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Information about the annual 3D World Championship and RPM Trophy
As the holiday season approaches, it’s time to start planning your entries in the annual 3D Crosswords competitions. Both the World Championship and the RPM Trophy involve designing a 3D crossword grid and as such are a rich source of grids for future calendars. This could be your chance to get your very own puzzle… Read more 2025 World Championship & RPM Trophy Competitions
Then it was over to Eric Westbrook, who demonstrated with the aid of netting, a balloon and some tubing how crossword grids can be adapted into different shapes (you had to be there!)
This year we received six entries for the RPM Trophy and three for the World Championship (WC). The judges studied every grid – whose authorship had been hidden behind anonymising tags before being sent on to us. We may at some point have thought we could detect who – among regular entrants – was responsible… Read more Results of the 2024 3D World Championship and RPM Trophy competitions
It’s that time of year again when 3D super solvers get the chance to become distinguished designers and cracking clue writers. Our annual competitions are not only a fun challenge, but also a rich source of grids for future 3D Crossword Calendars. Past calendars have featured excellent grids from previous competition winners and the newly… Read more 2024 World Championship & RPM Trophy Competitions
As many, but not all of you, will know, every year Bozzy (Nora) organises a lunch to celebrate the winners of the various competitions run as part of the 3D Crossword calendar. The two main presentations are for the 3D Crossword World Champion and for the winner of the RPM (Ray Parry-Morris) trophy. In addition,… Read more 2024 3D Crosswords Presentations Lunch
3D Crossword World Champions The 3D Crossword World Championship is decided each year by a combination of skills, usually including solving, clue writing and grid design. 2024 – Heather Knowles & Chris Cooper “Calluna”2023 – Rachel Sheldon “Rikki”2022 – Heather Knowles & Chris Cooper “Calluna”2021 – Alan Chamberlain “Komorník”2020 – Hamish Symington “Soup”2019 – Nick… Read more Rolls of Honour
This year, for the first time, the marking of grids for both the World Championship and the RPM Trophy was carried out anonymously (i.e. designers’ names were not provided to the marking team). I have to say it was quite exciting to see the names of the winners eventually revealed. 3D World Championship ⭐ 1st… Read more Results of the 2023 3D World Championship and RPM Trophy competitions
Now is the time for you to start preparing your entries for the 2023 World Championship and the RPM Trophy. We are a small team and are always looking for grids for the Calendar Puzzles and the Extra Puzzles, which is why both challenges require the design of a 3D grid, or indeed, if you… Read more 2023 World Championship & RPM Trophy Competitions
Wrap-up of Friday 31st March 2023 Sixteen of us gathered at The Market House restaurant in Cambridge, a lovely location where we were very well looked after. The owner, Bill Brogan, gave us a most interesting short talk on the history of the building and environs while we digested our excellent lunches (I so recommend… Read more 2022 3D Prizegiving Lunch
The two-part challenge resulted in a very close finish between first and second places, and our congratulations go to the winning duo Heather Knowles & Chris Cooper, and to all our competitors. We hope more of you will join in the annual competitions next year; if you don’t have a go, you might never realise… Read more Results of the 2022 World Championship competition