Puzzle XL — Results 🏆
The Puzzle XL contest has come to an end! A total of 240 solvers took on this year's oversized challenge.
🥇 EKBM claimed the XL Master title.
🥈 bakpao finished in second place.
🥉 ysbg123 completed the podium.
This edition truly lived up to its XL name, featuring several monstrous puzzles that pushed even the strongest solvers to their limits. The average participant spent more than 10 hours solving the contest.
One puzzle even set a new PuzzleDuel record, becoming the hardest puzzle ever published on the site. It had an average solving time of 93 minutes, and most participants were unable to finish it.
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who accepted the XL challenge. See you next year! 🧩💪
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Author: Lemesh
Place a number from 1 to 8 in each empty cell in the grid such that each row, column and marked area contains each number exactly once. Each clue outside the grid indicates the number that is placed in the Nth cell in the corresponding direction, where N is the number placed in the 1st cell in that direction.
Grid control: Click at a cell reveals the value chooser. Click at the selected value changes the state of the cell. More details about grid control are at the help page.