WPC 2022/Round 17
Rules[edit]
From WPC 2022 IB.
Individual Playoffs consists of four rounds. In each round four players compete. In the first round players with places 10, 11, 12 and the winner of the Wild Card tournament will compete. In the second round players with places 7, 8, 9 and the winner of the first round will compete. In the third round players with places 4, 5, 6 and the winner of the second round will compete and finally in the fourth round players with places 1, 2, 3 and the winner of the third round will compete.
The puzzles for playoffs have been split into 5 different puzzle set, where each set consists of 4 puzzles. All puzzle sets are balanced in terms of expected difficulty, puzzle types, puzzle authors and expected entertainment value. Before each round players will place a hidden vote for their preferred puzzle sets: they will order remaining puzzle sets from the most preferred to the least preferred. After the vote is placed, we will convert orders to points: the most preferred = N points (N = number of puzzle sets remaining), 2nd most preferred = N-1 points, ... , the least preferred one = 1 point. The puzzle set with the most points will be used for that round. The choice made by the highest seed player will be used as a tie-breaker. The time limit for each round is set to 30 minutes. The final round will get an additional 5th puzzle and the time limit for that round is extended to 40 minutes.
Puzzle Pool[edit]
Set 1[edit]
- La Paz by Shye
- Aqre (Cypher) by Tom Coward
- Doppelblock by Psyho
- Tapa-like Loop (Transparent) by Martin Ender
Set 2[edit]
- Chained Block by Martin Ender
- Statue Park by Tom Coward
- Context by RSP
- Skyscrapers (Parks) by Michał Stajszczak
Set 3[edit]
- Double Back by Martin Ender
- Aqre by Eric Fox
- Sigma Snake by Serkan Yürekli
- Easy as ABC (Number) by JinHoo Ahn
Set 4[edit]
- Disorderly Loop by Eric Fox
- BACA by Martin Ender
- Star Battle (Builder) by JinHoo Ahn
- Shimaguni by Tom Coward
Set 5[edit]
- Double Choco by JinHoo Ahn
- Cross the Streams by Tom Coward
- Rail Pool by Martin Ender
- Japanese Sums (?) by Serkan Yürekli
Final Puzzle[edit]
- Secret Puzzle (revealed to be Hidato (Knight) by Psyho)
Result Summary[edit]
TODO