rakesh_rai - 2011-01-10 4:48 PM

Serkan.

All puzzles were very good, especially the first two kakuros. Gapped kakuro seems to be an interesting concept. Unfortunately, could not attempt most of the tapa and word puzzles due to lack of time.

Jackpot concept was interesting, although it did not change much at the top. From the results table, I can see that the top 22 participants would have finished the same irrespective of the jackpot points. After that, IP being equal, the Jackpot concept, in effect, favoured those who solved more 90-pointers.

The photo finish at the top was indeed unbelievable, even confusing the scoring system. Also, this was probably the first test where the highest number of non-zero participants were not from India. USA and Germany had 15 non-zero participants each this time, as against 14 from India.

yureklis - 2011-01-10 4:02 PM

Full results can be viewed here: http://logicmastersindia.com/M201101P/score.asp
The results table is somehow confused with the amazing performance, so it shows both Ulrich and Thomas in the 1st place from time to time. I think it is trying to make a decision :)