WPC 2022
World Puzzle Championship 2022 was held in Kraków, Poland. The competition took place between 20th and 22nd October. The individual winner was Ken Endo (Japan). The team winner was Japan (Ken Endo, Hideaki Jo, Yuki Kawabe, Kota Morinishi).
Championship was directed by Przemysław Dębiak (Psyho). Puzzles were written by: Arvi Teikari, Eric Fox, Freddie Hand, JinHoo Ahn, Martin Ender, Michał Stajszczak, Psyho, RSP, Sam Cappleman-Lynes, Serkan Yürekli, Shye, Tom Coward, Tomasz Stańczak.
General Rules edit
Mostly from WPC IB.
Scoring and Bonuses edit
- Individual Rounds: A bonus of 10 (20 for 29 Under 29 round) points for each full remaining minute will be awarded to any competitor who correctly solves all puzzles in a round. A partial 60% bonus can be awarded if one puzzle is incorrectly solved, under the condition that the puzzle is solved completely or almost completely and the competitor may have believed their solution to be correct. In case of doubt, the decision will be made in favour of the competitor; the decision of the judges is final.
- Team Rounds: A bonus of 50 points for each full remaining minute will be awarded to any team who correctly solves all the puzzles in a round. If there are any mistakes, then no bonus will be awarded.
Individual Playoffs edit
The Top 12 competitors from the individual ranking after regular rounds are qualified automatically into Playoffs. Excluding the Top 12, all competitors that were the best within their own full A team are qualified into the Wild Card tournament, where the winner is qualified into Playoffs.
"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."
There were no team playoffs.
Contest Details edit
Day 1 edit
- Round 1 Individual: Countdown
- Round 2 Individual: Araf Variations
- Round 3 Individual: New Generation
- Round 4 Individual: Ring of Pain
- Round 5 Individual: Snake Variations
- Round 6 Individual: Nightmare in Cracow
- Round 7 Teams: Pieces
Day 2 edit
- Round 8 Individual: 29 Under 29
- Round 9 Individual: E Pluribus Duo
- Round 10 Individual: Several Unsurprising Solves
- Round 11 Individual: (Anti)Knight
- Round 12 Individual: No Four in a Row
- Round 13 Individual: Boss Rush
- Round 14 Teams: Pairs