Tapa Variations Contest - VI

Organizer

Serkan Yurekli

About TVC

Tapa Variation Contests (TVC) are a set of 4 small contests and will be organized every alternate week of February and March 2011. They will contain several variations of Tapa. At the end of 4 contests, final winner will be determined.

In 2010, TVCs were organized at OAPC website. Please check out the puzzles for more practice.

Puzzles for TVCs are written by Serkan Yurekli

Cumulative Score

Normalization for each contest is done using formula (Competitor's score)/(Contest Total Score)*(Contest Value)*100. Contest Values are 1.0, 1.1, 1.25 and 1.4 in order from V to VIII.

2013 Monthly Tests

• Deception
• Sudoku Grand Prix - Serbian Round
• V2V
• Sudoku Grand Prix - Indian Round
• Puzzle Marathon 2013
• Best of LMI Puzzle Tests

2012 Monthly Tests

• LMI Screen Test #3
• Word Show
• Fugitive Warrant
• 123 GO
• Borders & Beyond
• Killer Shootout
• akil oyunlari magazine competition
• Classics vs. Innovatives
• Logirace
• Copy Paste
• SudoClones
• Seven Samurais
• No Numbers
• Sudoku 8X8
• Killing Time
• Diagonal Vision
• Puzzle Marathon 2012
• Shapes and Sizes

Daily Puzzles

• Classic Tapa Contest

Tapa Variations Contests

• Tapa Variations Contest - XII
• Tapa Variations Contest - XI
• Tapa Variations Contest - X
• Tapa Variations Contest - IX
• Tapa Variations Contest - VIII
• Tapa Variations Contest - VII
• Tapa Variations Contest - VI
• Tapa Variations Contest - V

Annual Contests

• April Contest
• 8th Open Moscow Puzzle Cup 2012
• forsmarts 10th Anniversary Contest
• Fillomino-Fillia 2
• Di...
• Forsmarts 3² Anniversary
• Snake Variations Contest 2011

2011 Monthly Tests

• Best of LMI Puzzle Tests
• Best of LMI Mocks
• Puzzle Fusion
• Screen Test #2
• 2011 Double Decathlon
• Sudoku A or B
• Crazy Arrows
• LMI Sprint Test
• Japanese Puzzle Land
• Sudoku City
• Magic Cube
• Fivefold Sudoku Test
• Nikoli Selection 2011
• LOGIDOKU
• Fillomino Fillia
• Something is Missing
• MAYnipulation
• LMI April Sudoku Test
• Twist
• LMI Spring Sudoku Test
• Puzzle Hybrids
• Melon's Puzzle Zoo
• Double Delight
• Prime Exotica
• Puzzle Jackpot

2010 Monthly Tests

• X'Mas Special Sudoku
• Puzzles & Chess
• Screen Test #1
• FLIP
• Renban Grouped Sudokus
• 20/10 Puzzle Decathlon
• Nikoli Selection 2010
• Sudoku Hotpot
• EverGreens II
• Broken Pieces
• Qixi Festivale Special
• Sampler Platter
• Classic Look-Alikes
• EverGreens
• SPEED SIXES
• Master Mind Twins

Mock Tests

• Sudoku Mock Test 21
• Sudoku Mock Test 20
• Sudoku Mock Test 19
• Sudoku Mock Test 18
• Sudoku Mock Test 17
• Sudoku Mock Test 16
• Sudoku Mock Test 15
• Sudoku Mock Test 14
• Sudoku Mock Test 13
• Sudoku Mock Test 12
• Sudoku Mock Test 11
• Sudoku Mock Test 10
• Sudoku Mock Test 9
• Sudoku Mock Test 8
• Sudoku Mock Test 7
• Sudoku Mock Test 6
• Sudoku Mock Test 5
• Sudoku Mock Test 4

Description	Size	Download Count	Password
Instruction Booklet    Download    |    View	143kB	1750
Puzzle Booklet    Download	221kB	913	TapaSabSeAchha
Solution Steps for Mastermind    Download    |    View	24kB	766

