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Google US Puzzle Championship

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the how-about-tic-tac-toe dept.

friedegg writes "Google has announced their sponsorship of the US Puzzle Championship, which they describe as a "a national online competition to identify America's most logical minds." Two winners will join the US Puzzle Team, and head to the Netherlands for the World Puzzle Championship in October. The US Puzzle Championship will be held Sunday, May 31 at 1pm EDT, but registration closes tomorrow, May 29 at 9pm EDT! Make sure you read the rules of the challenge if you plan to participate. The rules note that "Members of the Canadian puzzle team may also be selected using this test. Unofficial participation is open to all puzzlers world-wide.""

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  1. Am I the only one... by Red+Pointy+Tail · · Score: 2, Informative

    ... seeing RED over these title colors??

  2. Here is a link by Uart · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here is a flash sideshow od some sample questions. In case anyone was wondering just what kind of puzzles they are talking about.

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  3. Turns out I was wrong by Michael's+a+Jerk! · · Score: 5, Informative

    After googling, I guess I ranted too soon. It turns it the Puzzle got solved by 2 mathematicians. It's incredible how they did it.

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    I'm not Seth.

  4. Re:Heard of the Eternity Puzzle? by meringuoid · · Score: 5, Informative
    As far as I can tell, the million pounds looks safe.

    The million pounds were won three years ago.

    http://www.mathpuzzle.com/eternity.html
    http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/miscellany /eternity.html#2

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  5. Re:Rubiks' cube speed contest? by arvindn · · Score: 5, Informative
    3 seconds? No, that's physically impossible. Was that a typo for 23? The (unofficial) world record for the fastest average is about 17 seconds, and if the solver got lucky I guess they can shave off a couple of seconds off that, but not any less.

  6. Sample puzzles in HTML format by alistair · · Score: 4, Informative

    For those without Flash, or who want to see an alternative selection to print out, the WPO site itself has a page of them here.

    These also seem vulnrable to brute force computation, although they are a lot harder than the Flash puzzles linked above. (the solutions are also provided :-) )

  7. Re:Rubiks' cube speed contest? by Achoi77 · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think he was referring to the Rubik's Magic Puzzle (not the cube), which can be solved in three seconds. I remember seeing the competitions on TV, during the 80's.

  8. Re:Read my mind questions. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    You're being too literal. It's not an equation.

    PANAMA + JAPAN = PANAMAJAPAN

    Unique letters are P, A, N, M, J.