Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition is an annual award and competition in the engineering and design of mechanical puzzles. The location of the competition rotates between North America, Europe, and Japan. It was founded in 2001, and has been known since 2005 as the Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition, after the renowned puzzler Nob Yoshigahara.[1][2]
Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition
Status
active
Genre
Puzzle Competition
Begins
2001
Frequency
annually
Founder
Jerry Slocum, International Puzzle Collectors Association
committee members are Oskar van Deventer, Gary Foshee, Marcel Gillen, Brian Pletcher, and Naoaki Takashima
Website
puzzleworld.org/DesignCompetition/
also known as 'International Puzzle Party' (IPP)
The competition is held in conjunction with International Puzzle Parties founded by Jerry Slocum in 1978, an event dedicated to discussing, showing, and trading of mechanical puzzles.[3] Due to the postponement of the 2020 International Puzzle Party as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic the 2020 competition was held online only and not in conjunction with the puzzle party event.[4]
The 2019 competition had 61 entries. The judging took place at the IPP39 which took place in Kanazawa, Japan in August 2019. The Puzzlers' Award went to Koichi Miura for his puzzle 4L Basket. The Jury Grand Prize was given to Slammed Car by Juniche Yananose. The Jury 1st Prize was shared by Laszlo Mero, Gergely Kapolnas and Imre Kokenyesi for Mondrian Blocks, and ali Morris for HoKey CoKey Lock by ali Morris.
Mazeburr L and Rotor were Jury Honorable Mentions created by Diniar Namdarian and Kyoo Wong, respectively.[5]
2018 winnersedit
Award 2018 San Diego from Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition
The Puzzle of the Year (Jury Grand Prize and Puzzlers’ Award) went to Casino by Volker Latussek. The Grand Jury 1st Prize was awarded to both the 5L Box by Hajime Katsumoto and Trinity by Kyoo Wong.
Jury Honorable Mentions went to: Auzzle A2 by Ilya Osipov, Jigsaw Puzzle 29 by Yuu Asaka, Nosey Puzzle by Alexander E Holroyd, and TicTac's Tactics by Eric Harshbarger.[6][7]
2017 winnersedit
Puzzlers' Award: Identical Twins by Osanori Yamamoto; Jury Grand Prize: Kakoi by Shiro Tajima; Jury 1st Prize: Barreled Bolt by Eitan Cher and David Tzur, No Full Pirouette! by Namick Salakhov; Jury Honorable Mention: BurrNova by Jerry McFarland, Free Me 5 by Joe Turner, Puzzle Bracelet by Yael Friedman, and In a Cage by Shiro Tajima.[8][9]
yoshigahara, puzzle, design, competition, annual, award, competition, engineering, design, mechanical, puzzles, location, competition, rotates, between, north, america, europe, japan, founded, 2001, been, known, since, 2005, after, renowned, puzzler, yoshigaha. Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition is an annual award and competition in the engineering and design of mechanical puzzles The location of the competition rotates between North America Europe and Japan It was founded in 2001 and has been known since 2005 as the Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition after the renowned puzzler Nob Yoshigahara 1 2 Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design CompetitionStatusactiveGenrePuzzle CompetitionBegins2001FrequencyannuallyFounderJerry Slocum International Puzzle Collectors AssociationMost recentAugust 2019Previous eventKanazawa Japan IPP39 Next eventonlineLeaderNick BaxterPeoplecommittee members are Oskar van Deventer Gary Foshee Marcel Gillen Brian Pletcher and Naoaki TakashimaWebsitepuzzleworld wbr org wbr DesignCompetition wbr also known as International Puzzle Party IPP The competition is held in conjunction with International Puzzle Parties founded by Jerry Slocum in 1978 an event dedicated to discussing showing and trading of mechanical puzzles 3 Due to the postponement of the 2020 International Puzzle Party as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic the 2020 competition was held online only and not in conjunction with the puzzle party event 4 Contents 1 2019 winners 2 2018 winners 3 2017 winners 4 See also 5 External links 6 References2019 winners editThe 2019 competition had 61 entries The judging took place at the IPP39 which took place in Kanazawa Japan in August 2019 The Puzzlers Award went to Koichi Miura for his puzzle 4L Basket The Jury Grand Prize was given to Slammed Car by Juniche Yananose The Jury 1st Prize was shared by Laszlo Mero Gergely Kapolnas and Imre Kokenyesi for Mondrian Blocks and ali Morris for HoKey CoKey Lock by ali Morris Mazeburr L and Rotor were Jury Honorable Mentions created by Diniar Namdarian and Kyoo Wong respectively 5 2018 winners edit nbsp Award 2018 San Diego from Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design CompetitionThe Puzzle of the Year Jury Grand Prize and Puzzlers Award went to Casino by Volker Latussek The Grand Jury 1st Prize was awarded to both the 5L Box by Hajime Katsumoto and Trinity by Kyoo Wong Jury Honorable Mentions went to Auzzle A2 by Ilya Osipov Jigsaw Puzzle 29 by Yuu Asaka Nosey Puzzle by Alexander E Holroyd and TicTac s Tactics by Eric Harshbarger 6 7 2017 winners editPuzzlers Award Identical Twins by Osanori Yamamoto Jury Grand Prize Kakoi by Shiro Tajima Jury 1st Prize Barreled Bolt by Eitan Cher and David Tzur No Full Pirouette by Namick Salakhov Jury Honorable Mention BurrNova by Jerry McFarland Free Me 5 by Joe Turner Puzzle Bracelet by Yael Friedman and In a Cage by Shiro Tajima 8 9 See also editWorld Puzzle Championship World Sudoku Championship National Puzzlers League NPL External links editOfficial websiteReferences edit Grundhauser Eric 2016 Solving the Mystery of the Secret International Puzzle Party Atlas Obscura Nelson Dustin 2017 Puzzle Master Shows How To Solve 2017 S Puzzle Of The Year Thrillist International Puzzle Party puzzleparty org Retrieved 2018 11 16 2020 Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition johnrausch com Retrieved 2020 10 16 Puzzle Design Competition HOME johnrausch com Retrieved 2020 05 19 International Puzzle Party IPP38 Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition 2018 themetagrobologist co uk 2018 IPP38 PUZZLE DESIGN COMPETITION IPP puzzleworld 2018 IPP37 Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition Small Puzzle Collection Blog 2017 IPP38 PUZZLE DESIGN COMPETITION JL Puzzles 2018 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition amp oldid 1087522353, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
