Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Here's where you can attempt Pop Goes The World by Alchemist: https://sudokupad.app/m1p2mis3fb
Normal sudoku rules apply. Place one trigger cell in each row, column and 3 by 3 box. Each of these trigger cells is a ‘popped’ cell. All cells orthogonally adjacent to a popped cell also pop if they have a smaller digit than (any of) the adjacent popped cell(s). Continue until no more cells pop.
Bubbles (circles) are never in cells which are popped and count the number of (up to 8, including diagonals) surrounding cells which are popped. Pinpricks (inequalities) ‘point’ to the smaller of the two digits they separate, and always separate a cell which has been popped from a cell which hasn't.
▶Credits◀
Music: Lucy Audrin (Piano): Mozart's Sonata no 16; and Mark’s outro music by Riffclown.
SOFTWARE: Thanks to Sam Cappleman-Lynes and Sven Neumann
Logo: Melvyn Mainini
Opening Credits: Burak Mescioğlu
▶ABOUT US◀
Hi! We're Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe, two of the UK's most enthusiastic puzzle solvers. We have both represented the UK at the World Sudoku Championships and the World Puzzle Championships. We're also "cryptic crossword" aficionados. Mark is the 14-time winner of The Times crossword championship and twice Senior World Champion in Sudoku, and Simon is the former record holder for most consecutive correct solutions to The Listener crossword. We hope we can help your puzzle solving while also introducing you to some of the world's best puzzles.
Thank you for watching!
Simon and Mark
#crypticcracking #puzzle #sudoku
▶ Contents ◀
0:00 Theme Music & News around the channel
3:40 Rules of today’s puzzle
6:45 Start Of Solve - Let's Get Cracking!
Here's where you can attempt Pop Goes The World by Alchemist: https://sudokupad.app/m1p2mis3fb
Normal sudoku rules apply. Place one trigger cell in each row, column and 3 by 3 box. Each of these trigger cells is a ‘popped’ cell. All cells orthogonally adjacent to a popped cell also pop if they have a smaller digit than (any of) the adjacent popped cell(s). Continue until no more cells pop.
Bubbles (circles) are never in cells which are popped and count the number of (up to 8, including diagonals) surrounding cells which are popped. Pinpricks (inequalities) ‘point’ to the smaller of the two digits they separate, and always separate a cell which has been popped from a cell which hasn't.
▶Credits◀
Music: Lucy Audrin (Piano): Mozart's Sonata no 16; and Mark’s outro music by Riffclown.
SOFTWARE: Thanks to Sam Cappleman-Lynes and Sven Neumann
Logo: Melvyn Mainini
Opening Credits: Burak Mescioğlu
▶ABOUT US◀
Hi! We're Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe, two of the UK's most enthusiastic puzzle solvers. We have both represented the UK at the World Sudoku Championships and the World Puzzle Championships. We're also "cryptic crossword" aficionados. Mark is the 14-time winner of The Times crossword championship and twice Senior World Champion in Sudoku, and Simon is the former record holder for most consecutive correct solutions to The Listener crossword. We hope we can help your puzzle solving while also introducing you to some of the world's best puzzles.
Thank you for watching!
Simon and Mark
#crypticcracking #puzzle #sudoku
▶ Contents ◀
0:00 Theme Music & News around the channel
3:40 Rules of today’s puzzle
6:45 Start Of Solve - Let's Get Cracking!
