Indian Puzzle Championship 2014
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The Indian Puzzle Championship 2014 was structured as a tough challenge to the participants while also placing easy puzzles for beginners to get involved. The 150 minute contest produced some strong performances from India's top solvers. Amit Sowani topped the rankings with a solid score of 645/1000 and is the 2014 Indian Puzzle Champion. Former three-time champion Rohan Rao finished at 2nd place with a score of 520. Swaroop Guggilam finally overcame his run of finishes just outside the A-team rankings with a strong total of 490 points, ensuring a third place finish and a spot on the A-team.
| Description | Size | Password |
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| Instructions Booklet Download | View | 201kB | |
| Puzzle Booklet Download | 231kB | 35HurDles2loNDon |
| Solutions Booklet Download | View | 126kB |
| # | UserId | Name | Country | TotalPoints | ClaimBonus | Puzzles | TimeTillLCS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | amitsowani | Amit Sowani | India | 645 | 25/27 | 149:46 | |
| 2 | vopani | Rohan Rao | India | 520 | 20/20 | 147:43 | |
| 3 | swaroop2011 | swaroop guggilam | India | 490 | 21/24 | 141:19 | |
| 4 | anurag | Anurag | India | 435 | 18/21 | 149:05 | |
| 5 | rakesh_rai | Rakesh Rai | India | 370 | 17/19 | 145:52 | |
| 6 | lenson | Lenson Andrade | India | 370 | 16/16 | 149:32 | |
| 7 | witty | Jayant Ameta | India | 360 | 14/16 | 149:44 | |
| 8 | macherlakumar | Ravi Kumar | India | 320 | 15/15 | 149:30 | |
| 9 | mjaipal | Jaipal Reddy Mogiligundla | India | 315 | 13/13 | 147:21 | |
| 10 | rajeshk | Rajesh Kumar | India | 315 | 13/16 | 149:27 | |
| 11 | zalak | Zalak Ghetia | India | 310 | 16/16 | 132:46 | |
| 12 | me.rgupta | Ritesh Gupta | India | 310 | 16/18 | 148:43 | |
| 13 | kishy72 | Kishore Kumar | India | 281 | 14/19 | 134:30 | |
| 14 | ashaash11ash | Ashish Kumar | India | 215 | 14/17 | 148:57 | |
| 15 | viveks | Vivek Srinivasan | India | 200 | 9/10 | 138:42 | |
| 16 | chiragsethi | Chirag Sethi | India | 195 | 9/13 | 133:14 | |
| 17 | anujjain | anujjain | India | 170 | 10/13 | 148:35 | |
| 18 | rajibrborah | Rajib | India | 162.5 | 12/18 | 140:14 | |
| 19 | ankit91ontop | Ankit Bansal | India | 155 | 8/13 | 014:57 | |
| 20 | rvarun | Varun R | India | 155 | 8/8 | 133:51 | |
| 21 | mathcrazy | Madhumathi Raman | India | 115 | 6/7 | 128:32 | |
| 22 | var | Varun G | India | 100 | 5/9 | 111:26 | |
| 23 | devarajand | Devarajan D | India | 95 | 6/6 | 126:54 | |
| 24 | tnv | T. N. Venkatesh | India | 92.5 | 9/10 | 143:18 | |
| 25 | ishan | ishan doshi | India | 85 | 6/8 | 142:38 | |
| 26 | sanket | sanket | India | 85 | 7/8 | 144:17 | |
| 27 | gaurav.kjain | Gaurav Kumar Jain | India | 70 | 5/8 | 121:09 | |
| 28 | rajiv1964 | Rajiv Gupta | India | 60 | 6/8 | 110:27 | |
