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Here are the most relevant of the Official results of the first two days of the World Puzzle Championship. I present the top thirteen and selected others among the 90 contestants:
1. Ulrich Voigt GER 1034
2. Michael Ley GER 930
3. Zoltan Horvath HUN 919
4. Roger Barkan USA 895
5. Wei-Hwa Huang USA 890
6. Byron Calver CAN 888
7. Sebastien Leroy BEL 817
8. Stefan Gaspar SVK 784
9. Niels Roest NED 784
10. Pal Madarassy HUN 771
11. Jun Ito JAP 764
12. Rick Uppelschuten NED 745
13. Laszlo Osvalt UNB 743
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14. Tim Peeters NED 734
15. Derek Kisman CAN 732
20. Robert Babilon CZE 665
30. Andrey Bogdanov RUS 625
31. David McNeill GBR 618
43. Nick Deller GBR 545
47. Nick Gardner GBR 512
69. Alan O'Donnell GBR 391
82. Christopher Dickson UNB 281This means that the quarter-finals are as follows, with seedings in parentheses:
Ley (2) v Gaspar (8) v Uppelschuten (12)
Barkan (4) v Calver (6) v Madarassy (10)
Horvath (3) v Roest (9) v Osvalt (13)
Huang (5) v Keroy (7) v Ito (11)
The semi-finals will be
(Winner 2/8/12 quarter-final) v (winner 4/6/10 quarter-final) v (best second place in quarter-finals)
Voigt (1) v (winner 3/9/13 quarter-final) v (winner 5/7/11 quarter-final)
...with the two semi-final winners and the best semi-final second place going on to the final.
Team results are as follows:
1 USA 4481
2 GER 4392
3 HUN 4303
4 NED 4099
5 CAN 4015
6 JAP 3923
7 CZE 3884
8 BEL 3685
9 ROM 3464
10 CRO 3415
11 FRA 3374
12 GBR 3154
13 POL 3137
14 RUS 3008
15 TUR 3008
16 SVK 2979
17 UNB 2845
18 UNR 2357
19 FIN 2193
20 UNA 2103
21 BIH 1614
22 IND 1506Updates to follow, direct from the competition room, after the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.
1. Ulrich Voigt GER 1034
2. Michael Ley GER 930
3. Zoltan Horvath HUN 919
4. Roger Barkan USA 895
5. Wei-Hwa Huang USA 890
6. Byron Calver CAN 888
7. Sebastien Leroy BEL 817
8. Stefan Gaspar SVK 784
9. Niels Roest NED 784
10. Pal Madarassy HUN 771
11. Jun Ito JAP 764
12. Rick Uppelschuten NED 745
13. Laszlo Osvalt UNB 743
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14. Tim Peeters NED 734
15. Derek Kisman CAN 732
20. Robert Babilon CZE 665
30. Andrey Bogdanov RUS 625
31. David McNeill GBR 618
43. Nick Deller GBR 545
47. Nick Gardner GBR 512
69. Alan O'Donnell GBR 391
82. Christopher Dickson UNB 281This means that the quarter-finals are as follows, with seedings in parentheses:
Ley (2) v Gaspar (8) v Uppelschuten (12)
Barkan (4) v Calver (6) v Madarassy (10)
Horvath (3) v Roest (9) v Osvalt (13)
Huang (5) v Keroy (7) v Ito (11)
The semi-finals will be
(Winner 2/8/12 quarter-final) v (winner 4/6/10 quarter-final) v (best second place in quarter-finals)
Voigt (1) v (winner 3/9/13 quarter-final) v (winner 5/7/11 quarter-final)
...with the two semi-final winners and the best semi-final second place going on to the final.
Team results are as follows:
1 USA 4481
2 GER 4392
3 HUN 4303
4 NED 4099
5 CAN 4015
6 JAP 3923
7 CZE 3884
8 BEL 3685
9 ROM 3464
10 CRO 3415
11 FRA 3374
12 GBR 3154
13 POL 3137
14 RUS 3008
15 TUR 3008
16 SVK 2979
17 UNB 2845
18 UNR 2357
19 FIN 2193
20 UNA 2103
21 BIH 1614
22 IND 1506Updates to follow, direct from the competition room, after the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.