dailysudoku.com

[Aldoredo]

As far as I can tell the level of difficulty of the daily (9 x 9) puzzle is randomly chosen from the 4 levels - easy, medium, hard and very hard - with the rider that there are never two consecutive days at the same level....

So far this year we've had 66 puzzles classified as 'very hard' - that's 27% of the 226 published, suggesting that an equal weighting is given to each of the 4 levels.

This distribution probably seemed sensible 10 years ago when solving techniques were in their infancy but (judging by the puzzles discussed in the forum) most of us move fairly rapidly though the easy and medium levels to the point where for hardcore Suduko addicts, only the very hard puzzles will do. Beginners can go back in the archive for easy and medium puzzles until they progress but, sad as this is, I have done all the VH ones!

I believe the designers of the site moved on long ago (they don't answer emails, anyway) but I am wondering if anyone out there agrees with me - and if there is sufficient support - does anyone have the means to change the E-M-H-VH distribution to say 5% - 15% - 40% - 40% ?

Aldoredo

[bat999]

[Aldoredo]

Thanks bat999 - I have the Enjoy Sudoko app (Android) and love it!

Its hints & explanations are really useful in learning new techniques - though I find the info you get on completion ("Your time was faster than xx% people", where xx% is 3% in my case) really disheartening. There are apparently hundreds of people out there who can solve "devious" puzzles in 3 -5 minutes. I couldn't tap the solution straight in and get anywhere near that speed!

I digress - I still like Daily Sudoko 'cos the PDFs are really easy to print and do on the train!

[Marty R.]

Nobody but the site owner has the means to change the distribution of the various rating levels. He has been an absentee owner for quite some time. He knows that only the VH's (with an occasional exception) are discussed on the forum. I never asked, but I've assumed that click counts tell him that people are doing the easier puzzles. Every so often there is a site problem and we see complaints from people who never post, so we know that there are lurkers who are doing the puzzles.

[bat999]

[Aldoredo]

Ahhha Bat999 - you mean enjoysudoku the forum, as opposed to enjoysudoku the app (which remains excellent)...

No, I haven't tried the daily puzzles yet but will be sure to give them a go, particularly as they are linked back to DS and can therefore be printed.

[bat999]