BIG SUDOKU SHOWDOWN

728 contestants from over 25 states including a number of international participants from Europe and Canada converged at Philadelphia’s Convention Centre last Satuday for the biggest tournament since the 3rd World Sudoku Championship early this year. The oldest participant was 88 and the youngest was only 7 years old.

Thomas Snyder, the hot favorite and current World Champion, missed the top spot by a matter of seconds in the highly exciting event.

The winner, Huang Wei-Hwa from Mountain View, CA, who walked away with the grand prize of $10,000, is no stranger to Sudoku championships. He is also a four-time World Puzzle champion.

According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, more than 167 million Americans from all parts of the country have played Sudoku with forty-percent of people played it in newspapers.