| 29 | abhistya | Abhishek Tyagi | India | 51 | 5/7 | 149:42 | |
| 30 | peridream | peridream | India | 50 | 6/6 | 036:55 | |
| 31 | megu | Meghna Shetty | India | 45 | 4/9 | 100:44 | |
| 32 | anandsatheendran | ANAND S | India | 45 | 5/6 | 137:34 | |
| 33 | nagakiran | naga kiran | India | 35 | 3/6 | 095:29 | |
| 34 | vjain9 | Vivek Jain | India | 35 | 5/8 | 111:10 | |
| 35 | abhinav | Abhinav | India | 35 | 4/7 | 147:47 | |
| 36 | anithra | Anithra P Janakiraman | India | 30 | 3/4 | 027:34 | |
| 37 | mukeshchauhan | MUKESH CHAUHAN | India | 30 | 5/7 | 109:27 | |
| 38 | iris9189 | NS | India | 25 | 4/8 | 126:59 | |
| 39 | subu | Subhabroto | India | 25 | 4/5 | 137:13 | |
| 40 | atulk | Atul Kharabe | India | 25 | 4/5 | 137:14 | |
| 41 | sanat_pr | Sanat Pai Raikar | India | 20 | 4/10 | 047:42 | |
| 42 | dhawal123 | Dhawal Khera | India | 20 | 3/5 | 075:09 | |
| 43 | Saheli_Pyne | SP | India | 20 | 3/35 | 091:39 | |
| 44 | changal402 | Changal Reddy | India | 15 | 3/6 | 058:08 | |
| 45 | Arun Choudhary | Arun Choudhary | India | 15 | 3/4 | 149:22 | |
| 46 | stranger | Namita | India | 10 | 2/2 | 008:52 | |
| 47 | Nikhil | Nikhil Mali | India | 10 | 2/2 | 012:01 | |
| 48 | rojaranichalla | Roja Rani Challa | India | 10 | 2/2 | 014:59 | |
| 49 | chinmayasahoo | Chinmaya Sahoo | India | 10 | 2/8 | 015:45 | |
| 50 | agrima grover | agrima grover | India | 10 | 2/3 | 023:42 | |
| 51 | jagan89 | Jagannath M | India | 10 | 2/3 | 061:16 | |
| 52 | 8249arun@gmail.com | Shashank | India | 0 | |||
| 53 | akritiraj | Akriti Raj | India | 0 | |||
| 54 | battybryant | battybryant | India | 0 | |||
| 55 | carburra | Sai Karthik Burra | India | 0 | |||
| 56 | dkj | Dinesh K Jain | India | 0 | |||
| 57 | jaspal | Jaspal Singh | India | 0 | |||
| 58 | shamikch | Shamik Choudhury | India | 0 | |||
| 59 | silent_killer | vignesh narayanan | India | 0 | |||
| 60 | SonyBoopathi | Sony Boopathi | India | 0 | |||
| 61 | sourcex | Sanket shah | India | 0 | |||
| 62 | suryadevi | Suryadevi | India | 0 | |||
| 63 | xanthornus | ritu | India | 0 |
| # | UserId | Name | Country | TotalPoints | ClaimBonus | Puzzles | TimeTillLCS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uvo | Ulrich Voigt | Germany | 1073.3 | 35/35 | 137:47 | |
| 2 | EKBM | Endo Ken | Japan | 965 | 33/35 | 141:09 | |
| 3 | deu | Hideaki Jo | Japan | 925 | 34/34 | 120:48 | |
| 4 | nyuta | NAGATA Yuta | Japan | 905 | 33/34 | 147:39 | |
| 5 | S_Aoki | Shinichi Aoki | Japan | 900 | 32/32 | 149:11 | |
| 6 | xevs | Ko Okamoto | Japan | 895 | 33/34 | 144:36 | |
| 7 | greenhorn | Matus Demiger | Slovakia | 850 | 30/34 | 142:25 | |
| 8 | Kota | Kota Morinishi | Japan | 840 | 30/33 | 133:21 | |
| 9 | Psyho | abc | Poland | 840 | 31/34 | 149:19 | |
| 10 | Nikola | Nikola | Serbia | 830 | 29/31 | 149:53 | |
| 11 | nyoroppyi | Yuki Kawabe | Japan | 791 | 27/31 | 149:12 | |