TVC Cumulative Score

Cum Rank	User Details			# Of Contests			V		VI		VII		VIII		Cum Score
	Id	Name	Country	TVCs	Top3	Top10	R	S	R	S	R	S	R	S
1	flooser	Florian Kirch	Germany	4	2	3	3	841	4	938	3	1039	15	582	331.49
2	motris	Thomas Snyder	USA	4	2	4	1	841	1	938	5	1033	4	762	330.79
3	Psyho	abc	Poland	4	2	4	5	777	3	938	6	998	2	790	319.09
4	pwahs	Philipp Weiß	Germany	3	1	3	4	812	2	938	7	934			315.77
5	uvo	Ulrich Voigt	Germany	4	1	3	8	691	13	832	1	1069	9	630	304.73
6	tarotaro	Taro Arimatsu	Japan	4	1	2	13	602	8	893	12	868	3	787	298.04
7	Nikola	Nikola	Serbia	4		3	6	756	7	893	11	872	5	722	296.58
8	deu	Hideaki Jo	Japan	4		2	9	689	12	832	8	911	12	590	286.02
9	andreybogdanov	Andrey Bogdanov	Russia	4	2	2	2	841	32	495	2	1069	30	404	283.05
10	Valezius	Zoltan Horvath	Hungary	4	1	2	14	590	10	856	16	726	1	811	279.89
11	misko	Michael Ley	Germany	4		3	7	741	16	735	9	887	10	613	278.02
12	willwc	William Blatt	USA	4		1	15	587	5	917	13	818	18	551	272.99
13	Janka1	Janka1	Czech Republic	3		1	18	557	11	856	10	885			270.1
14	MellowMelon	Palmer Mebane	USA	3		2	19	549			4	1035	8	684	266.1
15	Kota	Kota Morinishi	Japan	4		1	17	562	6	908	20	700	31	398	255.16
16	bskbri	Salih Alan	Turkey	4			16	569	15	770	14	792	17	552	250.57
17	muhorka	Matej Uher	Slovakia	4		1	24	456	18	663	15	730	6	707	245.59
18	Para	Bram de Laat	The Netherlands	3		2			9	872	46	349	7	706	225.44
19	sugitakukun	Takuya Sugimoto	Japan	4			25	454	14	778	21	673	36	337	223.92
20	S_Aoki	Shinichi Aoki	Japan	4			11	628	17	663	25	538	32	380	215.33
21	martin	Martin Merker	Germany	4			21	527	28	575	18	706	44	281	212.65
22	kiwijam	James McGowan	United Kingdom	3					29	574	23	603	11	597	207.47
23	pixl	Lukasz Bozykowski	Poland	4			27	445	23	634	28	521	16	578	202.7
24	tomek_s	Tomasz Strózak	Poland	4			20	536	21	645	26	537	27	429	202.17
25	takeya	Takeya Saikachi	Japan	4			34	402	19	650	24	569	20	494	200.39
26	daisuke_t	TAKEI Daisuke	Japan	3			22	481	20	645			19	521	193.62
27	drsteve	Steven Barge	United Kingdom	4		1	10	657	47	366	52	314	13	588	189.64
28	Rohan Rao	Rohan Rao	India	4			28	435	31	499	22	627	39	310	183.56
29	Calavera	Nils Miehe	Germany	4			33	406	44	392	17	711	24	445	183.33
30	skywalker	Branko Ceranic	Serbia	3			23	477	24	614	38	441			180.29
31	nyuta	NAGATA Yuta	Japan	4			35	397	25	613	39	438	22	467	177.59
32	Ziti	Jason Zuffranieri	USA	4			39	359	41	407	29	491	14	586	173.51
33	rubben	Ruben Gafencu	Romania	4			29	418	30	553	35	454	46	271	167.64
34	volxa		Japan	4			32	406	39	468	34	479	25	441	162.34
35	Deyan	Deyan Razsadov	Bulgaria	3			26	446	26	596			43	288	156.53
36	forcolin	stefano forcolin	Italy	4			31	409	51	351	31	488	42	291	146.86
37	tamz29	Tawan Sunathvanichkul	Thailand	4			37	383	55	324	33	486	37	327	140.52
38	rob	Robert Vollmert	Germany	3			41	335			41	411	23	451	140.51
39	David McNeill	David McNeill	United Kingdom	4			53	279	36	474	40	434	48	263	139.51
40	rimodech	rimodech	serbia	3			50	295	35	475			28	416	139.31
41	jrivet	Jonathan Rivet	USA	4			54	277	37	469	43	381	35	339	139.1
42	figonometry	Terrence Newton	Canada	3			48	302	46	367			21	470	133.78
43	enta	Yoichi Enta	Japan	4			83	156	48	366	44	369	34	350	126.9
