"Octopus Rules Apply"!!!

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** TODAY'S PUZZLE **
[Simon recorded this video on his laptop and we're aware that the video quality drops in the last 15 minutes. Apologies. It would have been awful to have to junk it given the quality of the puzzle. Things should be back to normal tomorrow.]
Happy Birthday ThePedallingPianist - who returns to the channel with an absolutely extraordinary sudoku tonight called Killer Octopus. It is absolutely remarkable that this has a unique solution and the logic is extremely original. He shouldn't really be giving us presents on his birthday but it seems he has!
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Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits in a cage must sum to the given total. Octopus rules apply. I.e. draw 4 lines that must each: i) not cross or overlap anywhere except r5c5, where they all intersect; ii) have 180-degree rotational symmetry around r5c5; iii) visit exactly 2 cells on the edge of the grid, which are the beginning and end of the line; and iv) all be the same length (in number of cells passed through). The 4 lines are "Same Difference" lines. I.e pairs of adjacent digits on a line must all have the same difference, though this difference may be different for different lines.
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КОМЕНТАРІ: 184

@michaelmatter1222 9 днів тому

Let's get kraken

@samueldeandrade8535 9 днів тому

Hahahaha.

@CasMcAss 9 днів тому

You win the internet for today

@laurv8370 9 днів тому

The best comment!

@PassionPopsicle 8 днів тому

Just commenting to upvote. This is brilliant 😂

@hinkeiyuen137 8 днів тому

Wahderful😂😂😂

@martysears 9 днів тому

I couldn't disagree more with people who are saying this shouldn't have been featured because of the unfortunate technical problems at the end. This is such a brilliant puzzle that it would have been tragic not to show it, especially considering that the majority of important and awesome deductions were clear and unaffected, and really only the end 'cleanup and sudoku' part was hard to follow. Let's remember that CTC have put out 2 vids a day for 4 years, and very rarely, if at all, has there been any problem with video quality. Congrats (and happy birthday) again Stu - a much deserved feature of this masterful construction. And Simon, fantastically solved and explained as usual - thanks for taking some time out of your holiday to record this :)

@user-gj5uc4yx3i 9 днів тому

I tend to listen more than watch the end of videos where all shading and drawing has been completed so I can't say I minded at all. It was lovely to hear from Simon during his well deserved time off as well!

@davidrattner9 9 днів тому

Wonderfully written from you about quality/2 videos a day, this incredible puzzle!! Much respect for you as always!!

@laurv8370 9 днів тому

Agree!

@puritan7473 8 днів тому

100% well said Marty

@Matthewhayward86 7 днів тому

Yeah loved this still, allowed me to keep up with Simon! Incredible puzzle

@ThePedallingPianist 9 днів тому

Thank you for this wonderful birthday treat, I'm very flattered and grateful that you took time out of your holiday to record this! The solve was very smooth and hit all the right points in all the right places, though you could have used the 5-cage a little earlier to help avoid some of the notation agony! This is the second puzzle I made with "octopus rules", and I'd love for it to be normalised because there's so much potential and fun to be explored with it. In fact, Marty Sears made me a birthday puzzle using octopus rules (though he words it much more cleanly!) that is, naturally, brilliant! I was very lucky that the puzzle just seemed to fall into place as soon as I had the ruleset and some ideas about how certain cages could be particularly potent and how to break the symmetry. But this was actually to the puzzle's detriment as there tends to be a positive correlation between the amount of effort and struggle that I put into setting a puzzle and the amount I promote it to solvers and content creators! I've been absolutely spoilt by the sudoku community today - shout out to Ratfinkz, Laake and my dad as well as Marty for making personalised puzzles for me that I've been solving on Twitch this evening! And thanks again to you, CTC, and to all the lovely commenters for making my evening extra special. What a wonderful community we have :)

@davidrattner9 9 днів тому

Fabulous puzzle from you!! Hope you had a wonderful bday 🎉🎉!! Love how you constantly set!! Tons of respect!!

@maht0x 9 днів тому

well done, especially for avoiding the spicy windmill

@pouletbelette 5 днів тому

Happy belated birthday! Great puzzle, very interesting and promising rule set. Thank you!

