Every Step In This Puzzle Seems Impossible!
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- Today's puzzle was only published today and it's another by SudokuExplorer! The rules looked so interesting that Simon decided to attempt it. He must be mad. You can play it here:
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Normal sudoku rules apply. In cages, digits must sum to the small clue in the top left corner of the cage. Digits cannot repeat within a cage. Cages are subject to a Norinori colouring(!), as follows: Shade exactly two cells in each cage; each shaded cell is orthogonally adjacent to exactly one other shaded cell; each shaded cell contains an odd digit.
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By my count, Simon said “Norinori” 143.5 times-including the onslaught at 16:34, from which comes the .5, or the final, single “Nori.”
I don't think anyone is fact-checking that one. I enjoyed the video so much though. Wish I had given this one a go before watching.
If I had the talent I'd create one of these but tell Simon a norinori is called an 'Alexa' just to mess with people's heads
So, 287 Noris?
... and now I want sushi.
But only 1 bobbins
I'm just going to take your word for it 🤔
Every time he mentions "and if I fail you'll never see this" it makes me wonder how often that happens...
he should make a best of out of all the sudokus he couldnt solve.
He's a phenomenal solver so I'm guessing close to never.
I was wondering exactly the same. Especially when he goes into Hagrid-mode (Oh I shouldn't have said this!), it makes me suspect it happens from time to time. C'mon Simon, shed a light on this, please :-)
Would be fun if he added one he did not manage to solve without writing that he failed to solve it :)
Unsolved puzzle videos would be great content for patreon =)
Quote of the day: "those two is norinori, neither of those can be norinori, this still can't be norinori and obviously these are norinori. That can't be norinori! Norinori norinori norinori norinori - nori."
oh nor-i
He could have just said "shaded" 😂
🤣
Ignoring the norinori
We were sorely missing the knight's move constraint. We would have welcomed the knights who say norinori....
😂
We are no longer the knights who say "ekke ekke ekke ekke ptang zooboing".
We are now the knights who say "norinori".
Rules: 2:22
Let’s Get Cracking: 5:22
Simon’s Mental Breakdown: 16:34
lol
just got to that point in the video 😂😂😂
Just reached Simons Mental breakdown. Witness Simon devolve into sudoku madness.
First digit 44:03
"Bobbins" : 50:33
I love how the first 1hr solve was called “The Movie” but now it’s just a regular day lol.
@@jpryan90 Sudoku: The LotR extended cut edition!
Yeah this aged really well haha
@@tugabooga Indeed! LOL
Simon making some good use of his grey cells.
When the ambulance (?) was audible nearby, I was expecting a rescue unit with the straight jacket. No, just ig-nori-nori him, he's fine...
Underrated comment
This is the BEST comment! "Just ig-nori-nori him" :')
Stop
When I first subscribed at roughly the 50,000 subscriber mark, the channel was somewhat different.
It seemed like it was almost always Simon doing a classic sudoku. It also seemed like he was almost always doing the Sudoku late night.
I just liked listening to his British accent and the interesting logic behind the solutions.
He seemed to be in a more serious mood and acted a bit like it was more of a chore to do than he does now.
Of course, every now and then, his irrepressible humour would surface. With the growing success and popularity of the channel, he has become far more joyful and I'm glad to see it.
It just goes to show something that I've always known about life. No matter what it may be, do what you love, and love what you do, and happiness and success will follow.
Way to go, Simon. I'm still watching and enjoying every minute of your videos.
I believe Simon said in the paper interviews last spring that he quit his day job when he started the channel about 3 years ago. I know what you mean about a lot of the old classics feeling like chores - just random generated puzzles without anything exciting about them, unless somebody specially sent in one with an x wing or bent triple or something that he would gladly take the time to demonstrate to the viewers.
It’s really gratifying to see several years of risky hard work pay off for him in building the channel and the apps and leveraging the growth into a community of setters so he can sent great puzzles every day and get paid to solve them.
I have a feeling the next puzzles will state “two adjacent cells cannot contain a digit that rhymes with a shakespearean character with more than 7 lines in an odd number Act (except Richard III)”
Well there goes the Sudoku I was creating...
