2021 Puzzle Design Competition

Results 

  • 75 puzzles entered; the 2021 Competition Entries page includes design names, images, and descriptions.
  • The Puzzlers' Award selected by IPP invitees; all other prizes selected by Judging Committee.
Puzzle of the Year
Puzzlers' Award, Jury
Grand Prize

Sequential Discovery Cubed Box
Junichi Yananose

Sequential Discovery Cubed Box

Jury 1st Prize

Coherent Convoys
Namick Salakhov, Goetz Schwandtner

Coherent Convoys

Jury Honorable Mention

Box of the Celts
Numbskull Puzzles

The Box of the Celts

Burr Bot
Andrew Crowell

Burr Bot

Chiral 2&2
Koichi Miura

Chiral 2&2

Cyclone
Kyoo Wong

Cyclone

Flippe Ball
George Bell

Flippe Ball

4 PAC
Hajime Katsumoto

4 PAC

Top 10 Vote Getters

The following designs were in the top-10 in voting for the Puzzlers' Award,
but were not otherwise recognized with a formal Jury prize.

Boxy - Laszlo Molnar
Brass Monkey 4 - Steve Nicholls, Ali Morris, Brian
Croissant - Koichi Miura
Feed the Monkey - Steve Nicholls, Ali Morris
OsCube - Ilya Osipov
ResQ - Frederic Boucher, Eric Fuller

Turtle Trip - Gerard Hudson

 

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