Episode – 2

10th – 16th February 2022

Outside & Hybrids

by
Akash Doulani & Puwar Dhruvarajsinh
Sudoku Mahabharat rounds will also serve as qualifiers for Indian Sudoku
Championship for year 2023. Please check http://logicmastersindia.com/SM/2023sm.asp
for details.

Important Links
Submission Page : http://logicmastersindia.com/live?contest=SM202302
Discussion Thread : http://logicmastersindia.com/t/?tid=3098
F. A. Q. : http://logicmastersindia.com/t/?tid=2773
Registration, if required : http://logicmastersindia.com/register.asp
About this Episode

This episode has 18 Sudokus with the following breakdown:

• 2* Classic Sudoku 6x6 and 4* Classic Sudoku 9x9

• 1 each of Skyscrapers Sudoku 6x6 and Skyscrapers Sudoku 9x9
• 1 each of Pointing Evens Sudoku 6x6 and Pointing Evens Sudoku 9x9
• 1 each of Diagonal Outside Sudoku 6x6 and Diagonal Outside Sudoku 9x9
• 1 each of Slow Thermo & Missing Arrow Sudoku 6x6 and Slow Thermo & Missing Arrow Sudoku
9x9
• 1 each of Little Killer & Region Sum Lines Sudoku 6x6 and Little Killer & Region Sum Lines
Sudoku 9x9
• 1 each of Average Lines & The Greater Sudoku 6x6 and Average Lines & The Greater Sudoku
9x9

How to participate?
• Understand the rules of different variants that will appear in this episode. This Instruction
Booklet has rules for each of them.
• Any time on or after 10th Feb (but on or before 16th Feb), login at the submission page
using your LMI user-id and password. Please check the submission page for exact timing.
• If you plan to solve on paper:
a) Download the password protected Puzzle booklet (will be uploaded before the test
starts). The Puzzle booklet contains the actual Puzzles to be solved. It is password
protected, so you won’t be able to open it.
b) Click on “Start”. At this time, password for pdf will be shown and timer will start. The
contest duration is 90 minutes.
c) The puzzle booklet can be downloaded, printed and solved on paper.
d) We advise you to have a printer accessible with enough paper.
e) You are allowed to use writing implements, eraser, blank paper (including
commercial graph paper), ruler, scissors, and tape.
• If you plan to solve on LMI’s Penpa-Integrated Interface:
a) Click on this link and understand the instructions -
https://logicmastersindia.com/live/faq-online-solving.asp
b) It is noted on the link too, but we note it here as well to be clear – the participants
must still input the answer keys in the boxes below the puzzle and submit them to
receive credit as given below.
• Outside solving help of any kind is not permitted. This includes but is not limited to:
assistance of any kind from any other person; prepared notes, books, calculators,
computers, or tools other than items explicitly permitted.
• Participants may use both paper solving and online solving, even interchangeably.
Eventually our system will only count anything submitted in the submission boxes in either
mode.

If you are participating at LMI for first time, it will be useful to check the F.A.Q. at
http://logicmastersindia.com/t/?tid=2773.

About answer keys and Submission

• After solving the puzzle, you need to submit the puzzle using the answer keys.
• You may submit the answer keys anytime during the test duration.
• Answer keys are always to be entered from left to right or top to bottom
• Don’t enter any separator unless specified in the answer key
• If one row and one column is marked, enter the row first and then the column
• If multiple rows are marked, enter from top to bottom for marked rows
• If multiple columns are marked, enter from left to right for marked columns
 Points Table and Scoring Classic Sudoku 6x6 2, 1
Classic Sudoku 9x9 4, 6, 3, 10
Points typically indicate difficulty of Skyscrapers Sudoku 6x6 & 9x9 2, 8
the Puzzles and time required to Pointing Evens Sudoku 6x6 & 9x9 2, 9
solve them. You will get full points Diagonal Outside Sudoku 6x6 & 9x9 2, 9
if you enter the correct answer Slow Thermo & Missing Arrow Sudoku
key. While the organizers have 2, 11
6x6 & 9x9
made best efforts to match them, Little Killer & Region Sum Lines Sudoku 2, 13
your personal experience and 6x6 & 9x9
preference may differ. Average Lines & The Greater Sudoku 4, 10
6x6 & 9x9
This test uses instant grading where a solver can submit any individual Puzzle and receive
confirmation that the solution is correct or not. Each incorrect submission reduces the puzzle’s
potential score. The first, second, third, and fourth incorrect submissions reduce the potential
score to 90%, 70%, 40%, and 0% respectively. A demonstration for this is shown below.

