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India @ WPC

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.

Top 5 Individual Performances @ WPC
Indian Rank Year
Prasanna Seshadri 2nd 2022
Prasanna Seshadri 16th 2019
Prasanna Seshadri 18th 2016
Prasanna Seshadri 19th 2015
Prasanna Seshadri 20th 2018
Top 5 Team Performances @ WPC
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
Summary of India A team performances over the years
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
Summary of India A team performances over the years
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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