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1..2.....
.2..1.3..
..3..4.5.
6..1...7.
.7..8...9
..5...6..
.9...75..
..46.....
....3...2 ED=1.2/1.2/1.2
1..2.....
.2..1.3..
..3..4.5.
6..1...7.
.7..8...9
..5...6..
.9...75..
..46.....
....3...2 ED=1.2/1.2/1.2
1 . . 2 . . . . .
. 3 . . 4 . 5 . .
. . 6 . . 5 . 7 .
8 . . 1 . . . 5 .
. 2 . . 8 . . . 6
. . 9 . . . 3 . .
. 4 . . . 3 9 . .
. . 7 9 . . . . .
. . . . 5 . . . 2 ED=8.0/8.0/7.1
1..2.....
.3..1.4..
..5..6.7.
8..3...1.
.2..8...4
..6...3..
.4...56..
..97.....
....9...2 ED=8.0/8.0/7.2
ghfick wrote:I decided to attempt the 11.4 posted by champagne with game 0294 p2301. Sometimes, a puzzle with a high rating with Sudoku Explainer will fall with more recently established methods. For this puzzle though, one gets only 2 bi-value cells [both with (5) and (9)] and only 3 other strong links. This strikes me as very rare indeed. Then there are only 12 tri-value cells. There are only 8 pairs of cells where JE base cells are even possible [4 horizontal, 4 vertical]. I believe none of these pairs can be base cells for JEs, not even with the extended JE forms detailed in David P Bird's compendium. I am also fairly sure that there are no more general Exocets, no help from Braids, no SK Loops, MSLS or MultiFish [please correct me if I missed anything non-assumptive]. So, I believe this puzzle is very distinctive. I am hesitant to speak about difficulty ratings. This puzzle, though, gives up nothing from essentially its start. Many of the famous 'extreme' puzzles have an SK Loop or an MSLS early on and remain extreme but this one appears to contain nothing.
Patrice wrote: ED=7.9/7.9/7.8
1 . . 2 . . . . .
. 3 . . 4 . 5 . .
. . 4 . . 3 . 6 .
7 . . 1 . . . 2 .
. 8 . . 2 . . . 7
. . 9 . . . 3 . .
. 9 . . . 5 8 . .
. . 8 4 . . . . .
. . . . 7 . . . 1 ED=4.5/4.5/3.4
1..2.....
.3..4.5..
..4..6.7.
7..8...2.
.2..9...4
..8...3..
.5...94..
..64.....
....5...1 ED=10.9/1.2/1.2
game 0294 2017-10-15+03:00:00-0000 LIGHTNING duration 5d15h dealer champagne pages 2298-2304 (open) 2 players
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1.2/1.2/1.2 champagne 6.6/6.6/6.6 Patrice 8.4/8.4/8.4 Patrice 9.9/9.9/9.9 champagne
1.5/1.5/1.5 Patrice 6.7/6.7/6.7 champagne 8.5/8.5/8.5 champagne 10.0/10.0/10.0 champagne
1.7/1.2/1.2 champagne 7.0/7.0/7.0 Patrice 8.6/8.6/8.6 Patrice 10.1/10.1/10.1 champagne
2.0/2.0/2.0 champagne 7.1/7.1/7.1 champagne 8.7/8.7/8.7 champagne 10.2/10.2/10.2 Patrice
2.5/2.5/2.5 Patrice 7.2/7.2/7.2 Patrice 8.8/8.8/8.8 Patrice 10.3/10.3/10.3 Patrice
2.8/2.8/2.8 champagne 7.3/7.3/7.3 champagne 8.9/8.9/8.9 champagne 10.4/10.4/10.4 champagne
3.0/3.0/3.0 Patrice 7.4/7.4/7.4 Patrice 9.0/9.0/9.0 Patrice 10.5/10.5/10.5 Patrice
3.2/3.2/3.2 champagne 7.5/7.5/7.5 champagne 9.1/9.1/9.1 champagne 10.6/10.6/10.6 champagne
3.4/3.4/3.4 Patrice 7.6/7.6/7.6 Patrice 9.2/9.2/9.2 Patrice 10.7/10.7/10.7 Patrice
3.6/3.6/3.6 champagne 7.7/7.7/7.3 Patrice 9.3/9.3/9.3 champagne 10.8/10.8/10.5 Patrice
3.8/3.8/3.8 Patrice 7.8/7.8/7.8 champagne 9.4/9.4/9.4 Patrice 10.9/1.2/1.2 champagne
4.4/4.4/4.4 champagne 7.9/7.9/7.8 Patrice 9.5/9.5/9.5 Patrice 11.0/11.0/9.9 Patrice
4.5/4.5/3.4 Patrice 8.0/8.0/7.2 champagne 9.6/9.6/9.6 Patrice 11.1/11.1/11.1 champagne
4.6/4.6/3.4 champagne 8.2/8.2/8.2 Patrice 9.7/9.7/9.7 champagne 11.4/1.2/1.2 champagne
4.7/4.7/3.4 champagne 8.3/8.3/8.3 champagne 9.8/9.8/9.8 Patrice
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rare ratings : 11.4
open ratings : 2.3 2.6 4.0 4.2 4.8-5.2 5.4 5.6-6.2 6.5 6.8 6.9 8.1 11.2 11.3 11.6-11.8
submitter entries score response notes
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Patrice 29 3295 2h15m rare-1,diamond*23,pearl*5
champagne 30 3700 2h18m rare-0,rare-2,diamond*22,pearl*3,highest-rating=280,last-entry=319,dup-rating,dealer
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2 59 6995 rare-0,rare-1,rare-2,diamond*45,pearl*8
1 . . 2 . . . . .
. 2 . . 3 . 4 . .
. . 5 . . 1 . 3 .
6 . . 1 . . . 5 .
. 7 . . 8 . . . 9
. . 1 . . . 3 . .
. 9 . . . 6 7 . .
. . 6 5 . . . . .
. . . . 4 . . . 8 ED=4.0/4.0/3.8
1..2.....
.3..4.5..
..6..7.1.
4..8...3.
.7..3...2
..9...6..
.2...57..
..14.....
....6...3 ED=6.0/1.2/1.2
1 . . 2 . . . . .
. 3 . . 4 . 1 . .
. . 5 . . 3 . 4 .
6 . . 1 . . . 3 .
. 7 . . 2 . . . 8
. . 8 . . . 4 . .
. 5 . . . 9 7 . .
. . 9 6 . . . . .
. . . . 8 . . . 1 ED=5.9/1.2/1.2
1..2.....
.3..4.5..
..4..6.1.
2..7...4.
.4..8...5
..9...3..
.8...59..
..74.....
....9...6 ED=11.2/1.2/1.2
1 . . 2 . . . . .
. 2 . . 3 . 4 . .
. . 5 . . 6 . 7 .
7 . . 8 . . . 5 .
. 3 . . 9 . . . 4
. . 1 . . . 6 . .
. 9 . . . 8 5 . .
. . 2 5 . . . . .
. . . . 4 . . . 8 ED=4.2/4.2/4.2
1..2.....
.3..4.1..
..2..5.6.
7..8...9.
.4..9...8
..3...5..
.7...14..
..87.....
....6...9 ED=6.5/4.5/3.4