44	Gotroch	Jakub Hrazdira	Czech Republic	4			86	142	42	396	36	444	54	231	125.31
45	pafcio123	pafcio123	poland	3			45	316	38	469	60	275			124.73
46	Vincent	Vincent Bertrand	Belgium	2					27	596			26	430	120.06
47	dodine	Claudine Thiry	Luxembourg	3			43	332			65	266	29	412	118.65
48	RickU	Rick Uppelschoten	Netherlands	2							19	703	45	277	114.52
49	DreamRose311	Kristin Stearns	USA	4			68	217	53	338	53	314	38	310	112.52
50	SKnight	Jack Bross	United States	4			51	293	49	363	66	265	40	299	112.29
51	rakesh_rai	Rakesh Rai	India	4			42	332	67	278	49	336	73	90	111.37
52	hayam	Makoto Hayashi	Japan	4			76	179	33	488	84	142	52	237	106.16
53	aldentea	Satoshi ANDO	Japan	4			40	341	68	276	92	53	47	271	104.53
54	Akuma21	Giovanni Frugoli	Italy	4			67	219	74	249	42	403	62	177	102.36
55	MauFirenze	Maurizio Corti	Italy	4			101	66	76	239	69	260	33	365	101.01
56	zorko	s.stefanov	Bulgaria	4			57	271	56	319	67	264	77	72	100.5
57	mucha	Marcin Mucha	Poland	2					61	301	27	529			97.16
58	Nola		Germany	4			58	267	84	206	50	331	55	227	96.94
59	nickdeller	Nick Deller	United Kingdom	4			80	169	65	281	48	340	61	187	94.53
60	mackokajka	Martin Kollar	Slovakia	4			52	288	63	292	76	222	78	62	94.45
61	anderson	Anderson Wang	USA	2							30	489	41	299	92.06
62	ColinMacLeod	Trayton Otto	USA	4			84	149	80	229	51	318	51	240	92.04
63	Eugene		Russia	2			30	417	50	355					91.21
64	GaS	Gabriele Carelli	Italy	4			78	171	54	327	61	274	82	14	90.72
65	puzzlemad	Liane Robinson	United Kingdom	4			59	267	58	310	83	154	58	191	90.39
66	HuDu	Rainer Biegler	Germany	4			77	173	57	316	58	279	66	133	90.25
67	chimp59	Paul Slater	United Kingdom	3			70	215	75	239	63	273			85.51
68	aj0816		Germany	3			69	217	45	368			65	135	84.71
69	boing	Ben	USA	2			44	323	43	394					84.61
70	kate	kate	Russia	2					34	483	71	239			84.59
71	Christian	Romon	France	4			61	250	71	260	80	190	57	195	82.97
72	skrzypl1	Lukasz Skrzypczynski	Poland	4			74	191	93	168	68	260	49	244	81.58
73	dm_litv	Dmitry Litvinenko	Russia	3			66	219	79	235	73	232			80.73
74	Rick	Rick Uppelschoten	Netherlands	2			36	391	64	290					80.5
75	fatihkamer	fatih kamer	TURKEY	4			56	273	90	174	77	219	81	46	78.47
76	Ours brun	Bastien Vial-Jaime	France	3			90	129	92	171	45	358			77.25
77	suboree	Gulce Ozkutuk Yurekli	Turkey	1					22	643					75.41
78	Mischa	Mischa	The Netherlands	4			85	145	99	149	62	273	56	206	73.43
79	Semax	Sebastian Matschke	Germany	1			12	604							71.82
80	StGeorge	Georgi Stoychev	Bulgaria	2			47	309			56	291			70.77
81	fenix86	Jakub Prabucki	Poland	3					86	191	55	305	71	103	70.08
82	radekivv	Radek Lopusnik	USA	4			82	159	102	109	72	239	63	177	67.5
83	Fernando	Fernando López Gregorio	Argentina	4			98	90	81	224	85	137	60	188	64.22
84	alberto	Alberto Fabris	Italy	2			55	275	73	251					62.13
85	zuziik	Zuzana Hromcova	Slovakia	2			49	299			75	223			61.63
86	garconnet	Garçonnet	france	2			64	226	62	294					61.35
87	brianklimek	Brian Klimek	USA	3			108	23	70	265			53	233	60.99
88	pet	kaoru shibata	japan	2			63	227	66	280					59.83
89	rachelinator	Pawel Rachel	Poland	2					98	159	47	346			59.1
90	chrisek	Krzysztof Szulc	Poland	3			97	92	95	168	70	241			58.82
