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Resolution state after Singles and whips[1]:
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! 158 258 125 ! 3 6 4 ! 7 158 9 !
! 13578 578 15 ! 2 9 15 ! 4 6 38 !
! 13569 569 4 ! 8 7 15 ! 135 135 2 !
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! 5678 5678 569 ! 46 34 2 ! 38 389 1 !
! 2 1 3 ! 5 8 9 ! 6 7 4 !
! 68 4 69 ! 7 1 36 ! 2 389 5 !
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! 4 3 126 ! 16 5 678 ! 9 128 678 !
! 1569 569 7 ! 1469 2 368 ! 1358 13458 368 !
! 1569 2569 8 ! 1469 34 367 ! 135 12345 367 !
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139 candidates
The puzzle is in BC4.
It has 2 Pairs at the start but using them makes two unnecessary steps when looking for fewer steps.
Solution in 3 non-W1 steps, in S4+BC4:
naked-quads-in-a-block: b1{r1c1 r1c2 r1c3 r2c3}{n5 n8 n2 n1} ==> r2c2≠8, r3c2≠5, r3c1≠5, r3c1≠1, r2c2≠5, r2c1≠8, r2c1≠5, r2c1≠1singles ==> r2c2=7, r2c1=3, r2c9=8, r4c1=7
whip[1]: c9n3{r9 .} ==> r8c7≠3, r8c8≠3, r9c7≠3, r9c8≠3
whip[4]: r1n8{c2 c1} - r6c1{n8 n6} - c3n6{r6 r7} - c3n2{r7 .} ==> r1c2≠2singles ==> r1c3=2, r9c2=2, r7c8=2, r7c6=8, r9c6=7, r7c9=7
biv-chain[4]: r4c5{n4 n3} - r4c7{n3 n8} - b9n8{r8c7 r8c8} - b9n4{r8c8 r9c8} ==> r9c5≠4stte