A Directory of Mechanical Puzzle Designers

Rafael Guarinos Abad Minoru Abe Jinhoo Ahn Yuta Akira Sandro Aliverti Tim Alkema Marvin Allison James Allwright William Altekruse Peter Anderson Fred Armitage Jeffrey Aurand B Waleed Baartzes Eduard Bakalαr Les Barton Stephan Baumegger Joseph Becker Bruce Bedlam George Bell Vladimir Belov Gregory Benedetti Josh Bergmans Toshiaki Betsumiya Neil Bickford Paul Blake Rod Bogart Nanco Bordewijk Derek Bosch Arthur Bradshaw Guy Brette Rick Brouwer Derwin F. Brown David Bruce Bart Buie C Jean Carle Harold Cataquet Carmelo Ciaccio Frank Chambers Yevgeny Chebotarev Tzy-Hung Chein Chi-Ren Chen Rocky Chiaro Stephane Chomine Lars Christensen Andrejs Cibulis Stewart Coffin Bram Cohen Peter Conrad Jean Claude Constantin John Horton Conway Sam Cornwell Erhan Cubukcuoglu Bruno Curfs Bill Cutler Michael Cysouw D Wayne Daniel Robert Darling Bill Darrah Frank Degenhardt Yavuz Demirhan Louis G. Derouin Oskar van Deventer John Devost Josι W. Dνaz Durandus Dijken Philippe Dubois Henry Dudeney E Rick Eason Duane Einfeld Takeyuki Endo Doug Engel

John Ergatoudis Troels Eriksen Alfons Eyckmans F Sivy Farhi Dan Feldman Adrian Fisher Ginda Fisher Gary Foshee Erich Friedmann Jacques Frossard Eric Fuller G Richard Gain Stuart Gee Theo Geerinck Viktor Genel Marcel Gillen Frits Gφbel Victor Goedicke Pit Khiam Goh Franklin Gonsalves James L. Gooch Len Gordon Markus Gφtz Serhiy Grabarchuk Kirill Grebnev Rik van Grol Albert Gόbeli H Lothar Hannapel Jost Hδnny Arthur Harris Steve Harvey Jacques Haubrich Jennifer Hazelgrove Piet Hein Johan Heyns Wenzel Hieke Heiko Hillig Yukio Hirose Kevin Holmes Teijo Holmsten I Ken Irvine Keiichiro Ishino Hiroshi Iwahara Hirokazu Iwasawa J Erik Johansson Tom Jolly Kate Jones K Peter Kaldeway Akio Kamei Marten van Kammen Hiroshi Kaneko Jόrg von Kδnel Karin von Kδnel Junk Kato Hideaki Kawashima Ronald Kint-Bruynseels Koji Kitajima David Klarner Logan Kleinwaks Peter Knoppers Roland Koch Les Kokay Johan van de Konijnenberg Yoshiyuki Kotani

Lee Krasnow Marc van Kreveld Jack Krijnen Rodolfo Kurchan Kouki Kusumi L Ted Lakerveld Ferdinand Lammertink Loren Larson Aimo Laurila Zdenek Lazar Tom Lensch Juha Levonen Gordon Lingard Matti Linkola Christoph Lohe Robrecht Louage M Jerry MacFarland Percy MacMahon Patrick Major Kathleen Malcolmson Hannu Manner Peter Marineau Tatiana Matveeva Berend Meijer Leonid Mochalov Scot Morris Frank Moss Gilbert Mozzo N Jan Naert Edi Nagata Takahisa Nakanishi Kenji Nakazato Satoru Natsuki Harry Nelson Larry Nichols Irina Novichkova O Vaclav Obsivac Mitsuhiro Odawara Yoshio Okiyama Flavio Ruy de Oliveira Takashi Omori Don Osselaer Brendan Owen P Lucie Pauwels Charles Perry Scott Peterson Georg Pfδffinger Thai Pham Jean-Paul Pierlot Willem van der Poel Igor Prelutskiy R Primitivo Familiar Ramos M. Prabhakar Rao John Rausch David Rodriguez Allen Rolfs Robert Rose Peter Rφsler David Rousseau Andreas Rφver S Sid Sackson

