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[denis_berthier]

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.

In the meantime, could you put your own collection of the SER ≥ 11.7 ?

And I have another question: are you using the same type of proximity search as described e.g. by eleven?

[mith]

The ones added in champagne's update are here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

Each file is ordered by ER/EP/ED, so they're at the top. But here are the 11.7s and 11.8s from those files (I think the only new one since is the 11.8 I just posted).

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........1.....2.3...4.5.6.7...2.8....7..6...59.........16...4...5..1.7..8..3.....;11.7;11.7;2.6
........1....23.....45...6......1....5.7...8.9...5...3.6.8..7...75....4.2.......9;11.7;1.2;1.2
.....9.......8..76...7...85..5.....7.9.....5.1....23...1...4...34..9......681....;11.8;11.8;2.6
..12..3......4..5......6...2.....1.3.4.....6.1.7.....8.1.7......9..65...7..8..2..;11.8;1.5;1.5
........1..2..3.4..4..5.6.......7.8...43......1..9.5...9......63.78.....4....2.7.;11.7;11.7;10.7
........1.....2.3...4.5.6.....2...7..7...4..28...9.5....5..69...1.3.....6.8.4....;11.7;11.7;9.4
........1.....2.34..3.5.6.....6..7...7..8....9....1.4..8.5.....3.1....9.4....3..2;11.7;11.7;8.0
........1.....1..2...34..5...36......574.....8....2....46....7..7.5...6.9...6.1..;11.7;11.7;2.6
.....1..2....3..4....5..1.6..1..72...8......59......8...6..5...43..9....89.3.....;11.7;11.7;2.6
.....1..2....3..4....5..1.6..1..76...8......59......8...5..2...34..9....89.3.....;11.7;11.7;2.6
........1.....2.....3.4.56....7.......4.......5..3.42..26.....8.35..9...4...2.35.;11.7;1.2;1.2
........1....23.4.....452....1.....6.3...6.2.6.7...8....8.5.....5...4...1..6....9;11.7;1.2;1.2
................12..3.145.........4...16......5..371...35....8..749.....1...534..;11.7;1.2;1.2
........1..2..3..4.5..6.27.....8.52.5..9.6...8.......6..76..4...6.....1.2...7.8..;11.7;1.2;1.2

In broad strokes, nothing novel compared to eleven's description. It's still a proximity search, mostly using {-1+2}, {-2+2}, or {-2+1). At the moment I'm only searching 21-24 clues; the 19 and 20 clue searches hadn't yielded anything new in a while. I've got a thread constantly churning through SER ratings, but the generating is filtering on q2 and skfr mostly.

[champagne]

The ones added in champagne's update are here: ...

and if you select items with an internal number >3000000 you get yours plus the 2 from sssx

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.....9.......8..76...7...85..5.....7.9.....5.1....23...1...4...34..9......681....   11.8   11.8   2.6   MITH   2020_10   3269469   22   
..12..3......4..5......6...2.....1.3.4.....6.1.7.....8.1.7......9..65...7..8..2..   11.8   1.5   1.5   MITH   2020_10   3268347   22   
........1..2..3.4..4..5.6.......7.8...43......1..9.5...9......63.78.....4....2.7.   11.7   11.7   10.7   MITH   2020_10   3265491   22   
........1.....2.3...4.5.6.....2...7..7...4..28...9.5....5..69...1.3.....6.8.4....   11.7   11.7   9.4   MITH   2020_10   3266306   22   
........1.....2.34..3.5.6.....6..7...7..8....9....1.4..8.5.....3.1....9.4....3..2   11.7   11.7   8   MITH   2020_10   3266003   22   
........1.....2.3...4.5.6.7...2.8....7..6...59.........16...4...5..1.7..8..3.....   11.7   11.7   2.6   MITH   2020_10   3276414   21   
........1.....1..2...34..5...36......574.....8....2....46....7..7.5...6.9...6.1..   11.7   11.7   2.6   MITH   2020_10   3270807   22   
.....1..2....3..4....5..1.6..1..76...8......59......8...5..2...34..9....89.3.....   11.7   11.7   2.6   MITH   2020_10   3269484   22   
12.3.....34..1......5..6...2.....5...1.....2...7..8..9...5..6.7....3..4......79..   11.7   11.7   2.6   SSX   2020_02_29   3261240   22   
.....1..2....3..4....5..1.6..1..72...8......59......8...6..5...43..9....89.3.....   11.7   11.7   2.6   MITH   2020_10   3269482   22   
........1.....2.....3.4.56....7.......4.......5..3.42..26.....8.35..9...4...2.35.   11.7   1.2   1.2   MITH   2020_10   3301956   22   
........1..2..3..4.5..6.27.....8.52.5..9.6...8.......6..76..4...6.....1.2...7.8..   11.7   1.2   1.2   MITH   2020_10   3273143   24   
........1....23.4.....452....1.....6.3...6.2.6.7...8....8.5.....5...4...1..6....9   11.7   1.2   1.2   MITH   2020_10   3302991   22   
................12..3.145.........4...16......5..371...35....8..749.....1...534..   11.7   1.2   1.2   MITH   2020_10   3301994   23   
12.3.....6...7..1...4..5...3.....4...6..2..3...8.....9...9....8.7..3..6......25..   11.7   1.2   1.2   SSX   2019_10   3260101   22   
........1....23.....45...6......1....5.7...8.9...5...3.6.8..7...75....4.2.......9   11.7   1.2   1.2   MITH   2020_10   3267992   21   

