11th World Puzzle Championship 2002 Individual Winners: 1. Niels Roest (Netherlands) 2. Roland Voigt (Germany) 3. Ulrich Voigt (Germany) Team Winners: 1. Japan 2. Germany 3. USA Reports: Liisa Sarakontu Ken Wilshire 1 - 2 US Photo Album Tetsuya Nishio Zack Butler Japan Mini Gallery Oulutronic Alexey Oleshov Helene Hovanec WPC 2002 was held in Oulu, Finland on September 24-29, for the 11th time. Niels Roest from The Netherlands became the individual champion and Japan was the best team, both for the first time in the championship history. There were a total of 8 rounds: 6 for individuals and 2 for the teams. Top three individuals of the six individual rounds participated in a final round of 10 puzzles. Winners are on the left and the full results are below (Taken from the World Puzzle Federation web site and modified a bit). You can download the excel file of the results here. ---- SAMPLE PUZZLES ---- Cihan Altay Individual Results # Name Ctr Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Total Pt Rn Pt Rn Pt Rn Pt Rn Pt Rn Pt Rn 1 Niels Roest NL 100 17 65 1 85 2 81 8 72 1 70 15 473 2 Ulrich Voigt DE 155 1 20 19 61 11 92 2 50 24 88 1 466 3 Roland Voigt DE 111 8 40 6 77 4 85 7 62 9 83 3 458 4 Derek Kisman CA 132 2 15 26 79 3 79 9 68 4 76 10 449 5 Taro Arimatsu JP 123 4 60 3 26 34 91 3 60 10 78 7 438 6 Roger Barkan US 108 11 15 26 69 7 86 4 72 1 82 4 432 7 Shinichi Aoki JP 131 3 10 41 52 13 95 1 55 17 85 2 428 8 Satoshi Shibata JP 86 30 0 67 91 1 86 4 66 5 75 12 404 9 Sébastien Leroy BE 117 6 30 9 52 13 71 13 50 24 78 7 398 10 Denis Auroux FR 120 5 30 9 30 29 72 12 60 10 79 5 391 11 Robert Babilon CZ 84 33 35 8 68 8 61 24 47 35 77 9 372 12 Pál Madarassy HU 109 9 60 3 15 44 73 11 65 7 45 46 367 13 Zack Butler US 101 15 15 26 60 12 62 23 70 3 56 29 364 14 Bart Leemans BE 104 13 40 6 32 27 71 13 50 24 62 22 359 15 Michael Ley DE 108 11 5 53 49 15 67 16 58 13 66 17 353 16 Ron Osher US 99 18 5 53 70 6 60 25 40 54 76 10 350 17 Annick Weyzig NL 94 23 50 5 10 56 65 20 50 24 79 5 348 18 Brad Bart CA 81 36 30 9 62 10 57 29 50 24 65 18 345 19 Rick Uppelschoten NL 99 18 25 14 47 17 86 4 55 17 31 58 343 20 Wei-Hwa Huang US 97 20 65 1 29 32 66 17 43 44 38 52 338 21 Jana Tylová 109 9 15 26 10 56 64 21 45 40 73 13 316 22 Claude Desset BE 89 26 25 14 15 44 68 15 58 13 58 28 313 23 Pekka Ikäheimonen FI 71 39 25 14 64 9 46 38 52 23 50 38 308 24 György István HU 91 25 15 26 31 28 40 45 59 12 61 23 297 25 Zoltán Csorba HU 87 27 10 41 26 34 78 10 40 54 54 32 295 25 Mamiko Takenaga JP 96 22 10 41 20 40 48 35 65 7 56 29 295 27 Milan Chudy SK 78 38 20 19 43 18 56 30 45 40 46 45 288 27 Miklós Mócsy HU 113 7 0 67 15 44 41 44 66 5 53 33 288 29 Petr Nepovim CZ 93 24 15 26 18 41 58 27 38 57 63 20 285 30 David Savitt CA 80 37 15 26 30 29 49 33 39 56 61 23 274 31 Tomasz Krajewski PL 101 15 10 41 12 51 37 49 42 50 71 14 273 32 Gerd Prull-Aden DE 87 27 30 9 11 52 44 42 50 24 49 41 271 32 Andrei Tremba RU 54 56 30 9 37 23 39 48 46 37 65 18 271 34 Johan Haasakker NL 97 20 10 41 14 47 66 17 34 60 49 41 270 35 Nick Gardner UN2 69 42 15 26 76 5 46 38 29 64 34 56 269 35 John Wetmiller CA 59 48 10 41 42 20 59 26 49 33 50 38 269 37 Michal Borny PL 84 33 5 53 13 49 66 17 49 33 50 38 267 38 Jean-Christophe Novelli FR 87 27 10 41 48 16 20 61 57 15 44 47 266 39 Philippe Niederkorn BE 83 35 20 19 8 62 58 27 55 17 35 55 