If you’ve not qualified for the cups or you’ve been unlucky and been knocked out early, there is one last chance each year. The highest 64 total scores of players not in any of the current puzzle competitions (Grand Combined Tournament doesn’t count for this) are entered into a random straight knockout cup.
Puzzle Last Chance Quarter Finals 2026
| Name | Country | Quarter Final | Score | Result | Semi FInal |
| 志航 杨 | China | Last Chance Match 57 | 487 | W | Last Chance Match 61 |
| Ralf Möbus | Germany | Last Chance Match 57 | 187 | L | |
| William Hu | Australia | Last Chance Match 58 | 0 | L | |
| Letian Ming | China | Last Chance Match 58 | 661 | W | Last Chance Match 61 |
| Ian Osborn | USA | Last Chance Match 59 | 296 | L | |
| Krystian Świderski | Poland | Last Chance Match 59 | 418 | W | Last Chance Match 62 |
| 徐晨皓 samuelxu | China | Last Chance Match 60 | 0 | L | |
| Rin Saiki | Japan | Last Chance Match 60 | 657 | W | Last Chance Match 62 |
Puzzle Last Chance Cup
| Name | Country | Match 1 | Score | Result | Match 2 | Score | Result | Match 3 | Score | Result | Quarter Final |
| 志航 杨 | China | Last Chance Match 1 | 518 | W | Last Chance Match 33 | 509 | W | Last Chance Match 49 | 584 | W | Last Chance Match 57 |
| Ryo Hieda | Japan | Last Chance Match 1 | 65 | L | |||||||
| Yuji Yamamoto | Japan | Last Chance Match 2 | 353 | W | Last Chance Match 33 | 230 | L | ||||
| Jörg Zentgraf | Germany | Last Chance Match 2 | 0 | L | |||||||
| Pro ChatGPT | USA | Last Chance Match 3 | 0 | L | |||||||
| Akihiro Kaneko | Japan | Last Chance Match 3 | 141 | W | Last Chance Match 34 | 134 | W | Last Chance Match 49 | 343 | L | |
| Serhii Tyshchenko | Ukraine | Last Chance Match 4 | 0 | L | |||||||
| Andreas Ettner | Germany | Last Chance Match 4 | 156 | W | Last Chance Match 34 | 0 | L | ||||
| jun seo ha | Korea, South | Last Chance Match 5 | 462 | W | Last Chance Match 35 | 0 | D | Last Chance Match 50 | 0 | L | |
| Veronika Hrubjáková | Slovakia | Last Chance Match 5 | 0 | L | |||||||
| Zoe Ashford | UK | Last Chance Match 6 | 0 | L | |||||||
| Mark Sweep | Netherlands | Last Chance Match 6 | 260 | W | Last Chance Match 35 | 0 | D | Last Chance Match 50 | |||
| Thomas Baxter | Canada | Last Chance Match 7 | 206 | L | |||||||
| Ralf Möbus | Germany | Last Chance Match 7 | 245 | W | Last Chance Match 36 | 302 | W | Last Chance Match 50 | 321 | W | Last Chance Match 57 |
| Arianna Domenichelli | Italy | Last Chance Match 8 | 300 | L | |||||||
| Name Surname | China | Last Chance Match 8 | 634 | W | Last Chance Match 36 | 0 | L | ||||
| Gyimesi Zoltán | Hungary | Last Chance Match 9 | 695 | W | Last Chance Match 37 | 0 | L | ||||
| Kristi Lehto | Estonia | Last Chance Match 9 | 317 | L | |||||||
| Иван Георгиев | Bulgaria | Last Chance Match 10 | 353 | W | Last Chance Match 37 | 158 | W | Last Chance Match 51 | 0 | L | |
| Anna Szymańska | Poland | Last Chance Match 10 | 267 | L | |||||||
| Shifu Nakazawa | Japan | Last Chance Match 11 | 338 | L | |||||||
| Grace He | Australia | Last Chance Match 11 | 372 | W | Last Chance Match 38 | 290 | L | ||||
| Chiel Beenhakker | Netherlands | Last Chance Match 12 | 483 | L | |||||||
| William Hu | Australia | Last Chance Match 12 | 852 | W | Last Chance Match 38 | 346 | W | Last Chance Match 51 | 454 | W | Last Chance Match 58 |
| Vlad Klyachin | Russia | Last Chance Match 13 | 426 | W | Last Chance Match 39 | 171 | L | ||||
| Tom Collyer | UK | Last Chance Match 13 | 0 | L | |||||||