Gary L. Sahl Robert Sandfield Kohfuh Satoh Kagen Schaefer Ad van der Schagt Derrick Schneider Wolfgang Schneider Frederick Schossow Bernhard Schweitzer Wilhelm Segerblom Les Shader Min S. Shih Yuuji Shimamura David Singmaster Terry Smart Steve Smith Valerie Snick Andrew Snowie Rob Stegmann Josef Svancara T Shiro Tajima Hidekuni Tamura Richard Thiessen Vesa Timonen Phil Tomlinson Michael Toulouzas Anneke Treep Trevor Truran Humio Tsuburai Richard Tucker Zaandra Tumen-Ulzii Andy Turner U Dario Uri Mineyuki Uyematsu V Tamαs Vanyσ Jorma Vesala Markku Vesala Maurice Vigouroux Bruce Viney Frans de Vreugd W William Waite Dale Walton Matthias Wandel Martin Watson Bernhard Wiezorke Peter Wiltshire David Winkler Greg Wolf Trevor Wood Vernon Wood Clarence Worrall Frank Worrell Geoff Wyvills Y Lixy Yamada Akio Yamamoto Osanori Yamamoto Junichi Yananose Steve Yang Lynn Yarbrough Robert Yarger Kauno Yli-Nokari Nob Yoshigahara Brian Young Z Jacques Zeimet Roland Zito-Wolf Wim Zwaan

This Update Adds: Terry Smart

More Designers:

A Zachary Abel — Stressful Fujio Adach — Unwelcome Visitors Fumio Akiyama Isayoshi Akiyama Koshi Arai — 3 Pentagons Michael Armstrong — MC Squared Thomas Atkinson B Fay Babcock — US1683014 Sven Baeck — Viking Box Claus Bakenecker — Claus Box Stephan Banic Dixie Barry — US4365809 Ray Bathke Jean Bauer — Octix Nick Baxter — New*T William Baynes Robert Beaman — US4323245 Geert Bekkering Arjaan van den Berg John Berkeley Miguel Berrocal Thomas Beutner — Pyramid in a Box Simon Bexfield — Prickly Puzzle Gerrit Bieleman John Bird — Cannonball Puzzle Forrest Bishop — Bishop Cubes Edwin Blanchard Christian Blanvillain — Matatom Allan Boardman Saul Bobroff Jozsef Bognar George Bosworth Tim Botham John Bottoms — Crystal Mystery Frederic Boucher — Artefacts Paulo Bouhid Hiester Bowers John Boyle — US2181116 Sαndor Bozσki — Bqttle Arie Brederode William Breitenbach Jeffrey Breslow Stef Breukel Lambert Bright — Saguaro Laurie Brokenshire Ton Brouwer — Tetra-Pack Daniel Brown Zora Brunette Blair Buchanan — No Boundaries Circle Anna Bullard Louis Burbank Andrzej Burkiet Charles Butler C Dario Cabrera Robert Calebs William Carter Wyatt Casey — Octa-Flex Mike Chabala — Troubled Burr Wai K. Chan Chiu-Hwang Chang Samuel P. Chandler — US393816 Peter Chapman Don Charnley — Chromation Tsun Ding Chen Eitan Cher — Groove Cube Stephen Chin — Qin Nez Borz William Churchill — US507215 Peer Clahsen William H. Clark — US4488725 Bowen Clarkson Hooshang Cohan Pablo E. Coll Pierre Collin Louis Coolen Dave Cooper Spiridon Constantinescu William Costigan — US2043506 Erhan Ηubukcuoglu — Hernan's Fake 3x3x3 Cube Floy Curtis Pavel Curtis — Easter Island Dominoes Lawrence Cuthbert — Sexseptoct Tom Cutrofello — Cubes Mike Czerwinski D Roger D — Auspuff Gerard d'Arcey James Dalgety — Perplexing Palace Bao Daqing — Crazy Pentahedron Louis D'Autremont — US1221149 Renι Dawir — Twin Board Burr Matthew Dawson Frank Degenhardt Ton Delsing — Horrible Hexagon Rudolf Destics Joseph DeVincentis Larry Diamond Tim Dixon Benjamin Dorstrom Allen Dreyer Emmet Duffy Mike Duffy Atanas Dulgeroff — US1129281 