The Indian team has regularly participated at the World Puzzle Championship (WPC) since 2003.
In WPC 2022, Prasanna Seshadri secured 2nd place in the Individual section - the best and only podium finish by an Indian thus far.
Also in 2022, Nityant Agarwal impressively won the Under-18 category while being on the B team in his first year.
The Indian team has finished in the 10th place in the Official Team standings, in 2015 and 2016. In 2022, India finished in the 12th position in Official Team standings.
Rohan Rao has been part of the India A team ten times; Amit Sowani nine times; Prasanna Seshadri eight times; Rajesh Kumar seven times; Swaroop Guggilam four times; Jaipal Reddy Mogiligundla and Rajib Ranjan Borah three times each.
| Indian | Rank | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Prasanna Seshadri | 2nd | 2022 |
| Prasanna Seshadri | 16th | 2019 |
| Prasanna Seshadri | 18th | 2016 |
| Prasanna Seshadri | 19th | 2015 |
| Prasanna Seshadri | 20th | 2018 |
| Team | Rank | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Prasanna Seshadri, Rohan Rao, Amit Sowani, Swaroop Guggilam |
10th | 2016 |
| Prasanna Seshadri, Rohan Rao, Amit Sowani, Swaroop Guggilam |
10th | 2015 |
| Prasanna Seshadri, Amit Sowani, Kishore Kumar Sridharan, Jaipal Reddy Mogiligundla |
12th | 2022 |
| Prasanna Seshadri, Rohan Rao, Amit Sowani, Swaroop Guggilam |
12th | 2019 |
| Prasanna Seshadri, Amit Sowani, Rohan Rao, Ashish Kumar |
12th | 2018 |
| Year | Venue | Participants | Rank | Team Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Krakow Poland |
Prasanna Seshadri | 2 | 12 |
| Amit Sowani | 47 | |||
| Kishore Kumar Sridharan | 61 | |||
| Jaipal Reddy Mogiligundla | 80 | |||
| Nityant Agarwal (B-team) | Best U-18 | |||
| 2019 | Kirchheim Germany |
Prasanna Seshadri | 16 | 12 |
| Rohan Rao | 39 | |||
| Amit Sowani | 48 | |||
| Swaroop Guggilam | 69 | |||
| 2018 | Prague Czech Republic |
Prasanna Seshadri | 20 | 12 |
| Amit Sowani | 34 | |||
| Rohan Rao | 44 | |||
| Ashish Kumar | 65 | |||
| 2017 | Bangalore India |
Kishore Kumar Sridharan | 62 | 18 |
| Jaipal Reddy Mogiligundla | 77 | |||
| Harmeet Singh | 79 | |||
| Rajib Ranjan Borah | 81 | |||
| 2016 | Senec Slovakia |
Prasanna Seshadri | 18 | 10 |
| Rohan Rao | 28 | |||
| Amit Sowani | 39 | |||
| Swaroop Guggilam | 72 | |||
| 2015 | Sofia Bulgaria |
Prasanna Seshadri | 19 | 10 |
| Rohan Rao | 42 | |||
| Amit Sowani | 47 | |||
| Swaroop Guggilam | 57 | |||
| 2014 | London UK |
Prasanna Seshadri | 23 | 12 |
| Rohan Rao | 36 | |||
| Swaroop Guggilam | 48 | |||
| Jayant Ameta | 90 | |||
| 2013 | Beijing China |
Prasanna Seshadri | 24 | 15 |
| Amit Sowani | 42 | |||
| Rohan Rao | 45 | |||
| Rajesh Kumar | 68 |
| Year | Venue | Participants | Rank | Team Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Kraljevica Croatia |
Amit Sowani | 32 | 12 |
| Rohan Rao | 38 | |||
| Prasanna Seshadri | 46 | |||
| Rakesh Rai | 61 | |||
| 2011 | Eger Hungary |
Rohan Rao | 34 | 23 |
| Rajesh Kumar | 85 | |||
| Rajib Ranjan Borah | 91 | |||
| Tejal Phatak | 97 | |||
| 2010 | Warsaw Poland |
Rohan Rao | 41 | 18 |
| Rajesh Kumar | 54 | |||
| Aman Pruthi | 81 | |||
| Tejal Phatak | 95 | |||
| 2009 | Antalya Turkey |
Puneet Goenka | 84 | 22 |
| Lovely Krishna | 88 | |||
| Harmeet Singh | 90 | |||
| Jaipal Reddy | 92 | |||
| 2008 | Minsk Belarus |
Rohan Rao | 68 | |
| Jaipal Reddy | 80 | |||
| Lenson Andrade | 81 | |||
| 2007 | Rio de Janeiro Brazil |
Amit Sowani | 28 | 13 |
| Ritesh Gupta | 66 | |||
| Rajesh Kumar | 68 | |||
| Sumit Bothra | 74 | |||
| 2006 | Borovets Bulgaria |
Amit Sowani | 56 | 18 |
| Rajesh Kumar | 69 | |||
| Amit Agarwal | 78 | |||
| Raghavendra Ganesh | 89 | |||
| 2005 | Eger Hungary |
Rajesh Kumar | 70 | 25 |
| Srihari Mullapudi | 72 | |||
| Vinay Deshineni | 77 | |||
| Amit Agarwal | 93 | |||
| 2004 | Opatija Croatia |
Rajesh Kumar | 77 | 22 |
| Aditya Utturwar | 80 | |||
| Prateek Agrawal | 85 | |||
| Rajib Ranjan Borah | 86 |
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