| 12 | Semax | Sebastian Matschke | Germany | 763 | 29/32 | 148:52 | |
| 13 | chaotic_iak | Ivan Koswara | Indonesia | 761 | 28/29 | 149:59 | |
| 14 | auroux | Denis Auroux | France | 735 | 26/27 | 148:56 | |
| 15 | spelvin | Dan Katz | United States | 722.5 | 26/28 | 142:42 | |
| 16 | anderson | Anderson Wang | United States | 710 | 27/28 | 143:43 | |
| 17 | Calavera | Nils Miehe | Germany | 705 | 29/30 | 143:10 | |
| 18 | WA1729 | Walker Anderson | United States | 695 | 28/29 | 149:21 | |
| 19 | Ziti | Jason Zuffranieri | United States | 685 | 25/28 | 146:30 | |
| 20 | martin | Martin Merker | Germany | 685 | 27/29 | 147:17 |
| PuzzleId | Submissions | Correct | Ratings | AvgRatings | SolutionCode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 - Match the Following | 137 | 128 | 8 | 5.5 | ZYXW |
| A2 - Match the Following | 96 | 40 | 4 | 7.5 | ZWYX |
| A3 - Match the Following | 127 | 119 | 6 | 7.33 | WZXY |
| A4 - Match the Following | 77 | 52 | 5 | 4.8 | YWXZ |
| A5 - Match the Following | 97 | 72 | 4 | 7 | ZXYW |
| B1 - As Easy As ABC (small) | 128 | 121 | 6 | 8.33 | PCXXI#CXIXP |
| B2 - As Easy As ABC | 95 | 89 | 5 | 8.4 | XYESAXX#SXYXXEA |
| B3 - Spirally As ABC | 46 | 42 | 6 | 8.83 | BCXAXXXD#XBXDXXAC |
| C1 - TomTom (small) | 67 | 59 | 5 | 7.6 | 536412#463125 |
| C2 - TomTom | 43 | 42 | 5 | 8 | 87134265#32846157 |
| C3 - Coded TomTom | 38 | 36 | 5 | 8.4 | 756982#692857 |
| D1 - Battleships (small) | 104 | 92 | 6 | 8.16 | BXBEAA |
| D2 - Battleships | 39 | 36 | 5 | 8.4 | CXACXBFXCF |
| D3 - Battleships Observer | 49 | 39 | 5 | 8.4 | CXCCCXBBBJ |
| E1 - Regional Star Battle | 91 | 87 | 7 | 9 | ECACAGBFB |
| E2 - Regional Star Battle | 82 | 74 | 5 | 8.6 | EAEBDBDFAG |
| F1 - Cross the Streams | 71 | 66 | 5 | 8.2 | 21111112#22321 |
| F2 - Cross the Streams | 68 | 67 | 6 | 8.66 | 111214#43111 |
| G1 - Nurikabe | 99 | 92 | 6 | 8 | 131131#11311111 |
| G2 - Nurikabe | 89 | 86 | 7 | 8.14 | 2122111#1321111 |
| G3 - Word Nurikabe | 54 | 50 | 5 | 8.8 | RHARORA#ATSAJZM |
| H1 - Tetromino Division | 83 | 80 | 5 | 8 | 121121#1313#2321 |
| H2 - Pentomino Division | 45 | 41 | 4 | 8.25 | 1112131#11121121 |
| I1 - Araf (small) | 66 | 59 | 3 | 8 | 686834#66834 |
| I2 - Araf | 31 | 26 | 3 | 8.33 | 956#9947375 |
| I3 - Araf[Different Neighbors] | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8.33 | 560#10 |
| J1 - Maximal Lengths | 59 | 50 | 5 | 7.6 | 12#112 |
| J2 - Minimal Lengths (small) | 44 | 40 | 4 | 7.75 | 21#111 |
| J3 - Minimal Lengths | 33 | 25 | 4 | 7.75 | 111#132#41 |
| K1 - Slitherlink (small) | 101 | 92 | 6 | 8.5 | 21#13#51 |
| K2 - Slitherlink | 86 | 79 | 5 | 9 | 113#211#51 |
| K3 - Toroidal Slitherlink | 44 | 37 | 5 | 9 | 1111#111#222 |
| L1 - Snake | 53 | 44 | 5 | 7.2 | 11132#71#1124 |
| L2 - Snake | 32 | 29 | 5 | 8.4 | 1312112#21422#213221 |
| M - Tiki Tours | 76 | 69 | 6 | 9.16 | 111#131#131 |