Congratulations, Erik Agard!
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Congratulations!
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Year 48 • 2026 • 803 Solo contestants • 112 Pairs contestants • 319 Virtual Solo contestants, 114 Pairs contestants
Last tournament at the Stamford Marriott Hotel, with 915 in-person contestants. Registration maxed out the facility more than two months before the event. Program highlights included a geographical wordplay game, "Mental Geog-ing," by Will Shortz. Lynn Lempel received the Merl Reagle MEmoRiaL Award. Patrick Creadon spoke and showed extra clips from his 2006 documentary "Wordplay." On Sunday morning A.J. Jacobs and Greg Pliska conducted a live taping of their podcast "Hello, Puzzlers!" Erik Agard won the tournament for the second time.
~ Will Shortz
Capsule history of all previous years.
More to be posted as they become available.
Interviews from the Live Stream of conducted by Andrew Kingsley and Jon Leib
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The following 123 contestants solved all 7 puzzles with no mistakes.
Ken Aaron, Adam Aaronson, Sven Aas, Alina Abidi, Karen Adams, Dane Afman, Erik Agard, Ben Aisen, Samantha Aldred, Jack Ausick, Laura Bauer, John Beck, Mike Berman, Melissa Bethel, Evan Birnholz, Chelsea Blink, Melinda Boroson, David Brown, Patty Buethe, Basil Buterbaugh, Meghan Caffrey, Nate Cardin, Stephen Carlon, John Chapman, Kevan Choset, Judy Cole, John Collins, Allison Costine, Mollie Cowger, Lev Craig, Jon Delfin, Kevin Der, Adam Doctoroff, Kyle Dolan, Evan Druce, Vicki Eastus, Jamie Edwards, Dan Feyer, Stephen Fineman, Josh Forsythe, Howard Friedman, Sean Galligan, Kristy Gardner, Michael Gilch, Maryellen Glennon, Lisa Glukhovsky, Amy Goldstein, Gabe Gonzalez, Peter Gordon, Matt Grabianski, Tyler Hinman, Chris Hoelck, Susan Hoffman, Grayson Holmes, Matthew Jackson, Alice Jiang, Jason Juang, Ryan Judge, Lisa Kawalek, Jason Keller, Paul Kennedy, Andy Kravis, Hannah Krug, Allegra Kuney, Mike Ladue, Jenna LaFleur, Sandy Lawrence, Karen Lazar, Joan Leib, Jeff Levinson, Michael Lieberman, Andrew Lim, Mark Littman, Joe Longa, Andrew Lorelli, Matthew Luter, Bret Martin, Jack Martin, David Maymudes, Anna McCallie, Maudie McCormick, Mike Megargee, David Moulton, Mike Nawrocki, Will Nediger, Leigh Newman, Marita Oliver, Ron Osher, Stan Park, Paolo Pasco, Greg Pliska, David Plotkin, Christine Quinones, Arnold Reich, Heidi Reich, Craig Rimby, Lucy Robin, Meredith Robinson, Meredith Rosoff, Al Sanders, Matt Sandler, Jennifer Schell, Hollie Schmidt, Wren Schultz, Rocky Schwarz, Dan Seabolt, Ryan Skorheim, David Steinberg, Ken Stern, Jeff Stillman, Roberta Strauss, Andrew Sullivan, Bruce Sutphin, Alexia Tate, George Tolley, Mark Tong, Jenn Turney, Patti Varol, Lawrence Wasser, Tom Weisswange, Peter Wentz, Patrick Whittle, Bill Wilkins.
The following 6 contestants solved all 7 puzzles with no mistakes.
Al Cangahuala / Gloria Cangahuala, Jacob Kay / Megan Gargano, Connor Cobean / Elizabeth Kayatta, John Kugelman Jr. / John Kugelman Sr., Alexandra Mossinghoff / Michel Mossinghoff, Tony Orbach / Sko Orbach.
Final Standings
Solo Divison (times on finals puzzle 8A): 1. Sam Doucet - 6:46, no errors 2. Ryan Booker - 7:03, no errors 3. Jason Shapiro - 7:06, no errors Pairs Division: 1. Jonathan & Samantha Misurda - 12:36, no errors 2. Buddy & Tricia Marshall - 12:47, no errors 3. Stephanie & Mary Ellen Fox - 14:28, 1 error Rookies: 1. Joe Rice 2. Shari Meyer 3. Michelle Sugel Juniors: 1. Brian Chu 2. John Gorman 3. Puck Moser Fifties: 1. Sendhil Revuluri 2. Carl Voss 3. Dale Masel Sixties: 1. Martina Waluk 2. Vic Chandhok 3. Jim Armintrout Seventies: 1. Carol Walker 2. Fern Nesson 3. Jennifer Gottschalk Seniors (80+): 1. Bob Adkins 2. Gil Knipe 3. Laurel Wilson
Virtual Tournament Solving Perfection
The following 32 solo and 6 pairs contestants solved all 7 puzzles with no mistakes.
