More WPC results
Thomas Snyder has posted the second half of his WPC report.
It confirms the individual rankings were Ulrich 1st, Mehmet 2nd, and Roger 3rd. Also:
The US maintained its strong showing of past years to claim its 11th team title with Japan in 2nd followed by the Czech Republic. Given how all Americans were in the playoffs and the highest Czech was tied with Zack (and booted by a tiebreaker), I’m amazed at the strong Czech showing. They did phenomenal in the team rounds to overtake the Germans.
It confirms the individual rankings were Ulrich 1st, Mehmet 2nd, and Roger 3rd. Also:
The US maintained its strong showing of past years to claim its 11th team title with Japan in 2nd followed by the Czech Republic. Given how all Americans were in the playoffs and the highest Czech was tied with Zack (and booted by a tiebreaker), I’m amazed at the strong Czech showing. They did phenomenal in the team rounds to overtake the Germans.
Play off results
From this post again:
Play-off da
1.Almanya-Ulrich Voight 16:01,
2.Türkiye-Mehmet Murat Sevim 9:28,
3.Amerika-Roger Barkan 3:20 süre kala yarýþmayý tamamlamýþlar.
I can't read Turkish so I can't confirm exactly what this is referring to, but I presume it is time remaining at finish for the three finalists.
Play-off da
1.Almanya-Ulrich Voight 16:01,
2.Türkiye-Mehmet Murat Sevim 9:28,
3.Amerika-Roger Barkan 3:20 süre kala yarýþmayý tamamlamýþlar.
I can't read Turkish so I can't confirm exactly what this is referring to, but I presume it is time remaining at finish for the three finalists.
WPC score update and report
From this post:
[Note based on Thomas Snyder's report these seem to be the day 1 results. I haven't been able to find day 2 yet.]
1. Hideaki Jo - Japan - 554
2. Pal Madarassy - Hungary - 553
3. Thomas Snyder - US - 553
4. Mehmet Murat Sevim - Turkey - 549
5. Stefan Gaspar - Slovakia - 548
6. Michael Ley - Germany - 539
7. Ulrich Voigt - Germany - 532
8. Rick Uppelschoten - Holland - 524
9. Aline Koch - France - 514
10. Peter Hudak - Slovakia - 510
1. Germany - 2637
2. US - 2542
3. Japan - 2507
4. Hungary - 2500
5. Czech Republic - 2374
Thomas Snyder has posted a WPC report here.
[Note based on Thomas Snyder's report these seem to be the day 1 results. I haven't been able to find day 2 yet.]
1. Hideaki Jo - Japan - 554
2. Pal Madarassy - Hungary - 553
3. Thomas Snyder - US - 553
4. Mehmet Murat Sevim - Turkey - 549
5. Stefan Gaspar - Slovakia - 548
6. Michael Ley - Germany - 539
7. Ulrich Voigt - Germany - 532
8. Rick Uppelschoten - Holland - 524
9. Aline Koch - France - 514
10. Peter Hudak - Slovakia - 510
1. Germany - 2637
2. US - 2542
3. Japan - 2507
4. Hungary - 2500
5. Czech Republic - 2374
Thomas Snyder has posted a WPC report here.
17th WPC (after first day of competition)
No updates from anywhere as far as I can see yet.
Other than the "Friends" to this blog, the best place to stalk is the TBT 2008 topic in the Turkish forum.
Other than the "Friends" to this blog, the best place to stalk is the TBT 2008 topic in the Turkish forum.
17th World Puzzle Championship is on
As of this writing the puzzling starts in about 9 hours.
Update posts as comments to this message are welcome.
Update posts as comments to this message are welcome.
USPC results
Posted yesterday.
1st: Thomas Snyder
2nd: Zack Butler
3rd: Roger Barkan
4th: Dan Katz
(EDIT: As Dan points out in the comments, there was only one open spot on ths US team due to byes, so the actual team going is Thomas, Zack, Roger, and Wei-Hwa. Also, good discussion on his blog at this thread.)
1st: Thomas Snyder
2nd: Zack Butler
3rd: Roger Barkan
4th: Dan Katz
(EDIT: As Dan points out in the comments, there was only one open spot on ths US team due to byes, so the actual team going is Thomas, Zack, Roger, and Wei-Hwa. Also, good discussion on his blog at this thread.)
Post US Puzzle Championship discussion
Good luck!
USPC Championship starts tomorrow (Sat.) at 1pm EDT.
Prediction: someone will make the first ever perfect score on the USPC.
Prediction: someone will make the first ever perfect score on the USPC.
World Sudoku Championship 2008 full results
They're up at the website. There's also pictures.
The top three teams were
1. Czech Republic
2. Japan
3. Germany
The US came in fourth and it looks like the last round (Tiles) was what dropped them out of top 3 contention.
The top three teams were
1. Czech Republic
2. Japan
3. Germany
The US came in fourth and it looks like the last round (Tiles) was what dropped them out of top 3 contention.
