Our Longest Sudoku Solve Ever

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** TODAY'S PUZZLE **
A couple of weeks ago we released a video in which Simon solved Crux by Jay Dyer. We've been astonished by how many viewers commented that they prefer these very long solves and so Simon turned his attention earlier this week to Fillomenon by Darth Paradox - another legendary sudoku.

172 minutes later....

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Rules:
Draw nine 3x3 boxes within the grid and place the digits 1-9 once into each box. Digits within boxes (the Sudoku digits) must not repeat in any row or column of the grid.

Divide the remaining cells (outside of the nine boxes) into orthogonally contiguous regions and fill them according to Fillomino rules: every cell contains the size of its region, and no two orthogonally adjacent regions may have the same size. No Fillomino region may be larger than nine cells. The clues outside the grid give the sum of the Fillomino digits in the indicated row or column. (Sudoku digits are not included in the sums.) Additionally, a Fillomino digit must not be orthogonally adjacent to an identical Sudoku digit.

Clues inside the grid begin hidden by fog; the fog clears when correct digits are entered. Digits along an arrow must sum to the digit in the attached circle; all arrows have single-digit sums and do not branch or overlap. Digits separated by a white dot must be consecutive, and digits separated by a black dot must be in a 1:2 ratio; not all dots are given. The purple lines contain a set of consecutive, non-repeating digits in any order.
Rules:

Normal sudoku rules apply. The sum of two neighbouring digits on a grey line is always either 7 or 9.

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▶ Contents Of This Video ◀

0:00 Theme Music & Puzzle Introduction
0:39 Why is this video so long?!
2:11 Pls check out our Fog-Of-War Kickstarter
3:25 Rules
9:05 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking

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