Tuesday, October 25, 2005

sudoku (051025)

sudoku (051025)

Well, here we go again. I've decided to publish a sudoku puzzle three times a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. In any given week, the Tuesday puzzles will be the easiest, the Thursday ones a little harder, and the Saturday ones will be devilishly difficult.

The rules of sudoku: The puzzle board consists of a 9 by 9 grid, which is further divided up into nine 3 by 3 blocks. In each row, column, and 3x3 block, the numbers 1 through 9 each get written exactly once. The puzzle board generally starts with 18 to 30 of the cells in the grid already filled in. For those who need help, a short tutorial on how to solve sudoku puzzles can be found here.

To solve this puzzle, I suggest first saving the GIF on your computer. Then print it out and solve it in pencil, or if you don't feel like using paper, then solve it using a graphics editor such as Microsoft Paint.

Once again, if you solve this puzzle, time yourself and put your time in the comments. I will be posting the solution in a day or two. The winner receives a prize: the ability to gloat at all the other players.

Update: The answer is here.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

All righty, Bender, here goes.
Starting at one past midnight.

Anonymous said...

gwzaqifdDone. 12:44. Let's see carry the tree,divide by eight, take the root...

43 minutes.