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[mith]

Yes, I agree, thus the quotes around hardest.

What I mean though is that among the puzzles in my previous post, it's one of the few with high SER that doesn't appear to have something like an MSLS or an Exocet that would lower the rating if implemented in SE. (I'd be curious where these fall in the BpB classification though!)

[denis_berthier]

Yes, I agree, thus the quotes around hardest.
What I mean though is that among the puzzles in my previous post, it's one of the few with high SER that doesn't appear to have something like an MSLS or an Exocet that would lower the rating if implemented in SE.

I see, thanks

I'd be curious where these fall in the BpB classification though!

The presence of an Exocet is irrelevant to the BpB classification.
There's a relatively strong correlation between it and the SER, as shown in table 11.2, p. 314 of PBCS2. As you have the SERs, this may give you some idea of the BpB classifications of your puzzles.

If you need a precise value, computing the BpB classification may take a long time. I've spent much time long ago doing it for a significant part of the hardest collection. Now, I do it only when I have a good reason (SER >= 11.8), e.g. searching for a possible puzzle that wouldn't be in B7B.

What's new since I made CSP-Rules public (https://github.com/denis-berthier/CSP-Rules-V2.1) is, anyone can now do these computations.
In the SudoRules config file, choose the following settings (by deleting the leading semi-colons on each line
(don't forget to add semi-colons to inactivate the patterns activated by default in section "1) Choose ordinary resolution rules" of the file

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;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;; 2c) for computing the BpB classification
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

;;; choose p (here p = 5):
 (bind ?*Whips* TRUE)
 (bind ?*Braids* TRUE)
 (bind ?*whips-max-length* 5)
 (bind ?*braids-max-length* 5)

;;; choose one of the following forms of T&E(1)
 (bind ?*TE1* TRUE) ;;; for T&E at level 1


[mith]

Found another 11.8 today, this one a pearl. I'll post a full update tomorrow.

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+-------+-------+-------+
| . . . | . . 9 | . . . |
| . . . | . 8 . | . 7 6 |
| . . . | 7 . . | . 8 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| . . 5 | . . . | . . 7 |
| . 9 . | . . . | . 5 . |
| 1 . . | . . 2 | 3 . . |
+-------+-------+-------+
| . 1 . | . . 4 | . . . |
| 3 4 . | . 9 . | . . . |
| . . 6 | 8 1 . | . . . |
+-------+-------+-------+
.....9.......8..76...7...85..5.....7.9.....5.1....23...1...4...34..9......681....

minlex ........1....23.4.....452....1.3.....3...4...6..7....8..6.....9.5....62.7.9...1..  ED=11.8/11.8/2.6 (DLFC+DFC) q1=95515 q2=98004

(MSLS gets it down to 9.1.)

[denis_berthier]

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minlex ........1....23.4.....452....1.3.....3...4...6..7....8..6.....9.5....62.7.9...1..  ED=11.8/11.8/2.6 (DLFC+DFC) q1=95515 q2=98004

SER 11.8 but only in B5B (or less - I didn't try).

[champagne]

Found another 11.8 today, this one a pearl. I'll post a full update tomorrow......

Hi mith,

I am updating the data base, as you produced many versions of your findings, could you (private message??) send the summary of puzzles to add to the data base, if possible with only

puzzle (81) followed by serate ratings ER,EP,ED
eg
.....1.2.....3...4..56..1....6..7..1.4.....8.1..9..7....1..69..8...2.....3.5.....;11.4;1.2;1.2

I added games till game 389, I'll add recent games after the process of your file

[mith]

Sure, I can do that. I'm running an update for the ones I've run serate on, I'll put it together once that's done.

[champagne]

Having received a significant contribution from mith, I prepared a new update of the data base

as for all new files , that update is in my "google drive space" with the name ph_2010.zip

the link to that storage place is here

The file contains now 3 103 972 puzzles ( 3 049 068 in the former release dated October 2019)

On interesting fact is the arrival of new very high SE ratings (11.8 and 11.7 ...) already posted in this thread

The readme file included in the zip file have more details.

[mith]

New 11.8 tonight:

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........1.......2...3..45......6...7..5..8....9.3..4...39..58...8.9.....2...1..7.  ED=11.8/1.2/1.2

[denis_berthier]

If the "database" is a real database, it shouldn't be too difficult to -issue a diff at the same time, so that we don't have to search for what's really new.
I asked the previous time, to no avail.

[champagne]

If the "database" is a real database, it shouldn't be too difficult to -issue a diff at the same time, so that we don't have to search for what's really new.
I asked the previous time, to no avail.

Anybody working in this field can do it easily with its own storage, but if this can help the new entries are at the bottom of the file o2_index.
Here, all new puzzles of very high rating have been posted in this thread (or in the pattern game)

[denis_berthier]

If the "database" is a real database, it shouldn't be too difficult to -issue a diff at the same time, so that we don't have to search for what's really new.
I asked the previous time, to no avail.

Anybody working in this field can do it easily with its own storage, but if this can help the new entries are at the bottom of the file o2_index.
Here, all new puzzles of very high rating have been posted in this thread (or in the pattern game)

Not everybody wants to read the 49 pages of this thread plus the 3054 of the patterns game. And not everybody wants to use 19th century methods for finding the proper information by having to combine two files.

[denis_berthier]

New 11.8 tonight:

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........1.......2...3..45......6...7..5..8....9.3..4...39..58...8.9.....2...1..7.  ED=11.8/1.2/1.2

I tested it: it's in B5B (or lower).

[champagne]

If the "database" is a real database, it shouldn't be too difficult to -issue a diff at the same time, so that we don't have to search for what's really new.
I asked the previous time, to no avail.

Anybody working in this field can do it easily with its own storage, but if this can help the new entries are at the bottom of the file o2_index.
Here, all new puzzles of very high rating have been posted in this thread (or in the pattern game)

Not everybody wants to read the 49 pages of this thread plus the 3054 of the patterns game. And not everybody wants to use 19th century methods for finding the proper information by having to combine two files.

and each user has it's own spec of the "diff" needed. 58 thousand new puzzles does not help that much)
I did my best to keep this data base.
I am now an old man (78)
it's time for anybody willing to replace me to take over the job

[mith]

Since I'm the one adding most of the puzzles at the moment, I don't mind putting up my own version of the database at some point.

[denis_berthier]

Not everybody wants to read the 49 pages of this thread plus the 3054 of the patterns game. And not everybody wants to use 19th century methods for finding the proper information by having to combine two files.

and each user has it's own spec of the "diff" needed. 58 thousand new puzzles does not help that much)
I did my best to keep this data base.
I am now an old man (78)
it's time for anybody willing to replace me to take over the job

Your work of collecting all the findings has been useful. I just meant the presentation could be improved. And I don't think the diff would be that large: only the upper part of the collection is really useful.