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- Sun 13 Sep, 2015 10:13 am
- Forum: Puzzle Competitions
- Topic: The Times Sudoku Championship 2015
- Replies: 13
- Views: 22440
Re: The Times Sudoku Championship 2015
Yes well done, Tom. I felt the formbook was followed apart from Heather's problem with one of the puzzles in the preliminary. Congrats to David and Mike for making the final. There was a surprising amount of errors made in the final - some years there are next to none, in others there are few all-co...
- Thu 10 Sep, 2015 1:54 pm
- Forum: Puzzle Competitions
- Topic: The Times Sudoku Championship 2015
- Replies: 13
- Views: 22440
Re: The Times Sudoku Championship 2015
The Times have just emailed asking me to switch to the morning session ...
- Tue 01 Sep, 2015 11:13 am
- Forum: Puzzle Competitions
- Topic: Puzzles at the Mind Sports Olympiad in London on Sunday
- Replies: 45
- Views: 62824
Re: Puzzles at the Mind Sports Olympiad in London on Sunday
I'm fine. My wife deemed we were staying in the country at the weekend, and I was taking my youngest to a theme park on Sunday. Hmm. Well done Neil, and all.
- Wed 15 Jul, 2015 3:45 pm
- Forum: Puzzle Competitions
- Topic: UK Sudoku Championship 2015
- Replies: 21
- Views: 34288
Re: UK Sudoku Championship 2015
Good grief, that is a virtual dead heat for second. I was going to commiserate with Neil and Michael, but as David poignantly points out, there are others who were within one puzzle of that place. But as he also says, very well done Heather! My guess is you didn't waste any time on the vicious Kille...
- Tue 23 Jun, 2015 6:34 pm
- Forum: Puzzle Competitions
- Topic: 2015 Sudoku GP
- Replies: 16
- Views: 25110
Re: 2015 Sudoku GP
Thanks, Heather. I can't deny it was exciting to press 'Claim Bonus' for the first time!
- Sat 11 Apr, 2015 1:33 pm
- Forum: Puzzle Competitions
- Topic: DASH 7 puzzle hunt: May 30th
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8631
Re: DASH 7 puzzle hunt: May 30th
Hi Margonn. Yes, in London and many US cities.
- Mon 23 Mar, 2015 2:45 pm
- Forum: Puzzle Competitions
- Topic: 2015 UK Open Sudoku and UK Open Puzzle Tournaments
- Replies: 32
- Views: 51682
Re: 2015 UK Open Sudoku and UK Open Puzzle Tournaments
Hear, hear. A huge thank you to the puzzle setters and testers, and to the organisers, especially Liane. The weekend was really good fun with some great puzzles - will they be published here at some point? Congrats to the winners and qualifiers for the UK teams. Mark
- Tue 17 Mar, 2015 1:24 pm
- Forum: Puzzle Competitions
- Topic: 2015 Puzzle GP
- Replies: 59
- Views: 86717
Re: 2015 Puzzle GP
Hear, hear - super to see them both sitting comfortably in the top ten - but kudos to David, Tom and plenty of others too. My 'strategy' of just solving puzzles I could do without really caring about their relative value looked a bit forlorn, when 21 correct solutions turned out to be worth less tha...
- Wed 04 Mar, 2015 5:22 pm
- Forum: Puzzle Competitions
- Topic: 2015 UK Open Sudoku and UK Open Puzzle Tournaments
- Replies: 32
- Views: 51682
- Wed 04 Mar, 2015 12:15 pm
- Forum: Puzzle Competitions
- Topic: 2015 UK Open Sudoku and UK Open Puzzle Tournaments
- Replies: 32
- Views: 51682
Re: 2015 UK Open Sudoku and UK Open Puzzle Tournaments
Thanks Liane. I'm confused by the instructions in Outside Product (Round 3, Puzzle 10) where they say "Some digits in these products may be missing". If this means that a "4" outside the grid could actually represent a product of 24, say, then the example puzzle is ambiguous as all the 1s and 6s cou...
- Tue 03 Mar, 2015 2:25 pm
- Forum: Puzzle Competitions
- Topic: 2015 Sudoku GP
- Replies: 16
- Views: 25110
Re: 2015 Sudoku GP
Actually, Heather, I agree that the Instruction Book example was much harder, and took me ages. In fact, my Instruction Book performance would have been disastrous as I broke at least 3 of the variants there. I also agree with Cooky that the best thing(!) about the GP is it shows you your weaknesses...
- Tue 03 Mar, 2015 11:47 am
- Forum: Puzzle Competitions
- Topic: 2015 Sudoku GP
- Replies: 16
- Views: 25110
Re: 2015 Sudoku GP
Round 3 results are up: http://gp.worldpuzzle.org/content/official-results-wpf-gp-sudoku-3-0 The UK piece is: 1. Tom Collyer.......... UK 560 13 13 01:19:17 2. Mark Goodliffe ...... UK 520 11 11 01:30:00 3. Heather Golding .... UK 495 12 12 01:27:29 4. David Cook........... UK 310 9 9 01:28:05 5. Ro...
- Fri 06 Feb, 2015 1:05 pm
- Forum: Puzzle Competitions
- Topic: [SOTR] Sudoku Excavation
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9659
Re: [SOTR] Sudoku Excavation
I would like to recommend this excavation - it's a good series of puzzles leading to a nice mixed denouement. Thanks to tamz29 for creating and hosting it. I certainly didn't get Gareth's book at the last WPC - though could that be because I didn't stay for the WPC after the WSC? I doubt it.
