The lineups for the Sudoku Casual Cups are now ready. These contests remove one element of luck by giving each competitor two chances to record a high score, and counting the top solvers with at least 4 results from last year, so this gives us some very strong lineups.
https://www.thepuzzle.place/sudoku-casual-cups/
The Sudoku World Cup gets ready for the final next month too with Vietnam due to face Japan. Vietnam entered the contest as 5th seeds this year, but Đức Chiến Nguyễn and Khả Lê Minh have showed great consistency. They will need some luck to defeat Kota Morinishi and Ken Endo who have outscored the Vietnamese pair in each round.
https://www.thepuzzle.place/sudoku-world-cup/
The Grand Combined Cup is also getting close. There are just 20 competitors left, with big names that fell in the last round including Freddie Hand, Valentin Miakinen and Christian König
https://www.thepuzzle.place/grand-combined-tournament/
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