Article: National Sudoku Champion Crowned in Philadelphia.

Wei-Hwa Huang Upsets Reigning World and U.S. Champion

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Wei-Hwa Huang of Mountain View, CA, was crowned the U.S. Sudoku Champion today at the second-annual Philadelphia Inquirer Sudoku National Championship in Philadelphia. Wei-Hwa won the championship by solving an advanced puzzle in a time of 7 minutes, 39 seconds and took home a $10,000 cash prize. He defeated previous World and U.S. Champion Thomas Snyder who finished in 8 minutes, 5 seconds.

In addition to the $10,000 first place cash prize, Wei-Hwa earned a spot on the U.S. World Sudoku Team that will compete in the Fourth Annual World Sudoku Championship to be ...

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