UK Puzzle Association

Noticed that the "Time until contest starts" is different in http://www.ukpuzzles.org/contests.php?contestid=39 than in http://www.ukpuzzles.org/answers.php?contestid=39 I believe the latter is the correct one, or? The times are local times UK. The "GMT" reference on answers.php should in fact say ...

The 2016 UK Sudoku Championship will take place over the weekend of Friday 10th to Mon 13th June 2016. The 2016 UK Puzzle Championship will be held 2 weeks later, Fri 24th to Mon 27 June 2016. Both championships will take place online, on this website, via the contests page (http://www.ukpuzzles.org...

Neil Zussman won the annual 24Hr puzzle championship in Hungary this year.

Not an event for the weak-hearted - It is a highly competitive 24hr puzzle solving marathon.
Well done Neil!

puzzlemad wrote:Is that because you've not solved it yet?

hehe - I got it ok
That's how I know there is another x ~ y correlation that wasn't used in the puzzle, that could have been.

That was fun. When I went to enter my answers, the deadline had passed - perhaps for the best! Thanks Riad (if you read this) - wonderful puzzles!! Congrats to James on top equal. Also to David, who assuredly would have been top equal had he read the instructions of an optimiser correctly! I particu...

http://logicmastersindia.com/2016/04Contest/

Seriously hard. No password on the PDF - c.7 days to complete.

Hmm. Now I finally have time to play... oh well...

Note that the IB for the final online round (duration 90 mins) of this contest is available. http://logicmastersindia.com/PR/201603/

You may start "Object Placement (PR 2015/16)" any time during the weekend of 26th to 28th Mar.

Puzzle: Gold - Neil Zussman Silver - Tom Collyer Bronze - Steve Barge Best newcomer - Jason Stroud; Best overseas - Zoltan Nemeth (HUN) Sudoku: Gold - Tom Collyer Silver - Mark Goodliffe Bronze - Heather Golding Best newcomer - Bob Kiddle; Best overseas - Valeria Losasso (ITA) Congratulations to all...

I see that this contest's deadline has been extended to 23:59:59 Tue 1 March 2016.

That gives everyone at the UK Open a decent chance to compete, and of course delays the time to start discussions until 01:30 Wed 2 March (since you can start and get the full 90 minutes right up to the deadline)

NEVER DISCUSS ACTIVE COMPS IN ANY WAY!

Thank-you.

Sudoku IBs: http://forum.ukpuzzles.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1446&start=0#p12957 Puzzle IBs: http://forum.ukpuzzles.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1446&start=0#p12961 There are still a few places remaining for any last minute waverers... contact liane@ukpuzzles.org to register your place! http://www.ukpuzzle...

Good work Liane!!

We have all 3 names : "David McBryan, 41, from Dublin, Wim Hulpia, 40, from Belgium and American-born Kelley Kirklin, 54, who lives in London, will each receive a GCHQ paperweight, pen and signed copy of the book Alan Turing Decoded, written by his nephew Dermot Turing." The BBC said Byran was from...

I see James must have diverted to the casual section and come back to the main comp. Seems he attempted 8 (6 correct) of the casual puzzles - he couldn't have done that in 5m34s, surely? I find it 'wrong' that someone with 21/22 (Ken) can beat someone with 22/22 (James) with a relatively small time ...

Thanks Mark.
Looking at my workings for #1, I see errors in my <10 arithmetic. Wow.
#3 I just didn't see...

OK, now that's over, can someone explain sequences 1&3 of the casual section please?
Ta.

Sudoku GP 1st round - 8.1. - 11.1.- Netherlands 2nd round - 5.2. - 8.2. - Serbia 3rd round - 4.3. - 7.3. - Czech republic 4th round - 1.4. - 4.4. - Russia 5th round - 29.4. - 2.5. - China 6th round - 27.5. - 30.5. - Japan 7th round - 24.6. - 27.6. - Italy 8th round - 22.7. - 25.7. - India Puzzle GP...

That was a bit harder than I was expecting. Lovely puzzles though...
Well done Tom (top Brit) and the 5 usual suspects that solved everything with time to spare!

RIP Florian!

The UK Puzzle Association are pleased to announce the 2016 UK Open Sudoku and UK Open Puzzle Tournaments . The Sudoku Tournament will be held on Saturday 27th February, 2016 and the Puzzle Tournament will be held from the evening of Saturday 27th and on Sunday 28th February, 2016. Both will take pla...

ITV has asked if we can get a small group of puzzlers together to film a piece for News at 10 tonight.
Would anyone be up for that? I've asked for details on time/location. Guessing early evening somewhere London or thereabouts...

Yeah. Gareth and I have both been asked to appear on Sky News to discuss this.
I solved the hanji quick enough, but the 'next stage' on gchq's site isn't opening very quickly (ie, at all!)

The bots simply are not getting through any more. The 'not a bot' button (plus a couple of other background checks) is surprisingly effective. The ones that do get through (1 or 2 per day at most) are done by real people, I believe. IP location checks usually flag these easily enough. In the past we...

This, like many other self-registration forums, is subject to a constant barrage of spam registrations. (c.100/day on here). I cannot investigate every registration attempt, so have to be fairly ruthless I'm afraid. Believe it or not, I lean on the side of leniency. However, in your specific case, y...