The Puzzle Place
If it sounds like fun to sit quietly for an hour or two and solve puzzles as fast as you can, this is the place for you! Welcome to The Puzzle Place!
How can I get involved?
First, you need to decide whether to focus on Sudoku (and variants) or more varied Puzzles.
Both types have similar competitions available. Click here to see our guide to competing.
Puzzle Competitions
The biggest title in competitive puzzling is the World Sudoku Championship and World Puzzle Championship. These are held annually, in person, with solvers who have qualified through their national puzzle federation.
There are also online competitions held throughout the year on various websites. Click here to learn about these.
Invitational Side Tournaments
There are big winners, but every competition there are plenty of other wins to be had.
See the different side tournaments running this year and try to qualify for them next year!
Latest Blog Posts
- Puzzle World Cup update
The final group games of the Puzzle World Cup have concluded and they were thrilling! In Group B, India edged out South Korea to set up a knockout match against the form team Estonia, who completed their clean sweep of group F in style. Belarus disappointed the Philippines as Greece shocked China when neither of… Read more: Puzzle World Cup update - Stars join the party
Two outstanding performances from Xingjian Cui and Valentin Miakinen took Stars to a resounding victory as they joined the race for the Puzzle Franchise Faceoff playoffs in style. Stream’s strength in depth came to the front as Michael Kreiger and Ivan Adrian Koswara were their two main contributors, having taken a back seat for their… Read more: Stars join the party - Grand Combined Cup gets spicy
The Grand Combined Cup has reached Round 5, with the Direct Route to the quarter finals reaching the last 64. This means there are some big hitters playing each other this weekend in the 4th Sudoku GP, including Christian König vs Freddie Hand, Tomasz Stróżak vs Salih Alan, Cheran Sun vs Prasanna Seshadri and Tawan… Read more: Grand Combined Cup gets spicy