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I occasionally watch Simon on Cracking the Cryptic and find it interesting how different his approach to solving Sudoku is to mine. I wouldn't even be able to s
by jamincan 5y ago
I occasionally watch Simon on Cracking the Cryptic and find it interesting how different his approach to solving Sudoku is to mine. I wouldn't even be able to start most of the puzzles he does, but nevertheless, I almost always find myself yelling at him in my head at some point where I see something so obvious to me that he overlooks.
- jamie_ca 5y agoYeah, he's commented many times that his scanning is sometimes terrible (especially I notice when he's working with brand-new puzzle mechanics), but I remain super impressed at his ability to not only work out the complex logic, but do it (a) mostly in his head when there's no easy way to notate it on screen while (b) simultaneously explaining it to viewers in a very understandable fashion.
- yen223 5y agoI would "yell at the screen" whenever he misses things. Then I realised that he still solves these puzzles much faster than I did, which makes me realise he probably just better than me at paying attention to the parts that are important to the solve.