Jim Armintrout, Joseph Bockskopf, Ryan Booker, Rich Bragg, Vic Chandhok, Michael David, Sapna Desai, Sam Doucet, Shay Elbaum, Jennifer (Gigi) Gilman, William Hall, Emily Heer, Jerome Hinkel, Michael Holcomb, Chris House, Kris Johnson, Susan Keefer, Monica Krausse, Daniel K Lee, Riley Lewis, Dale Masel, Caitlin McHale, James Miller, Fern Nesson, Erin O'Brien, Miranda Phair, Sendhil Revuluri, Thomas Shakow, Jason Shapiro, Carl Voss, Martina Waluk, Bob White, Molly Bloom / Dan Bloom, Liz Burton / Debra Reich, Izzy Coronado / Ruchi Jahagirdar, Molly Jones / Stephen Cheng, Buddy Marshall / Tricia Marshall, Lori Mitchell / Susan Morrow
Constructors are listed alphabetically
| Tournament Director | Will Shortz |
| Tournament Coordinator | Michael Smith |
| Lead Tech Team and Webmaster | Nancy Parsons |
| Lead Judge | Mike Nothnagel |
| Virtual Tournament Director | Dave Sullivan |
| Amuse Labs | Jaya Hangal, Nishant Kauntia, John Temple |
| Photographer | Don Christensen |
| Livestream Crew | Alhasan Mohamed, Danyal Hassan |
| Database Preparer | Joe Cabrera |
| Optimized Results developer | David Park |
| Playoff Announcers | Greg Pliska and Ophira Eisenberg |
| Special Guests | Patrick Creadon and Christine O'Malley - Wordplay; AJ Jacobs, "Hello, Puzzlers!" Podcaster |
| Sponsors | Jennifer Orehowsky and Ray Simon, Games World of Puzzles; Chris Daly, Advanced Window Systems |
| MERL Award Honoree | Lynn Lempel |
| Judges and referees (in alphabetical order) | |
| Deb Amlen, Michelle Arnot, Doug Ashleigh , Nancy Baker, Howard Barkin, Ben Bass, Tracy Bennett, Eric Berlin, Emily Biegas, Alli Broad, David Broad, Erin Broad, Katie Byl, Yang-Yang Chen, Kevin Christian, Rena Cohen, Sam Corbin, Margaret Cordi, Maria Corpuz, Loren Crary, Kaela Curry, Kevin Curry, Nate Curry, Vivian Curry, Mark Danna, Didi Dean, Joe DiPietro, William Dunbar, Evie Eysenburg, Sam Ezersky, Joel Fagliano, Jazzy Fisher, Vic Fleming, Charles Foreman, Mary Frazho, Margaret Garnham, Mangesh Ghogre, Tracy Gray, Zach Guido, Damon Gulczynski, Kathy Haas, Bruce Haight, Rachael Harris, Francis Heaney, Elizabeth Hira, Cinda Hocking, Scott Hogan, Patricia Holohan, Kristian House, Christina Iverson, Wally Iverson, Jasmin Jasul, Madelyn Jasul, Kate Jensen, Katie Jensen, Adrian Johnson, Josh Knapp, Bonnie Leach, Lynn Lempel, John Lieb, Barb Lin, Wyna Liu, Ian Livengood, Hannah Margolin, Ruth Margolin, Angel Marvin, Patrick Merrell, Valerie Meyer, Andrea Carla Michaels, Jack Minzner, Olivia Mitra Framke, Nicole Mobley, Anna Morrison, Stan Newman, Mike Nothnagel, Leanne O'Donnell, Jan O'Sullivan, Caroline Pahk, Joon Pahk, Leah Pahk, Ty Parker, Anna Peredo, Jim Peredo, David Phillips, Fred Piscop, Rich Proulx, Brendan E Quigley, Jill Rafaloff, Adrienne Raphael, Judy Raphael, Ruth Raphael, Chloe Revery, Chip Rodgers, David Rosen, Jess Rucks, Jim Russell, Jane Scheffsky, Jack Scherban, Victor Schmitt, Theo Scoblic, Mike Shenk, Catherine Sherwood, Sid Sivakumar, Vanessa Smith, Greg Snitkin, Michelle Sontarp, Karen Steinberg, Juiet Thomas, Mary Tobler, Sarah Tolles, Ross Trudeau, Quiara Vasquez, Adam Vincent, Byron Walden, Harrison Walden, Sala Wanetick, Robyn Weintraub, Brad Wilber, Jen Yuan, Zhou Zhang, Ben Zimmer, Blake Zimmer | |
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