The Miracle Sudoku: 'the most riveting video I’ve seen all year'

[AlsoNamedBort]

I ca’t believe I spent my lunch break watching someone play Sudoku.

@Telemark

I just watched it, amazingly fun. The moment at 6:02 where he says “Although having said that” is the absolute best.

Also when he discovers the “domino”.

[Half_Man_Half_Wit]

@Johnny_Bravo

Watching this video, my journey paralleled his.

“There’s no way a video about a dude doing a Sudoku puzzle could be entertaining. I’m going to turn it off in just a minute. Having said that…”

Exactly. I’m not terribly interested in such puzzles, but his enthusiasm was really contagious, and I felt you got a real insight into how his mind works in attacking this puzzle.

[Meeko]

I saw this a week or two ago, and I will also chime in, that I couldn’t believe how the 25 minutes just evaporated. I went back to watch a particular step in the deduction afterward (Somewhere with populating the "3"s), and ended up watching a vast majority of it again.

[Snarky_Kong]

Man, I wish I would have tried to do it myself. Beforehand I thought it would be beyond me so didn’t bother, but I don’t think any of the steps were difficult. Easy to say when just following along, but that seemed like a step below what you tend to see at the end of the week in a newspaper.

His enthusiasm was infectious though and it did not feel like a 25 minute video.

[pulykamell]

@Biffster

In addition to the symmetry that Mitchell Lee describes, this particular puzzle is also what I like to call a “Golden Sudoku;” the combinations of numbers that make up the 3x3 grids that make up the rows and columns of the puzzle contain the same combination of 3 digits.

The top row of three 3x3 grids for example uses the combinations 483, 726, and 159. If you look closely you will find a similar pattern of three digit combinations in rows and columns throughout the puzzle. Pretty cool.

Also, if you look row by row, you’ll note that the sequence of numbers is exactly the same, just rotated from row to row.

[Biffster]

@pulykamell

Also, if you look row by row, you’ll note that the sequence of numbers is exactly the same, just rotated from row to row.

Pretty cool!