@Babinzo 9 днів тому

Simon's delayed understanding of the puzzle name truly underlines that his brain is not in work mode 😂

@ghosttwo2 9 днів тому

Not as bad as the delay on his mouse capture software. There's a few moments where the cursor goes full Dr. Strange and spawns a dozen copies of itself.

@RyanAtOptimism 9 днів тому

20 minutes into the video he has a SUDDEN REALIZATION. LOL

@markbooth6706 9 днів тому

Reminds me of them doing the puzzle in the Simpsons. “Oh, it’s a donkey”

@richardwingrove953 9 днів тому

Fair play to him for doing an extra puzzle while on holiday, he could have queued up a few more prerecorded ones but he put the effort in for this one especially! Simon, if you're reading this - get back to your holiday! No excuses!

@sjm6280 9 днів тому

Simon in front of his laptop camera declaring "Octopus rules apply" while someone from the hotel staff enters the room to change the towels

@Killrrhubarb 9 днів тому

The drilling in this video is from maverick, not letting simon get any rest, even on holiday.

@blackjackfitz 9 днів тому

I’m so glad to see this one get featured, a brilliant puzzle and a lovely birthday present for The Pedalling Pianist!

@RichSmith77 9 днів тому

Okay, "different same differences" is some whole new level of language inception. 😂

@Jeff_Saunders 9 днів тому

The different same differences are also in an arithmetic sequence 1,2,3,4 with a common difference of 1, so they're same difference same differences!

@MaierFlorian 9 днів тому

Pretty unfortunate that the laptop did give up on such a long video, the ending is nearly impossible to follow, but it seems like a pretty interesting and cool puzzle :)

@LednacekZ 9 днів тому

i thought i was going crazy

@thescrewfly 8 днів тому

I did wonder, when I could no longer see the cursor or saw multiple cursors, whether it was my connection, Simon's or UKposts being rubbish again.

@ronjohnson6916 9 днів тому

I could follow thanks to Simon's commentary. Which says a lot about how good his commentary is.

@RoderickEtheria 9 днів тому

39:01. When you realize the 258 line and the 159 line both need five 5s, it makes for a quicker puzzle as you already know that all your 5s were used for these two lines. Thinking about parity is probably the harder part of this puzzle, even compared to realizing all but the central 5 are located in the Phistomofel ring.

@dontmindme2844 7 днів тому

Yup...fairly quick solve when you use Phistomefel to place the 5's in the corner 4 squares. Especially when you figure out they can't go in the very corner.

@subinmdr 9 днів тому

Kraken' the Kryptik This is just excellent! It's mind-blowing how much work that 5-cage is doing .

@myrtinyrtti 9 днів тому

found your incredible channel today and can’t stop watching, love your stuff❣️

@tessabrisac7423 9 днів тому

Welcome to your new addiction!

@David_K_Booth 9 днів тому

Welcome along!

@laurv8370 9 днів тому

that's nothing new, CTC just made a new victim...

@myrtinyrtti 9 днів тому

@@laurv8370 🤣

@kathyjohnson2043 9 днів тому

If you haven't already done so, I encourage you to watch the most popular video, the Miracle Sudoku. And welcome!

@thejuggler42 9 днів тому

Happy birthday Stu! You're a top tier constructor, but more importantly just a really lovely chap.

@patrickgass787 9 днів тому

A most deserved feature. ThePedallingPianist not only has one of the most unique, brilliant minds in the Sudoku world, they're also incredibly kind and generous. This is one of their finer puzzles but there are so many to choose from, hopefully we see another feature of them soon!

@emilywilliams3237 9 днів тому

I was so intrigued by this puzzle, and so glad to see you 'live' , Simon - thanks for all that you and Mark have done to make it possible for little old me to see two fantastic, amazing, brilliant sudoku videos every single day. This solve and puzzle were great and I am not sorry that you posted the video despite the technical problems it developed toward the end. The puzzle definitely deserves to be seen, and a very fitting way to wish Pedaling Pianist a very happy birthday!

@davidrattner9 9 днів тому

Wonderfully written from you as always!!

@ryaneakins7269 9 днів тому

A siren went off near my house as I reached around 21:31, and for a moment it seemed like that was what Simon was reacting to.

@sarahnash7174 9 днів тому

So glad this got featured! The Pedalling Pianist is a terrifying constructor, but a really top bloke! So pleased for him to get this feature! Happy Birthday my friend! 💜💜

@davidrattner9 9 днів тому

Agree !! Fabulous puzzle. How have you been doing?