Tony Durham Rex Dwyer — Ershte Shtellation Greg Dye — Try Again Dirk Dykstra — US5040797 Arcady Dyskin E Bob Easter Harold Edborg Theodore Edison Christian Eggermont Paul Eibe Theo van Eijden Scott Elliott — Cuburr Robert Emmert Harry Eng Chris Enright — Ms Pack-Man Edward Brind Escott Jan Essebaggers Juri Estrin Bob van Etten — Companions Greg Evans — Sparse Six Richard A. Evans — Quad Burr 15 Timur Evbatyrov — Gear Pyraminx Ken Ewers — Spotted Cube Phil Exley — Celtic F Jeremiah Farrell — Prague Six Patrick Farvacque — Entrelacs Dan Fast — Water Drops Robert Fathauer Molnar Ferenc Szlivka Ferenc Jay Ferrand Jeremiah Ferrell — The "Flower" Jacques Ferroul John C. Fields Bob Finn — Octo-Diamond Ray Fischer — Siamese Torbus Michael Fisher Tony Fisher James Follette George R. Ford — US779121 Roy Forsythe — Birds of a Feather Joshua Frankel Greg Frederickson Christiaan Freeling Ira Friedman Yael Friedman Suekichi Fukuoka — Pat-Turn-It G Gondos Gαbor — Sunleaf Pιter Gαl — Wandering Cubes Charles Gantt Fernando Darder Garau — 8Bot Abel Garcia — Pack Berlin Randal Gatewood — Keepers Key Safe Dieter Gebhardt Ede Gergιnyi — Wandering Chain Iρaki Getaria — Kakubo Tania Gillen David Gluck Bruno Gmόnder Donald Goddard — Bottle Puzzle Israel Goldfarb Solomon Golomb Frank Gonzales Fredy Barrera Gonzalez Jeremy Goode — Quadrus David Goodman — 9 Parts Packing Bill Gosper — Arnold Dozenegger 82% Yoshikazu Goto — Puzzle Boxes Roman Gφtter — Ampelmann Gaetan Gouge Murray Gould Werner Graff — Mug in a Box Juozas Granskas Jose Grant Brian Gray Daniel Green — US5074562 Mike Green Anthony Greenhill Frank Gregory Laurence Grenier — Cubes & Cubes Sjaak Griffioen — Utopia Sergey Grigoriev Fritz Gruber Geoffrey Guenther — US4534563 William Gustafson Geza Gyovai H Hendrik Haak — Steel and Glass Dough Haigh — Lighthouse Puzzle Peter Hajek Shane Hales — The Block Emrehan Halici — Symmetric Shape Albert Hall Hiroaki Hamanaka — 4 Hex Patrick Hamlyn — 30-60-90 Triangle Puzzle Miyuki Handa — Astronomical Telescope Hans Hanson Yoshikatsu Hara John Harris Eric Harshbarger George W. Hart — Frabjous Robert Hartmann — The Skeleton Key Jonathan Hartzell Steve Harvey Yasuhiro Hashimoto — Cubic Dress Mike Hatalski Christoph Hausammann David Haycock — See Thru Soma R. Aubrey Hearn — Easy Eight / Hard Eight Rob Hegge — 1773 Tees Puzzle Patrick Hegland Sonja Heinz — Trigemino Lester Henderson Dick Hess — Houses and Factories Yoshiaki Hirano Marti Hitchcock Hannu Hjerppe — Bolaris Domino Fritz Hoddick — Penta Puzzle Carl N. Hoff — Bubbloid 122 Dean Hoffman — Hoffman Packing Puzzle Robert Holbrook Edward Hordern

