About two hundred regional Sudoku winners made a swift and sure declaration to participate in the 14th Philippine Sudoku super Challenge (PSSC) which will be held at 4^th Floor The Annex, SM North EDSA in Quezon City on Saturday, February 8, 2020. Registration starts from 8:00am to 9:00am. Contest starts at 10:00am to 5:00pm.

Making it against time to beat the confirmation deadline, two hundred Sudoku puzzlers, now considered as official national finalists, will come face to face with their equals as they vie for the top five titles of the following categories: Under 8 (Have to be born after 1 January 2012), Under 10 (Have to be born after 1 January 2010), Under 12 (Have to be born after 1 January 2008), Under 15 (Have to be born after 1 January 2005), and Over 15 / Adult (Born before 31 December 2004).

Other than this year’s declared PSSC regional champs, last year’s 13th PSSC top 5 national winners of every category, if they confirmed their participation, are considered official national finalists as well. Other regional winners who failed to beat the confirmation deadline are deemed uninterested participants, therefore, they are regarded as not official national finalists. The Organizer strongly prohibits walk-in participants. 

The 14th PSSC national finalists will solve around 20 to 25 puzzles in 4 rounds for U8, U10 and U12 category in approximately 90 minutes and 25 to 30 puzzles in 5 rounds for U15 and O15A in approximately 2 hours and 5 minutes.  Some of the puzzles are Frame Sudoku, Non Consecutive Sudoku, Diagonal Sudoku, Odd/Even Sudoku, Extra Region Sudoku, Outside Sudoku, Sudoku 3 Mixed, Tricky Tridoku, Killer Sudoku, Triple Multi Loco Sudoku and Samurai Sudoku.

The complete list of puzzles is provided in the Mechanics of the Contest below.

Please click this link: 14 PSSC Mechanics of the Contest – Final Round

Furthermore, national finalists from the Visayas, Mindanao and those from Luzon with more than 5- hour travel time to Manila can avail of the FREE accommodation. Coaches and accompanying persons are not included in this accommodation sponsorship.

The organizer reiterates that the top three winners of every category, winning the cash prizes, will have to agree through a waiver allowing the organizer to keep the money for the participants for their plane tickets and other travel expenses abroad as they represent the Philippines in Sudoku and puzzle competitions.

Below are the official finalists of this year’s 14^th PSSC.