Tiit Vunk took 4th place at the Sudoku World Championship!

Hello, Last week the 7th World Sudoku Championship took place in Croatia. Estonia was represented by Tiit Vunk, who came third in the world last year, Triin Melnik, Villem Mesila, Jaan Laks, Allar Padari and Margit Ool. Tiit Vunk, who is also one of the founders of Vint.ee, proved once again that he is one of the best sudoku solvers in the world, taking fourth place this year! The Vint.ee (rest) Team congratulates Tiit and the others for their excellent performance! The table with the results can be seen here . Tiit's impressions of the event can be read here . The Vint.ee Team

congratulations.....great

Congratulations from the Realaalkooli family!

Thank you for your good wishes. For my part, I would like to thank my fellow fighters for the pleasant company.

In addition to the Sudoku World Championship, the Logic World Championship also took place, where the results were as follows: 29/34. Tiit Vunk 58/76. Jaan Laks 70/98. Allar Padari 81/123. Margit Ool 15/22. Estonian team The first number is official, the second is unofficial. Unofficial competitors are those who are not in the 4-member A-team representing their country. In short, they came there as guests and were able to participate unofficially. If the result had been worthy of the final, they would have simply been excluded from the final. This is what happened last year, because 4 people are clearly too few for Germany to send all the people who solve the puzzles in the top ten to the World Championship.

Congratulations from me too, Tiit! You're still in the picture! Out of curiosity, what was the participation fee? Regarding the hotel conditions - at one time you could also live in much worse dormitories somewhere in the USSR, but they didn't cost anything either. But as you can see, the organizers still put a lot of effort into it. Although my recommendation is that you should still travel to such a big competition with a decent reserve, flights can be delayed and whatever, it doesn't have to be the organizers' fault. I don't dare go like that, like I did to India, where the domestic flight leaves in a matter of minutes :)

A few weeks have passed and I still haven't found an answer to Antsu's questions. I guess I forgot about the topic a bit in the meantime, but I happened to read it again and I'll answer right away. First of all, thank you for the congratulations. As for the participation fee, there is perhaps a good explanation, copied directly from the competition website under the FAQ: How much is the participation fee? The participation fee is the same for all participants (all competitors, team captains and guests). Prices shown below differ depending on accommodation in double/single room: WSC (3 nights): 250€ / 300€ WPC (5 nights): 400€ / 500€ WSC&WPC (6 nights): 450€ / 550€ For eventual extra days' stay, please contact the organizers. This should be an exhaustive answer to the question. Otherwise, I agree with Antsu in terms of getting there. I myself have generally tried to arrive earlier. For example, last year I flew to Eger, Hungary, a day earlier and then spent the 24 hours in relative silence before others started arriving. I was able to explore the old town there and it was really nice to have a day to take it easy. I also had a good rest. I also went to the USA a week earlier last year and to China 2 days earlier in May this year (although these were more to adjust to the time difference - but also to make sure I arrived on time). This time, however, I at least flew 2 days earlier, as I also visited Verona and Venice. From there, there were not so many more delays in transport that it would have been impossible to get there.