Bonus and Ranking

If you submitted all Puzzles correctly, you can have bonus points 1 point per minute saved,
computed up to seconds.
Ranking will be based on following rules in order:
1. Most total points
2. Earliest final submission time, up to seconds (ignoring incorrect submissions)

Credits
- Gray Kanarek for test solving the puzzles and providing invaluable feedback.
- The original creator opt-pan for penpa edit - https://opt-pan.github.io/penpa-edit/
- Swaroop Guggilam for his recent efforts in adding features to Penpa-edit -
https://swaroopg92.github.io/penpa-edit/ and also working to integrate it with our contest engine.

About the Puzzle Booklet

The password protected Puzzle booklet will have 10 pages. This is relevant only for paper solvers.
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Solutions to examples are towards the end of the booklet in the Solutions section.

Rules Powered by Sudokuib - https://github.com/vopani/sudokuib

All answer keys are the same for all puzzles – enter the contents of the marked
rows/columns, including given digits but not outside clues, along the direction of the
arrow.

1-2 Classic Sudoku 6x6 2 + 1 points

Place a digit from 1 to 6 into each empty

cell in the grid so that each digit
appears exactly once in each row,
column and 2x3 outlined box.

Penpa for example:

https://tinyurl.com/2nvezsrr

3-6 Classic Sudoku 9x9 4 + 6 + 3 + 10 points

Place a digit from 1 to 9 into each empty

cell in the grid so that each digit
appears exactly once in each row,
column and 3x3 outlined box.

Penpa for example:

https://tinyurl.com/333ntt48

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7 Skyscrapers Sudoku 6x6 2 points

Place a digit from 1 to 6 into each empty
cell in the grid so that each digit
appears exactly once in each row,
column and 2x3 outlined box.

Each digit inside the grid represents the

height of a skyscraper in that cell. Each
number outside the grid represents the
number of skyscrapers that can be seen
in the corresponding row or column.
Taller skyscrapers hide shorter ones.

Penpa for example:

https://tinyurl.com/y4ljb5tl

8 Skyscrapers Sudoku 9x9 8 points

Place a digit from 1 to 9 into each empty

cell in the grid so that each digit
appears exactly once in each row,
column and 3x3 outlined box.

Each digit inside the grid represents the

height of a skyscraper in that cell. Each
number outside the grid represents the
number of skyscrapers that can be seen
in the corresponding row or column.
Taller skyscrapers hide shorter ones.

Penpa for example:

https://tinyurl.com/yxfcy972

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9 Pointing Evens Sudoku 2 points

6x6
Place a digit from 1 to 6 into each empty
cell in the grid so that each digit
appears exactly once in each row,
column and 2x3 outlined box.

Digits outside the grid indicate the

number of even digits in the direction of
the arrow.

Penpa for example:

https://tinyurl.com/2a3ggzgj

10 Pointing Evens Sudoku 9 points

9x9
Place a digit from 1 to 9 into each empty
cell in the grid so that each digit
appears exactly once in each row,
column and 3x3 outlined box.

Digits outside the grid indicate the

number of even digits in the direction of
the arrow.

Penpa for example:

https://tinyurl.com/29bldqzw

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11 Diagonal Outside 2 points

Sudoku 6x6
Place a digit from 1 to 6 into each empty
cell in the grid so that each digit
appears exactly once in each row,
column and 2x3 outlined box.

Digits outside the grid must appear in

the first three cells in the direction of the
arrow.

Penpa for example:

https://tinyurl.com/22484y3c

12 Diagonal Outside 9 points

Sudoku 9x9
Place a digit from 1 to 9 into each empty
cell in the grid so that each digit
appears exactly once in each row,
column and 3x3 outlined box.

