Accidentally opened this thinking it was 9X9 and that I'd have time to solve it. Saw the huge grid and closed immediately. Came back and solved without solving aids. Wish this score could count in the 'Without Aid' category.
Posted 3rd Aug 2025 at 16:28
gareth Administrator Daily subscriber Has not played this puzzle yet
I've updated your result, vivayossarian, so it now shows in the 'Without aid' category. Impressive solving!
Mostly depends on two things: enough coffee & enough time without interruption. Normally, I do the puzzles first thing in the morning, to get the brain warmed up for work. The large ones, like this, sometimes have to wait until I have enough spare time available. So your comment was a good heads-up not to start it right away!
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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'.
Mostly depends on two things: enough coffee & enough time without interruption.
Normally, I do the puzzles first thing in the morning, to get the brain warmed up for work.
The large ones, like this, sometimes have to wait until I have enough spare time available.
So your comment was a good heads-up not to start it right away!
You can however view other players' statistics and comments in the tables above.