UK Puzzle Association

E.g. is the schedule roughly the same as in previous years - e.g. Sudoku competition is entirely on the Saturday, and the Puzzle competition is split between the last bit of Saturday and then Sunday? This is already stated above - but yes Sudoku entirely on Saturday and Puzzle split as you state. A...

The UK Puzzle Association are pleased to announce the 2020 UK Open Sudoku and UK Open Puzzle Tournaments. The Sudoku Tournament will be held on Saturday 14th March, 2020 and the Puzzle Tournament will be held from the evening of Saturday 14th and on Sunday 15th March, 2020. The event will be returni...

I'm back home from my first trip to Germany this year so look forward to trying these.

I just wanted to add my voice to those expressing their thanks for organising & hosting this event. This was my first time participating in anything like this & I had a great time. All the puzzles were a joy to solve & it's been having a lot of fun working my way through the remaining puzzles in my...

Hi Bram, you're welcome - it looks like a couple of you did that but there were a range of errors on that puzzle including not 'seeing' the 'regular' rectangles properly for some reason. I'm glad you enjoyed the puzzles - thanks again to the authors of them all.

Hi Bram, The solution file has now been uploaded. I've just been having a look at the answer submissions on puzzle #18. There were a variety of different submissions, several of which appeared to have the ‘standard’ rectangle above the 0 wrong, some didn’t record any of the 'standard' rectangles at ...

Congratulations to James McGowan, who has claimed the UK Puzzle Championship title. James completed 26 of the 31 puzzles amassing 650 of the 720 points available. David McNeill (winner of the UKSC) came 2nd with 611 points. As a result, both James and David have earned their places on the UK team fo...

Just to confirm that now the problems with the website have been fixed the competition has been extended to the end of Thursday 27th June, 2019. Thank you for your patience during this time.

Just to confirm that we are extending the competition window for the UKPC due to the ongoing disruption being caused to the site. Further information will be provided when we know more. Apologies to everyone.

We are aware that some users are getting an error when attempting to log onto the main site to take part in the competition. An urgent support call is logged to get this rectified. As a result, it may be necessary to extend the competition window.

Please ensure that you download the latest version of the competition booklet before commencing.

Liane - re answer codes, the instructions provide fairly clear detail about what the answer keys should be - e.g. for cave: Answer Key: Going clockwise from the top left corner enter the area of the groups of cells that are connected to the outside of the grid that are not part of the cave, separat...

Just a quick reminder to everyone - please ensure that you compile your answer submissions carefully as we will be extremely strict with the marking due to the competition being used as a qualifying competition for the WPC. There are a few puzzles where the full number needs to be submitted rather t...

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Sun 16 Jun, 2019 5:41 pm

Are 1-cell and 2-cell (or, in general, straight lines) considered L shapes for the Fillomino?

No 1 -cell and 2-cell (or other straight lines) are not considered L shapes. They must be a minimum of three cells and there must be a 90 degree turn.

When solving the Kuromasu example, it made me wonder whether the remaining white cells can be orthogonally connected through the clue cells, or whether all the white cells had to be touching and the clue cells blocked the white cell connections. Exciting looking mix here. I'm looking forward to it....

Just dropping in. Liane, thanks for posting the instruction booklet. Is it possible to post a copy of the UK Open puzzles? I think there was at least one Loose Magnets puzzle therein. Or just those particular puzzles if it isn't possible to post the whole files. One other piece of pedantry. Can you...

Thanks Liane! I'll kick off the questions... - There are conflicting lengths of time for the contest. Most places say 2.5 hours, but the "Points and Bonuses" section of the instructions says "the allotted two hours" and the contest page itself says "3 hours". - In Pentopia the instructions suggest ...

This is the discussion thread for the 2019 UK Puzzle Championship. It will also act as the second qualifier for the UK A team competing at the World Puzzle Championships in Kirchheim, Germany to be held on the 29th September - 6th October 2019 (note that these dates also include time for the World S...

Neil's fourth was in the 'owl' contest - three rounds in the middle of the night, but he was 2nd overall, just a smidgin behind Nikola.

The 2019 UKPA Open Sudoku and Puzzle Tournaments were successfully held over the weekend. Congratulations go to everyone who took part, whether they were in the awards or not. Thanks again go to all the wonderful puzzle creators and test solvers from around the world without whom we wouldn’t be able...

Hi Niraj, All the puzzles in the competition booklets will have the instructions with them, they won't have a copy of the examples though. If you're happy with just the instruction then you won't need a copy of the instruction file, but if you do want a copy of the example you'll need to bring a pri...

The attached file includes instructions and examples for puzzles that will appear in the team rounds. Full instructions regarding the team rounds will be provided at the time, but as there are puzzle types that are not included elsewhere these are provided for familiarisation.

Just tried doing one each for the Sudoku and Puzzle Tom and it came out that the file was too large. Will try something tomorrow.

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Mon 25 Feb, 2019 2:45 pm

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...

As long as your marking is clear and consistent it'll be fine.

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? Have you checked the last sentence of the instruction? If y...