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Topic: Scoring question for Sudoku View all Sudoku Discussions »
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robertuthe Posted: January 30th, 2007 at 11:43am
If you were to play all 4 daily Sudoku puzzles you should be able to get a maximum of 50 points a day. In viewing the top 10 list though I noticed the person at the top is getting 120+ points a day. Apparently there is a way to get other scores in the game I am not aware of. Can someone enlighten me please on how the scoring works?

Thanks,

Robert
mansa Posted: January 30th, 2007 at 12:51pm
I think the help file says:

"At the end of the day the 5 players who submitted the fastest completion times on the daily puzzles will receive extra bonus points (from 1 to 5):

EASY: 15, 10, 5, 3, 1
MEDIUM: 20, 15, 10, 5, 2
HARD: 30, 20, 15, 10, 5
GENIUS: 50, 40, 30, 20, 10"

So, it's probably possible to get 165 points in one day.
jshack01 Posted: August 9th, 2007 at 5:11pm
I just don't understand why I get Zero points so often for puzzles done the right day.
TheHouse Posted: August 12th, 2007 at 10:31pm
A few others have reported this issue.

What version are you guys using?
jshack01 Posted: August 18th, 2007 at 8:36am
1.0.10

I haven't kept close track, but I'm guessing that over 50% of my same-day submissions come back zero points.
fredpeck Posted: August 23rd, 2007 at 5:29am
I also frequently get 0 points for a completed game on the same day. I am on 1.0.9
fredpeck Posted: August 23rd, 2007 at 5:31am
Is there anywhere to see the top scores beyond the top ten?
klementz Posted: May 5th, 2008 at 8:04pm
Are you sure you get zero points? I see this when there is a communication error, and I try again and it says ZERO points. However, my points actually accumulate by the correct amount.

My big question is "how fast do you have to solve a puzzle to be in the top five"? There is nothing to indicate where you stand on this.

It is almost pointless to start out going against a top ten where they all have tens of thousands of points. How about letting a user know where they finished on the daily puzzles? A daily top ten? Weekly?
vadhopper09 Posted: March 28th, 2009 at 2:49am
I like kelmentz'a idea. I've been working my way up the leader board - now have over 8300 points and am in the top 1000. But I'd really like to know how I did each day.
dbridgewater Posted: August 19th, 2009 at 9:25am
This may be a couple of years or so late, but it is actually possible, in theory, to score 175 points in one day. Here's how:

If puzzles from a previous day are submitted today, 4 for Genius, 3 for Hard, 2 for Medium, and 1 for Easy for a total of 10 points.

For today's puzzles, 20 for Genius, 15 for Hard, 10, for Medium, and 5 for Easy for a total of 50 points.

For fastest times for today's puzzles, 50 for Genius, 30 for Hard, 20 for Medium, and 15 for Easy for a total of 115 points.

Summary: 10 + 50 + 115 = 175 points.

Later.

Don
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