Sudoku enthusiasts set world record

Two hundred young sudoku lovers set a Guinness World Record by successfully solving the largest multi-sudoku puzzle in the world.

"It is the first successful attempt at creating and solving such a large multi-sudoku puzzle," Cheng Dong, an authenticator from the Guinness World Records, said on Saturday.

The puzzle consisted of 200 standard Sudoku grids chained diagonally, with the overlapping areas complying with the rules of adjacent grids. It was created specifically for the event by members of Beijing Sudoku Association.