Digits outside the grid must appear in

the first three cells in the direction of the
arrow.

Penpa for example:

https://tinyurl.com/28hr458t

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13 Slow Thermo & Missing 2 points

Arrow Sudoku 6x6
Place a digit from 1 to 6 into each empty
cell in the grid so that each digit
appears exactly once in each row,
column and 2x3 outlined box.

Digits along each thermometer cannot

decrease at any point from its bulb to
each of its ends.

The digit on one of the ends of a grey

line is the sum of the other digits on that
line. Digits can repeat within a line.

Penpa for example:

https://tinyurl.com/27mlvzyu

14 Slow Thermo & Missing 11 points

Arrow Sudoku 9x9
Place a digit from 1 to 9 into each empty
cell in the grid so that each digit
appears exactly once in each row,
column and 3x3 outlined box.

Digits along each thermometer cannot

decrease at any point from its bulb to
each of its ends.

The digit on one of the ends of a grey

line is the sum of the other digits on that
line. Digits can repeat within a line.

Penpa for example:

https://tinyurl.com/2cvlla4v

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15 Little Killer & Region 2 points

Sum Lines Sudoku 6x6
Place a digit from 1 to 6 into each empty
cell in the grid so that each digit
appears exactly once in each row,
column and 2x3 outlined box.

Each number outside the grid is the sum

of digits in the direction pointed by its
arrow. Digits can repeat along a sum.

The digits on a grey line have an equal

sum N within each separate instance
where it passes through a 2x3 box.

Penpa for example:

https://tinyurl.com/2aqd4vzs

16 Little Killer & Region 13 points

Sum Lines Sudoku 9x9
Place a digit from 1 to 9 into each empty
cell in the grid so that each digit
appears exactly once in each row,
column and 3x3 outlined box.

Each number outside the grid is the sum

of digits in the direction pointed by its
arrow. Digits can repeat along a sum.

The digits on a grey line have an equal

sum N within each separate instance
where it passes through a 3x3 box.

Penpa for example:

https://tinyurl.com/27dlc8s9

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17 Average Lines & The 4 points

Greater Sudoku 6x6
Place a digit from 1 to 6 into each empty
cell in the grid so that each digit
appears exactly once in each row,
column and 2x3 outlined box.

A digit in a large circle is the average of

the digits in all cells connected to it with
a grey line. Digits can repeat in a circle-
line combination.

Each digit in a small circle between

adjacent cells is the larger of the digits
in those two cells.

Penpa for example:

https://tinyurl.com/28yc5uvb

18 Average Lines & The 10 points

Greater Sudoku 9x9
Place a digit from 1 to 9 into each empty
cell in the grid so that each digit
appears exactly once in each row,
column and 3x3 outlined box.

A digit in a large circle is the average of

the digits in all cells connected to it with
a grey line. Digits can repeat in a circle-
line combination.

Each digit in a small circle between

adjacent cells is the larger of the digits
in those two cells.

Penpa for example:

https://tinyurl.com/27lwtu83

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Solutions
Classic Sudoku 6x6 Classic Sudoku 9x9

Key: 412356,325461

Key: 781564329,718369254
Skyscrapers Sudoku 6x6 Skyscrapers Sudoku 9x9

Key: 456321,625314

Key: 463519278,147835692
Pointing Evens Sudoku 6x6 Pointing Evens Sudoku 9x9

Key: 125643,436512

Key: 524167398,657941832

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Diagonal Outside Sudoku 6x6 Diagonal Outside Sudoku 9x9

Key: 426153,315264

Key: 857219463,963872145
Slow Thermo & Missing Arrow Sudoku 6x6 Slow Thermo & Missing Arrow Sudoku 9x9

Key: 132546,542361

Key: 835796142,946278513
Little Killer & Region Sum Lines Sudoku 6x6 Little Killer & Region Sum Lines Sudoku 9x9

Key: 126354,614235

Key: 431762985,682593147

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Average Lines & The Greater Sudoku 6x6 Average Lines & The Greater Sudoku 9x9

Key: 341265,514236

Key: 129543768,526419873

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