What do you think is a good time in completing soduko problem?

Question

I love this game. The first time I played the game was when I bought the local paper two weeks ago. Read it and stumbled onto the game. I played it. It took me about less than 2 hours to complete. Then thought to myself it was a pretty simple game. Bought the paper again the following week and played again. This time it took me 25 minutes with the game having a 4 star difficulty level.

Answer 1

That depends on the difficulty level of the puzzle.  If you continue to do the puzzles, you will probably be completing them in less than 10 minutes before long - you will get faster with practice.  I'm a sudoku fan too.  Congratulations on such a quick improvement in your time,by the way.  Have you had a look at some of the websites that discuss the different strategies?  There are many strategies other than the one about writing all the possible numbers in the squares.  I have been addicted for more than two years now, and I like to try the hardest puzzles.  I have a book of puzzles where each puzzle is actually 5 interlinked sudoku puzzles - one in the middle,and four others interlocking with it, one at each corner.  That is a good challenge.  I recently found a new version called Scrabble Sudoku, which is a 7 x 7 square, with 7 irregularly shaped sections.  Instead of numbers  you use letters, and the 7 letters make a word.  It is actually more difficult than regular sudoku, especially when you first start it.  Here are a couple of links with strategies.  Have fun.

Answer 2

Everybody is different, beat your own times.

Answer 3

The only problem with doing them from a newspaper, is that the print is fairly small.  If you like Sudoku as much as I do, get the books full of them.  Usually they have larger print, giving more room for figuring out the harder ones, if not for the clarity.  On a 4 star rating, it took me about 10 minutes, in a loud crowded bus.  25 minutes is a fairly decent time for someone just starting out, much improved over your previous 2 hour mark.  Keep at it, it only gets easier.