259 40 Zdenek Vodicka CZ 86 30 5 53 37 23 25 58 43 44 60 25 256 41 Ivan Grishchenko RU 58 51 25 14 11 52 48 35 55 17 52 34 249 42 Yosuke Imai 66 45 15 26 36 25 25 58 53 22 48 43 243 42 Alexey Oleshov RU 58 51 10 41 43 18 51 32 29 64 52 34 243 44 Necmiye Özay TR 71 39 20 19 28 33 36 50 46 37 41 51 242 45 Liisa Sarakontu FI 66 45 0 67 11 52 52 31 55 17 56 29 240 46 Hüsnü Sincar TR 59 48 15 26 6 65 45 40 50 24 63 20 238 47 Markus Gegenheimer 68 43 5 53 34 26 45 40 43 44 42 50 237 47 Guy Van Hooveld UN2 40 63 15 26 30 29 63 22 41 53 48 43 237 49 Kamer Alyanakyan TR 102 14 0 67 25 36 20 61 50 24 37 53 234 50 Grzegorz Ignaciuk PL 38 64 5 53 38 22 47 37 57 15 44 47 229 51 Pavol Tibensky SK 52 57 15 26 10 56 40 45 47 35 60 25 224 52 Daniel Marek CZ 85 32 15 26 13 49 34 54 43 44 30 59 220 53 Martial Hue FR 50 58 20 19 10 56 49 33 38 57 52 34 219 54 Andreas Bolotã UN2 66 45 20 19 41 21 27 57 26 68 36 54 216 55 Julien Cassaigne FR 59 48 10 41 16 43 44 42 42 50 43 49 214 55 Metin Örsel TR 70 41 15 26 23 37 36 50 50 24 20 65 214 57 Konstantin Knop RU 68 43 5 53 21 39 40 45 32 62 32 57 198 58 Bartlomiej Goldman PL 35 66 25 14 2 70 28 56 46 37 59 27 195 59 Ivan Pastucha SK 55 55 5 53 14 47 36 50 45 40 30 59 185 60 Luka Pavicic HR 45 61 10 41 7 64 10 69 42 50 70 15 184 60 Eeva Teräsvuori FI 56 54 10 41 22 38 36 50 43 44 17 68 184 62 Ken Wilshire UN2 58 51 10 41 18 41 20 61 37 59 26 64 169 63 Saku Huttunen FI 46 60 0 67 9 61 16 65 44 43 51 37 166 64 Ibrahim Zafer Say 48 59 5 53 8 62 32 55 32 62 30 59 155 65 Alfredo Ivankov HR 36 65 5 53 10 56 15 66 43 44 27 62 136 66 Robert Simanovic HR 45 61 5 53 3 69 15 66 29 64 27 62 124 67 Michael Riemann UN1 23 70 15 26 11 52 15 66 29 64 17 68 110 68 Jaanus Laidna UN1 34 67 20 19 5 66 25 58 0 72 18 66 102 69 Lydia Kosecová SK 18 71 5 53 5 66 19 64 33 61 18 66 98 70 Davor Perkov HR 31 68 5 53 1 72 10 69 19 69 15 70 81 71 Eylem Sönmez 27 69 5 53 0 73 10 69 13 70 0 71 55 72 Zijadin Hasani UN1 11 72 0 67 2 70 0 72 8 71 0 71 21 73 Xhelal Selmani UN1 0 73 0 67 5 66 0 72 0 72 0 71 5 Team Results # Team Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Total Pt Rn Pt Rn Pt Rn Pt Rn Pt Rn Pt Rn Pt Rn Pt Rn 1 Japan 436 2 80 6 189 4 160 1 320 1 246 1 294 1 180 6 1905 2 Germany 461 1 95 4 198 3 160 1 288 3 220 4 286 2 190 5 1898 3 U.S.A. 405 3 100 3 228 1 160 1 274 4 225 3 252 3 230 1 1874 4 Netherlands 390 6 150 1 156 6 160 1 298 2 211 6 229 7 180 6 1774 5 Canada 352 7 70 7 213 2 160 1 244 6 206 7 252 3 210 3 1707 6 Belgium 393 5 115 2 107 9 160 1 268 5 213 5 233 5 150 10 1639 7 Hungary 400 4 85 5 87 13 80 8 232 7 230 2 213 10 220 2 1547 8 France 316 10 70 7 104 11 100 7 185 8 197 8 218 9 180 6 1370 9 Czech Republic 348 8 70 7 136 7 20 18 178 9 171 13 230 6 180 6 1333 10 Russia 238 14 70 7 112 8 80 8 178 9 162 15 201 11 200 4 1241 11 Poland 258 12 45 13 65 16 80 8 178 9 194 10 224 8 120 11 1164 12 Turkey 302 11 50 12 82 14 80 8 137 16 196 9 161 14 80 13 1088 13 Team of 5 318 9 45 13 88 12 80 8 176 12 186 12 193 12 0 17 1086 14 United Nations 2 233 15 60 11 165 5 80 8 156 13 133 16 144 16 80 13 1051 15 Finland 239 13 35 16 106 10 80 8 150 15 194 10 174 13 0 18 978 16 Slovakia 203 16 45 13 72 15 28 16 151 14 170 14 154 15 80 13 903 17 Croatia 157 17 25 18 21 18 44 15 50 17 133 16 139 17 100 12 669 18 United Nations 1 68 18 35 16 23 17 24 17 40 18 37 18 35 18 20 16 282