{"id":1624,"date":"2026-11-02T12:15:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T23:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesudoku.com\/blog\/?p=1624"},"modified":"2026-11-02T12:19:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T23:19:45","slug":"you-really-like-the-hard-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesudoku.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/02\/you-really-like-the-hard-ones\/","title":{"rendered":"You Really Like the Hard Ones!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Here\u2019s what\u2019s behind the ratings<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>When we split Master into five tiers, we thought we were making life easier for a fairly small group of players. Young, Adept, Veteran, Fiendish, and Supreme would give our most experienced solvers a way to choose their challenge, instead of taking whatever the old Master pool handed them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new tiers have been far more popular than we expected. We knew <a href=\"https:\/\/thesudoku.com\/\"><strong>TheSudoku <\/strong><\/a>had dedicated players. We hadn&#8217;t realized how many of you were ready to spend quality time with a grid that refuses to give anything away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apparently, \u201cthis looks extremely difficult\u201d is a recommendation around here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With so many people exploring the new levels, this feels like a good moment to explain something a difficulty label alone can&#8217;t tell you: why two puzzles in the same tier can feel completely different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Even the same numerical rating doesn&#8217;t promise the same kind of solve.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What the rating actually measures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Master tiers use the Sudoku Explainer rating, or SE:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Young:<\/strong> SE 4.0\u20134.9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Adept:<\/strong> SE 5.0\u20135.9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Veteran:<\/strong> SE 6.0\u20136.9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fiendish:<\/strong> SE 7.0\u20137.9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Supreme:<\/strong> SE 8.0\u20138.9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The key to reading those numbers is that <strong>SE rates a puzzle by its hardest step along the solver&#8217;s logical solution path<\/strong>. It doesn&#8217;t add up every difficult move to produce a total workload score. It doesn&#8217;t predict your finishing time, either. The <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/SudokuMonster\/SukakuExplainer\/wiki\/SE121---FAQ\"><strong>Sudoku <\/strong>Explainer FAQ<\/a> explains this distinction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imagine two grids. In one, an advanced technique unlocks the puzzle, and the remaining numbers fall into place fairly smoothly. In the other, you need moves at a similar level again and again: one breakthrough, a little progress, another obstacle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One demanding move versus ten demanding moves can make for very different evenings. Yet if their hardest steps have the same rating, the puzzles can receive the same SE score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s why a tier is useful for choosing the technical challenge you want, but less useful for deciding whether you have time for a quick game before dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The move you understand can still be the move you miss<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s another difference that becomes especially noticeable at Master level: understanding an explanation and finding the move yourself are separate skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Someone points out a pattern, and the logic makes perfect sense. Of course that candidate can be eliminated. Of course the next cell must be a seven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finding that pattern in a crowded grid, without knowing where to look, is another matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is where much of the satisfaction of <a href=\"https:\/\/thesudoku.com\/master-sudoku\/\"><strong>advanced Sudoku<\/strong><\/a> lives. You might know the relevant technique perfectly well and still spend a long time looking past its particular arrangement. Then you see it, make one small elimination, and wonder how something so modest managed to hide for so long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If a puzzle takes longer than another with the same rating, that doesn&#8217;t automatically mean you&#8217;ve played worse. You may simply have met a pattern you haven&#8217;t learned to recognize as readily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A higher rating can occasionally feel easier<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You may even finish a higher-rated puzzle faster than a lower-rated one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps the harder grid happens to suit the way you look for patterns. Perhaps its crucial step stands out to you, while the other puzzle hides a more familiar move in an awkward place. Or perhaps you find a different logical route from the one the rating solver followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rating gives us a consistent reference point. Your experience brings something more personal: the techniques you&#8217;ve practiced, the arrangements you recognize, and what you happen to notice today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So enjoy the quick Supreme if one comes your way. And give yourself some patience when a Young puzzle makes you work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The names aren&#8217;t a verdict on the person solving them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get more from the Master tiers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re using the new levels to improve, try staying with one tier for a while. Give yourself a chance to experience its variety: the grid with one stubborn bottleneck, the one that demands repeated breakthroughs, and the one that unexpectedly suits you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a difficult solve, ask yourself: <strong>where did I stop knowing what to look for?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s often more useful than the final time. If you understood the move once you found it, recognition may be what needs practice. If you couldn&#8217;t explain why it worked, spend a little time with the logic before moving on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And after any major elimination, take a fresh look for simple moves. It&#8217;s easy to become so absorbed in advanced reasoning that you overlook the single you&#8217;ve just created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s no obligation to keep climbing, either. Finding a tier you enjoy returning to is a perfectly good outcome. Some days you want to stretch yourself. Other days you want a challenge you know how to handle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A pleasant surprise for us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The response to the five Master tiers has made us reconsider how we thought about our audience. We expected a small corner for advanced solvers. Far more of you wanted a seat there than we&#8217;d imagined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can&#8217;t tell from popularity alone how many players arrived with years of experience and how many are discovering advanced Sudoku now. 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