@HunterJE 9 днів тому

39:50 Not quite accurate to say the 11 cell line has more 5s than the 9 cell line; since the 9 cell line had 5s at the end, adding another cell at either end actually adds two more 1/9s or 2/8s. It's at length 13 that you get another pair of 5s...

@CauchyIntegralFormula 8 днів тому

20m09s. That was cute!!! Figuring out how the four difference lines functioned was a treat, as was the realization (thankfully early on) that the 5's on the large difference lines forced a lot of things

@toms7114 9 днів тому

Once I noticed there were 4 5s in the Phistomefel Ring that there had to be 4 5s in the outer 4 cell square corners of the grid. Since the lines that had 5s on them could only have two cells from an edge of a 3x3 square before having the sole 5 in that square. Thus the 5 cage meant that the octopus was leaning down on the right side with the red line passing through the 14 cage above the 5 cage and ending on the top 5 of square 9. I had been saying this to Simon for a good 20 minutes before he noticed. This is one of the rare occasions where I see something before Simon does, and can explain it logically.

@Acylumgaming 9 днів тому

Hahaha I keep skipping through the video to get to the part I'm stuck at and every time I play the video there's something else going on with the room. The drilling, the gurgling, the pen dropping on the floor... I half expect the room to be flooded and Simon to be at a cafe by the end of this lol

@naiffvii4196 5 годин тому

This was absolutely hilarious

@Aaron-ux2hi 9 днів тому

Thank you for taking the time to make us this video, even while on holiday.

@amandar283 9 днів тому

Thank you for taking time out of your holiday to post a puzzle for us!

@frankjiang1857 9 днів тому

Finished in 43:02. I had solved the octopus parts pretty easily, but spent almost 20 minutes trying to figure out what the sudoku was, but was getting stuck and not figuring out how to solve the actual sudoku. But then I realized that I hadn't finished one leg of the octopus and thus was trying to solve the sudoku with not enough information. Lesson to be learned, finish all your octopus legs! Fun puzzle!

@Jigkuro 9 днів тому

Done in a mere 22:25. I noticed early that that the 3 and 4 diff lines took not only the 4 5s in the ring, but 4 more to reach the edge. This forced 1 of only 2 possible (reflected) distributions of 5s, which the 5 cage immediately disambiguated.

@victoriam6569 7 днів тому

Cool! I did the same and was wondering why I finished unexpectedly fast (25:48), while usually I'm quite slow. Fun puzzle!

@bobblebardsley 9 днів тому

My brain must be on holiday mode too because despite immediately knowing how box 5 must be arranged, I still had it in my head that the lines could only move orthogonally thereafter. (This is a me problem, not a problem with the puzzle or its rules...!) PS Good to see you, Simon Of Sudoku Present, I hope you're enjoying your holiday!

@michaels4340 8 днів тому

11:30 I was thinking of this as "On each line, we have an arithmetic sequence with the middle digit going in the central square of the puzzle; therefore, in box 5, each line has one digit below the central square and one digit above the central square, and none of these digits overlap between lines. So the central digit of the puzzle is greater than four digits and less than four digits; hence, it's 5."

@Dido01 6 днів тому

I love the version with extra graphics, but an octopus actually has three hearts, and only one is depicted. Yes, I'm at least as much fun at parties as Simon 😐

@walkerp2756 9 днів тому

The 9 in box 8 (and 1 in box 2) could have been gotten sooner by remembering that all lines must be the same length - you had already determined the length with the red and green lines. :)

@strehlow 9 днів тому

The audio is definitely different, but perfectly adequate and clear, and the odd noises you're mentioning are mostly inaudible, even with headphones.

@Ironypencil 9 днів тому

One of the first puzzles I solved without taking any hints from the video! This was really nice

@ericpraline1302 8 днів тому

What a remarkable puzzle. At first I was bamboozled, but gradually I got my head round it and the way the possibilities were narrowed down was a revelation.

@AnnaChiaraBellini 8 днів тому

OMG! I loved solving this puzzle! It totally made my day :) Took me a while to crack it, but it's been a joy. Now I have to watch Simon's solve to learn, as usual, what I could have seen that I didn't :)

@davidrattner9 9 днів тому

Lovely solve Simon and constantly thank you for your passion and love of solving puzzles for us. It truly shows what kind of person you are for giving us videos when you are on holiday.

