Eligibility

All players who have achieved any one of the following are NOT eligible to participate in the playoff to determine the Puzzle Ramayan winner.

• Represented India in A-Team at the World Puzzle Championship at least once in the last 10 years..
• Represented India in B-Team / UN-Team at the World Puzzle Championship at least twice in the last 10 years..
• Won the Puzzle Ramayan title twice.

According to LMI Records, the following players (in alphabetical order) are not eligible to participate in the playoff:

• Amit Sowani (WPC 2022-A)
• Ashish Kumar (WPC 2018-A)
• Harmeet Singh (WPC 2017-A)
• Jaipal Reddy (WPC 2022-A)
• Jayant Ameta (WPC 2014-A)
• Kishore Kumar (WPC 2022-A)
• Nityant Agarwal (PR 2021, PR 2022)
• Pranav Kamesh (PR 2018, PR 2019)
• Prasanna Seshadri (WPC 2022-A)
• Rajesh Kumar (WPC 2013-A)
• Rajib Ranjan Borah (WPC 2017-A)
• Rohan Rao (WPC 2019-A)
• Swaroop Guggilam (WPC 2019-A)

Offline finals: Registration process

• The process of filling up the offline finals' slots is the same as last year's process. We want to encourage solvers who aren't near the top yet but still want the experience of an offline final. The eligibility criteria is that the solver must have participated in at least 2 of the 6 online rounds ('participated' here means achieving a non-zero score in the round) OR reached the top 60 in lesser rounds. After Round 5, we will ask the solvers from 1-30 first and give them a week to confirm participation. After this, registrations will be open to participants from 31-60 for a week, and then it is open to everyone 'eligible' by the criteria above, till we get to 60 participants. After that, depending on venue restrictions, we will be ending registrations.
• There will be base points awarded to participants. The base points will include:
  A) The total of the best 4 scores in the PR online rounds.
  B) The total of the best 3 scores in the first 4 rounds of the WPF Puzzle Grand Prix normalized to a score of 100 for the 4th best Indian. Essentially participation and results in the GP acts like a “5th” round to the base points total.
• If online round organizers participate in the offline finals they will automatically get the same base points as the top solver of the online rounds

Prizes

All players who appear for the offline finals will receive a certificate.
Additionally,

• Top-4 players at the offline finals will be awarded medals / trophies.
• All players at the offline finals Under-21yrs and over-50yrs will receive special prizes.
• All players travelling from other countries (non-Indians), will receive special prizes.
• Best Author(s) will receive a prize (based on Overall Ratings)

Newcomer Sponsorship

LMI will sponsor a participant who has qualified into the Indian Puzzle A Team* and has never been to a WPC before.
The sponsorship includes
A) Participation fee for WPC only, considering accommodation as double room.
B) Airline ticket cost for the trip to and from the hosting country.**
C) Visa fees.
This is the extent of the coverage.
*The term "qualified into" exempts someone who gets invited because qualified participants cannot claim their spot for some reason.
**LMI will book the tickets for the participant. If the participant wishes to book their own tickets then the difference in costs must be borne by them.

Special Case Team Selection

If an Indian citizen is living outside India and cannot attend the offline finals due to this reason, then that Indian may qualify into the Indian A team if they fall into ALL of the below criteria.

• The participant must be in the top 3** of the Puzzle Ramayan online rounds considering best four scores.
• The participant must be in the top 3** Indians considering the best three scores after four Puzzle Grand Prix rounds.
• The participant must produce a soft copy of some proof of residence showing that they are not in India at the time of the offline finals.

**- Not including the person with the wildcard from WPC 2022

Scoring

In each round, the fourth best Indian score among eligible players will be scaled to 100. Others' scores will be adjusted proportionately.

For International Rankings, the tenth best score in each round will be scaled to 100. Others' scores will be adjusted proportionately.

Participants will get points as allotted for each puzzle correctly submitted.

Instant Grading is enabled, so upon submitting participant will know if the answer is correct or not. Penalty exists for wrong submissions. (Also refer FAQ.)

There will be a time bonus of 1 point per full minute saved by players submitting all 22 puzzles correctly within 60 minutes.

For determining rankings for offline finals consideration, each player's best 4 scores out of 6 online rounds will be summed up to calculate the total score (so, the worst two scores are discarded). For authors, the round authored is considered as a round with a 0 score.

Final Leaderboard

To be announced later.

International Players

• Like every other contests at LMI, international players are encouraged to participate in these contests
• These contests will be included in LMI Puzzle ratings.
• International players are not eligible to win either the IPC or the Ramayan title at the offline finals but can attend and participate managing their own expenses. We request any interested International players to let the organizers know early, before Round 5, so we can consider it in our plans.

Questions?

If you have any questions or doubts or suggestions, please ask in the forum.