Here's Round 4 Please download and print the puzzles. You can complete them in any order at any point between now and Tuesday 23rd April. For each puzzle, remember to time yourself honestly as to how long it takes. When you are finished all of the puzzles, or as many as you are able to, please email adam@ukpuzzles.org your times for each puzzle and the answer key for each puzzle (to ensure that you have understood how each solution is supposed to look). If you are not in Division C, your times will be entered onto an all-comers scoreboard, which will not score points in the UK Puzzle Leagu ..read more

Argh. Typo in the rules for Line Nurikabe. You wouldn't get far if you weren't allowed lines of 3. It's a maximum line length of 3 in this puzzle. Statistics: Posted by pinkagape — Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:45 pm ..read more

Puzzle GP Round 3 was harder to score points in than usual, with most of our top performers scoring fewer points than usual. This made Dylan Gibbs' uptick on his recent average especially impressive, and as Tom suggests, Todd Davies continues his strong debut season with his first result in the top 100. Below this, Calum Mailer also had a strong result in #147 with his first placing in the top 200. Further down, there were good performances from Liane Robinson, 35% up on her recent average and Robert Gelosen, 44% up on his recent average. Statistics: Posted by pinkagape — Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:13 ..read more

Here are the instructions for the Advanced Nurikabe and TomTom to be held in a couple of weeks' time. Please ask any questions required about any unfamiliar types. Statistics: Posted by pinkagape — Tue Apr 02, 2024 7:29 pm ..read more

The next round is at the end of the month, with some Puzzle Duel competition. I'd like to set it up as matches rather than just scores this year, if I may. I'll highlight the rules nearer the time. Statistics: Posted by pinkagape — Tue Apr 02, 2024 4:29 pm ..read more

Division A is much closer to a full complement. Freddie Hand - 766 points Neil Zussman - 554 points Adam Bissett - 368 points Tom Collyer - 348 points Matthew White - 300 points Maurice Blount - 292 points Statistics: Posted by pinkagape — Tue Apr 02, 2024 4:29 pm ..read more

Again pretty quiet in Division B, but Jack Lawrence just edges it for the win. Jack Lawrence - 256 points AJ Moore - 248 points Eva Myers - 203 points Statistics: Posted by pinkagape — Tue Apr 02, 2024 4:27 pm ..read more

Another close contest here amongst our keen participants. This time Liane edged Steve by 24 points to take her second win of the year. Liane Robinson - 203 points Steve Barge - 179 points Emma Kingston - 124 points Statistics: Posted by pinkagape — Tue Apr 02, 2024 4:26 pm ..read more

Well done both! There are a fair few good solvers piled up in orange league right now - just goes to show how difficult it is to maintain a 100% record, and that you’ll be on a good thing if you can keep it up. My own solving times have come right down - I’m typically spending at least 30-60 secs on each puzzle simply checking. Statistics: Posted by detuned — Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:17 pm ..read more

Preliminary results of the puzzle GP round 3 out. Is it me, or is the standard of competition really heated up this year? I suspect there was an element of making the right puzzle choice in this one as well. Top 3 UK: 4 Freddie Hand 766 (this might be 3rd depending on partial bonus being stripped out) 30 Neil Zussman 554 62 James McGowan 461 Also in the top 100 were Dylan Gibbs and Todd Davies, with Adam Bissett just outside. Statistics: Posted by detuned — Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:02 pm ..read more