@chocolateboy300 8 днів тому

I finished in 110 minutes. This one was so tough tracking all the possibilities of the lines. I quickly figured out that they all cross straight through the center block, but beyond that it started to branch very quickly. I completely missed that lines could cut back towards the center, while making progress towards the outside. I thought I had broken it in box 9 cause my version of Simon's blue line couldn't connect to a 5, completely missing that it could go back up to a 9. This puzzle makes you pay attention. Great Puzzle!

@SanyaJuutilainen 9 днів тому

46:50 - all the lines need to be the same length, so position of 9 is given right away, it needs to be on the edge, otherwise the line will be too long. Gets filled in 12 minutes later, poor nine.

@inspiringsand123 9 днів тому

Rules: 03:26 Let's Get Cracking: 08:30 What about this video's Top Tier Simarkisms?! Phistomefel: 6x (14:13, 16:00, 16:02, 16:18, 16:48, 20:55) Three In the Corner: 2x (1:00:56, 1:01:01) Construction Work: 2x (21:26, 46:27) Bobbins: 1x (30:56) And how about this video's Simarkisms?! Hang On: 13x (04:36, 05:37, 12:17, 14:55, 17:59, 22:07, 27:58, 36:25, 36:25, 50:55, 51:53, 52:48, 53:52) Beautiful: 9x (18:19, 18:21, 24:47, 24:50, 28:00, 28:04, 40:43, 40:43, 56:02) Symmetry: 9x (04:25, 04:47, 04:54, 05:05, 16:43, 30:29, 43:52, 49:46, 54:25) Ah: 6x (19:37, 27:56, 50:59, 51:53, 51:53, 52:51) Obviously: 5x (00:47, 02:44, 15:33, 39:09, 48:42) Goodness: 4x (08:16, 12:13, 21:23, 23:55) Sorry: 4x (05:08, 07:53, 21:26, 49:41) The Answer is: 4x (18:51, 20:16, 38:45, 56:16) Ridiculous: 4x (56:05, 56:58, 56:58, 1:02:02) In Fact: 4x (39:03, 56:31, 56:34, 1:00:14) What on Earth: 3x (29:55, 31:04, 35:07) Gorgeous: 3x (22:20, 22:20, 54:00) Bizarre: 3x (28:02, 45:24, 45:28) Wow: 3x (24:41, 55:57, 55:57) Good Grief: 2x (54:18, 1:01:48) Bother: 2x (19:39, 19:39) Fabulous: 2x (1:01:59, 1:01:59) Weird: 2x (35:30, 48:14) Apologies: 1x (05:25) Naked Single: 1x (58:58) Home Straight: 1x (1:00:32) Brilliant: 1x (1:01:27) Incredible: 1x (35:24) Astonishing: 1x (48:21) Take a Bow: 1x (1:01:56) Come on Simon: 1x (59:57) Shouting: 1x (00:34) Red Five Standing By: 1x (30:20) Stunning: 1x (47:22) Whoopsie: 1x (06:07) What Does This Mean?: 1x (13:32) Up to Snuff: 1x (05:10) Nature: 1x (47:41) Pencil Mark/mark: 1x (47:38) Cake!: 1x (03:22) Unique: 1x (01:28) Most popular number(>9), digit and colour this video: Eleven, Sixty Eight (10 mentions) Five (111 mentions) Green (25 mentions) Antithesis Battles: High (3) - Low (0) Even (10) - Odd (3) Row (14) - Column (14) FAQ: Q1: You missed something! A1: That could very well be the case! Human speech can be hard to understand for computers like me! Point out the ones that I missed and maybe I'll learn! Q2: Can you do this for another channel? A2: I've been thinking about that and wrote some code to make that possible. Let me know which channel you think would be a good fit!

@RenameJames 6 днів тому

Brilliant puzzle and brilliant commentary. Even after the kraken had claimed the video, I could still mostly follow what Simon was doing. It's a testament to the quality of this channel that even with the technical difficulties this was still a wonderfully enjoyable solve to watch. Somewhat amusing note: I had looked away at the start of the video, and initially thought it was one of Mark's because Simon's voice sounded so different.