91	pcelicamaja	Maja Gribajcevic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3			96	104	87	191	79	190			56.98
92	ByronosaurusRex	Byron Calver	Canada	1							32	486			56.83
93	TroyS	Troy Schnabel	USA	4			88	136	96	167	82	179	80	46	56.69
94	anurag	anurag	India	3			62	242	97	161			74	76	56.52
95	bartunio	Bartek Witkowski	Poland	2					85	195	64	269			54.32
96	harmeet	harmeet	India	2			75	181			59	277			53.91
97	patrycja	Patrycja	Poland	4			95	108	105	78	78	218	67	133	53.85
98	ute	Ute Storost	Germany	3			79	171			88	94	59	188	53.26
99	detuned	Tom Collyer	United Kingdom	1							37	444			51.92
100	dahunor	Daday Hunor	Romania	3					101	141	81	189	69	109	51.35
101	CHalb	Christian Halberstadt	Germany	3			102	63	69	270			70	104	51.29
102	Randiman	Randy Rogers	USA	2			73	195	78	235					50.75
103	caudmont	sylvain caudmont	France	2			91	119	60	305					49.92
104	sakatan	Masashi Sakata	Japan	1					40	423					49.61
105	Tejal Phatak	Tejal Phatak	India	3			106	40			57	280	79	60	44.5
106	Rudolph	German Anonymous	Germany	2			72	201	91	172					44.07
107	garganega	Veronika Lengauer	Germany	1			38	363							43.16
108	amitsowani	Amit Sowani	India	1					52	338					39.64
109	snakeeyes	Liao Ran	China	4			93	109	100	146	90	70	75	75	38.83
110	pista	Stefan Gaspar	Slovakia	1			46	310							36.86
111	rajeshk	Rajesh	India	1					59	308					36.12
112	ticklerickle	Rick	USA	1							54	307			35.9
113	Markku	Markku Lahti	Finland	2					88	190			68	111	35.23
114	peluri	Jouni J Särkijärvi	Finland	2			107	29	72	257					33.59
115	Voda	Zdenek Vodicka	Czech Republic	2					89	179	87	102			32.92
116	greenhorn	Matus Demiger	Slovakia	1			60	260							30.92
117	kwaka	Seungjae Kwak	South Korea	1									50	241	28.12
118	agabum	Agnieszka Buczma	Poland	1					77	235					27.56
119	Zadig	Javier Cucalon	spain	3			100	75	103	93	91	66			27.54
120	wicktroll	Viktor Lapis	Hungary	1							74	229			26.78
121	zhergan	Zafer Huseyin ERGAN	Turkey	1			65	222							26.4
122	bacmag	Daniele Filippone	italy	1					82	223					26.15
123	sinchai4547	Sinchai Rungsangrattanakul	Thailand	1					83	218					25.57
124	Gisha	Dragan Tolomanoski	Bosnia	1			71	204							24.26
125	zehendner	Eberhard Zehendner	DE	1			81	169							20.1
126	SCORPPROCS	Taner Karabulut	Turkey	1									64	172	20.07
127	ronosher	Ron Osher	usa	1					94	168					19.7
128	northkk	northkk	Taiwan	1			87	141							16.77
129	prasanna16391	prasanna seshadri	India	2			103	61	104	81					16.75
130	A Carton Mutant	Murat Can Tonta	Turkey	1			89	133							15.81
131	tabascq	Kenny Young	USA	1			92	114							13.56
132	brubakee	Erik Brubaker	USA	1			94	108							12.84
133	davmillar	David Millar	USA	1							86	107			12.51
134	reesylou	Maree Cassidy	Australia	1									72	95	11.08
135	Neeraj	Neeraj Surana	INDIA	1							89	90			10.52
136	watermaximillion	Max Chang	United States	1			99	83							9.87
137	bereolos	Peter Bereolos	USA	1									76	74	8.63
138	logik66	logik66	germany	1					106	67					7.86
139	vkurt	vefa kurt	Turkey	1			104	61							7.25
140	gpagano	gpagano	USA	1			105	43							5.11
141	chrisbattey	Chris Battey	USA	1					107	24					2.81