*furiously tries to think of Shakespeare material that fits this criteria*
No no no... each cage will link to a word in a bible verse, requiring you to figure out the sentence.
Now that sounds like a Mark puzzle if I ever heard one.
@@adamheywood113 Portia rhymes with four...tia.
5:47 is that magic moment when we get to learn that a row contains all the digits 1-9 and add to 45.
we need cracking the cryptic versions of kripperinos.
Daily knowledge bomb from Cracking The Cryptic, you know
@@Playmaker6174 A norinoriledge bomb.
this is useless ...
Shhh! Simon only tells his favorite people that secret.
1 hour 4 minutes? Ah, a new view-only puzzle for me to enjoy. Go get at it Simon. I'm watching!
Exactly my thoughts 😂😂
Do you know the meme with the fat seal which has photoshopped hands with intertwined fingers? Your comment has a similar vibe.
Uh, minor sudoku rules question: If you don't say "sudoku" at the appropriate time, do you have to draw two cards from the stack?
Next thing you know, there's a Mornington Crescent/Sudoku mashup. Already some of the "all the variants at once" puzzles feel a bit like Calvinball…
No u
I’m so glad to be at that point where I’m just good enough at sudoku to not always know what is the following step, yet be able to comprehend what is going both on the grid and in Simon’s head, and really appreciate that moment when he goes “That is gorgeous !” .
That was a lovely and insightful hour, thank you very much !
44 minutes before a pencilmarked digit - is this a new record?
no
Let's all just appreciate how as he's solving these puzzles, he's subconsciously solving them and explaining out loud what he's doing for people like me who have absolutely no idea what's going on, and he probably has hundreds of videos he's recorded like this that he wasn't able to solve, love love love this channel!
I'm on the west coast of the US which means these come out at the same time I take my lunch, and I have to watch longer eps at high speed if I want to fit them in to my lunch break, and the "norinori norinori norinorinorinorinori" repetition is extra hilarious at 1.5x
imagine watching it in x2 speed :D it's even more hilarious
If every grey cell has to be described as norinori then surely every green cell should be described as nonnorinori 😎
You should have used a different colour scheme and had red norinori, yellow norinori 🤣
No-no norinori
or Notrinotri
Ironiron
Yesriyesri?
Simon giggling childishly (16:40) at how many times he said Norinori is really sweet. So pure. I love it. Don't grow up, it's a trap!
i think CTC's CZcams videos are the only ones i watch where I actually read the description regularly.
35:44: "I think we have norinoried the grid." Lol xD
44:06: "I've got a digit. Hurraaay!"
And it's a 4 after 44 minutes!!
Considering how much I've struggled on the 'Simon' puzzles in 2021, I wasn't expecting much success with trying a puzzle associated with an hour-long video. And yet ...
I'm not sure what shocks me the most: that I solved this puzzle at all, that I did so with no guesswork, or that I did it in a time of 47:15.
I'm thrilled! And I loved this puzzle!
Ditto, was pleasantly surprised that I solved it in not much more time than the length of the video with an interruption in the middle. Was expecting a long slog.
When you colour the grid TWICE before even starting to put digits in. Great puzzle, pleased with my 50 min time.
I was hoping for a snooze while my daughter took her nap, and the more I watched, the more awake I got....
Wow, this puzzle is so fascinating. It has a strong sense of sequence:
Nori Nori -> Parity -> Break in -> Evens -> Odds
And each step uses a different arrangement of logic and tricks combining nori-nori, cage shape, cage numbers, and sudoku in different ways. And each step takes at least 10 minutes from a world class solver like Simon. AND each one has that wonderful waterfall/twirling effect you get from intricate deductions collapsing into knowledge. Absolutely incredible. I can't imagine how you would set something like this.
Good choice of title for this video 😂
One hour of Simon?
Must be an insane puzzle!
not really insane, but you have to do a lot of steps without being able to jump forward somewhere else in the grid.
It is really not too difficult. It is different. If the logic of nourinouri is intuitiv to you, it is a pleasure, if not it's horrible. I will watch the video anyway.
Yeah, I have to think that was at least borderline insane. Going back and forth between parity and nori (odds) before finally attacking even numbers before those are finished and calculating partial cage totals (only odd or even). But once you know how to attack, piece of cake. Under 4 hours, I'm happy.