@grahamania 8 днів тому

00:31:41 for me. Great puzzle. Loved the break in, and then it just flowed so smoothly to the end! Kind comment.

@chris5619 8 днів тому

My favorite part is when Simon changed the pencil mark digit size from large to small so that he could see the 11 cage after he already filled in the digit options! It actually helped with the 14 cages, but he seemed to be looking right at the 11.

@estherwestbroek 8 днів тому

Kraken cracked the laptop once it's legs grew long enough!

@zirco77 9 днів тому

Settings to check for overall audio quality on the laptop (sounds good enough to me, although Mark may disagree): beside the recording software that Simon surely checked, there might be non-obvious microphone settings (in OS parameters or vendor-specific software) such as "background noise removal". Those "enhancements" (add as many quotes as you like) often garble the sound much more than they enhance it (unless you are outdoor by a busy street on a windy day). In a quiet environment they can be turned off.

@deathpigeon2 9 днів тому

Have you not heard of octopus rules? It's such a common ruleset.

@BozoTheBear 9 днів тому

Brilliant puzzle! I needed quite a few hints to get into it, but it was still easy to enjoy this work of genius!

@Scojo486 9 днів тому

Happy Birthday Stu!

@MasterHigure 9 днів тому

My immediate reasoning for a 5 in the middle: Use the secret! The total sum of all the entries on all the lines (counting the middle multiple times) must be 45 plus 3 times the middle digit. But each line segment is an arithmetic progression with the middle digit in the middle, so each of them sum to thrice the middle digit. 12 times the middle digit equaling 45 plus thrice the middle digit means middle digit is 5. Of course, "9 needs it to be at least 5, and 1 needs it to be at most 5" works too.

@biaberg3448 9 днів тому

Wow, 😮

@bobh6728 9 днів тому

But the sum of all the digits on the lines are 151 plus three times the middle. And 5, 2, 5, 8, 5 on the red line is not an arithmetic progression. So great result, but I’m not sure how you got there.

@badrunnaimal-faraby309 9 днів тому

They meant the sum of all digits on the lines in box 5.

@MasterHigure 9 днів тому

@@bobh6728 What they said. Not the sum over the entire line (at this stage we have no idea how long the lines are, for instance). Just the segment that was drawn in the beginning, filling box 5 and nothing more.

@bobh6728 8 днів тому

@@MasterHigure Sorry, I misunderstood your original explanation. That makes sense.

@miran248 9 днів тому

It appears Simon's laptop is afraid of octopuses.

@longwaytotipperary 9 днів тому

Good to see you in a light-filled room! Hope you are enjoying your holiday!!

@davidrattner9 9 днів тому

Agree and we love Simon for taking his time to constantly give us either "live" videos or prerecorded when he is on holiday or things going on in his life. ❤❤❤

@longwaytotipperary 9 днів тому

@@davidrattner9 yes, we certainly do!!! ❤️❤️❤️ 😊

@davidblake6889 8 днів тому

Great solve, Simon, but it looked like your dial-up modem dropped to 9600 baud for the finish. Great puzzle from the Pedalling Pianist, and happy birthday, by the way. Very glad you uploaded the video. Thanks.

@Vedvart1 9 днів тому

Did it in 31:07 - probably my best time relative to the video length that I've ever done! Really satisfying puzzle, I absolutely loved how the lines were really restricted by all the small things you never would have expected.

@RecreationalCynic 9 днів тому

Solved it in 35:24. As soon as I knew the 4-diff and 3-diff lines had to use up all the 5's, I used Phistomefel and placed the 5's. Perhaps some would see that as playing a bit too fast and loose, but what can I say: I like to live dangerously.

@andremouss2536 6 днів тому

10:50 it's very simple : the rules imply that the sum of the three cells visited by each line in the central box is three times the value of the central cell. So this sum is the same for each line, and four times this sum is 45 plus three times the central cell. So the central cell (by a modular 4 argument) is 1, 5 or 9. But 1 and 5 are clearly impossible, so the central cell is 5 and the total is 15, the lines are 159 258 357 456.

@kevinbrownsword9558 8 днів тому

Wonderful puzzle. I spent a bit of time staring at the initial star pattern without a clue. Then it all seemed to fall into place.

@attker89 9 днів тому

This was a very interesting puzzle. I hope we see more puzzles where "Octopus rules apply." It could be interesting to pair Octopus Rules with German Whispers or Slow Thermos.

