2025 UK Puzzle Championship

[puzzlemad]

This is the discussion thread for the 2025 UK Puzzle Championship.

Duration: Two rounds both 90 mins long
Dates: Friday 27th - Monday 30th June 2025
Contest Pages: Round 1: https://www.ukpuzzles.org/contests.php?contestid=73
Round 2: https://www.ukpuzzles.org/contests.php?contestid=74
Instruction Booklet: Now available from either competition thread. Points still to be finalised.

Please post any questions about the competition here.

[pinkagape]

These look exciting! Thanks Liane!

Are the examples for Pentopia Missing Arrows and Sum Box correct? I don’t see any missing arrows in the former and I might just be mixing myself up, but I thought I did a Sum Box the other day and it was nothing like the puzzle shown for Sum Box here.

[puzzlemad]

These look exciting! Thanks Liane!

Are the examples for Pentopia Missing Arrows and Sum Box correct? I don’t see any missing arrows in the former and I might just be mixing myself up, but I thought I did a Sum Box the other day and it was nothing like the puzzle shown for Sum Box here.

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Apologies for that - correct Pentopia Missing Arrows example here - will put in the main booklet.
Sum Box is the correct example. It is the name that the author sent with the puzzle and their example too.

[pinkagape]

Thanks for the quick response.

[kiwijam]

Magic Pyramid: Is 23451 also a valid answer?

[puzzlemad]

Magic Pyramid: Is 23451 also a valid answer?

Correct. The competition puzzle is unique

[puzzlemad]

Points now added to the IB and the correct example for the Pentomino (Missing Arrows) added.

[professorX]

Is the kropki scrabble puzzle correct for sure? I keep breaking it ...

[kiwijam]

Yes, it has a unique solution.
We can share it with you after the contest ends.
It was my favourite puzzle of the set.

[professorX]

Solved it! Good puzzle

Although I wouldn't agree on the wording of the rules .... it could be better worded

[jeremiahsjohnson]

I agree, I got to the Kropki solution - which was impressive - eventually but spent a lot of time during the puzzle wondering whether a portion of a word between two dots was considered a 'segment' - so therefore the words going between two white dots would have to be five letters long to be 2-1-2. Unfortunately the instructions did not disambiguate.