| Nicholas Allendorf | USA | Last Chance Match 14 | 139 | W | Last Chance Match 39 | 227 | W | Last Chance Match 52 | 224 | L | |
| Lucy Epstein | USA | Last Chance Match 14 | 0 | L | |||||||
| Rianda Jenema | Netherlands | Last Chance Match 15 | 186 | L | |||||||
| Letian Ming | China | Last Chance Match 15 | 723 | W | Last Chance Match 40 | 337 | W | Last Chance Match 52 | 480 | W | Last Chance Match 58 |
| Jeremy Kong | UK | Last Chance Match 16 | 0 | D | Last Chance Match 40 | 238 | L | ||||
| Damian Księżyk | Poland | Last Chance Match 16 | 0 | D | |||||||
| Marco Wahnschafft | Germany | Last Chance Match 17 | 0 | L | |||||||
| Ian Osborn | USA | Last Chance Match 17 | 236 | W | Last Chance Match 41 | 433 | W | Last Chance Match 53 | 383 | W | Last Chance Match 59 |
| Leo Wang | Taiwan | Last Chance Match 18 | 336 | W | Last Chance Match 41 | 0 | L | ||||
| Ryotaro Chiba | Japan | Last Chance Match 18 | 0 | L | |||||||
| Ben Shapiro | USA | Last Chance Match 19 | 0 | L | |||||||
| Wojciech Nadara | Poland | Last Chance Match 19 | 397 | W | Last Chance Match 42 | 136 | W | Last Chance Match 53 | 233 | L | |
| Giuliano Montelucci | Italy | Last Chance Match 20 | 0 | L | |||||||
| Ammar Fathin Sabili | Indonesia | Last Chance Match 20 | 282 | W | Last Chance Match 42 | 0 | L | ||||
| Ryuha Yamane | Japan | Last Chance Match 21 | 0 | D | Last Chance Match 43 | 0 | L | ||||
| Randy Rogers | USA | Last Chance Match 21 | 0 | D | |||||||
| Markus Penner | Germany | Last Chance Match 22 | 335 | L | |||||||
| Efe Alan | Turkey | Last Chance Match 22 | 539 | W | Last Chance Match 43 | 292 | W | Last Chance Match 54 | 451 | L | |
| Arnaud Dumont | France | Last Chance Match 23 | 243 | W | Last Chance Match 44 | 0 | L | ||||
| Pavel Kadlečík | Czech Rep. | Last Chance Match 23 | 212 | L | |||||||
| Krystian Świderski | Poland | Last Chance Match 24 | Author – given 390 | W | Last Chance Match 44 | 371 | W | Last Chance Match 54 | 601 | W | Last Chance Match 59 |
| Timothy Leong | Australia | Last Chance Match 24 | 380 | L | |||||||
| 徐晨皓 samuelxu | China | Last Chance Match 25 | 855 | W | Last Chance Match 45 | 0 | D | Last Chance Match 55 | 658 | W | Last Chance Match 60 |
| Shinichi Aoki | Japan | Last Chance Match 25 | 213 | L | |||||||
| Yuki Kawabe | Japan | Last Chance Match 26 | 0 | D | |||||||
| Katia D-C | Poland | Last Chance Match 26 | 0 | D | Last Chance Match 45 | 0 | D | ||||
| Yuzheng Lian | China | Last Chance Match 27 | 0 | L | |||||||
| Jouni Harjumäki | Finland | Last Chance Match 27 | 369 | W | Last Chance Match 46 | 0 | L | ||||
| Peter Roder | UK | Last Chance Match 28 | 487 | W | Last Chance Match 46 | 587 | W | Last Chance Match 55 | 564 | L | |
| Antal Tamás | Hungary | Last Chance Match 28 | 345 | L | |||||||
| Pavel Jaselský | Slovakia | Last Chance Match 29 | 292 | L | |||||||
| Rin Saiki | Japan | Last Chance Match 29 | 553 | W | Last Chance Match 47 | 372 | W | Last Chance Match 56 | 772 | W | Last Chance Match 60 |
| Benedek Kovács | Hungary | Last Chance Match 30 | 215 | L | |||||||
| XiaoWei Huang | China | Last Chance Match 30 | 337 | W | Last Chance Match 47 | 0 | L | ||||
| Jianqiao Dong | China | Last Chance Match 31 | 324 | L | |||||||
| Deyan Razsadov | Bulgaria | Last Chance Match 31 | 363 | W | Last Chance Match 48 | 229 | L | ||||
| Teddy Tan | Philippines | Last Chance Match 32 | 330 | L | |||||||
| fred yang | China | Last Chance Match 32 | 406 | W | Last Chance Match 48 | 247 | W | Last Chance Match 56 | 383 | L |