Tibor Horvath Kyoko Hoshino — A Box in a Bag Pantazis Houlis — Mr. Twisty William Hoy William Hu — Celtic Knot Wei-Hwa Huang — Topsy-Turvy Triangles Gerhard Huncaga David Hutchings — US4113256 Neil Hutchison — Hex Stair Lisakki Huttu — 94-piece Diagonal Burr I Glenn Iba Tomonobu Ichimaru — US5393063 Kohno Ichiro — Ooban Michel van Ipenburg Ken Irvine — Trifecta Rick Irby Hiroshi Iwahara — Three Color Dango Naoyuki Iwase — Tulip J Abraham Jacob Marvin A. Jahr — US2905474 Colin James — Qboid Sauli Jδmsδ Dave Janelle — Dragon's Egg Robert Janus Eldred G. Jensen Hans-Peter Johannsen Edward Johnson Sam Joy Fu-Kuo Ju — Pack in Two Dieter Junker — Cube One K Yoko Kakuda — Anteater Anatoli Kalinin Ramu Kaminoff — Ramube Octahedron Alexei Kanel-Belov Wen-Shan Kao Olexandre Kapkan — Community Simple Janusz Kapusta — K-Dron Peter Kassan — US4432548 Atsushi Katagiri Toshi Kato — Sliding LB Hajime Katsumoto — Twins of Triplets Ili Kaufmann Tetsuro Kawahara Hideaki Kawashima — Snake Cube William Keister Dugald Keith Bradford Kelley William Kelly Steve Kemp — Spots Eric Kelsic — Visible Box James Kerley — Emerald Isle Saleh Khoudary Evangelos Kikis — US4526372 John Kirkman — Eureka Puzzle Aaron Kirpich — Golf Ball Cage Tadao Kitazawa — Symmetrix Mikko Kiviharju Hans van Klaveren — Dice on a String Burton Klein Kim Klobucher — Catch 22 Theodore Kloman Mike Klotzki — Rekubus Raymond Knarr — US3949994 Philipp Knoeringer — Mini Bottle Stanislav Knot Donald Knuth — Tromino Trails Ichiro Kohno Vojtech Kopsky Boris Kordemsky Daniel Kosarek John M. Kostick — 16-Axis Knockout Sticks Alexey Kostyukov Vladimir Krasnoukhov Ben Krasnow — Sliding Bar Puzzle Box Udo Krell Eric Krusen — Magic Billet Box Heng-Chun Ku Don Kucera Lee Kucera Don Kuchen — Don's Dilemma Alan Kuehner Brett Kuehner Mustafa Kόrsat — Magnesphere Yashirou Kuwayama — Polyhedron 32 L Carbriel Lai — Zen Victor Lam Paul Lambert — Icosian Alchemy Jerry Langin-Hooper — Dodek Duo Volker Latussek — White Box Lawrence Lau — Kinato Dirk Laureyssens — Lucite Cube with Tray Leslie Le — Phantom Fish Markus Lechner — CEG Adolf Ledesma Man Leung Lee — Double Head Sang-dae Lee Tom Lee — Spin Wally Lee Yee Dian Lee — Tantalizing Yih-Hung Lee — US3178186 Charles LeGrand Boaz Leicht Jacob Lettie C K Leung — Cube 81 David Levinson Jim Lewis — Quzzle Chen Sen Li Allen Lin — Puzzle Gift Box Hunter Lin — Chinese Fan Shusong Lin — Butterfly & Flowers Tomas Linden — Three-Piece Box Packing Leo Links Michael Linton Joseph Litle — Violon David Litwin — Elemental: Neon Ayi Liu — TaiJi - 69 Puzzle Larry Liu — Bamboo Puzzle Box Tom Lock — Just One More Christoph Lohe — Closed Box Robert Longstaff Tom Longtin Jerry Loo — Pent-cil Box Sam Loyd Edouard Lucas — The Tower of Brahma Hanns-Helmut Lόders Henry Luers Leonard Lyon — US448974 Pat Lyons M Tom Maciukenas — IPP Slide Alexander Mack Hans Mai Andrea Mainini — Icosoku Yasutoshi Makishi Li Chung Man — Dino Cylinder Cube Roger Manderscheid Michel Marc — US4153254 Manabu Maruo Aleksandr Marusenko Victor Mascolo Jean-Louis Mathieu Dieter Matthes John Maxim GarE Maxton Derek Mayer Jonathan McCabe — Tumbler Box Mark McCallum Jared McComb — Bump Domino Perry McDaniel — Dovetail Burr Brian McDermott — Alcatraz William McDowell Andrew McFarland — Interlogging Sam McFlay — Inverse Cube David McGenniss Michael McGinnis Mike McManaway William Meek Uwe Meffert Albert Meijers — Eclipse Yael Meron — Tel Arad Johannes Mets — FramEst 