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Apart from classic Sudokus of different sizes, this episode has five variants based on clues outside the grid, namely 2-3-4 Outside Sudoku, Skyscraper Sudoku, Descriptive Pairs Sudoku, Next to 9 Sudoku, X Sums Sudoku.
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| Instructions Booklet Download | View | 121kB | 4700 | |
| Sudoku Booklet Download | View | 59kB | 4740 | |
Outside Variations - Sudoku Mahabharat Results
| # | UserId | Name | Country | TotalPoints | Bonus | NumCorrect | TimeTillLCS |
| 1 | Gotroch | Jakub Hrazdira | Czech Republic | 135.533 | 35.533 | 18/18 | 054:28 |
| 2 | Kota | Kota Morinishi | Japan | 135.417 | 35.417 | 18/18 | 054:35 |
| 3 | kwaka | Seungjae Kwak | South Korea | 132.317 | 33.317 | 18/19 | 056:41 |
| 4 | deu | Hideaki Jo | Japan | 128.733 | 28.733 | 18/18 | 061:16 |
| 5 | Fred76 | Fred Stalder | Switzerland | 128.517 | 28.517 | 18/18 | 061:29 |
| 6 | prasanna16391 | Prasanna Seshadri | India | 127.217 | 27.217 | 18/18 | 062:47 |
| 7 | misko | Michael Ley | Germany | 126.733 | 26.733 | 18/18 | 063:16 |
| 8 | jzverina | Jan Zverina | Czech Republic | 121.433 | 21.433 | 18/18 | 068:34 |
| 9 | EKBM | Endo Ken | Japan | 121.4 | 21.4 | 18/18 | 068:36 |
| 10 | Nikola | Nikola | Serbia | 118.65 | 18.65 | 18/18 | 071:21 |
| 11 | mackokajka | Martin Kollar | Slovakia | 114.8 | 15.5 | 18/19 | 074:30 |
| 12 | nyuta | NAGATA Yuta | Japan | 113.267 | 13.267 | 18/18 | 076:44 |
| 13 | vopani | Rohan Rao | India | 112.233 | 13.633 | 18/20 | 076:22 |
| 14 | Timothy | Timothy Doyle | France | 111.133 | 11.133 | 18/18 | 078:52 |
| 15 | David McNeill | David McNeill | United Kingdom | 111.117 | 11.117 | 18/18 | 078:53 |
| 16 | sugitakukun | Takuya Sugimoto | Japan | 108.367 | 11.667 | 18/20 | 078:20 |
| 17 | bdts.cn | Yao Siyu | China | 107.7 | 7.7 | 18/18 | 082:18 |
| 18 | bskbri | Salih Alan | Turkey | 105.1 | 6.3 | 18/19 | 083:42 |
| 19 | Spica | Hwangrae Lee | South Korea | 103.3 | 3.3 | 18/18 | 086:42 |
| 20 | Manu | Manuela Hawel | Austria | 102.033 | 2.033 | 18/18 | 087:58 |
| PuzzleId | Submissions | Correct | Ratings | AvgRatings | SolutionCode |
| Standard 6X6 (1) | 276 | 269 | 5 | 5.67 | 426531 |
| Standard 6X6 (2) | 227 | 220 | 3 | 6.72 | 145623 |
| Standard 6X6 (3) | 221 | 216 | 3 | 7.39 | 351426 |
| Standard 6X6 (4) | 230 | 229 | 2 | 6.5 | 462315 |
| Standard 8X8 | 205 | 188 | 2 | 8.72 | 4678532163251874 |
| Standard 9X9 (1) | 150 | 134 | 2 | 9 | 632457981941823756 |
| Standard 9X9 (2) | 171 | 162 | 1 | 9 | 453296871791854632 |
| Standard 9X9 (3) | 156 | 147 | 1 | 9 | 397285614624137598 |
| 2-3 Outside | 252 | 244 | 5 | 7.76 | 321456 |
| 2-3-4 Outside | 142 | 125 | 6 | 8.24 | 275846319863912754 |
| Skyscrapers (6X6) | 205 | 162 | 5 | 7.69 | 564132 |
| Skyscrapers (9X9) | 79 | 69 | 4 | 7.67 | 751894623843621795 |
| Descriptive Pairs (6X6) | 150 | 144 | 4 | 7.66 | 563214 |
| Descriptive Pairs (9X9) | 101 | 98 | 4 | 7.79 | 249753618731864925 |
| Next To 6 (6X6) | 170 | 167 | 4 | 7.06 | 431526 |
| Next To 9 (9X9) | 125 | 120 | 6 | 7.98 | 683942571475163928 |
| X Sums (6X6) | 190 | 187 | 4 | 9.16 | 164235 |
| X Sums (9X9) | 95 | 91 | 6 | 9.59 | 536927184197584632 |
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