The jubilee 10th 24 Hours Puzzle Championship (24HPC) was held in Budapest from 4–6 September 2009. This competition consisted of 14 puzzle rounds, each lasting 100 minutes. Each round featured a diverse mix of logic puzzles — from classic favorites to unique and innovative formats.
I had the opportunity to create one of the puzzle sets for this prestigious championship. My set was designed to challenge the solvers with a blend of puzzle types ranging from traditional to entirely original creations. Below are the puzzles from my round, along with their individual point values.
Consecutive Loop 30 points
Dot-Rundweg 45 points (20 + 25)
Polygraph 30 points
Wolves and Sheep in Fences 20 points
Inside/Outside Corral 30 points
Range 20 points
Wittgenstein Briquet 60 points (20 + 40)
Akkoy 65 points (25 + 40)
Copycope 20 points (10 + 10)
Smashed Sums 40 points
Kuromasu 60 points
Arrow Loop 40 points (20 + 20)
TREN 120 points (30 + 35 + 55)
Toplamatik 40 points
Tripod Sudoku 55 points (25 + 30)
The Persistence of Memory 15 points (5 + 10)
QuickSort 20 points
Hamle 80 points (15 + 65)
4 Minesweepers 55 points
Snail Sudoku 80 points
Slash Pack 15 points
Top Heavy Number Place 35 points
Paravan 25 points
Total 1000 points
Ulrich Voigt did it again; he won the 10th 24-hour puzzle championship for the fourth time. The Top Ten are as below
1 Ulrich Voigt GER 1232,15
2 Peter Hudák SVK 1072,91
3 Michael Ley GER 1030,97
4 Nikola Živanovic SRB 993,47
5 Zoltán Gyimesi HUN 988,97
6 Florian Kirch GER 985,56
7 Jana Tylová CZK 851,09
8 László Osvalt HUN 677,24
9 Serkan Yürekli TUR 625,11
10 Miklós Mócsy HUN 594,03
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