The Enter the Dojo Circuit

Three sudokus, one sitting: a six by six, the classic nine by nine, then a variant. Fast and clean earns the black belt.

Play all 3 grids Or just Sixes

3games

45points on offer

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The run, in order

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1SixesMini sudoku, 6x6The daily mini sudokuA 6x6 sudoku in six boxes two squares tall and three wide. Every row, column and box holds 1 to 6 exactly once. The short one: about two minutes, nothing counts against you, and the clock decides the day.Today's board1 2 3 Play 2SudsClassic sudoku, 9x9The daily sudokuFill the nine by nine grid so every row, column, and box holds one through nine exactly once.Today's board1 2 3 Play 3MercuryThermo sudokuThe daily thermo sudokuThermo sudoku: digits get bigger along every thermometer from its round bulb, and the ordering does the work no sums are asked to do. Sundays print just eight digits under nine thermometers.Today's board1 2 3 Play

Shortest first, longest last. Each game pays 15 points for a win down to 1 for finishing, and the circuit adds all 3 up. A game played on its own still counts toward it, but you need all 3 in the same day to take a rank on the circuit board.

What finishing it pays

Three FormsFinish every game in this circuit on the same day.gold

The same 3 games every day, with new puzzles in each of them at midnight Eastern.

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