2023 Puzzle Design Competition

Results 

  • 62 puzzles entered; the 2023 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

Hex Flex
Kagen Sound

Jury 1st Prize

Battery Operated Box
Kagen Sound

Coin Wallet
Koichi Miura

Jury Honorable Mention

Trapped Bird
Koichi Miura

TIC Vault
Andrew Crowell

Karakuri Packing
Yasuhiro Hashimoto

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.

Al Bus - Jordi Gallén
Chained Lumbers - Koichi Miura
Gem - Osanori Yamamoto
Pico Lock - Boaz Feldman
ze Tooth Fairy Puzzle Box - Stephen Chin

 

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