I swear, each time Simon looks at the camera when saying the digits 1 to 9 add up to 45, I just giggle like a school girl. And I'm a grown-ass man!
Nice profile pic
Your teachers patience to explain each and every puzzle so that newcomers can understand each step of your solve is truly admirable.
Thank you very much for that.
Touring old videos, and was directed to this one because of your video from yesterday or the day before where you referred to this one - what a delight it is to see you solve this, Simon. A wonderful puzzle, and of course your interest in and abilities for spacial-definition puzzles are showcased here. Thanks for this, and for everything that you and Mark have continued to do over the past few years to make CtC such a wonderful channel and community.
I like the bit where Simon says "Nori-Nori" 🤯😂😂
Who here would love to see one of those "if it doesn't work out, you will never see this video" videos? I for one would pay to watch Simon try solving a puzzle for hours and fail in the end.
No hard feelings Simon.
Yeah
Just ftr, if ever I do spot something before you, I just get excited because that means these videos are paying dividends!
I completely lost it at 44:05 when Simon exclaims "I've got a digit" - instand love!
I like to start my day with puzzles from Simon. They really get my brain going in a way that makes me more productive for the day. One video of Simon and a cup of coffee is the best way to start the day that I've found of (though some might prefer tea before breakfast).
Dude your videos help a lot with relaxing some daily stress :''D. Thanks a lot really ♥️ (one of my favorite channels)
Take a sip of water everytime Simon says Norinori, stay hydrated!
Water poisoning is an actual thing, you know!
@@siorac1147 143.5 sips of water aren't going to kill you over the span of an hour though (if the comment about 143.5 norinori's over the span of this video is correct, I didn't bother to check it)
@@MLWJ1993 I got around 141 but I could be off lol
I've started doing this alongside you, and then pause you when I think I've got a rhythm to see if I can solve the rest without you before watching you finish. Honestly don't remember how we started, and probably couldn't do it again, but As soon as you got the 3 in the 3x3 cage I managed to put everything else together from there. Appreciate your content! Great Job!
Wow, took me 72 minutes, incredible solve with no given digits and few killer clues. Great norinori restriction, would love to see it again. My first digits were the 2s then the 8s using the 17-26-31 killer clues in box7-8-9, since the 17 cage sees the odds in the 26 which then sum to 8, there can't be a 2 in any of the evens, then all three even digits in 26 see the last even in box 8 killer 31. Great puzzle Simon
As far as I can tell, there isn't a *single* Norinori app out on Android right now. Which, given the abundance of puzzle apps on the store, I found really surprising.
It reminds me a bit of the Star Battle format, which is a really good fit for touchscreens thanks to the very limited number of interactions, so I'd definitely be interested in buying such an app if someone makes one.
I think the word norinori is gonna be stuck in my head for the rest of the day.
I should have gone to bed already. If I'm tired at work tomorrow, I'm blaming norinori.
44:05 "I've got a digit!"
I don't think I have heard him so exited about a single digit, let alone being almost 40 minutes in (subtracting intro time)
Most long CZcams's I finish up fast forward or just close, but not Simon's. It's fascinating listening to his thought process and trying to spot something that I think he missed, not that I find many. Great sudoku, great solution.
My title is "Simon meets the Naughty Noris...puzzle."
I like these graphical ones. They tend to be easier for me than the numerical ones.
My time was 54:32 pleasingly. Never heard of Nori-Nori before, would love to see more on the channel
Simon: “Norinori.”
Me: “Norinori.”
Simon: “Am I going crazy?”
Me: “Norinori.”
Simon: “Not norinori.”
Me: “Notinori.”
Naughty Nori
Nonnorinori
Simon, please do try a Norinori at least once in your life! They're so much fun!
My favorite part is when he tells us the fact that the digits 1-9 add up to 45...
I liked when he said nori.
Can you show us sudokus, where you failed to solve it? (By making mistakes or doesn't know, how to make progress)
Yes please. I would love to see that. Mark and Simon make it look so easy, but sometimes even those two have to wave the white flag
One of the things that always amazes me is that I am watching these videos daily for close to a year now and there's still something new in every video.