[denis_berthier]

Mith + Champagne

Thanks for the list

[mith]

I forgot to post my morph of the 11.8 21C I found (keeping with the theme of fitting 11.8 on a diagonal...)

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+-------+-------+-------+
| . . . | . . . | . . 9 |
| . . . | . . . | . 8 . |
| . 7 . | . 6 . | 5 . . |
+-------+-------+-------+
| . . . | 4 . . | . 3 . |
| . 5 . | . 2 . | . . . |
| 1 . . | . . 7 | 6 . . |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 1 . | . 5 . | 2 . . |
| 2 . . | . . 1 | . . . |
| . . 9 | 8 . . | . . 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
........9.......8..7..6.5.....4...3..5..2....1....76..71..5.2..2....1.....98....3  ED=11.8/1.2/1.2

Otherwise, since the database update I also have a new 11.7 (22C), ten eleven 11.6s, and just over 10k new 11+. I'll get a full update up sometime in December maybe.

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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
........1....23......4.5.3...16..7...3...4...8.6.....9..97..8...2..4..5.6........  ED=11.6/11.6/ 9.8
........1.....2..3..4.5..6..1....7..4.6.8....5..9...4..2...3...6.5......8...6..9.  ED=11.6/11.6/ 2.6

........1.....2.3...4.5.6....7.6.8...6.....9238.........857.....5.8..4..1....9...  ED=11.7/11.7/10.5
........1.....2.3.....1.4.5..2..3....4..6.7..6..8...9...89......6..5...771....5..  ED=11.6/11.6/ 7.8
........1.....2.3...4.5.6.......7..2..8....1..9..8.5...467......89..3...5...6.4..  ED=11.6/11.6/ 3.4 (+MFC)

........1.......2...1.345...1..462..3..7.....4...1..8..5......2.6.9.....1...653..  ED=11.6/11.6/ 2.6
........1.....1.23...24.5....26.7....8..5....9...8......7..6.3.4.3....168.....9..  ED=11.6/11.6/ 2.6
........1.....2.....3.4..5.....6.5....54.7....6.3...7...6.7.84.8.......99.4.3..6.  ED=11.6/ 1.2/ 1.2

........1.....2.....3.4..56...4.......4...5.7.6..7.3....685..7.8....96..9.5.6..3.  ED=11.6/ 1.2/ 1.2
..............1..2..3.4.56........27..6..5....8..3.65.....5.48..38.69....54.....6  ED=11.6/ 1.2/ 1.2 (+MFC)
..............1..2..3.4.56........27..6..5....8..3.6......5.48..38.69..5.54.....6  ED=11.6/ 1.2/ 1.2 (+MFC)
........1.....2.3...4.516.....1.......1.754..89.2.......25....6.4...7.5..7...62..  ED=11.6/ 1.2/ 1.2 (+MFC)

*I assume these are all new, I haven't actually gotten around to updating my database to champagne's latest.

