Brain Age Sudoku FAQ

Brain Age Sudoku FAQ

What are you trying to do?
Beat all the Sudoku's in Brain Age without looking at the answers

Is it not allowed to look at those?
It is, but since there are no runs on the board for this I figured it'd be a much more interesting challenge to do it without actually knowing all the puzzles

How long is this expected to take?
I did a rough calculation beforehand and got to 16-ish hours. My goal-times per puzzle are sub 5 on a Basic, sub 9 on an Intermediate and sub 13 on an advanced. The averages should be quite a bit lower however

What is the hardest thing in the challenge?
Staying focussed for the duration of it. This is also why the harder puzzles are early on and I finish with mostly basic puzzles

Why do this?
I actually love puzzles, sudoku and sudoku variants especially. Off-stream I don't game much but I make a lot of these puzzles, so I figured it'd be an interesting challenge to try

What is the method of notation you use?
It's called Snyder notation. Basically, for a lot of the puzzle, I exclusively mark whenever a number can only go into 2 squares in a 3x3 block. This helps with spotting doubles, as well as helping me see where certain lines or columns aren't possible.

Why have correct answers on?
If I get stuck I will resort to Bowman's Bingo for the sake of saving time. I try to not use this, but if I get stuck I will do this and as such having the DS tell me right away saves me of having to go through that process.

Any particular things you look for?
Mostly Doubles, triples, naked singles, x-wings, uniqueness and a few other things to look for to help me in the solve