@nonyobisniss7928 9 днів тому

I got a long way into this puzzle having forgotten the rule about the arms all reaching the edge of the grid, then ground to a halt and spent another half an hour mostly getting nowhere before remembering. Serves me right!

@jdyerjdyer 8 днів тому

Took me less than two seconds to put the 5 in the middle and recognize that the other digits had to be opposites for each line. The work the digit 5 did was amazing, as did the 5 sum cage in the bottom. I think that alone makes this puzzle stand out! Sad to say, I did have to peek at the video to get the start going as I didn't immediately recognize the importance of the ring, but from there the logic is very easy to see and once you see it, the puzzle just opens up like a present on Christmas! :)

@iceberg54321 9 днів тому

The ruleset should read "which are the beginning and end of (each line) or (the lines) (plural) instead of the line (singular).

@Rubrickety 9 днів тому

Spectacular puzzle! Also It's been quite a while since I've spent this much time stuck because I forgot a rule ("same length, you dolt!"🤦‍♂). I stared for ages unable to disambiguate the 1-difference line at the end.

@markp7262 9 днів тому

41:33 finish. I missed one of the rules, the part about legs being of equal length. This, plus a single missed piece of logic, led me off on a 15 minute tangent to an ALMOST solve, but hit a deadly pattern right at the end. Fortunately I was able to rewind and push through (eventually). An excellent puzzle!

@Paolo_De_Leva 9 днів тому

This outstanding masterpiece can be more easily solved using *placeholder digits* to simplify and improve your notation. I would not have been able to solve it without them. Simon's explanations would have been much easier for inexperienced viewers to understand. See my playlist for more information about this technique. In this case, you can start by placing *5* either in *r6c3* or *r6c7,* and then just ignore as long as you can the *5-cage* in box 9, which is the only available disambiguator. If you end up with a *5* in that cage, you know you need to switch to the alternative configuration. The transformation needed to switch from one configuration to the other is a *mirror reflection* with respect to *column 5* (i.e, for instance, *r9c2* becomes *r9c8* and viceversa). Of course, if you happen to choose the "correct" configuration, you can *easily* prove uniqueness by showing that the alternative one would be incompatible with the 5-cage. Never forget that placeholders are symbols (like letters). Each of them represents two candidates. They are not a guess❗ They represent *both* configurations at the same time. The final transformation is needed to switch from placeholder digits to real ones, not from a "wrong" configuration to a "correct" one.

@Paolo_De_Leva 9 днів тому

By the way, this puzzle is stratospherically awesome, outstandingly beautiful and wildly innovative. Thank you *PedallingPianist* for designing it and thank you *Simon* for featuring it.

@WimmekeVL 8 днів тому

Bobbins alert, Simon is about to remember that all lines need to have the same length and end at the border so he already knows where the 9 and 1 go.

@57thorns 8 днів тому

48:24 I think remember that all lines are the same length and all lines has to reach the end would have made things a bit easier. Nope, looks like Simon did not remember that but found some other way to make that deduction.

@d_x_r_r 9 днів тому

24:28 for me, loved it! The lines almost drew themselves once I realized the 5's had some real heavy lifting to do.

@petergerlagh9858 8 днів тому

Quite the pretty puzzle. I was helped a lot by Simon's noting the fistemefel ring and parity rules. After that I had it quickly, but simon still struggled for a long time. Perhaps it'd been faster if Simon had drawn in a couple of possible octopuses and looked at what happens in each case?

@Tepalus 8 днів тому

26:22 for me. Once I understood the premise, it was one of the most smooth puzzles I have ever solved🎉

@gibbbon 9 днів тому

being clear headed help solve those, i couldn't make sense of it, slept on it (literally, fell asleep on my desk) and when i woke up, i solved it right away! tho the counter kept running, so my solving time is 556:22 ... guess i slept 9 hours, uh? must have been tired

@Gonzalo_Garcia_ 7 днів тому

19:44 for me. What a fantastic puzzle, loved it!!

@DanielVita 8 днів тому

The number 5 in the center of a puzzle seems to be a recurring theme.

@clifhuebner4700 9 днів тому

The subtle change on sudokupad rules are interpreted that a total of only 2 cells of all the lines are to touch the edge, rather than 2 cells of each line. This really threw me off and had to watch Simon's video. Thanks for clarifying.