- Fri 06 Feb, 2015 1:02 pm
- Forum: Puzzle Competitions
- Topic: 2015 Sudoku GP
- Replies: 16
- Views: 25110
Re: 2015 Sudoku GP
Thanks James, That explains bonus points awarded to those without 13 correct solutions, and also that I am yet to be in a position to push that magic button. It might even explain why the marking process seems to take 24 hours when I was expecting there was an algorithm to do it all. I'm a little sh...
- Wed 04 Feb, 2015 8:56 am
- Forum: Puzzle Competitions
- Topic: 2015 Sudoku GP
- Replies: 16
- Views: 25110
Re: 2015 Sudoku GP
Sudoku GP Round 2 results (UK) from http://gp.worldpuzzle.org/content/official-results-wpf-gp-sudoku-2-0 : Name Country Pts Sent Ok Time Mark Goodliffe UK 510 12 12 01:07:41 Adam Bissett UK 480 12 11 01:22:48 Tom Collyer UK 475 13 11 01:28:49 Heather Golding UK 395 11 10 01:24:42 Mike Colloby UK 300...
- Thu 08 Jan, 2015 1:28 pm
- Forum: Puzzle Competitions
- Topic: 2015 Sudoku GP
- Replies: 16
- Views: 25110
Re: 2015 Sudoku GP
Good work, David, Tom & Heather. Not a great set of puzzles for me, and I chose badly, despite not wasting any time on Thermo & Arrow, both of which did not work out well post-event. Good to see so many total entrants, 494 troubling the scorers, which reconciles me to being outside the top 100.
- Tue 02 Sep, 2014 12:22 pm
- Forum: Puzzle Competitions
- Topic: The Times Sudoku Championship 2014
- Replies: 12
- Views: 19962
Re: The Times Sudoku Championship 2014
Personally, I'm happy about the photo situation. And indeed the whole situation. Oddly, from thinking that by accidentally going 'SuperFiendish', they had favoured Tom, I now realise that that is what gave me (and indeed Nina) a chance.
- Tue 26 Aug, 2014 7:26 pm
- Forum: Puzzle Competitions
- Topic: Puzzles at the Mind Sports Olympiad in London next Friday
- Replies: 28
- Views: 57891
Re: Puzzles at the Mind Sports Olympiad in London next Frida
There were 8 Kenken and 6 Sudoku, David. The Kenken were two each of 6x6, 7x7, 8x8 and 9x9. They were wildly mis-pointed, as if the easier 9x9 was easier than the harder 6x6 and some of the Sudokus. People here won't be surprised that anyone unfamiliar with lots of variant Sudoku would have struggle...
- Wed 02 Apr, 2014 12:22 pm
- Forum: Puzzle Competitions
- Topic: 2014 WPF Puzzle Grand Prix
- Replies: 54
- Views: 81671
Re: 2014 WPF Puzzle Grand Prix
Thanks Chris, especially for giving me the clue (non-language-neutral) about 2a, which I have figured out now. Any chance of anyone dropping a hint about 2b? There was a warning that some knowledge of English would be required on the paper, though I didn't guess it was for 2a! I solved on the Friday...
- Mon 31 Mar, 2014 4:56 pm
- Forum: Puzzle Competitions
- Topic: UKPA Open Sudoku and Puzzle Tournaments 29-30 March, 2014
- Replies: 27
- Views: 49051
Re: UKPA Open Sudoku and Puzzle Tournaments 29-30 March, 201
Great fun! Many thanks to Liane, the puzzle constructors, and all who helped with organising, and indeed to all the competitors. I hope to see you all again soon.
- Fri 21 Mar, 2014 9:42 am
- Forum: Puzzle Competitions
- Topic: UKPA Open Sudoku and Puzzle Tournaments 29-30 March, 2014
- Replies: 27
- Views: 49051
Re: UKPA Open Sudoku and Puzzle Tournaments 29-30 March, 201
I can believe that the logic is easier, but I still think the arithmetic is harder. I was really joking about there being different rules for different competitors. And even I can probably get by without a calculator, which is clearly a better way for the competition as a whole. Also I take Gareth's...
- Thu 20 Mar, 2014 2:34 pm
- Forum: Puzzle Competitions
- Topic: UKPA Open Sudoku and Puzzle Tournaments 29-30 March, 2014
- Replies: 27
- Views: 49051
Re: UKPA Open Sudoku and Puzzle Tournaments 29-30 March, 201
Thanks Gareth. I was about to point out a 'missing instruction' in the Trio!
I am minded to ask the organisers if non-maths-graduates are allowed to bring a calculator to help with the Product Killer multiplications?
I am minded to ask the organisers if non-maths-graduates are allowed to bring a calculator to help with the Product Killer multiplications?
- Tue 18 Mar, 2014 6:25 pm
- Forum: Puzzle Competitions
- Topic: 2014 WPF Sudoku Grand Prix
- Replies: 19
- Views: 27531
Re: 2014 WPF Sudoku Grand Prix
Results for the 3rd round are up now: http://gp.worldpuzzle.org/content/official-results-wpf-gp-sudoku-3 . No UK heavyweights competing sadly. Puzzles not quite as easy as I suspected the experts would have found them - only 6 finished all-correct, but note Kota beating 2nd place (Rishi) by over 10 ...
- Mon 10 Mar, 2014 8:22 am
- Forum: Puzzle Competitions
- Topic: Puzzled Pint in London
- Replies: 25
- Views: 53422
Re: Puzzled Pint in London
All systems are go, judging from the website (which has been accurate before). If you want to join forces, Tom, I'm trying to assemble a short-notice team.
- Tue 04 Mar, 2014 9:13 am
- Forum: Puzzle Competitions
- Topic: 2014 WPF Puzzle Grand Prix
- Replies: 54
- Views: 81671
Re: 2014 WPF Puzzle Grand Prix
Amazeballs, Neil! Look at the names he's taken out ... and consistent brilliance from James too. Well done, guys. I'm awestruck.