The Perfect Miracle Sudoku

** TODAY'S PUZZLE **

Ever since May 2020 when we first released The Miracle Sudoku video, constructors have been searching for a "Perfect" Miracle Sudoku ie one where the entire sudoku grid was empty. The only good examples we've seen still had very long rulesets but today we can share with you this new discovery from Farkov and TopAutism, An Easter Miracle. That this puzzle exists is quite extraordinary. Give it a try and see if you agree.

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Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. Mark nine cells such that there is one marked cell in each row, column and 3x3 box. The digit in the first cell of a row, column, or 3x3 box gives the position of the marked cell in that row, column or 3x3 box. Each digit appears in exactly one marked cell. [Eg if r5c3 was a marked cell then r5c1 would be a 3 (marked cell is 3rd position in its row); r1c3 would be a 5 (marked cell is 5th position in its column); and r4c1 would be a 6 (marked cell is the 6th position in normal reading order of its 3x3 box).] Orthogonally adjacent digits may not be consecutive. In boxes 1, 2 and 3 each digit's position number within a box must equal that digit at least once.

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▶ SUDOKU PAD - Use Our Software For Your Puzzles ◀

You can input classic sudoku puzzles into our software and help support Sven, the programmer responsible for the wonderful user interface we all use to play these puzzles everyday. The app also comes with 12 handmade puzzles from us:

iOS:
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