UK Puzzle Association

Real pedantry here, but Round 4 Cave - can we shade the cave rather than the walls? The rules say "a single white area". That's not the way I tend to do these...

Oops. Many thanks.

Am I being daft (quite possible) or are there two solutions to Double Skyscrapers, Puzzle Round 5?

If you interchange the 1s and 2s in the second and fifth rows, I think that's still a valid solution or am I missing something in the rules?

Congratulations to everyone!

I got a reply and it was as I suggested - my two scores divided by two, not four, put me in Div A. Meanwhile, Tiago, who finished 66 overall in Div A wins Div B, mainly due to missing the higher scoring round 1. Very miffed about this as I put a decent effort into Div B - I’m counting it as an honou...

Thanks, James. I've posted a query in the forum. The only way I can be in Division A, I think, is if my average score after four rounds was actually averaged over the two rounds that I competed in, rather than all 4. This might make some weird sense in their book, as otherwise they'd say "total scor...

OK, anyone got an idea as to why I'm in the official Division A results rather than the official Division B. Seriously can't see why - and why Taigo Ando is in the official Division B when he's 66th in Division A!

Just asking as I thought I'd won Division B...

Anyone have any idea is there is going to ever be an "Official" section B or C result - i.e. discounting the A and the A or B contestants?

Well I finished at 102, but Heather made it into the top 100. By the way, in round 8b, it looks like eight people completed but got the second snake wrong. At least in my case I know that my spare 25 seconds wouldn't have been enough to check my answers... Yup, I was one of those eight. Had two cor...

Ah, but there's a chance of actually winning for once for those of us in B or C. That is, if they choose to filter the A contestants from the B list...

Oh good, that should put me out of the top 100. Probably.

Just checking, I actually did two section A comps - it was probably Round 2 that convinced me to stick to section B!

Thanks, James. Hopefully, that's the right interpretation of average.

Silly question but have I been getting this wrong all year? I only had time to do more than one division puzzle comp in the first round and did A and B. I qualified as a B contestant and as such for the whole tournament have been doing the B competitions. Just had a quick look at the rules, mostly d...

Many thanks for organising this, Liane. One of the toughest - and most enjoyable - that I've done for a good while. Thanks again

Really enjoyed the B puzzles, a nice set with Oases being fun - my first encounter with these. Similarly not convinced by the five hard puzzles format - well, four, as the inequalities was just big, not hard. Seen harder five by five Futoshiki puzzles... Looking forward to taking a run at the three ...

Just one more question: In Power of Tapa, am I right in understanding that a three number clue is either a power (a^(b^c)) or a 3 digit clue - it can't be one digit and a power. So, for example 2 1 3 is either just 2 or 2 1 3, it can't be 2 1 or 2 3 (from 2 & 1^3 or 2^1 & 3). Pretty sure that's what...

Thought I'd plugged the first one, along with the LMI on the same weekend.

Ah, just realised as I type, I probably missed the Sudoku one, as I don't get alerts for that one, not being a Sudoku competitor. I'll try and correct that in future.

A question on Puzzles Round 3

Are the Arrows puzzles both ones with only one square around the grid? Or could there be a two square boundary (sometimes called Double Arrows, iirc)? Or is it a surprise?

Nope, the appeal was unsuccessful. Rather harsh, I thought - spend the time solving the puzzle correctly (as is clear from entering one correct row and then choosing the wrong row to enter) only to be told that entering the correct answer key is part of solving the puzzle. When it is clear that the...

I have had a go at solving the A puzzles and B puzzles. The A puzzles seemed spot on apart from the third Doppelblock which was over the top. The B puzzles were great, although I didn't beat Heather. I haven't had a go at the C puzzles yet. Thinking of this from the puzzle setters' point of view, t...

... that's still 100 in front of me I make 608 - 425 = 183, not 100. Maybe this is why I beat you? :lol: No, I meant if you count entering the wrong row in B2 (which I'm appealing) and not counting battleships correctly which would add 32+59 = 91 points to my score. Sounds like I won't be in luck w...

... that's still 100 in front of me I make 608 - 425 = 183, not 100. Maybe this is why I beat you? :lol: No, I meant if you count entering the wrong row in B2 (which I'm appealing) and not counting battleships correctly which would add 32+59 = 91 points to my score. Sounds like I won't be in luck w...

GoldingH wrote:teehee
Yes, I'm fairly sure my result was a blip. This will be particularly clear when the results for part C are out...

That isn't remotely what I meant That was a great performance, Heather. Well done. Even with my typos, that's still 100 in front of me. Congratulations

The results are out now. Top UK Scores: Category B: 11. Heather Golding 608 36. Tom Collyer 514 65. Alan O'Donnell 431 68. Steve Barge 425 72. Emma McCaughan 415 74. Eva Myers 410 75. Michael Collins 410 88. Anthea McMillan 384 Plus 11 more outside the top 100. A good healthy entry from the UK Categ...

I'd love to go, but there's the basic issue of not being able to get there in time - certainly can't get to Budapest until midnight-ish on the Friday, which probably won't have me best prepared for the twenty four hours to follow... A real shame as I've heard such great things about this competition...

The 2015 results are here - http://gp.worldpuzzle.org/content/wpf-gp-puzzle-results-2015 and the 2016 competitive results are here - http://gp.worldpuzzle.org/content/wpf-gp-puzzle-results-2016-competitive-section The full text of who should be in what division is: "Class A participants are those wh...