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Thomas Snyder won his third US championship,
finishing 15 minutes before the 2 1/2 hour deadline in Google U.S.
Puzzle Championship which had been held online earlier this summer.
Thomas recorded the first-ever perfect score of all 365 points
available. Of the US contestants Zack Butler placed second with 322 of
365 points, claiming the open spot on the US Puzzle Team to compete at
the
17th
World Puzzle Championship in Minsk, Belarus
later this year. Roger Barkan and Dan Katz finished the third and the
fourth with 303 and 298 points respectively.
Six hundred contestants from 37 countries participated in the
Championship and the results helped to select team members for Canada
and Italy. Byron Calver was the top for Canada with 317 points and
Alberto Fabris - for Italy with 275 points.
The top international scores were: Vlad Klyachin of Russia (300),
Hideaki Jo of Japan (285), Shinichi Aoki of Japan (265), Taro Arimatsu
of Japan (260), and Denis Auroux of France (255).
For more detailed information, please, take a look at
Top individual results or
Full individual results, as well as at the
overall
Summary page.
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Sources:
Puzzle Team USA |
World Puzzle Federation |
WPC 2008 |
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