UK Puzzle Association

Specifically the hunt seems to be 1pm to 9pm EST. Which I make as 6pm to 2am here in the UK

It is worth noting that the 21st October is during the WSC/WPC in India, so that might affect participation a bit from this parish.

Rugby League sounds ridiculous! I think one aspect of the play-offs is it gives some motivation to some solvers who aren't going to be quite challenging at the top. From this point of view I'd certainly like to see a few more innovations like the Tour de Senec to vary the competition up a bit. I don...

Results are up - I thought it was a very hard round, measured by how close I thought I was to finishing (not close at all). I also thought it was perhaps a little too "puzzle-y", although not by much. The UK ranks are a little below the norm for this year, which is a bit disappointing. Top 3 UK: 56....

It's GP weekend again - perhaps a bit late but you still have til tomorrow evening to compete.

Re last month, the time slipped away from me somewhat that weekend. What with the attacks near London Bridge (10 minutes away from where I live) the whole thing completely slipped my mind.

That's a truly remarkable set of testers who've managed to leave Hideaki and Ken completely in the shade!

Thanks Liane for organising, and congratulations to James and Adam.

Yes, I think I understand. Instead of fixed logistic curves defined by a fixed parameter of 2, this exponent was variable. Do you know to what extent this value varied away from 2 before your change? I'm also curious about the updating factor f - is that also a fixed parameter? As an aside, I have l...

Well I seem to have done very well out of this - I've been pushed up by 100 points or so. With a little less carelessness I think 3rd dan could be in sight!

Is it possible for you to explain a little more about the formula Berni? This kind of thing does interest me a lot.

That is an amazing document!

Alan - maybe this could be an extension of the database you are putting together? I'm not sure what the technical skills are like at the WPF - but definitely also one for our Esteemed Mr Director, if Prasanna is reading?

Chris - do you have any details about the 1996 WPC team? Tim Peeter's site which you link to is down, and whilst there's an older geocities version there doesn't seem to be any info on 1996. Are you (or anyone else?) aware of UK participation at the championships preceding this? My usual source of t...

Yeah, I remember that post, that was some good digging! By qualifying, do you mean the USPC? I can certainly add it, although as you say it's significance to the UK has dwindled in recent years. Tracking team members is a much harder task. It's also a potentially very long list to maintain in future...

This post is to record notable achievements of UK solvers, and solvers of UKPA competitions. World Sudoku Championship Highest Individual Placement: 4th, David McNeill, 2007 (Prague) Highest Team Placement: 6th, Tom Collyer, Heather Golding, Mark Goodliffe, David McNeill, 2017 (Bangalore) 6th, Tom C...

I've just published the results - but if you send us the photo we can amend the table and you can take your rightful place in the table!

Congratulations to Mark Goodliffe, who has claimed a maiden UK Sudoku Championship. Mark finished the set of 16 mind-bending sudoku puzzles with almost 15 minutes to spare in a very strong performance, and now qualifies for the UK team at the World Sudoku Championships later this year in Bangalore. ...

The contest is now finished, but unfortunately the bonuses have not yet been applied, so the final results table needs to be updated. Please bear with us!

Hi - sorry to hear about this mix up. I'll investigate this further, I might have made a mistake when setting the parameters in the competition engine.

Thanks David, I'll look out for both "A,B" and "B,A" codes in the submitted entries. However, as you say, I'd expect common sense to prevail on this one.

Competition has started!

So with everything else going on this weekend, I forgot to take part in round 6. I'll take part out of time and do a write-up when I get a chance.

Thanks, will update along with the points distribution in the next version

Instructions are now available here:

UPDATE: now with points distribution

http://www.ukpuzzles.org/file_download. ... e7161b9110

Instructions are now live:

UPDATE: now with added points distribution and correct WSC location

http://www.ukpuzzles.org/file_download. ... e7161b9110

For questions about the UKSC, please see this thread:

http://forum.ukpuzzles.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1680

The contest page is here:

http://www.ukpuzzles.org/contests.php?contestid=42

This is the discussion thread for the 2017 UK Sudoku Championship. It will also act as the second qualifier for the UK A team competing at the World Sudoku Championships in India to be held on the 15-19th October 2017. Duration: 2 hours Dates: Friday 9th - Monday 12th June Contest Page: http://www.u...

The name rings a bell from somewhere, although I can't place it right now. Looks interesting!

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wvil1z8yxnw8 ... 5Gmna?dl=0

Puzzles are here now