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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 sudoku competitions (Grand Combined Tournament doesn’t count for this) are entered into a random straight knockout cup.

Sudoku Last Chance Quarter Finals 2026

Name Country Quarter Final
Pavel Jaselský Slovakia Last Chance Match 57
Sinchai Jaturangkhajit Thailand Last Chance Match 57
Freddie Hand UK Last Chance Match 58
黄明睿 Huang China Last Chance Match 58
Heyu Wang China Last Chance Match 59
Pavel Kadlečík Czech Rep. Last Chance Match 59
Krystian Świderski Poland Last Chance Match 60
SHANSHUI WANYAN China Last Chance Match 60

Sudoku Last Chance Cup

Name Country Round 3 Match Score Result Round 4 Match Score Result Round 5 Match Score Result Quarter Final
city isolated China Last Chance Match 1 0 L
Mikhail Tikhomirov Cyprus Last Chance Match 1 285 W Last Chance Match 33 358 L
Jonathan Yu Philippines Last Chance Match 2 327 W Last Chance Match 33 445 W Last Chance Match 49 290 L
Michael Gross USA Last Chance Match 2 230 L
Robert Vollmert Germany Last Chance Match 3 458 L
Yu Tianxiang China Last Chance Match 3 795.3 W Last Chance Match 34 0 L
Pavel Jaselský Slovakia Last Chance Match 4 504 W Last Chance Match 34 556 W Last Chance Match 49 333 W Last Chance Match 57
Yanzhe Qiu China Last Chance Match 4 0 L
Bob Gui China Last Chance Match 5 450 W Last Chance Match 35 462 L
Nicholas Allendorf USA Last Chance Match 5 339 L
Sinchai Jaturangkhajit Thailand Last Chance Match 6 0 L – author – winner on last result Last Chance Match 35 772.7 W Last Chance Match 50 811.7 W Last Chance Match 57
Harrison Beer Australia Last Chance Match 6 494 W
Valeria Losasso Italy Last Chance Match 7 292 L
SeongHwa Hong Korea, South Last Chance Match 7 536 W Last Chance Match 36 584 W Last Chance Match 50 585 L
cheng hao zhang China Last Chance Match 8 0 D – tie break winner Last Chance Match 36 0 L
Ankit Ramteke India Last Chance Match 8 0 D
Zbigniew Laskowski Poland Last Chance Match 9 0 L
Zhengze Zhou China Last Chance Match 9 255 W Last Chance Match 37 202 L
Md Azim Hossain Sakib Sakib Bangladesh Last Chance Match 10 0 L
Yuji Yamamoto Japan Last Chance Match 10 432 W Last Chance Match 37 426 W Last Chance Match 51 468 L
Freddie Hand UK Last Chance Match 11 812.7 W Last Chance Match 38 623 W Last Chance Match 51 753.1 W Last Chance Match 58
Takuya Sugimoto Japan Last Chance Match 11 556 L
Kartik Reddy India Last Chance Match 12 409 W Last Chance Match 38 473 L
Maxim Li USA Last Chance Match 12 0 L
黄明睿 Huang China Last Chance Match 13 833.5 W Last Chance Match 39 739 W Last Chance Match 52 862.5 W Last Chance Match 58
yongbu Wang China Last Chance Match 13 0 L
Todd Geldon USA Last Chance Match 14 373 W Last Chance Match 39 352 L
Kin Ting Chan Hong Kong Last Chance Match 14 345 L
志航 杨 China Last Chance Match 15 442 W Last Chance Match 40 533 W Last Chance Match 52 311 L
Cheryl Gaul USA Last Chance Match 15 269 L
Chris Narrikkattu USA Last Chance Match 16 347 L
Jonathan Bode USA Last Chance Match 16 353 W Last Chance Match 40 424 L
Quilhot Nicolas France Last Chance Match 17 357 W Last Chance Match 41 373 L
Pitchaya Apichetyota Thailand Last Chance Match 17 14 L
Tana Wattanawaroon Thailand Last Chance Match 18 0 L – author – still not winner
Heyu Wang China Last Chance Match 18 553 W Last Chance Match 41 610 W Last Chance Match 53 617 W Last Chance Match 59
Jiri Hrdina Czech Rep. Last Chance Match 19 385 L
Arnaud Dumont France Last Chance Match 19 405 W Last Chance Match 42 389 W Last Chance Match 53 387 L
Enyang Li China Last Chance Match 20 548 L
BOY JOY Albania Last Chance Match 20 596 W Last Chance Match 42 0 L
Ladawan Ruengchimplee Thailand Last Chance Match 21 292 W Last Chance Match 43 331 L
Rauno Pärnits Estonia Last Chance Match 21 0 L
Lenka Chaloupková Czech Rep. Last Chance Match 22 329 L
Julien DAL ZOTTO France Last Chance Match 22 397 W Last Chance Match 43 384 W Last Chance Match 54 379 L
Pavel Kadlečík Czech Rep. Last Chance Match 23 642 W Last Chance Match 44 639 W Last Chance Match 54 502 W Last Chance Match 59
Ragnar Kruberg Estonia Last Chance Match 23 314 L
Jaipal Reddy India Last Chance Match 24 450 W Last Chance Match 44 329 L
Giulia Cossutti Italy Last Chance Match 24 397 L
Walker Anderson USA Last Chance Match 25 483 L
Krystian Świderski Poland Last Chance Match 25 518 W Last Chance Match 45 474 W Last Chance Match 55 530 W Last Chance Match 60
Suyu Liu China Last Chance Match 26 359 W Last Chance Match 45 445 L
SANGJUN AHN Korea, South Last Chance Match 26 290 L
Serhii Tyshchenko Ukraine Last Chance Match 27 536 W Last Chance Match 46 520 W Last Chance Match 55 0 – author – awarded last round score L
Patrick Kanz Germany Last Chance Match 27 301 L
Dan Katz USA Last Chance Match 28 467 W Last Chance Match 46 477 L
Jason Lee USA Last Chance Match 28 324 L
Florian Habermann Germany Last Chance Match 29 171 W Last Chance Match 47 365 L
Verena Möhler Germany Last Chance Match 29 0 L
SHANSHUI WANYAN China Last Chance Match 30 536 W Last Chance Match 47 549 W Last Chance Match 56 578 W Last Chance Match 60
Timothy Leong Australia Last Chance Match 30 420 L
Svetlozar Stefanov Bulgaria Last Chance Match 31 0 L
Mikołaj Piotrowski Poland Last Chance Match 31 451 W Last Chance Match 48 376 L
Elizabeth Izaks Netherlands Last Chance Match 32 253 W Last Chance Match 48 390 W Last Chance Match 56 0
zhiyang Tong China Last Chance Match 32 0 L