World SUDOKU and PUZZLE Grand Prix 2016

The results of the SUDOKU GP preliminary rounds are known. The final between the top 10 will probably take place during the Sudoku World Championship in Slovakia on October 17th. The remaining places are in place. The results are as follows: (I will highlight in bold font which results out of the 8 were counted. The calculation is based on points, but I will make a list by place to get an overview of how someone did. In some cases, a worse place may be counted, since in different rounds the same number of points can result in a different place) 1. Tiit Vunk: 1, 16, 1, 1, 4, 5, 2, 1: 5400.7 p. 67. Ragnar Kruberg: 76, 45, 101, 141, 48, 62, 74: 2313 p. 101. Jaan Laks: 149, 146, 172, 70, 86, 122, 112, 109: 1868 p. 117. Margit Ool: 150, 172, 259, 87, 334, 77, X, 60: 1741 p. 155. Külli Laks Vahemäe: 147, 177, X, 154, 177, 115, 176, 138: 1461 p. 212. Kaari Helstein: 294, 314, 196, 300, 176, 101, X: 1191 p. X, 122, 102, 335, 264, X, 266, 143: 1149 p. 226. Karin Luiv: 214, 277, 199, 277, 262, 220, 129: 1138 p. 285, 211, 291, 232, 205, 113, 252, 237: 1124 p. 270. Arko Olesk: 233, 222, 116, X, 241, X: 968 p. 274. Erik Amor: 325, 244, 287, 259, 225, 219, X, 232: 946 p. 278. Elin Mandel: 275, 227, X, 295, 256, 215, 177: 937 p. 281. Anna Poots: 241, 275, X, 343, 194, 265, 272, 218: 905 p. 314. Villem Mesila: 189, 114, 309, X, X, X: 752 p. 315. Howard Wilkinson: 145, 145, 145, X, X, X, X, X: 746 p. 448. Tauri Purk: X, X, 241, X, X, X: 360 p. 454. Mare Oja: X, 337, 359, 355, X, 293, X, X: 344 p. 519. Rauno Pärnits: 230, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X: 190 points. 538. Marek Oja: X, X, X, X, 239, X, X, X, X: 165 points. A total of 19 Estonians participated. There were 647 competitors in total.

Time has passed and I am still in debt for the results of the 2016 Logic GP. In any case, this year has been successful. Estonians in the top 20 in both categories. The results of the Estonians are as follows: Casual: 16. Mare Oja 93. Hendrik Nigul 136. Marek Oja 160. Ragnar Kruberg 255. Allar Padari (259 participants) Competitive: 19. Tiit Vunk 88. Margit Ool 92. Jaan Laks 108. Allar Padari 188. Anna Poots 203. Erik Amor 219. Elin Mandel 249. Joonas Jürgen Kisel 445. Howard Wilkinson (479 participants)

[color=blue]The top 10 of the preliminary rounds qualified for the Sudoku GP finals. Since quite a few dropped out of the finals, the following were offered a chance. All results and solution times are in the file attached here. It should be noted that the control time was locked when the sudoku was completed. This was followed by 1 minute of checking. So essentially, from the second sudoku, one minute must be subtracted to find out the solution time. The final itself went relatively smoothly. During the second sudoku (Serbian frame) I felt like I was doing it too long. But when I finished, I saw that I was still in first place. Everything went very smoothly until the last sudoku, which also took a bit of time. But very few people were able to solve the last sudoku, and both Kota and Hideaki are very good solvers in this sudoku. However, since the lead was already quite large by then, no one posed a very big threat. Kota did come much closer.

The course and results of the Logical GP final can be viewed in the file below.