Play free puzzles         Create free account         Instructions         Discussion forum         Log in    

Show only:

Click on column headings to sort.

Dr Gareth Moore author website
Dr Gareth Moore.com
View my new and upcoming books, plus selected previous titles

View Dr Gareth Moore's YouTube channel
@DrGareth on YouTube
Join me as I solve escape room boxes and puzzles

View Dr Gareth Moore's Twitter feed
@DrGarethMoore on Twitter
View my daily word and number puzzles

Get
Brained Up, daily online brain training site
BrainedUp.com
daily online brain training
Cutting-edge brain training created by
Dr Gareth Moore
Think faster, better,
and improve your mental capabilities

   

Back to the puzzles list

Comments and Results for 'Non-consecutive Sudoku 68'

StateTypeTitleSizePlayedAvg timeRating (#users)YoursYour bestPublishedExpires
UnplayedConsecutiveNon-consecutive Sudoku 686x610724:29Easy (312)Was free until 21st May 20157th MayExpired
Show full chart rankings for Non-consecutive Sudoku 68
Your puzzle statistics First solution time distribution Overall puzzle statistics
Log in (or create a free user)
to store and view your puzzle statistics
Slowest 10% not shown
0:00
8:36

Solution time without 'show wrong'
Slowest 10% not shown
0:00
7:55

Unaided first solution time
Slowest 10% not shown
0:00
6:52
Completed by398 users
Best time without any aid0:55 by ClareJuliette
Best time with show wrong
or multiple sessions
0:43 by ACW1
Average solve time with no or minor aid3:51
Average solve time with no aid3:49
Average difficulty rating - all players1.5/10.0
Average difficulty rating - no aid1.3/10.0
Average difficulty rating - minor aid1.0/10.0
Average difficulty rating - major aid1.5/10.0
Average difficulty rating - show wrong or
multiple sessions
1.8/10.0
5 comments (Add new comment)
Posted 7th May 2015 at 14:48
JoergWausW Daily subscriber Best completion time: 2:25 Time on first attempt: 3:08
I just solved an older big one of these again. I like those. Today, first I wondered about the low number of this puzzle. But when it popped up to be 6x6, it became clear why. The "-6" indicator was somehow missing. I appreciate the size hints in the puzzle names for smaller ones, just because I usually start the current puzzle from the main page. Now I and wanted to ask why Calcudokus are the only Sudoku-variant where the size is never mentioned in the title... (but this is off-topic here)
Posted 7th May 2015 at 16:06
Elisabeth Daily subscriber Rated puzzle: Easy Completion time: 5:48
The size is given in the first column, JoergWausW, for all the puzzles, at least it is on my laptop!!
Posted 7th May 2015 at 16:56
gareth Administrator Daily subscriber Has started but not yet finished this puzzle
The size is indeed shown before you open the puzzle. As to why it does or doesn't appear in the title too, it depends on whether I consider that the size is a key part of the puzzle or not. With Sudoku, you wouldn't expect a mix of sizes in a book (you'd expect all 9x9 unless otherwise said) and so I add the size to the title to make it clear it isn't a standard size. With Calcudoku, you do expect a range of sizes so I don't include the size in the puzzle title.

Hope that makes sense - it's not entirely arbitrary, but it's also not of any great significance. :)

Posted 7th May 2015 at 18:12
JoergWausW Daily subscriber Best completion time: 2:25 Time on first attempt: 3:08
Sorry that I have to disagree. I enter this site using the main URL puzzlemix.com. There is a 12 item list "click to play the latest free puzzles"... under the list it says "or Show all puzzles". When I click the latest free puzzle like "Non-consecutive Sudoku 68" today, the puzzle opens directly and I can see its size, but not before I open it (there is the name and the publish date). I would see it, when I click "Show all puzzles" first (then you are on the page menu.php, where the complete list is), but I usually don't take that 'detour'. I'm not a daily-subscriber, so I don't have many choices to pick from - and that's probably my issue.

As far as I followed it, all size-6 puzzles (the only exception: Calcudoku) always had -6 in their name, like -8, -10, -12, -16. I was just surprised, that today's puzzle didn't. With Calcudoku I expect a range of sizes like skyscrapers, futoshikis etc... and that's where my question comes from - these puzzles tell their sizes. For me, Calcudoku is a Sudoku-Killer-like puzzle, so personally I expect 9x9 when nothing is stated. Another argument for my position: in your sets Calcudokus come in only one size per set, unlike Kaikuro (here I agree to expect different sizes).

I just mentioned it, because today's naming seemed like a break in logic, and that led to the other question. But maybe this point of view is just me and my private systematc of the puzzle universe :-). And I agree: the significance of all this is pretty low.

Posted 14th May 2015 at 00:03
gareth Administrator Daily subscriber Has started but not yet finished this puzzle
Fair point - I hadn't thought about the front page. You're absolutely right - you can't see what size it is until you open it from there.

Calcudoku is probably best-known as 'Ken Ken', and those puzzles appear at a range of sizes in newspapers and elsewhere, probably most usually 6x6. It's extremely unusual to see them at 9x9 size, but I entirely take your point.

Add new comment
Add a comment
Your comment:
Sorry: You must log in (create a free user) in order to be able to post comments on this puzzle.

You can however view other players' statistics and comments in the tables above.

Post comment

Key

  • A yellow/light blue highlight in the time distribution charts highlights your time, where relevant.
  • Rating scores out of 10.0 show the average difficulty rating chosen by users, where 1.0 is "Easy" and 10.0 is "Hard".
  • If a puzzle is opened more than once, including by loading from a saved position, then this is potentially a significant aid so it is listed as being completed with 'multiple sessions' for the purpose of the best time/average rating displays above.
  • Minor aid is defined as no more than one use of 'Check solution' when incomplete and/or no more than one use of 'Check solution' when wrong; and/or using highlighting aids (show repeated digits, show broken inequalities and show valid/invalid placements [slitherlink] only). Major aid is any and all other use of the solving aids except for 'show wrong'.

Back to the puzzles list

©Brained Up Ltd/Gareth Moore 2005-2024 - email gareth@puzzlemix.com - publishers please visit Any Puzzle Media - our privacy policy - registered in England & Wales no. 8642393