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by **yzfwsf** » Sun Mar 05, 2023 2:01 am

The most difficult puzzle found by generating 1,000,000 puzzles from Steve Stumble 3-3-2023's solution board.

Code: Select all: ...9......21.4.8.3.631.2.4.3.6..4...7..........96..3.8.....9......47.1...948..6.. skfrv9.1/9.1/2.6

by **P.O.** » Sun Mar 05, 2023 6:23 pm

the puzzle is in 5-template, the fewest number of combinations i found is 6: (3 5 7 8 9) (1 2 3 5 7) (4 5 7 8 9) (1 2 3 5 6) (1 4 5 6 7) (2 3 5 7 9)

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Code: Select all: ...9......21.4.8.3.631.2.4.3.6..4...7..........96..3.8.....9......47.1...948..6.. #VT: (30 51 8 4 922 4 8 12 8) Cells: nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil Candidates:nil nil nil (38) nil nil (6 7 8 9 17 61 62 63) (2) nil 458 457 578 9 3568 3568 25 1256 1256 59 2 1 57 4 567 8 569 3 589 6 3 1 58 2 579 4 579 3 158 6 257 12589 4 2579 12579 12579 7 158 258 235 123589 1358 2459 12569 124569 1245 145 9 6 125 157 3 1257 8 12568 13578 2578 235 12356 9 245 2358 245 2568 358 258 4 7 356 1 23589 259 125 9 4 8 1235 135 6 2357 257 1: (3 5 7 8 9) #VT: (30 51 8 4 249 4 8 10 6) Cells: nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil Candidates:nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil (36 45) 458 457 578 9 3568 3568 25 1256 1256 59 2 1 57 4 567 8 569 3 589 6 3 1 58 2 579 4 579 3 158 6 257 12589 4 2579 12579 1257 7 158 258 235 123589 1358 2459 12569 12456 1245 145 9 6 125 157 3 1257 8 12568 13578 2578 235 12356 9 245 2358 245 2568 358 258 4 7 356 1 23589 259 125 9 4 8 1235 135 6 2357 257 2: (1 2 3 5 7) #VT: (30 47 8 4 231 4 8 10 6) Cells: nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil Candidates:nil nil nil nil (29) nil nil nil nil 458 457 578 9 3568 3568 25 1256 1256 59 2 1 57 4 567 8 569 3 589 6 3 1 58 2 579 4 579 3 18 6 257 12589 4 2579 12579 1257 7 158 258 235 123589 1358 2459 12569 12456 1245 145 9 6 125 157 3 1257 8 12568 13578 2578 235 12356 9 245 2358 245 2568 358 258 4 7 356 1 23589 259 125 9 4 8 1235 135 6 2357 257 3: (4 5 7 8 9) #VT: (30 47 8 4 99 4 8 10 6) Cells: nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil Candidates:nil nil nil nil (42 55 64 69 73) nil nil nil nil 458 457 578 9 3568 3568 25 1256 1256 59 2 1 57 4 567 8 569 3 589 6 3 1 58 2 579 4 579 3 18 6 257 12589 4 2579 12579 1257 7 158 258 235 123589 138 2459 12569 12456 1245 145 9 6 125 157 3 1257 8 1268 13578 2578 235 12356 9 245 2358 245 268 358 258 4 7 36 1 23589 259 12 9 4 8 1235 135 6 2357 257 4: (1 2 3 5 6) #VT: (28 40 5 4 68 4 8 10 6) Cells: nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil Candidates:nil (55) (42 78) nil (5 71 80) nil nil nil nil 458 457 578 9 368 3568 25 1256 1256 59 2 1 57 4 567 8 569 3 589 6 3 1 58 2 579 4 579 3 18 6 257 12589 4 2579 12579 1257 7 158 258 235 123589 18 2459 12569 12456 1245 145 9 6 125 157 3 1257 8 168 13578 2578 235 12356 9 245 2358 245 268 358 258 4 7 36 1 2389 259 12 9 4 8 1235 15 6 237 257 5: (1 4 5 6 7) #VT: (27 40 5 4 42 4 8 10 6) Cells: nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil Candidates:nil nil nil nil (1 2 3 23 46) nil nil nil nil EraseCC: ( n8r3c5 n8r5c6 n8r4c2 ) #VT: (27 40 5 4 42 4 8 4 6) Cells: nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil Candidates:nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil 48 47 78 9 36 356 25 1256 1256 59 2 1 57 4 567 8 569 3 59 6 3 1 8 2 579 4 579 3 8 6 257 1259 4 2579 12579 1257 7 15 25 235 12359 8 2459 12569 12456 124 145 9 6 125 157 3 1257 8 168 1357 2578 235 12356 9 245 2358 245 268 35 258 4 7 36 1 2389 259 12 9 4 8 1235 15 6 237 257 6: (2 3 5 7 9) #VT: (27 19 4 4 19 4 6 4 4) Cells: nil nil nil nil nil nil (25) nil nil SetVC: ( n7r3c7 ) #VT: (27 19 4 4 19 4 6 4 4) Cells: nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil Candidates:nil (44 45 81) (71) nil (32 58 65) nil nil nil (35 44) EraseCC: ( n3r8c2 n6r8c6 n3r1c6 n6r1c5 n6r2c8 n6r7c1 n9r8c8 n9r3c9 n9r2c1 n5r3c1 n6r5c9 n8r7c8 n3r9c8 n4r7c9 n4r5c7 n7r9c9 n9r4c7 n9r5c5 n3r7c5 n3r5c4 n2r7c4 n5r7c7 n2r8c9 n2r1c7 n7r7c3 n8r8c1 n5r8c3 n4r1c1 n7r1c2 n8r1c3 n2r5c3 n1r6c1 n1r7c2 n2r9c1 n5r5c2 n1r5c8 n4r6c2 n5r1c8 n1r1c9 n5r4c9 n7r4c4 n2r4c8 n5r6c6 n7r6c8 n1r9c6 n5r2c4 n7r2c6 n1r4c5 n2r6c5 n5r9c5 ) 4 7 8 9 6 3 2 5 1 9 2 1 5 4 7 8 6 3 5 6 3 1 8 2 7 4 9 3 8 6 7 1 4 9 2 5 7 5 2 3 9 8 4 1 6 1 4 9 6 2 5 3 7 8 6 1 7 2 3 9 5 8 4 8 3 5 4 7 6 1 9 2 2 9 4 8 5 1 6 3 7

by **totuan** » Tue Mar 14, 2023 8:20 am

My path for this one:

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Thanks for the puzzle!
totuan

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