'One Of The Most Fun Puzzles I've Ever Solved'

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Today's sudoku has proved enormously popular on Logic Masters Germany (where the quote from the video title can be found) and the Discord server. It's called Broken Renbarrow and it's by G. Have a go at it at the link below:

Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. The digit on one end of each line is the sum of the 'other digits' on the same line. Those 'other digits' are a consecutive non-repeating set in any order.

There is a practice puzzle with the same rules (except the circles on each arrow are given) here:

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Hi! We're Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe, two of the UK's most enthusiastic puzzle solvers. We have both represented the UK at the World Sudoku Championships and the World Puzzle Championships.

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Simon and Mark

[wade_]

Can I say how much I enjoy you sharing some of your favorite things Simon? Like when you shared the “math” problems yesterday and now with the poem. It’s nice seeing your eyes light up with excitement about things like that

[AlphaAxle]

The Witness is one of my all time favorite puzzle games and I have dreamed of you playing it on the channel for a long time. Never thought the day would actually come! Extremely excited to watch :)

[thoughtbyte]

Today's stream was awesome! Looking forward to The Witness. (and a shout out to BaBa is You, another great puzzle game I think you and your viewers would like).

[SmartHobbies]

23:51 The moment when Simon gets on a roll and has that giddy grin while his voice gets higher - Priceless

[ruokothyan]

honestly i am so happy that we get an sudoku video additional to the live stream, it was really nice the stream was a bit earlier because the video uploads a few minutes before 10 pm

[Matilda_the_Hun]

28:36!!! What an incredible puzzle, every step was so perfect, all those pairs coming out of the blue, and genuine discovery working out the rules. This is why I do puzzles!

[karlwaugh]

This was amazing and interesting. One of the first ones I've finished in less than the video length (yes I know there's rambling but I count that as a handicap time). I didn't use parity, or at least not concously, just the "possibilities" pencil marked for potential end points until I had enough info to disambiguate the ends and/or values. Great puzzle.

[sarcthesheep]

I can say with pride that in the tag along, I've actually managed to find multiple digits ahead of you! I'm getting better at backseat sudoku solving.

[jamesandrewes]

17:24, the 234 triple in the column gives you the 9 straight away...

[six_]

It never ceases to amaze me how often I end up staring at a puzzle for several hours and get nowhere, yet five minutes into Simon solve I can see at least a dozen things I should’ve done

[th.nd.r]

I find it so interesting that you saw the 123 triple in row 3 but not the 234 triple in column three. I love how you see things to be honest. Often the most brilliant minds fail to see what the average mind does but sees other things none of us can. Great solve :)

[queryalways]

Does anyone else have musical pieces playing through their heads when Simon solves these puzzles? There is such a rhythm to it, I don't always hear the tempo correctly, but the movement, the way he solves it, the clacking of the keys - it's all there for me.
I also sing randomly to myself when I solve, so maybe it's a me thing? Either way - to me watching Simon, it's like watching a music video. Thank you for these moments of joy in my day :)

[wossaaaat]

Thanks for doing the stream Simon! I couldn't do any of it, but enjoyed it nonetheless. Hopefully this puzzle will be more my speed.

[leojs]

A crossword stream AND a sudoku video? Thanks for spoiling us Simon! Also, these new apps sound awesome, cant wait to play both!

[chronickatie]

This is the first sudoku I've tried that I've seen Simon do and I SOLVED IT! So proud of myself - loved the video Simon. Love from Australia x

[Swisswavey]

That was fun. I loved the way that little gems of realisations come to you slowly as you become more familiar with the rule-set.

[Tombsar]

Fantastic puzzle! I wasn't 100% sure I had understood the rules at first, but it all worked out very nicely.

[alistairsanger]

When I joined your channel during lockdown I wouldn't have had any idea how to even start this puzzle.
Today I had an enjoyable stroll through a lovely puzzle.
Thanks so much for unlocking all these sudoku variants for me.
Thanks to G also for the puzzle :)

[slarzyer]

i was watching a few older vids(because i just recently found this channel) and saw you were inquiring about vid length...and personally i like the longer vids because the logic you use to solve those are more difficult and seeing that happen more often helps to impede those strats into my brain better

[VeritasUnae]

Got out the test puzzle in about 13 minutes but messed up my timer on the bigger solve. After Simon's tip about 6s and 8s the puzzle just completely opened up and I loved every minute of the solve. Congrats G and Simon!