Clueless 78 - Very Easy rating???
Clueless 78 - Very Easy rating???
Good morning Ruud,
May I ask how Clueless 78 got it's rating of 'Very Hard'?
I always start with the blue grid, and this puzzle pretty much filled in with line box interactions the entire way through. The only grids where I actually had to use any form of logic were for grids 3 & 6.
ANyway, as of this minute, I'm at the top of the Special 'list', so I'm happy. Although, maybe next week we can see something a 'little' harder
May I ask how Clueless 78 got it's rating of 'Very Hard'?
I always start with the blue grid, and this puzzle pretty much filled in with line box interactions the entire way through. The only grids where I actually had to use any form of logic were for grids 3 & 6.
ANyway, as of this minute, I'm at the top of the Special 'list', so I'm happy. Although, maybe next week we can see something a 'little' harder
Clueless Special 78
Hi Ruud,
I agree with lynn893. This was the easiest clueless ever. Quickly solved with line box interactions only. Maybe "Very Hard" is a misnomer.
Rgds,
Tomas
I agree with lynn893. This was the easiest clueless ever. Quickly solved with line box interactions only. Maybe "Very Hard" is a misnomer.
Rgds,
Tomas
Clueless Special #66
Clearly overrated.
I agree with the above comments. The solution puzzle gave up 38 cells before looking at any of the constituent puzzles...all 38 as singles & hidden singles. In fact, the solution puzzle can be solved only using hidden singles.
Constituent puzzles 3 & 6 were the only pieces of the puzzle with any inkling of a challenge.
If 3 & 6 were a little easier, this would be the ideal "starter" puzzle.
I agree with the above comments. The solution puzzle gave up 38 cells before looking at any of the constituent puzzles...all 38 as singles & hidden singles. In fact, the solution puzzle can be solved only using hidden singles.
Constituent puzzles 3 & 6 were the only pieces of the puzzle with any inkling of a challenge.
If 3 & 6 were a little easier, this would be the ideal "starter" puzzle.
Nouggie
Hi all,
the rating is based on the requirement of the most difficult move needed to completely finish the puzzle. So far, most Clueless puzzles required these moves before the blue grid was solved, but this puzzle slipped through, because it did not need any advanced moves to solve the blue grid.
To compensate your loss of fun, I posted a new very hard for the coming week. You definitely need an advanced step to solve the blue grid. Be careful what you ask for...
Ruud
the rating is based on the requirement of the most difficult move needed to completely finish the puzzle. So far, most Clueless puzzles required these moves before the blue grid was solved, but this puzzle slipped through, because it did not need any advanced moves to solve the blue grid.
To compensate your loss of fun, I posted a new very hard for the coming week. You definitely need an advanced step to solve the blue grid. Be careful what you ask for...
Ruud
“If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't.” - Emerson M Pugh
And so you did!! Clueless Special #79 was great and up to its rating!Ruud wrote:
To compensate your loss of fun, I posted a new very hard for the coming week. You definitely need an advanced step to solve the blue grid. Be careful what you ask for...
Ruud
In fact, it could be said that one needed assistance outside of the Clueless Helper to solve Saturday's puzzle in say....18 minutes.
Nouggie
18 min?
I can tell ive been shamed... Nougies times are between 1/6 and 1/10th of that
I tried with clueless helper I found it took 47min.
My program finds naked singles, hidden singles, naked pairs,and some intersections.
I think the biggest advantage is the automatic double clicking of the naked singles. but it does take more passes with clueless helper for me to catch the same stuff the program finds easily. I will say anything beyond perhaps 5 minutes is all my own serchaing for x waings triples and
intersections the program misses.
clueless helper is the best program for tracking candidates ive ever run into. If you get a copy of logitek mouseware you can assign a doubleclick to the center button. thas makes double clicking work first timr every time.
it should drop the finish up time by 5-10%
But we all know Nougie has a more comprenhesive solver than mine or clueless helper.
I can tell ive been shamed... Nougies times are between 1/6 and 1/10th of that
I tried with clueless helper I found it took 47min.
My program finds naked singles, hidden singles, naked pairs,and some intersections.
I think the biggest advantage is the automatic double clicking of the naked singles. but it does take more passes with clueless helper for me to catch the same stuff the program finds easily. I will say anything beyond perhaps 5 minutes is all my own serchaing for x waings triples and
intersections the program misses.
clueless helper is the best program for tracking candidates ive ever run into. If you get a copy of logitek mouseware you can assign a doubleclick to the center button. thas makes double clicking work first timr every time.
it should drop the finish up time by 5-10%
But we all know Nougie has a more comprenhesive solver than mine or clueless helper.
"It gets dark at night" - Olbers
Computer Assistance
I thought we had this all worked out in April. Contest solvers would use the Clueless Helper or multiple Sudocues, but not outside computer program assistance. The concept is to have a level playing field, which makes for a better contest. And besides, as TK went to pains to point out, what's the point of entering a bicycle race with a motorcycle?
As to the persisting belief that I have a solver...again, no I don't, never did. Those earlier fast times were done with Ruud's software, but I've said that already.
Best to all,
As to the persisting belief that I have a solver...again, no I don't, never did. Those earlier fast times were done with Ruud's software, but I've said that already.
Best to all,
Nouggie