Tapa Variations Contest - VI Results

#	UserId	Name	Country	TotalPoints	Penalty	NumCorrect	TimeTillLCS
1	motris	Thomas Snyder	USA	938	0	17/17	060:38
2	pwahs	Philipp Weiß	Germany	938	0	17/17	066:59
3	Psyho	abc	Poland	938	0	17/17	072:44
4	flooser	Florian Kirch	Germany	938	0	17/17	072:46
5	willwc	William Blatt	USA	917	0	16/17	066:38
6	Kota	Kota Morinishi	Japan	908	0	16/17	072:33
7	Nikola	Nikola	Serbia	893	0	16/17	065:41
8	tarotaro	Taro Arimatsu	Japan	893	0	16/17	074:16
9	Para	Bram de Laat	The Netherlands	872	0	15/17	074:07
10	Valezius	Zoltan Horvath	Hungary	856	-52	16/16	078:40
11	Janka1	Janka1	Czech Republic	856	-52	16/16	078:53
12	deu	Hideaki Jo	Japan	832	0	15/16	070:43
13	uvo	Ulrich Voigt	Germany	832	0	15/15	073:40
14	sugitakukun	Takuya Sugimoto	Japan	778	-13	15/16	075:47
15	bskbri	Salih Alan	Turkey	770	0	15/15	074:47
16	misko	Michael Ley	Germany	735	-65	16/16	079:29
17	S_Aoki	Shinichi Aoki	Japan	663	-52	15/15	078:16
18	muhorka	Matej Uher	Slovakia	663	-65	12/12	079:02
19	takeya	Takeya Saikachi	Japan	650	-65	14/15	079:33
20	daisuke_t	TAKEI Daisuke	Japan	645	-13	8/9	074:02

PuzzleId	Submissions	Correct	Ratings	AvgRatings	SolutionCode
Alternative Tapa (Easy)	64	60	6	6.83	212#31
Alternative Tapa (Hard)	46	44	6	7	311#1121
B&W Tapa	70	64	6	6.5	1111#1111
Mastermind Tapa (Left)	24	24	5	8.8	111#12
Mastermind Tapa (Right)	25	24	5	8.8	12#112
Same as Tapa (Easy)	84	80	6	6.5	11#3
Same as Tapa (Hard)	60	54	6	6.33	241#212
Symmetric Tapa (Easy)	78	73	6	7	31#212
Symmetric Tapa (Hard)	60	47	6	7	313#35
Tapa Islands	44	37	6	8.83	11121#333
Tapa Odd-Even	33	31	4	8.5	1212#1112
Tapa Possible	57	54	6	7	311#2111
Tapa Trimino (Easy)	78	72	6	7.33	31#23
Tapa Trimino (Hard)	47	46	6	7.66	1114#241
Thermometer Tapa (Easy)	99	88	6	6	22#22
Thermometer Tapa (Hard)	73	63	6	6.66	161#25
Word Tapa	59	54	7	5.71	MAS-DNAL#H-H--NIK