[mith]

This one may also be of interest, for the high q1:

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........1....23.....45...6...57...4...62.8.7..9......8..7..2...46.....2.5..6..7..  ED=11.2/1.2/1.2 q1=99431 q2=99489

Also worth noting this pair of 22Cs in the October update:

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........1.....2.3...4.5.6....6....1..4.7....38...9.4....85......6..8..949.5......  ED=11.6/1.2/1.2 q1=99225 q2=99130
........1.....2.3...4.5.6....6....1..4.7....38...9.4....8..9....6..8.5.49.5......  ED=11.6/1.2/1.2 q1=99225 q2=99130

I believe these are the 4th and 5th puzzles to hit ER>=11.6, q1>=99000, AND q2>=99100. (Easter Monster and a couple by eleven are the others.)

[mith]

I was made aware of this: https://www.reddit.com/r/sudoku/comment ... m_scratch/

Recreated (a morph of) an Ocean puzzle (Christmas present for gsf).

[999_Springs]

I was made aware of this: https://www.reddit.com/r/sudoku/comment ... nt/ghxsx92
Recreated (a morph of) an Ocean puzzle (Christmas present for gsf).

edit: i read the reddit thread and i see that you are talking about the puzzle in the op and not the comment thread that you linked. in other words, the puzzle is this one
..9...2...8.5...1.7.......6..6.9.....5.8..3..4....7........4..9.3..1..8....2..5..
and not this one, which is the one you gave a direct link to
8..........36......7..9.2...5...7.......457.....1...3...1....68..85...1..9....4..

i take it from your new account on reddit that you are /u/newman-iknewit? as a correction in your reply to the reddit post, the other puzzle they're talking about isn't arto inkala's ai escargot (2006) but a different puzzle that he had published in 2012 long after se 11.9's had been discovered. his new puzzle is se 10.7 but starts with a multi fish and it reduces to 9.0. for the benefit of those reading this thread who may come from reddit, the arto inkala puzzle has been beaten to death several times before here and here and here and by me here and here, which i will let those on reddit know about in a bit when i wake up

edit 2: since the op didn't provide the original puzzle they started from that hodoku rates 27792, and hodoku ratings aren't invariant under isomorphism, there is some chance the op started from the same puzzle and just came up with an isomorph of it by accident, especially if they only did a vicinity search or something

[mith]

Thanks, fixed link.

[mith]

Found my first new 11.7 in a while; I've mostly been running reductions on lower rated puzzles in my database, so not as many high SE ratings.

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........1.....2.34..4.3.5....5.1..4..6.2..7..8..9.......7.2...552...8...9..6..... ED=11.7/11.7/2.8

Has a JE, but still 11.7 after that.

[denis_berthier]

Found my first new 11.7 in a while; I've mostly been running reductions on lower rated puzzles in my database, so not as many high SE ratings.

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........1.....2.34..4.3.5....5.1..4..6.2..7..8..9.......7.2...552...8...9..6..... ED=11.7/11.7/2.8

Has a JE, but still 11.7 after that.

It's good to know someone is still looking for more "hardest" puzzles.
Nowadays, a new 11.7 becomes a rarity. I therefore computed it's BpB rating. All the previously known 11.7s fall between B4B and B6B, with the majority of them in B5B (see the tables in chapter 11 of [PBCS]).
This one is in B5B (or less). [As I'm mainly interested in the hardest BpB ratings, I didn't check if it was in a lower BpB.]

[creint]

My solver can now solve all the hardest puzzles.
Forcing nets inside forcing nets is the maximum that is required to solve them.

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98.7.....7.....6....6.5.....4...5.3...79..5......2...1..85..9......1...4.....3.2.

Takes 8 seconds, but this last steps it only take the first found.

[Hajime]

Forcing nets inside forcing nets is the maximum that is required to solve them.

Is your implementation a 2 deep T&E ?

[creint]

place a -> placements+exclusions. Take this as new pencil mark grid and solve, if contradiction then a is invalid.
If you call forcing net 1 deep T&E then yes.
An easy/slower implementation but it can use all the logic.

[denis_berthier]

My solver can now solve all the hardest puzzles.
Forcing nets inside forcing nets is the maximum that is required to solve them.

All the known puzzles can be solved with T&E at levels ≤=2.