Solvers' Choice
Each year, one award goes in the opposite direction: from the contestants to the Problem Committee!
The Solvers’ Choice Award is awarded each year to the authors of the most popular problem, determined by a survey of that year’s contestants.
| Year | Problem | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Transcendental Algebra | Ksenia Gilyarova |
| 2004 | Lakhota | Ivan Derzhanski |
| 2005 | Tzotzil | Boris Iomdin |
| 2006 | Lakhota | Pyotr Arkadiev |
| 2007 | