Rank Up 10 - Chaos Construction
(Published on 27. July 2024, 23:34 by ThePedallingPianist)
Rank Up: a series by ThePedallingPianist and bellal exploring the full rank constraint within 5x5 grids...
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Chaos Construction: Within the main grid (inside the thick border), find five non-overlapping 5-cell regions and fill every cell with a digit from 1-5 such that digits do not repeat in a row, column or region.
Modified Full Rank: A value in an external cell represents the rank of the number formed by reading the digits in that row or column from that direction, STOPPING at the first region border, where (1) is the lowest such row or column and (20) is the highest. For example, if a row reads "14|523", then the clue to the left of the row shows the rank of the number "14", and the clue to the right of the row shows the rank of the number "325". "X" may refer to any number from 1-20.
Modified Tied Ranks: If two ranks are tied, the value in both external cells is the lower of the two ranks being shared, AND in this puzzle, unlike the others in this puzzle series, an equals sign will appear after a tied rank. For example, if the lowest four ranks are "2", "14", "14" and "52", the values in the relevant external cells would be (1), (2=), (2=) and (4) respectively.
Chaos Construction: Within the main grid (inside the thick border), find five non-overlapping 5-cell regions and fill every cell with a digit from 1-5 such that digits do not repeat in a row, column or region.
Modified Full Rank: A value in an external cell represents the rank of the number formed by reading the digits in that row or column from that direction, STOPPING at the first region border, where (1) is the lowest such row or column and (20) is the highest. For example, if a row reads "14|523", then the clue to the left of the row shows the rank of the number "14", and the clue to the right of the row shows the rank of the number "325". "X" may refer to any number from 1-20.
Modified Tied Ranks: If two ranks are tied, the value in both external cells is the lower of the two ranks being shared, AND in this puzzle, unlike the others in this puzzle series, an equals sign will appear after a tied rank. For example, if the lowest four ranks are "2", "14", "14" and "52", the values in the relevant external cells would be (1), (2=), (2=) and (4) respectively.
Solution code: Row 3 (middle) of the internal grid, left to right
Last changed on on 28. July 2024, 00:10
Solved by Steven R, gdc, marcmees, SKORP17, halakani, walid_tun, Mutx, MadHypnofrog, SPring, dmm90, jkuo7, Nell Gwyn, karlmortenlunna, palpot, AKernel, rich_27, Gnosis66, Jesper, dogfarts, Counterfeitly, ajc, The Book Wyrm, wazdra, misko, Default
Comments
on 5. September 2024, 05:39 by ajc
wonderful wonderful wonderful!
on 13. August 2024, 19:07 by Gnosis66
This was great fun. It's surprising how you've been able to make such complex puzzles from 5x5 grids.
on 28. July 2024, 19:33 by walid_tun
My first solved chaos construction. I can't believe I did it. Thanks for this wonderful series.
