The Puzzle Place
If it sounds like fun to sit quietly for an hour or two and solve puzzles as fast as you can, this is the place for you! Welcome to The Puzzle Place!
How can I get involved?
First, you need to decide whether to focus on Sudoku (and variants) or more varied Puzzles.
Both types have similar competitions available. Click here to see our guide to competing.
Puzzle Competitions
The biggest title in competitive puzzling is the World Sudoku Championship and World Puzzle Championship. These are held annually, in person, with solvers who have qualified through their national puzzle federation.
There are also online competitions held throughout the year on various websites. Click here to learn about these.
Invitational Side Tournaments
There are big winners, but every competition there are plenty of other wins to be had.
See the different side tournaments running this year and try to qualify for them next year!
Latest Blog Posts
- Bears face Redwoods in Sudoku Franchise Final
Two evenly matched semi finals resulted in Vincent Bertrand’s Bears facing Lucy Epstein’s Redwoods in next month’s final. The Giants’ Hannes Sidorov surprised Bears’ Matteo Fedeli, but a no show from Harsh Poddar ended Giants’ competition. In the second semi final, Soul had some problems as CJ Tan posted below his average and Se Joon… Read more: Bears face Redwoods in Sudoku Franchise Final - Japan defeat Vietnam to take 2026 Sudoku World Cup
Kota Morinishi produced a big performance alongside Ken Endo to defeat Vietnam’s Khả Lê Minh and Đức Chiến Nguyễn and take the 2026 Sudoku World Cup – https://www.thepuzzle.place/sudoku-world-cup/ Meanwhile, Suzhe Qiu and Seungjae Kwak reached the Big Cup final, which will take place next month – https://www.thepuzzle.place/sudoku-big-cup-2026/ The Last Chance Cup Final will also take… Read more: Japan defeat Vietnam to take 2026 Sudoku World Cup - Lining up for the puzzle finals
The puzzle casual cups have now reached the finals. The red cup has another meeting between Freddie Hand and Ken Endo, with Thomas Luo there as a threat to them both. The USA contribute several more finalists across the different tiers too with Joshua Fernandes and the impressive Frank Wang in the orange final, Patrick… Read more: Lining up for the puzzle finals