I also love the fact that as the channel age, Simon develops his own running jokes. And those jokes evolves as well. Truly a masterpiece of a channel, absolutely brilliant. Sublime.
i have started doing the killer sudoku..... now this, i cannot believe how hard they are, i don't think I'll ever be able to solve nori nori, i love it. fantastic
Solved in 63 minutes. Watching Simon solve it will have to wait until tomorrow. Pleased to have got through solving it at all given it's an hour video and I was meant to be heading for bed before clicking on it. Exciting puzzle though. Worth staying up for. Getting those dominoes in place and the even/odd polarity was beautiful and yes, agreed, it did look impossible at that point especially with so many unclued boxes.
I don't get why anyone (who isn't a bot) would click dislike on a video like this. I don't get lots of things about people though. Why bother? If someone's not into logic, sudoku, or anything like this why not just go watch something else and enjoy that? CZcams is a big place. It's not as if there's anything to be offended by here unless someone can't abide strong swear words like "Bobbins!"
I really appreciate that you didn't make a mistake, I was starting this puzzle a few times, and every time my norinori didn't match parity. Great choice of a puzzle, it was really cool to watch :)
I'd love to see the Dave Gorman cryptic crossword solve!! The last one he set was very amusing, and I love the Crossword videos just as much as the Sudoku ones!
A multi-level addition to the Cracking the Cryptic Coloring Book!
I've only recently started watching these consistently and I can already see myself getting better. Nowhere near as good as the genius recording the video, but I'm enjoying it immensely. Thanks!
I think it would be really positive to share puzzles that you chaps fail to solve.
We can learn the tactics and methodologies you employ to overcome sticking points. And in the same way that instagram tends to be an unhealthy representation of life which leads to unhealthy expectations. It could be good for your viewers to see a glimmer of humanity by way of a humble failure in the sea of success solving puzzles.
This probably needs to be a Patreon reward ... contribute 'X' amount, and you get access to the blooper reel.
They did on Christmas 2020: czcams.com/video/_RCOHjBVHt4/video.html. Mark shared a puzzle that he didn't solve correctly. It was actually brutal to watch and not all that uplifting or encouraging. I wouldn't want to watch another one. (Before that, I was clamoring for a patreon-only blooper reel. Watching Mark's failed solve definitely changed my mind).
What an amazing puzzle! Big thanks to SudokuExplorer!
71 minutes... as soon as I grasped the NoriNori rules, then the puzzle seemed really easy, the parity was also disgustingly easy, then it was a wild goose chase to find which cage would let it all unfurl. But alas it was a good puzzle, I'd like to say it's actually one of the better puzzles this year, not too hard, yet still challenging enough. SudokuExplorer has done one hell of an amazing job.
This is the best time I’ve ever had at 2am ever.
What a beautiful puzzle. I got through the norinori part quite easily despite never doing it before but i definitely needed some help from Simon with the actual numbers part. Finished in just over an hour but would have been much longer without a little help
This is my favorite solve I've watched on this channel.
Cracking the Cryptic Movie 3: Gnarly Nori
Wrogn Nori
@@jeroensmulders1375 don’t give the puzzle creators ideas. That one might just kill Simon; it would make for a wonderful solve, but it would likely kill him
@@elliejordan3233 We could all use a third Cracking the Cryptic movie.
One of the very very best ones on the channel ❤❤❤
We want more like this one!!!
Very fun puzzle! Not as formidable as I originally thought. Once I worked out the shading, re-coloring cells in terms of even-odd helped immensely.
I must say, during the nori I've found great nori in watching these noris, especially the really nori ones.
33:57 "And forgive me if you're just looking at this knowing what to do, I respect you immensely if that's the case." This is possibly the first video of CTC where I was consistently catching things Simon didn't and it made me feel like a genius. Then he got to the sudoku and I was humbled again.
Why is it the longest videos are the most unputdownable?? (Apart from pausing halfway through to make a fresh cup of tea...) I pity anyone who could watch this and *not* feel a sense of euphoria for the last 5ish minutes as it became obvious those last digits were going to resolve. Really satisfying to watch you crack an unfamiliar format 'from scratch' using tricks you spotted as you went along, eg the 'nobody puts Norinori in a corner' rule when you had an L-shape in a 2x2 area. And always so satisfying when a puzzle is layered so neatly, in this case Norinori, parity, evens then odds, with the help of the killer cages throughout. I can only begin to imagine how anyone sets a puzzle like this, I assume it just comes to you fully formed in an Inception-style dream, because no mortal human could design it manually during daylight hours. Loved it.
