The Sudoku With Only One Given Tulip

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*** TODAY'S PUZZLE ***
Aad van de Wetering made the sudoku that features in our most popular video (9million views and counting) and he returns to the channel tonight with a puzzle featuring a Dutch tulip!

What's more this one is approachable (and, obviously, lovely) so do try and give it a go if you have time!

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Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits along an arrow sum to the digit in that arrow's circle.

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▶ Contents Of This Video ◀

0:00 Theme music & puzzle intro
1:40 The Lord Of The Rings Sudoku Hunt stats
3:43 Happy Birthday & Wedding
5:22 Rules
5:49 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking

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Wow, only one given tulip, that's incredibly close to the theoretical lower bound of zero given tulips. And with such a solve path, astonishing!

timvermeulen

When Simon casually puts 589 in next to a 9 I feel so much better about my own bloopers

Timlagor

I find interesting (and this is not particularly about Simon, this is general to how people are in general) that Simon was perfectly happy for YEARS with the automatic checker at the end the puzzle, but for the last year or so any time a puzzle does NOT have the solution included he becomes very nervous about it being correct. It's a clear demonstration how we tend to become reliant on things even when they start out as "little extras" we don't think about. Things that start out as simple comforts become must-haves.

ShakalDraconis

I saw Simon mis-pencil the 9 into box 6 - the tension built as I waited to see what else it would break, and how far back he might need to unwind. He got lucky, it only had a local effect. I think it slowed him a bit, the various 5789s pairs would have solved sooner, I think. In any case, he was still faster than me: 29:33

RossReedstrom

The guy who makes the path in a labyrinth green and the hedges grey would obviously make the flower of a tulip green while making the stem red 😂

MadsOcto

i love hearing the joy in simon’s voice the moment he cracks another part of the puzzle. he has such an admiration for the beauty of these puzzles and it’s great to see because it really is an art

michaela

I finished in 22:26 minutes. Aad's puzzles are so fun, with such unique logic. This one was fun, especially, seeing that 12 in the middle box, which forces everything across the arrow bulbs. Great Puzzle!

chocolateboy

I think this is the first sudoku with a beyond basic rule set that I tried and solved and it was really nice. It only took me 19.56 which I'm really proud of, so i will definitely try them more often. For the head of the tulip i applied a lot more of the pressure of the given 2.

mmmmmmmatssss

A puzzle that looked like a flower.
Why surely I would have the power
To solve it right quick
With a swish and a flick.
Yet I've been here for hour after hour.

Orenotter

Hugh and Frankie both probably watching this video is absolutely adorable

julias.

Delightful puzzle! My time 80min! Now I'm going to enjoy the better solve of Simon :) thanks for showcasing!

horatiuromantic

An elegant way to exclude 2 from R3C5 and R5C7 is to realize that if you put 2, the arrow would have to be double 1, e.g. for R3C5 being a 2, R2C6 and R1C7 would 1, R2C7 would be 4 to sum up to 5 ... and the other arrow would have to be 2-3 but it can't, due to R3C5 being already a 2. The logic is of course symmetrical, so you end up with 34 pairs, vertically and horizontally.

SilviuBurceaDev

18:40
Beautifully approachable and elegant.

I was going to suggest that the SI unit of joy be named after a favourite constructor, but ran into trouble trying to settle on just one. So many excellent setters highlighted on this channel.❤

MattYDdraig