36 Kevin Meyer John Meyers Bertrand Michaut — Target in a Cube Henk Middendorp Bob Middlebrooks George Miller — Full Bloom Joe Miller — Molecule Puzzle Masao Minakuchi Gong Yong Ming — Checker Board Box Yoshitaka Miwa Tatuo Miyamoto — A Chance Meeting Yoko Miyamoto Terry Monoyios Laszlo Molnar — L-I-vator Cube Chris Morgan — Dipole Dilemma Ali Morris — Give Em Enough Rope Giuseppe Morrone Ivan Moscovich — Mirrorkal Escher Jean Mourik Masayuki Mukai Alexandre Muρiz — Agincourt Tadao Muroi James Murphy N Katsuyoshi Nakahara — L Tetrominoes + 1 Diniar Namdarian — Football Match Jeff Namkung — Bolero Karst Nauta Edward Nelson — Woodchuck Random Netzley — Boxed In Nicolas Neuwahl Frank Nichols Steve Nichols — The Kray Twins Per Mψller Nielsen Antoliano Nieto Simon Nightingale Yoshiyuki Ninomiya — Sponge Cakes? Tsugumitsu Noji — J Puzzle Andreas Nortmann O Thomas O'Beirne — Melting Block Gilbert Obermair Koichi Ogino Yukio Ogura — Frying Pan Masumi Ohno — Cubane Akira Ohtsuka — Star Puzzle Hiroyuki Oka — Jewelry Box Katsuhiko Okamoto — Kepler Cube Dick Olsen Udaro Onigawara Evan Ormondoryd William Orr Kyoko Hoshino — Japanese Sweets Box Dale Overy P Tom Padova Olivier Pahud — Quadri Frank Paris Elena Pasternak Bruce Patterson Marko Pavlovic — Oblo Randy Pearson Markus Peatling Jesper Bov Pedersen Donghoon Pee — I'm Possible Raf Peeters — Titanic Ed Pegg Jr — 13 Triangles Jason Pelletier Felix Perez

Chris Pitt — Revomaze Rainer Popp — Popplock Frank Potts — Tri Again Rex Rossano Perez — Actually 14 Burton Peterson David Pitcher — TriTangle Noel G. Pettit Dmitry Pevnitskiy Fred Peyerl — L Puzzle Barry John Pickering — Pickering's Puzzle Daniel H. Pierson David Pitcher Stephen Pit-Francis Chris Pitt — Revomaze William Plazas Alexander Polonsky — Mindjewel Dumitru Pop Bertrand Portevin Tony Potter — Jar Breaker Frank Potts — Mace Pryse Protheroe R Raoul Raba William Radcliffe — Magic Hexagon Florian Radut Harold Raizer Angus Rankin Jeremy Rayner — Chronos Bernardo Recaman Roy Redlich Juergen Reiche — Nur Mut Henry Reichenbach Mike Reid Robert Reid — Martingar Michael Reilly — Oops Lozac'h Renι — Passe-Cylindre Glenn Rhoads Charles I. Rice — US416344 Charles L. Ridgway Claus Michael Ringel Bill Ritchie Michael Roberts — Triples Patrick Roberts — US4511144 Ludovic Robillard — Tamashido Franco Rocco Tom Rodgers Dave Rossetti Bret Rothstein Tim Rowett Cecilia Rozenberg Ernφ Rubik Jan de Ruiter S Kunio Saeki Kanae Saito — Mouse Kingdom Teddy Sakamoto — Not So Easy Namick Salakhov — Digi Fork-Lock Norman Sandfield Tumen-Ulzii Zandraa Robert Sanson — US3372936 Gianni Sarcone Albert Sasso Manabu Sato — 3D Silhouette H Motoki Sato — Interlocking Puzzle 2 Hideto Satou Jeff Scanlan Samuel Scarano — Triple Trouble Kenneth Schatten — Square Dissection Bill Scheckels — Triple Play William Schenk — US1455009 Andreas Schicks Alan Schoen Franz Jozef Schulte Brian Scoefield Martin Scoefield Daniel Secor Alan Segal Yukiyasu Sekoguchi — Happiness Cube Ichiro Sengoku — Red Spots Guillermo Nunez Serrano