*2:22** **_Rules_*
*5:22** **_Let's get cracking!_*
*44:06** **_I've got a digit!!!_*
Satan laughs in my face again! - Simon, 2021
Simon is going to turn into hodor by the end of this puzzle. Norinori Norinori Norinori
Ooooh, I love these super long videos. Time to grab some snacks!
This was awesome, of course it wasn't disappointing, Simon! Great work from you and SudokuExplorer. Thanks for the video!
For me this was 118 minutes of pure joy! Thanks for this amazing puzzle!
I'm sorry Simon but my baboon brain is nowhere near the level needed to even comprehend this
One of my favorite solves yet. So many puzzles in one. Way to go, Simon! That was a doozie.
Great solve - fantastic puzzle! Hope we'll see more nori-nori sudokus.
This is literally a 4 in 1 puzzle: norinori -> parity -> evens -> odds BRILLIANT
20:30 i noticed the elbow in the 26 cage must be norinori, else it makes the bottom cell a single grey cell. that also means the domino is entirely within the 26 cage, making the 31 cage not part of it, giving you both norinori cells in the 31 cage, and carries the same consequences to the plus shaped cage.
He found out at 24:00
What a wonderful puzzle!
Loved it. Delighted to see you work out fundamentals of nori nori. Raise high the banner of logic.
Not sure I've seen/heard Simon be as happy as when he discovers the interaction of the 26 cage on the 2 in the 31 cage and onward :)
I never thought I'd spend an hour watching someone else play sudoku but this is the second one this week 😂
Your awesome Simon! Love watching you solve puzzles, really appreciate you explaining your logic. Keep up the hard work! It's really appreciated!
when you're half of the way through the video and there isn't a single digit on the board
I can't believe it.
First Simon's sudoku with over an hour video solving and I managed to solve it on my own in 80 minutes :O
Keep them coming, this was an INCREDIBLE SUDOKU!!!
Thoroughly enjoyed this. Thank you.
Simon doing things the hard way as always xD There's so much norinori you can do at the beginning, regardless of any Sudoku rules! I've never seen this puzzle type before but it was lots of fun to come up with techniques from first principles.
EDIT: Oh good, he stops doing parity madness and goes back to the basics eventually!
This is one of my favourite videos. I've watched it about 10 times, just for the extreme norinoriness of it all lol
I enjoyed this puzzle a lot. I first solved it myself and then watched Simon solve it. I enjoyed both. Great puzzle!
It was not disappointing, I loved watching as much as you did solving. Thank you.
52:08 for me. This was hard.
Realizing that i cant figure out norinori dominos without using parity for the rest of the grid was hard. Cage geometry and totals on top of it was even harder. And filling the numbers to finish was not easy either. Can't say i enjoyed it, but I am really happy i managed to do it.
Geez, it took me whopping 2:38:52 . The most demanding puzzle on this channel I managed to do by myself so far. True to the title of the video: the norinori puzzle is not giving up to the very end! But the satisfaction from solving it correctly, oh man!!!
16:29 best moment we'll ever see en 2021
I’m really glad you kept with it! Very satisfying result!
Simon... A friend of mine just have shown me this video and i just fell in love thank you very much for your videos
I love norinori. Being experienced with that would make the norinori part so much easier.
What a beast! Love it! But this took forever to solve. But I love the puzzles that make you look at parities...
Mind blown. Brain freeze and norri a breakdown. That was a class act puzzle shown by a class act solver. I wonder if Mark would of liked to try that 1 too. At the same time on a split screen for all of us to get cracked up. Quality viewing as expected. Keep it going guys 🤓🤝
The emoji was definitely meant for Cracking the Cryptic. I send that 1 to all my mates so they know I'm going through a simark situation. Stay safe
What a brain bendingly beautiful puzzle. What a pleasure watching you solve it. I watched to the last second and enjoyed all of it.