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[gsf]

I am not sure what to make of all these puzzles

They were generated en masse, rather easily, but tediously, with readily available software !

I forgot about that post
they're running through the rating script now

[gsf]

I am not very up on what you guys are doing here but I took one of the puzzles, posted by coloin, and jiggered it into this:

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1.......2
.9.4...5.
..6...7..
.5.3.4...
...91....
.....8.4.
..2...6..
.3...9.8.
7.......1

which SE chugs at and won't give me a rating. It is a valid puzzle, according to SE, but I get no rating.

What is so odd about this puzzle??

it requires paired propositions (2 guesses at once) to solve
but it only takes one round of paired propositions so its not the hardest in that group
look here for more comments

the real odd thing here is a 21st century program chugging multiple hours on a relatively small problem

[tarek]

are there any new updates on the list of hardest in this thread......

The problem is trying to avoid isomorphs..........

I was wondering how AW would rate the latest batch of puzzles I posted here that have a q1 rating of >95000

tarek

[JPF]

are there any new updates on the list of hardest in this thread......

The problem is trying to avoid isomorphs..........
tarek

Here is the gsf's file

JPF

[gsf]

are there any new updates on the list of hardest in this thread......

The problem is trying to avoid isomorphs..........
tarek

Here is the gsf's file

thanks jpf
I just double checked that data
no dups
and I believe it covers tarek's list and coloin's waiting list
if there are any missing let me know and I'll add them

[coloin]

del

[coloin]

del

[JPF]

I don't see the need to have 2 lists...

The gsf's list (maybe completed) contains all the required data.

JPF

[gsf]

I don't see the need to have 2 lists...

The gsf's list (maybe completed) contains all the required data.

40 in the post 2 back are not in the list
I'm rating them now and will merge in

I do have a request for puzzle catalog/compilations on the forums
could we adopt CSV (character separated field newline separated record) formats
so that we won't have to continually convert from one visual format to another
this has been a source of error for me and I'm sure others
CSV formats are much friendlier as progam input and also lend themselves to db-type operations

if there is a problem converting from one format to another you can use my solver to assist the conversion

my solver also supports a schema magic header
#!sudoku -cN<separator>field-1<separator>...
where N is the field containing the puzzle grid
<separator> is the field separator character,
and field-i are the field names

e.g., the hardest catalog has this header

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#!sudoku -c4,Q1,ER,XR,puzzle,label,Q1time,ERtime,stats

where -c4 specifies that the puzzle grid is in the 4th comma-separated field in each line

any catalog with this header can be used as input to my solver with no options needed

[gsf]

all of the puzzles gathered from this thread and thread-related pm's (691 total) are posted here
9 singles backdoor conjecture breakers at the top

[AW]

I was wondering how AW would rate the latest batch of puzzles I posted here that have a q1 rating of >95000

Sure thing. Took a little while, but I did manage to make Solver work through a batch file! They all get 1 sword, except these four that get 2 swords : ULTRA0303, ULTRA0315, ULTRA0321, ULTRA0339.

It's rather strange to me. I kinda had it in my mind that anything that didn't have any backdoors would get at least one jelly. Shows what I know.

I'll be working on my solver a bit to make it solve new ones and also to make it calculate some kind of clearer rating, as I promised myself I'd do if there was ever a puzzle it couldn't solve. Hopefully, it will give some measure of how deep and extensive the nets are. Your puzzles have me stumped, tarek. They are obviously extremely complex, yet Solver consistently gives them low marks. Only thing I can figure is, although their nets aren't so deep, they are exceptionally extensive. I should be done in... a while...

[tarek]

thanx AW,

That batch of puzzles rated highly on most of the rating programs....

So not qiute sure what it means if it didn't on yours........

bu the way, are there any puzzles that your solver can't solve ?

tarek

[StrmCkr]

yip then i deleted my post as its Er rating is 10.6 pretty good i guess

these guys are getting 11 + on ratings alot now.

not sure if its a backdoor size three... was checking that ...

then i deleted the post so here it is again.

oysterkite wrote:

Try this puzzle. It's know as Qassim Hamza
and some people regard it as among the most difficult puzzles ever created.
[ 22 clues ]

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:

 . . . | 7 . . | 8 . .
 . . . | . 4 . | . 3 .
 . . . | . . 9 | . . 1
-------+-------+------
 6 . . | 5 . . | . . .
 . 1 . | . 3 . | . 4 .
 . . 5 | . . 1 | . . 7
-------+-------+------
 5 . . | 2 . . | 6 . .
 . 3 . | . 8 . | . 9 .
 . . 7 | . . . | . . 2


[Pat]

http://forum.enjoysudoku.com/viewtopic.php?p=44336#p44336

[Ocean]

Here is a puzzle that seems to have singles backdoor size 3 (M3). Maybe the 'easiest' such puzzle so far?

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 *-----------*
 |..1|...|2..|
 |.3.|...|.4.|
 |5..|.3.|..6|
 |---+---+---|
 |...|1.7|...|
 |.4.|...|.8.|
 |...|9.2|...|
 |---+---+---|
 |3..|...|..8|
 |.6.|.5.|.3.|
 |..2|...|7..|
 *-----------*