2024 Puzzle Design Competition

Results 

  • 80 puzzles entered; the 2024 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

Hugo the Hippo
Junichi Yananose

Jury Grand Prize

Jukebox
Daniel Czuriga, Tibor Folytán

Jury 1st Prize

Brian's Big Baffling Bolt
Brian Young

Brother's Key
Yasunari Makino

Jury Honorable Mention

BMSD
Two Brass Monkeys

Broad Bins
Boaz Feldman

Jammed Gem Again
Frederic Boucher

Lost Vault of Jesse James
Jesse Born, Ben Oxenford

Piano Box
Alex Owens

Waltz
Osanori Yamamoto

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.

Moonage M5 - Stephan Baumegger
Perfect Entrance - Koichi Miura
Unit Puzzle - Yasunari Makino
Vertigo - Dee Dixon

 

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