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There are always many ways to approach a puzzle and we don't know what you're expecting.
SER = 8.3 puts it in the hard, but not very hard, category.
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Resolution state after Singles and whips[1]:
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! 6 278 78 ! 5 1279 4 ! 3 1278 1289 !
! 237 5 9 ! 12678 12367 1268 ! 14678 124678 128 !
! 1 2378 4 ! 2678 23679 2689 ! 6789 2678 5 !
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! 8 279 17 ! 124 5 3 ! 149 124 6 !
! 239 6 5 ! 1248 12 7 ! 1489 12348 12389 !
! 4 23 13 ! 9 126 1268 ! 158 12358 7 !
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! 357 1 3678 ! 267 4 26 ! 5678 9 38 !
! 3579 4 2 ! 167 8 169 ! 1567 13567 13 !
! 79 789 678 ! 3 1679 5 ! 2 1678 4 !
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184 candidates.
1) Simplest-first solution, with the hardest steps several z-chains[4] and a t-whip[4]:finned-x-wing-in-rows: n1{r9 r1}{c5 c8} ==> r2c8≠1
finned-x-wing-in-columns: n2{c1 c9}{r5 r2} ==> r2c8≠2
biv-chain[3]: r5c5{n1 n2} - c1n2{r5 r2} - r2n3{c1 c5} ==> r2c5≠1
biv-chain[3]: r6c2{n2 n3} - b1n3{r3c2 r2c1} - c1n2{r2 r5} ==> r4c2≠2
biv-chain[3]: r4n2{c8 c4} - r5c5{n2 n1} - r9n1{c5 c8} ==> r4c8≠1
biv-chain[3]: r9c1{n7 n9} - b4n9{r5c1 r4c2} - b4n7{r4c2 r4c3} ==> r7c3≠7, r9c3≠7
biv-chain[3]: c1n2{r2 r5} - r6c2{n2 n3} - b1n3{r3c2 r2c1} ==> r2c1≠7
whip[1]: c1n7{r9 .} ==> r9c2≠7
biv-chain[4]: r1c3{n8 n7} - b4n7{r4c3 r4c2} - b4n9{r4c2 r5c1} - c9n9{r5 r1} ==> r1c9≠8
biv-chain[4]: r1c3{n8 n7} - r4c3{n7 n1} - r6c3{n1 n3} - c2n3{r6 r3} ==> r3c2≠8
whip[1]: b1n8{r1c3 .} ==> r1c8≠8
z-chain[4]: r1n9{c5 c9} - r1n1{c9 c8} - r9n1{c8 c5} - r5c5{n1 .} ==> r1c5≠2
z-chain[3]: r1n2{c9 c2} - b4n2{r6c2 r5c1} - c9n2{r5 .} ==> r3c8≠2
z-chain[4]: c9n9{r5 r1} - c9n2{r1 r2} - c1n2{r2 r5} - r5c5{n2 .} ==> r5c9≠1
z-chain[3]: c9n1{r2 r8} - r9n1{c8 c5} - r1n1{c5 .} ==> r2c7≠1
z-chain[4]: c1n2{r2 r5} - c5n2{r5 r6} - r6n6{c5 c6} - r7c6{n6 .} ==> r2c6≠2
t-whip[4]: r5c5{n2 n1} - r9n1{c5 c8} - r1n1{c8 c9} - c9n9{r1 .} ==> r5c9≠2
whip[1]: b6n2{r6c8 .} ==> r1c8≠2
biv-chain[3]: c9n9{r5 r1} - b3n2{r1c9 r2c9} - c1n2{r2 r5} ==> r5c1≠9
singles ==> r4c2=9, r9c2=8, r9c3=6, r7c3=3, r6c3=1, r4c3=7, r1c3=8, r7c9=8
naked-pairs-in-a-column: c8{r1 r9}{n1 n7} ==> r8c8≠7, r8c8≠1, r5c8≠1, r3c8≠7, r2c8≠7
whip[1]: b6n1{r5c7 .} ==> r8c7≠1
finned-swordfish-in-columns: n7{c8 c2 c5}{r9 r1 r3} ==> r3c4≠7
biv-chain[3]: r1c8{n7 n1} - r2c9{n1 n2} - r1n2{c9 c2} ==> r1c2≠7
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2) There's no 1-step solution with whips of reasonable length.