About Sudoku Mahabharat (SM)
Sudoku Mahabharat (or SM) is the annual Sudoku competition held at Logic Masters India. Each year, it is a series of Sudoku contests aimed at encouraging the best puzzle solvers of India to participate and have a chance to qualify for the National finals and experience the excitement, thrill and puzzling atmosphere on the lines of various national championships and the World Championships.
SM usually consists of 4 online rounds (approximately one every 2-3 weeks), based on different categories of Sudoku variants.
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 is a separate playoff at the end of the offline finals to determine the Sudoku Mahabharat winner. There is an eligibility criteria for this playoff to preserve the essence of Sudoku Mahabharat.
2025
The 2025 edition of Sudoku Mahabharat is expected to start around Feb'2025.
Winners
Here are the winners of Sudoku Mahabharat across years. As a rule, one person can win SM maximum two times.
| Edition | Venue | Winner | 1st Runner Up | 2nd Runner Up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Bangalore | Harsh Poddar | Puwar Dhruvarajsinh | Kartik Reddy |
| 2023 | Mumbai | Aashay Patil | Harsh Poddar | Puwar Dhruvarajsinh |
| 2022 | Pune | Nityant Agarwal | Aashay Patil | Puwar Dhruvarajsinh |
| 2021 | Online | Nityant Agarwal | James Peter | Aashay Patil |
| 2020 | Online | Aashay Patil | Jayant Ameta | Shambo Debnath |
| 2019 | Kolkata | Pooja Bansal | Aashay Patil | Harmeet Singh |
| 2018 | Mumbai | Shaheer Rahman | Aashay Patil | Kartik Reddy |
| 2016-17 | Chennai | Pranav Kamesh | Jayant Ameta | Hemant Malani |
| 2015-16 | Chennai | Akash Doulani | Gaurav Kumar Jain | Harmeet Singh |
| 2014-15 | Bangalore | Amit Sowani | Rakesh Rai | Gaurav Jain |
2024
The online rounds of SM 2024 were held between Feb-May 2024. Details are available here.
| Round | Author | India 1 | India 2 | India 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard & Irregular | R. Kumaresan, Hemant Malani | Akash Doulani | Shilpa Nukala | Kishore Kumar |
| Odd Even & Hybrids | Akash Doulani, Arun Iyer, Pranav Kamesh S | Kishore Kumar | Nityant Agarwal | Harsh Poddar |
| Math & Neighbours | James Peter, Madhav Sankaranarayanan, Puwar Dhruvarajsinh | Nityant Agarwal | Ashish Kumar | Manjiri |
| Outside & Converse | Nityant Agarwal, Priyam Bhushan, Jeet Sampat | Kishore Kumar | Akash Doulani | Harsh Poddar |
The offline finals were held in Bangalore on 11th August 2024, along with finals of Puzzle Ramayan. Details here.
2023
The online rounds of SM 2023 were held between Jan-March 2023. Details are available here.
| Round | Author | India 1 | India 2 | India 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard & Odd Even | R. Kumaresan, Hemant Malani, Arun Iyer | James Peter | Rohan Rao | Ashish Kumar |
| Outside & Hybrids | Akash Doulani, Puwar Dhruvarajsinh | Rohan Rao | Kishore Kumar | Ashish Kumar |
| Math & Irregular | James Peter, Madhav Sankaranarayanan, Priyam Bhushan | Rohan Rao | Kishore Kumar | Nityant Agarwal |
| Neighbours & Converse | Ashish Kumar, Kishore Sridharan, Pranav Kamesh S | James Peter | Manjiri | Harsh Poddar |
The offline finals were held in Mumbai on 28th May 2023, along with finals of Puzzle Ramayan. Details here.
2022
The online rounds of SM 2022 were held between Feb-June 2022. Details are available here.
| Round | Author | India 1 | India 2 | India 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard & Neighbours | R. Kumaresan | Rohan Rao | James Peter | Nityant Agarwal |
| Odd Even & Hybrids | Madhav S. & Arun I. | Kishore Kumar | Manjiri | James Peter |
| Converse & Outside | Harmeet S. & Dhruvarajsinh P. | Kishore Kumar | James Peter | Jaipal Reddy |
| Math & Irregular | Nityant A. & James P. | Rohan Rao | Kishore Kumar | Ashish Kumar |
The offline finals were held in Pune on 21st August 2022, along with finals of Puzzle Ramayan. Details here.
2021
The online rounds of SM 2021 were held between Jan-July 2021. Details are available here.
| Round | Author | India 1 | India 2 | India 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | R. Kumaresan | Prasanna Seshadri | Rohan Rao | Pranav Kamesh |
| Outside | Akash Doulani & Dhruvarajsinh Puwar | Prasanna Seshadri | Rohan Rao | Kishore Kumar |
| Substitution & Neighbours | Rakesh Rai | Prasanna Seshadri | Rohan Rao | Kishore Kumar |
| Math | Madhav Sankaranarayanan | |||
| Converse | Hemant Kumar Malani | Rohan Rao | Prasanna Seshadri | Kishore Kumar |
| Irregular & Twisted Classics | James Peter | Prasanna Seshadri | Rohan Rao | Kishore Kumar |
| Hybrids | Gaurav Kumar Jain | Prasanna Seshadri | James Peter | Kishore Kumar |
| Odd Even | Nityant Agarwal | Prasanna Seshadri | Kishore Kumar | James Peter |
2020
The online rounds of SM 2020 were held between Jan-June 2020. Details are available here.
