World Puzzle Federation

23/10/2026

Without the effort of the organisers, we would not have had such a great week in Kolkata.

Thank you to Logic Masters India and all the volunteers who worked very hard in making the event happen.

The flag is now passed on to the next organisers. The 2027 World Sudoku and Puzzle Championship will be held in Nantes, France!

Photos by Logic Masters India

23/10/2026

The 33rd World Puzzle Championship has now concluded.
He had to fight for it and it literally came down to the last puzzle.
Ken Endo is the 2026 World Puzzle Champion!
2025 winner Freddie Hand put up a great fight and finished in second. Christian König finished third.

In the Team contest, Japan has retaken the crown! Germany finished in second place and the United Kingdom enters the podium for the first time.

WPC Individual Top 10
1. Ken Endo 🇯🇵
2. Freddie Hand 🇬🇧
3. Christian König 🇩🇪
4. Takuma Muto 🇯🇵
5. Selene Luo 🇺🇸
6. Kevin Sun 🇨🇦
7. Valentin Miakinen 🇫🇷
8. Taigo Ando 🇯🇵
9. Bram de Laat 🇳🇱
10. James McGowan 🇬🇧

WPC Team Top 10
1. Japan 🇯🇵
2. Germany 🇩🇪
3. UK 🇬🇧
4. Hungary 🇭🇺
5. USA 🇺🇲
6. Netherlands 🇳🇱
7. China 🇨🇳
8. Thailand 🇹🇭
9. France 🇫🇷
10. Slovakia 🇸🇰

Congratulations also to the winners of the other divisions:

Newcomer
1. Cui Xingjian 🇨🇳
2. Zhang Boyang 🇨🇳
3. Peter Roder 🇬🇧

U18
1. Cui Xingjian 🇨🇳
2. Oyun-Erdene Adiyajav 🇲🇳
3. Jargalkhuu Batkhuu 🇲🇳

O50
1. Pal Madarassy 🇭🇺
2. Wei-Hwa Huang 🇺🇲
3. Claudine Thiry 🇱🇺

Photos by Logic Masters India

15/10/2026

Please join us for the 2026 Puzzle GP Finals!

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15/10/2026

🎉 The 33rd World Puzzle Championship has officially started!

2025 World Champion Freddie Hand will be defending his last year's victory. He fronts a strong UK team who are looking to medal in the team competiton for the first time.

Many countries have fielded their strong line-up:

🔸️Japan is led by 5-time World Champion Ken Endo who will be trying to take back his individual crown.
🔸️USA is led by Selene Luo who has placed 3rd in 2022 and 2023. They come in as defending team champion.
🔸️Christian Konig, who came 3rd in 2024, will be leading Germany.

We will find out the results after 3 days of Ramayan adventure.
Good luck!

14/10/2026

After 2 days into the adventure of Mahabharat, we are pleased to crown the winners of the 19th World Sudoku Championship! 👑

In a dominant display, Ming Letian has won and regained his title as the 2026 World Sudoku Champion! He finished ahead of Yuxuan Hu and Kota Morinishi.

Team China also defended their team title, outsolving USA (2nd place) and Japan (3rd place).

WSC Individual Top 10:
🥇Letian Ming 🇨🇳
🥈Yuxuan Hu 🇨🇳
🥉Kota Morinishi 🇯🇵
4. Tantan Dai 🇨🇳
5. Tiit Vunk 🇪🇪
6. Lucy Epstein 🇺🇸
7. Ken Endo 🇯🇵
8. Sinchai Jaturangkhajit 🇹🇭
9. Jan Vondruska 🇨🇿
10. Huang Mingrui 🇨🇳

WSC Team Top 10:
🥇China 🇨🇳
🥈USA 🇺🇸
🥉Japan 🇯🇵
4. Netherlands 🇳🇱
5. Thailand 🇹🇭
6. UK 🇬🇧
7. Slovakia 🇸🇰
8. France 🇫🇷
9. Germany 🇩🇪
10. India 🇮🇳

Congratulations also to the winners of the other divisions:

U18.
1. Nehir Boz 🇹🇷
2. Luisa Zentgraf 🇩🇪

O50
1. Rishi Puri 🇮🇳
2. Philippe Meyer 🇫🇷
3. Pal Madarassy 🇭🇺

Newcomer
1. Freddie Hand 🇬🇧
2. Atakan Buyukoz 🇹🇷
3. Rin Saiki 🇯🇵

Up next... the 33rd World Puzzle Championship!

[Photo credits: Logic Masters India]

12/10/2026

Please join us for the 2026 Sudoku GP Finals!

Livestream:
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12/10/2026

We have lift off!
The 19th World Sudoku Championship has begun and will be contested over 16 rounds.

Tantan Dai will be defending her individual world title. All of last year's top 10 are here in this stacked field. Team China 🇨🇳 is looking to do the same with their team title.
Can Japan 🇯🇵, USA 🇺🇸 or Germany 🇩🇪 stop them?

Best of luck everyone!

11/10/2026

Over 200 solvers from 35 countries will start two epic adventures, themed around the legends of Mahabharat and Ramayan, as we open the 19th World Sudoku and 33rd World Puzzle Championship! 🇮🇳

Logic Masters India is hosting the event in Hotel Westin Kolkata. You can follow the results at: https://wspc2026.logicmastersindia.com/

We will start with two days of the World Sudoku Championship beginning tomorrow. ✏️

05/10/2026

Next week, 180 participants from 32 countries will be heading to Kolkata, India for the 2026 World Sudoku and Puzzle Championships, organised by Logic Masters India! 🇮🇳

Instruction booklets have been released. Organisers will answering any questions at the designated forums at the competition website here: https://wspc2026.logicmastersindia.com/

On the rest day, 14th October, there will be the Puzzle Palooza open day event featuring quizzes by Will Shortz and games by Thomas Snyder. Details can be found here: https://unstop.com/p/puzzle-palooza-quiz-gaming-with-champions-logic-masters-india-1759489

See you in Kolkata!

31/07/2026

Dear players, just a reminder that you still have two more days (until Sunday) to compete in WPF Puzzle GP R7. We wish you the best of luck!

https://gp.worldpuzzle.org/content/competition-puzzles-2

PUZZLE GP R7 POSTPONED BY 12h

Dear players, unfortunately, we had to postpone the start of the WPF Puzzle GP Round 7 by 12 hours. The competition will be extended by two days until Friday (July 31). We are sorry for all the inconvenience.

https://gp.worldpuzzle.org/content/wpf-puzzle-gp7-postponed-start

Feel free to check the Instruction Booklet with sample puzzles by then: https://gp.worldpuzzle.org/content/instruction-booklet-2