Puzzle Design Tournament Archive

PDT 2002

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Here are the detailed results of the 2002 Puzzle Design Tournament.
You can see the 9 puzzles of this tournament with their best answers below.

Total Score Ranking
#	Name Surname	Design Score	Solving Score	Total Score
1	Matt Elder	214	503	717
2	Cihan Altay	173	508	681
3	Ken Duisenberg	70	564	634
4	Glenton Jelbert	103	411	514
5	Köksal Karakus	198	281	479
6	Guillermo I. Verger	97	364	461
7	Tommy Ringstad	173	266	439
8	Tim Peeters	140	196	336
9	M. Oskar van Deventer	84	0	84

Design Score Ranking
#	Name Surname	Total Rating	Value Penalty		Total
#	Name Surname	Total Rating	# of values	Penalty	Total
1	Matt Elder	132	5	10%	214
2	Köksal Karakus	122	5	10%	198
3	Cihan Altay	96	7	0%	173
3	Tommy Ringstad	96	6	0%	173
5	Tim Peeters	111	3	30%	140
6	Glenton Jelbert	95	2	40%	103
7	Guillermo I. Verger	77	3	30%	97
8	M. Oskar van Deventer	93	1	50%	84
9	Ken Duisenberg	78	1	50%	70

Solving Score Ranking
#	Name Surname	Puzzle 01		Puzzle 02		Puzzle 03		Puzzle 04		Puzzle 05		Puzzle 06		Puzzle 07		Puzzle 08		Puzzle 09		Total
#	Name Surname	Ans.	Pts.	Ans.	Pts.	Ans.	Pts.	Ans.	Pts.	Ans.	Pts.	Ans.	Pts.	Ans.	Pts.	Ans.	Pts.	Ans.	Pts.	Total
1	Ken Duisenberg	63.97	160	X	X	65	37	6	50	40	25	12	100	79	67	147	55	6	70	564
2	Cihan Altay	X	X	15 (18)	34	65	37	5	115	34	50	15	55	79	67	158	80	6	70	508
3	Matt Elder	58.53	55	15 (18)	34	65	37	8	25	32	55	X	X	79	67	159	160	6	70	503
4	Glenton Jelbert	54.52	0	15 (18)	34	65	37	NA	0	28	140	12	100	77	50	141	50	X	X	411
5	Guillermo I. Verger	63.54	80	15 (18)	34	NA	0	X	X	32	55	13	65	73	25	158	80	9	25	364
6	Köksal Karakus	59.31	65	15 (18)	34	NA	0	NA	0	X	X	17	50	79	67	148	65	NA	0	281
7	Tommy Ringstad	57.27	0	15 (18)	34	NA	0	NA	0	30	65	12	100	79	67	X	X	NA	0	266
8	Tim Peeters	57.90	50	15 (18)	34	65	37	NA	0	34	50	25	25	X	X	137	0	NA	0	196
9	M. Oskar van Deventer	NA	0	NA	0	X	X	NA	0	NA	0	NA	0	NA	0	NA	0	NA	0	0

Here are the 2002 Puzzle Design Tournament puzzles and the best answers submitted in the tournament.
You can download the puzzle file (pdf) of this tournament here.
Errata page.

Best answer
63.97 units > by Ken Duisenberg

Best answer
15 rectangles and area of the largest one being 18 square units > by Matt Elder, Glenton Jelbert, Cihan Altay, Tommy Ringstad, Tim Peeters, Koksal Karakus, Guillermo I. Verger

Best answer
65 moves > by Matt Elder, Ken Duisenberg, Glenton Jelbert, Tim Peeters, Cihan Altay

The list of the moves is palindromic in the answer key below.

A-30, B-29, A-1, B-29, A-30, C-27, A-1, C-27, B-2, C-27, A-30, B-2, A-1, C-27, A-30, B-29, A-1, B-29, A-30, D-23, A-1, B-2, A-30, D-23, B-2, D-23, A-1, C-4, A-30, C-4, B-29, D-23,
A-1
(from here the move list is the backward of the first 32 moves)
D-23, B-29, C-4, A-30, C-4, A-1, D-23, B-2, D-23, A-30, B-2, A-1, D-23, A-30, B-29, A-1, B-29, A-30, C-27, A-1, B-2, A-30, C-27, B-2, C-27, A-1, C-27, A-30, B-29, A-1, B-29, A-30.

Best answer
5 cuts > by Cihan Altay

Best answer
28 > by Glenton Jelbert

A: 23, 79, 180, 210, 330
B: 101 = 180 - 79
143 = 330 - 210 + 23
187 = 210 - 23
233 = 210 + 23
281 = 180 + 180 - 79
337 = 180 + 180 - 23
409 = 330 + 79
517 = 330 + 210 - 23
683 = 330 + 330 + 23
983 = 210 + 210 + 210 + 330 + 23
C: 28

Best answer
12 tetrominoes > by Tommy Ringstad, Glenton Jelbert, Ken Duisenberg

Best answer
79 points > by Cihan Altay, Ken Duisenberg, Matt Elder, Koksal Karakus, Tommy Ringstad
In the answer below, three mirrors (blue ones) are flipped and one mirror (red one) is added.

Best answer
159 points > by Matt Elder

Best answer
6 moves > by Matt Elder, Ken Duisenberg, Cihan Altay