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eclipsegirl
Posted on: Tue Jan 07, 2020 2:33 am
Posts: 692 Joined: Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:20 pm
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The 9 x 9 pattern that I most loathe
This is a way for me to count how many times this pattern occurs 2020. I hate this pattern. I swear it appeared about 5 times in 2019. So now I will add the dates this pattern occurs in 2020 so I can make an accurate count Tues Jan 7 2020 https://www.calcudoku.org/en/2020-01-07/9/3Tues Jan 28 2020 https://www.calcudoku.org/en/2020-01-28/9/3Tues Feb 25 2020 https://www.calcudoku.org/en/2020-02-25/9/3Tues Sept 1 2020 https://www.calcudoku.org/en/2020-09-01/9/3
Last edited by eclipsegirl on Tue Sep 01, 2020 12:49 am, edited 5 times in total.
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beaker
Posted on: Tue Jan 07, 2020 2:59 am
Posts: 931 Location: Ladysmith, BC, Canada Joined: Fri May 13, 2011 1:37 am
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Re: The 9 x 9 pattern that I most loathe
the middle cross......not one of my faves either as it takes longer than the others
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eclipsegirl
Posted on: Tue Jan 07, 2020 3:10 am
Posts: 692 Joined: Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:20 pm
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Re: The 9 x 9 pattern that I most loathe
I believe that Patrick has stated in the past that this is the most difficult 9 x 9 pattern (that he uses).
I thought it was once stated that this pattern should appear about twice a year. I was pleased when sometime in March 2019, we had the second appearance of this pattern. And then it just kept appearing randomly :wink: I trust Patrick when he says this pattern appears randomly.
I was most disappointed when it appeared on the day of the total solar eclipse, but then I had far many other issues to deal with. Any puzzles I was able to turn in that day took determination. (Solving them on an iPad with no ability to refresh (start over), and then plugging in the solution through my phone and hoping I had a connection. This occurred while in semi remote Chile.)
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paulv66
Posted on: Tue Jan 07, 2020 3:22 am
Posts: 959 Location: Ukraine Joined: Tue Mar 01, 2016 10:03 pm
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Re: The 9 x 9 pattern that I most loathe
Definitely the most difficult pattern, in my opinion. I would be interested to see the stats for how many times this pattern has been solved on average compared to the more usual pattern.
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pnm
Posted on: Tue Jan 07, 2020 9:50 am
Posts: 3304 Joined: Thu May 12, 2011 11:58 pm
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Re: The 9 x 9 pattern that I most loathe
eclipsegirl wrote: I was most disappointed when it appeared on the day of the total solar eclipse, but then I had far many other issues to deal with. Any puzzles I was able to turn in that day took determination. (Solving them on an iPad with no ability to refresh (start over), and then plugging in the solution through my phone and hoping I had a connection. This occurred while in semi remote Chile.) Now it's a good story though paulv66 wrote: I would be interested to see the stats for how many times this pattern has been solved on average compared to the more usual pattern.
I'll see if I can dig that up..
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fzpowerman47
Posted on: Wed Jan 08, 2020 8:50 pm
Posts: 82 Joined: Fri May 13, 2011 1:16 am
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Re: The 9 x 9 pattern that I most loathe
I found it a bit difficult but very interesting !!
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eclipsegirl
Posted on: Wed Jan 08, 2020 9:01 pm
Posts: 692 Joined: Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:20 pm
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Re: The 9 x 9 pattern that I most loathe
I found this one easier than some. It still took more time than I usually spend on Tues 9 x 9.
I think the most challenging ones of this pattern are in Patrick’s books. Those puzzles do not have time limits on them so they can be even trickier
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beaker
Posted on: Fri Jan 24, 2020 8:25 am
Posts: 931 Location: Ladysmith, BC, Canada Joined: Fri May 13, 2011 1:37 am
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Re: The 9 x 9 pattern that I most loathe
I think the difficult killer sudoku of today has some of the same patterns and I was not able to solve this one
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paulv66
Posted on: Fri Jan 24, 2020 2:40 pm
Posts: 959 Location: Ukraine Joined: Tue Mar 01, 2016 10:03 pm
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Re: The 9 x 9 pattern that I most loathe
beaker wrote: I think the difficult killer sudoku of today has some of the same patterns and I was not able to solve this one You’ve still got over ten hours left to complete it, beaker. I wouldn’t give up quite yet! I didn’t find it particularly difficult, although I did go down one blind alley.
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eclipsegirl
Posted on: Fri Jan 24, 2020 10:00 pm
Posts: 692 Joined: Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:20 pm
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Re: The 9 x 9 pattern that I most loathe
beaker wrote: I think the difficult killer sudoku of today has some of the same patterns and I was not able to solve this one Once I read your post, I went straight to that puzzle thinking I would need extra time on it. I must have been lucky because it was long. I think I saw the “secret” early and was able to use it to my advantage.
Last edited by eclipsegirl on Sun Jan 26, 2020 11:25 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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