Mark Setteducati Abraham Shameson — US6050566 Bill Sheckels — Trillium Puzzle Oliver Shepherd — US1336541 Rei Shimizu Yoshiya Shindo Frank W. Sinden Rohit Kumar Singh — Varybyrinth Frank Sinden — US3841638 Mika Skytta — Bolt in Bolt Warren Slabaugh Allan Slocum Jerry Slocum Herbert Smith Steve Smith Oleg Smol'yakov Kelly Snache — Goiath Michael Snyder Tim Snyder — Peanuts Marvin Solit Eric Solomon Tyler Somer Oli Sovary-Soos — Dice Cube Splinter Spierenburgh — MazeRoll Nikolay Stanev — Torus World Raymond Stanton — Double Slideways Burr Anthony Steed — Frustrating Mosaic John Steigerwald Allan Stein — A Piece of the Pie Theo Steine Sieben Steinen — Pack + 1 Irving Steinhardt Greg Stevens Saso Stevkovski Arthur Stone — Flexatube C. Storer — 3 Piece Tall Pyramid Kelvin Stott — Qubami Sherley Stotts Will Strijbos — Angel Box Holger Strom — Cyclone Henry Strout Jan Šturm — Magma Ana Subiza — Sculpture Puzzle Mike Suchsland Dennis Sucilsky Liu Suzuki Jim Swann — Puzzle Squares Big Cube Howard Swift George Syriaque — The "By George" Burr Ale Sytsma T Shinsaku Tada Shirou Tajima — Monkey's Palanquin Naoaki Takashima Hidetoshi Takeji — Bump Cube Joseph Tamir Kazuyuki Tanaka — Daruma-Otoshi Syoji Taniguchi Michael Tanoff Carter Tarrer Christopher Taylor — US4553754 Herbert Taylor William Tefft James TerBush — Egg Fool Young Robert Thompson — US3638949 Jack Thorne Edwin Thurston Dor Tietz Edo Timmermans — Twin Cubes Stephen Titus — US4441715 Tom Tolman — Fall Tower Hiroshi Tomura Louis Toorenburg — Witz End Sophus Tromholt Sakae Tsuda Hideki Tsuiki — 3H=6T Itgel Tumen-Ulzii Joe Turner — Free Me 2 Robin Turner Stanislav Tvrdνk Mike Twomey U Ingo Uhl — Triadenspass Andreas Unsicker — Brainball Andrey Ustjuzhanin — Burr Cube 8 Koichi Utsumi — In-Corner Insanity V Markus Vachek — US4662638 Dimitar Vakarelov — Day and Night Satish Vani — Odd Man Out Eldon Vaughn — Amaze Robert Vecsei Jon Veenstra — Tophat and Magic Wand Stanislav Vejmola — Paths Panayotis Verdes — V-Cube 5 Maarten Vermaak — Strip Tease Albert Violant Roger Vogeler W Robert Wainwright — Boston Cover Up Kenneth Walker — US5409227 R. Gee Watkins Albert Weigt — US943496 David Wells Loren B. Wells Christopher Wiggs — US4553754 John Wiley — Get my Goat George Williams Jo Wils Lee Wilson Keith Winegar — I-Scream Sandwich Gordon Wingard Peter Winkler Stephen Winter — US6241248 Steve Winter — Bare Bones Clarence Wolf — US480983 Kazakh Wong Kyoo Wong — U & U Norbert Wood Liang-Jen Wu Otto Wu Edwin Wyatt X Camille Xu — J Loops Y Rikishi Yamada Hiroshi Yamamoto — Lock Device Tsunetaro Yamanaka Irina Yavnel Yu Yiming — Die in Die Gunpei Yokoi — Ten Billion Barrel Naoki Yoshimoto Daniel Young — Mozaniac Numbers Yiming Yu — Double Knot Hasan Yurtoglu — 5 Floor Pyramid Z Andrαs Zagyvai — Geapple Petar Zaharinov — 4x2 Tom van der Zanden — Constrained Cube Vladimir Zhirov Alphonse Ziegler Bohumil Zima — Wooden Chest Zdravko Zivkovic — Cubyx Dmitry Zlotsky Hans van der Zon Jan Zoon

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