About IPC 2025 & Team Selections

Some initial updates:
Past PR rounds over the years.

Logic Masters India (LMI) is conducting the Indian Puzzle Championship (IPC) 2025 on the 31st of May, 2025. This year, there will be two tracks to consider: Competing for the IPC title, and Qualifying for the Indian team for WPC. Please read the next part carefully to understand.

A) Competing for the IPC title: For this year's Indian Puzzle Championship, there is no link to the Puzzle Ramayan online rounds, other than reserving some spots. The competition will have everyone starting at 0 on the 31st of May at the venue to be announced later. Note that for the Puzzle Ramayan award, base points from the online rounds will still count.

B) Qualifying for the Indian team for International events: Here, base points will still be considered, so the Puzzle Ramayan online rounds are a significant part of the process to qualify to the Indian team, along with the 2025 Puzzle Grand Prix (https://gp.worldpuzzle.org/). Read on to find out more.

About Puzzle Ramayan 2025
  • Puzzle Ramayan is a series of contests aimed at encouraging the best puzzle solvers of India to participate and compete for the Puzzle Ramayan title, and also have better chances of qualifying for the Indian team for the next World Puzzle Championship.
  • The series consists of 5 online rounds (approximately one every 2-3 weeks), based on different puzzle categories.
  • The online rounds are free and open to all participants. All you need to do is register on the site and note the schedule!
  • There are 3-4* spots for the Indian A team for WPC 2025, which will be decided during the offline finale of the tournament.
    *Depending on whether the player awarded a wildcard from WPC 2024 participates.
  • There will be a separate playoff at the end of the offline finals to determine the Ramayan winner. There will be an eligibility criteria for this playoff, as explained below, to preserve the essence of Puzzle Ramayan.
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.

*Not counting 2023.

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 2024-A)
  • Harmeet Singh (WPC 2017-A)
  • Harsh Poddar (PR 2023, PR 2024)
  • Jaipal Reddy (WPC 2024-A)
  • Kishore Kumar (WPC 2024-A)
  • Nityant Agarwal (PR 2021, PR 2022)
  • Pranav Kamesh (PR 2018, PR 2019)
  • Prasanna Seshadri (WPC 2022-A)
  • Rajesh Kumar (WPC 2015-B, WPC 2016-B)
  • 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 5 online rounds ('participated' here means achieving a non-zero score in the round) OR reached the top 60 in lesser rounds. After Round 4, we will ask the solvers from 1-60 and give them a week to confirm participation. After this, it is open to everyone 'eligible' by the criteria above, till we get to 60 participants. After that, depending on venue restrictions, it is open to others.
  • There will be base points awarded to participants. The base points will include:
    A) The total of the best 3 scores in the PR online rounds.
    B) The total of the best 3 scores in the first 5 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.
  • All participating in at least 2 online rounds may apply for an e-certificate with their online rank.
Newcomer Sponsorship
LMI will sponsor a participant who has qualified into the Indian Puzzle A Team* and has never been to a WPC before. To avail of this, participants MUST have a valid passport ready at the time of the IPC finals.
The sponsorship includes
  1. Participation fee for WPC only, considering accommodation as double room.
  2. Airline ticket cost for the trip to and from the hosting country.**
  3. 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 three scores.
  • The participant must be in the top 3** Indians considering the best three scores after five 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 2024
Schedule
RoundAuthorDatesIndia 1India 2India 3
Classics Prasanna Seshadri 07-13 Feb 2025
Loop & Object Placement Madhav Sankaranarayanan 21-27 Feb 2025
Made In India & Number Placement Amit Sowani, Tigran Wadia 14-20 Mar 2025
Shading & Regions Chandrachud Nanduri 28 Mar - 03 Apr 2025
Word & Casual Priyam Bhushan 18-24 Apr 2025
All rounds will start some time on Friday and will be open for a week.
All times in Indian Standard Time (GMT_PLUS_5:30)
Format
Rounds* will have the following format:
  • 3 puzzles each in 6 puzzle types within the theme (in double theme rounds, 3 puzzles each in 3 puzzle types for each theme)
  • Two exploratory variant puzzles in two types within the original 6 (in double theme rounds, 2 variant puzzles in one type from each theme)
*Round 5's format will be announced with the Instruction Booklet for the round.
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 3 scores out of 5 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.
International Players
  • Like every other contest 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.

Last edited by prasanna16391 @ 1/30/2025 11:59:03 AM.