2011 Design Competition

Post by **bluesign2k** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:27 am

The 72 entries for this years Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition have been released! See here:

I recognise quite a few of them already but there's also quite a few I hope will become readily available after the competition!

Post by **BarnDoor** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:46 am

The "4 Steps Visible Lock" looks like a cross between a "Roger" puzzle and a Constantin. Anybody tried that one ?

Post by **bluesign2k** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 1:15 pm

That was one of the ones that I really liked the look of. Hopefully there will be some available to buy at somepoint

Post by **Paradox** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 1:23 pm

There are a lot of beauties on there! And surprisingly I've seen many of them before.

I'm a little surprised to see the Xmatrix puzzle on there.

Post by **allardwza** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 2:21 pm

Hmm I thought there was a rule about them not being commercially available before the competition... Maybe that's changed?

Post by **smiteo** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 2:37 pm

no, the rules don't disallow publicly available puzzles... they just have to be designed within 2 years of the competition.

Post by **allardwza** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 3:13 pm

Ah that explains it! - thanks for letting us know Derek!

Post by **bluesign2k** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 5:05 pm

smiteo wrote:no, the rules don't disallow publicly available puzzles... they just have to be designed within 2 years of the competition.

That's what I thought... but hasn't the curly cube been around for longer than 2 years?

Post by **a-maze-ing** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:43 pm

It's the IPP exchange puzzles that shall not be commercially available before the (exchange) event.

Post by **jerryloo71** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:26 am

Wow, a lot of interesting ones amongst the entries... I am just too far away...wish I could be in Berlin to see what is being exchanged!

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