Is this genuinely the most difficult puzzle in the world? 

Nope! We are very different puzzler types lol. I prefer bright, colourful ones only as I puzzle for self-care. This would stress me out and defeat the purpose. Love watching videos of harder ones, glad you enjoy more of a challenge ☺️. I love seeing the puzzles people enjoy as there are so many reasons. Have a great Sunday!

Also, not cheating. You figured out strategies yourself.

I would get a glass table to do this puzzle, that way I can look underneath to see if I made any mistakes. Also, kudos on the strategy, that was really well done.

I would like to try to do it

I have done a few of these puzzles. The way they are cut (well the ones i have done), means that each piece has a twin which goes on the opposite side of the puzzle on the diagonal. The only pieces that don't have a twin are the diagonal strip which has the same image on each side but flipped 90 degrees. I hope that make sense.

That's exactly what I was thinking! Either that, or they would be complete in one of the sides of the puzzle. That would also be fun 😊

I was hoping it'd be something like that, if so I'd try to have bought one lol

agreed!

They had 2 nines in a box. They clearly know nothing at all about puzzles and don't understand their target audience. And probably don't care. Rocks on the road.

@@Varksterable Its a printing/picture error on the box lmao, no one is perfect. The puzzle has it correct with a 6 and a 9 not two 9s

Same here. I think, it's not cheating, but being smart. It's that "thinking outside of the box", what makes really clever people.

I agree! I think the fact that Karen came up with the idea of the cheat sheet, and made it on her own, makes it even more valid! One could possibly consider "sorting out edge pieces" or "sorting by color" to be a cheat sheet in a way - doing so takes the whole problem (solving the puzzle) and breaks it down into smaller parts (solve the edges, or solve this specific color). Karen's tool is no different - it takes the whole problem (again, solving the puzzle) and breaks it down into smaller parts (in this case, which piece goes on the back of which other piece, etc.) But ultimately, puzzles aren't a competition. If you're competing against other people's times, then all those people should have the same tools available. Otherwise, it's just an accessibility tool. Adding (or removing!) tools to make the challenge more fun for the individual solver is paramount! Karen didn't choose to mix the four bags in the Life puzzle together, even though she could have - that's just another accessibility tool. (This is a similar discussion to how comprehensive video game difficulty selections should be.)

To me it depends on the puzzle. Mostly I put transformative puzzles together this spring. The only cheat I can find is online, by people who already did the puzzles. I don’t think of it as cheating. A little help goes a long way.

Yes. I dont think at all that sheet is cheating - I think thats super clever!

"Thinking outside the box" is _never_ cheating. Provided it's not explicitly limited by some rules or regulations which it clearly isn't here. Leveraging everything you have to achieve something is a useful tool to find a solution to puzzles. And in life, too.

We knew she would! 😀

I for one, can pretty easily imagine not being able to solve this puzzle, or more likely running out of interest in trying to solve it after a few hours of not much progress.

well, she _is_ karen, the puzzle goddess sooo

Well, to be fair. It was tough.

@@moonloversheila8238hey I agree

worse -- i feel like this is so egregious that it should either be stated clearly on the box "THIS PUZZLE USES PIECES THAT ARE

Neeerrr-rrrrdddd

Nice... It would really have bugged me if the Sudoku couldn't be solved.

What a fascinating profession. Thanks for sharing :)

I’ve often wondered how sudoku makers come up with them so they’re solvable with only one solution!

@@justlittleolme7977 It's a learnable skill. The real trick is doing that AND making the puzzle appealing at the same time.

The opposite. Genius. Especially considering the shortcomings of the cut.

It felt that way at first to me!

My late mother loved this series of puzzles, and that was her strategy as well: find duplicates, flip one over and place.

what's dalmatian puzzle?

My dad and I did one of these puzzles, it was a double sided, mirrored, cat puzzle. Well I say we did it but it’s more like he did it since I was like 7 and only put in 5 pieces or so.

@@NoNameAtAll2 dalmatians are dogs

I have that dalmatian puzzle, afraid to Starr it. It is very intimidating

Great job bud! My time was: Sudoku 1- 3:15 Sudoku 2- 4:45 Sudoku 3- 4:15 Sudoku 4- 2:49

I love to hear it! 🥰

I've never seen that! Definitely a good idea!

I loved that nonogram sudoku. It took me longer to complete than I expected it to, but it was a great change for April Fool's Day.

I've been slacking about checking out the discord server lately, I missed that. Will have to check it out, since I also love Nonograms. 😁

I probably should have thought of a method like that to be able to flip them all at once. If I do one of the others I showed, I’ll engineer something 😅

@@KarenPuzzles - I thought the way you flipped smaller sections whilst doing this puzzle was a good technique. More manageable and practical. Were all those other Buffalo Games puzzles double sided too?

I watched more and you started flipping over the completed pieces, seemed to work really well. Well done for finishing and fun to watch as always 👏

Your interests are: women, interior decoration, video editing, and sado-masochism? 😜

@@landsgevaer I should have edited that to say "two of my interests" - jig saw puzzles & sudoku. None of the ones you mentioned. 😆