SudokuHero, Isael, virus_dave, gsallaberry, MrQubo, Possum, AsgarArn, SashaBu
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Comments

Last changed on 27. January 2024, 19:37

on 27. January 2024, 13:00 by sorryimLate
Can the loop really move diagonally?
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wow, I somehow missed that part in the rules. I corrected it now. No, the loop cannot run diagonally. Thanks for pointing that out!
-- ElChiglia
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Yeah, diagonal movement felt unrealistic, especially with three star difficulty (or maybe more like four stars for me), but I wanted to ask before scratching my head too much. I really love solving these loop sudokus. Thanks for sharing!

on 2. December 2023, 16:53 by Agent
Very nice puzzle! I like how you integrated various deductions from the Road Runner genre.

on 2. December 2023, 07:47 by mathpesto
I love how each puzzle in this series manages to offer something different. This is my favorite so far! Lots of aha moments throughout :)

Difficulty:3
Rating:93 %
Solved:34 times
Observed:13 times
ID:000G0X

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