@LadyEmilyNyx 9 днів тому

22 minutes to figure out why Octopus rules apply.... Oh Simon, I do hope you're having a wonderful vacation.

@jakubt8701 8 днів тому

Fun fact - if you REMOVE the same lenght rule, there are two more solutions. I wonder if author considered another disambiguation rule, to make it harder.

@anaayoung9142 9 днів тому

Awesome solve... maybe I will try the octupus rule in the next puzzle! 😊 I am seeing a rubber spider right in front of me, so this Octopus reminder of a spider too! 😅

@Swisswavey 8 днів тому

Excellent puzzle, I really enjoyed it.

@stephenpassmore7306 9 днів тому

I felt like I was sitting in a cave watching a spider spin its web. What an intriguing puzzle!

@MattYDdraig 9 днів тому

21:29 On one hand this seemed to be quite an easy one. On the other hand I completely messed it up and had to restart after ten minutes from making some foolish assumptions about symmetry without even realising it. My own folly aside, this was an excellent puzzle.

@piarittersporn 8 днів тому

Great puzzle. At the beginning, however, I had to rely on some hints from Simon.

@DarrenNakamura 8 днів тому

Finished in 66:31. I loved the opening with the fives but got stuck on the sudoku in the end.

@MarkWiseTechno 8 днів тому

1:00:36 for me, but it wasn't very satisfying because I used some intuitive reasoning that I then didn't bother to prove. The 5 cage in box 9 forced a 5 into r8r9c9, and I intuitively recognized that the rules would force one of the lines to connect to that 5 in box 9, which could only be the red line. From there it was easy to see that the 5 would have to go in r8c9 and the red line would have to be the 2-8 line. I should have gone about proving this before using it to solve the puzzle, but I didn't because of how long I had already spent on the puzzle to reach that point. I just rolled with my intuition, and fortunately, it was correct.

@Hannah_GBS 8 днів тому

I can only assume "Structuring the Octopus" will be the name of Simon's autobiography.

@stephenmccarthy1795 8 днів тому

He certainly caught on to the parity quickly though.

@Orenotter 9 днів тому

I love when your brain gets all thinky. Your IQ, it's plain, is not dinky. Yiur solves are sublime And we have a great time Just a shame that your cam is all jinky. Greetings from the Pandora comics family, including our three tiniest members, Neville, Leon and Daisy.

@titusadduxas 8 днів тому

54:25 - I did read the comments first because I didn’t spot the break in which was rather annoying as it wasn’t as difficult as I’d expected. Gorgeous puzzle though.

@BeheadedKamikaze 9 днів тому

Is the original recorded footage corrupt, or just this upload? If the original footage is fine you could re-export the video and it will be OK assuming you can keep the heat under control on your laptop.

@dinidini4000 8 днів тому

i feel sad for the blue line it was finished the moment he looked at it if he rememberd the rules of the puzzle with line size but instead it sat there left alone for so long

@chipsounder4633 9 днів тому

Got spiral galaxies and bishop's move in mind here so where is the 5 in box 9?

@TurquoizeGoldscraper 9 днів тому

28:02 for me - I got stuck because I misread one of the rules. I thought it meant each end of the line touches two cells in the outer ring, not two in total, one on each end.

@Michael--317 9 днів тому

Goes on Holiday to get away from Maverick, still gets distracted by odd noises 😀

@LednacekZ 9 днів тому

25:26 for me. The trick was to realise what comes on the 2nd place from the middle.

@angec9908 9 днів тому

I guess the gurgling water has taken over for Maverick

@kathyjohnson2043 8 днів тому

Don't tell me that Simon didn't take his scrabble bags on holiday!

@thetaphi 8 днів тому

All good. Neither the puzzles nor Simons quality dropped in the last 15 minutes.

@michaelandersen-kk4fc 9 днів тому

here comes the lobsters. simon really need to stay out of the sun 🙂

@AngelWedge 9 днів тому

Lovely puzzle :) 38:28 for me, somewhat hindered by repeatedly assuming that the line I'm currently looking at can only move orthogonally for no obvious reason; and scanning failures stretching the non-legs part of the puzzle to 20 minutes even after the legs were done. (Also, an octopus's legs are more like tongues than legs)