| Round | Author | India 1 | India 2 | India 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | Prasanna Seshadri | Rohan Rao | Kishores Kumar | Ashish Kumar |
| Substitution & Neighbours | Hemant Malani, Pranav Kamesh | Rohan Rao | Kishore Kumar | Rishi Puri |
| Irregular & Outside | Gaurav Jain | Prasanna Seshadri | Pranav Kamesh | Rohan Rao |
| Math | Akash Doulani, Kishore Kumar | Prasanna Seshadri | Rohan Rao | Rishi Puri |
| Converse & Odd Even | Harmeet Singh, Ramesh Swarnkar | Prasanna Seshadri | Rohan Rao | Rishi Puri |
| Hybrids & Twisted Classics | R Kumaresan | Prasanna Seshadri | Rohan Rao | Kishore Kumar |
2019
The online rounds of SM 2019 were held between Dec'18-May'19. Details are available here.
| Round | Author | India 1 | India 2 | India 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | R. Kumaresan | Rohan Rao | Kishore Kumar | Rishi Puri |
| Outside & Neighbours | Amit Sowani, Hemant Malani | Rohan Rao | Pranav Kamesh | Kishore Kumar |
| Substitution & Odd Even | Ashish Kumar, Kishore Kumar | Rohan Rao | Rishi Puri | Shaheer Rahman |
| Math | Rakesh Rai, Pranav Kamesh S. | Rohan Rao | Kishore Kumar | Suvarna |
| Hybrids & Irregular | Akash Doulani | Rishi Puri | Rohan Rao | Shaheer Rahman |
| Converse & Twisted Classics | Gaurav K. Jain, Harmeet Singh | Rohan Rao | Rishi Puri | Kishore Kumar |
The offline finals were held in Kolkata on 21st July 2019, along with finals of Puzzle Ramayan. Details here.
2018
The online rounds of SM 2018 were held between Jan-Jun 2018. Details are available here.
| Round | Author | India 1 | India 2 | India 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Converse & Twisted Classics | Akash Doulani | Kishore Kumar | Rohan Rao | Shaheer Rahman |
| Standard | Hemant Kr Malani & Swaroop Guggilam | Rohan Rao | Rishi Puri | Kishore Kumar |
| Outside & Neighbours | Ramesh Swarnakar & Rakesh Rai | Rohan Rao | Aashay Patil | Kishore Kumar |
| Substitution & Odd Even | R. Kumaresan & Amit Sowani | Rishi Puri | Rohan Rao | Ashish Kumar |
| Math | Gaurav K. Jain | Rishi Puri | Rohan Rao | Amit Sowani |
| Irregular & Hybrids | Ashish Kumar | Rishi Puri | Rohan Rao | Kishore Kumar |
The offline finals were held in Mumbai on 18th August 2018, along with finals of Puzzle Ramayan. Details here.
2016-17
The online rounds were held between Jan-Apr 2017. Details are available here.
| Round | Author | India 1 | India 2 | India 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard & Neighbours | Akash Doulani | Rohan Rao | Rakesh Rai | Kishore Kumar |
| Odd Even & Twisted Classics | Rishi Puri | Rohan Rao | Kishore Kumar | Manjiri |
| Outside & Math | Jan Zverina | Rohan Rao | Kishore Kumar | Suvarna |
| Irregular & Converse | Richard Stolk, Arvid Baars | Rohan Rao | Jayant Ameta | Kishore Kumar |
The offline finals were held in Chennai on 29th July 2017, along with finals of Puzzle Ramayan. Details here.
2015-16
The online rounds were held between Sep'14-Mar'15. Details are available here.
| Round | Author | India 1 | India 2 | India 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | Rishi Puri | Kishore Kumar | Jayant Ameta | Amit Sowani |
| Irregular | Rohan Rao | Kishore Kumar | Rakesh Rai | Prakhar Gupta |
| Odd-Even | Deb Mohanty | Rakesh Rai | Kishore Kumar | Shaheer Rahman |
| Outside | Rakesh Rai | Amit Sowani | Kishore Kumar | Rajesh Kumar |
| Math | Prasanna Seshadri | Jayant Ameta | Kishore Kumar | Rakesh Rai |
| Neighbours | Rajesh Kumar | Jayant Ameta | Kishore Kumar | Rakesh Rai |
| Converse | Swaroop Guggilam | Kishore Kumar | Amit Sowani | Rakesh Rai |
The offline finals were held in Chennai on 16th July 2016, along with finals of Puzzle Ramayan. Details here.
2014-15
The online rounds were held between Aug'15-Mar'16. Details are available here.
| Round | Author | India 1 | India 2 | India 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Variations | Deb Mohanty | Rohan Rao | Kishore Kumar | Rakesh Rai |
| Neighbours | Prasanna Seshadri, Aditi Seshadri | Rohan Rao | Jayant Ameta | Kishore Kumar |
| Odd Even | Swaroop Guggilam, Ashish Kumar | Rohan Rao | Rakesh Rai | Jayant Ameta |
| Math | Rohan Rao | Kishore Kumar | Jaipal Reddy | Rajesh Kumar |
| Outside | Rishi Puri | Rohan Rao | Rakesh Rai | Kishore Kumar |
| Twisted Classics | Rajesh Kumar | Rohan Rao | Kishore Kumar | Rakesh Rai |
| Converse | Rakesh Rai, Harmeet Singh | Rohan Rao | Suvarna | Shaheer Rahman |
| Irregular | Akash Doulani, Amit Sowani, Gaurav Kumar Jain | Rohan Rao | Rakesh Rai | Kishore Kumar |
The offline finals were held in Bangalore on 10th May 2015. Details here.
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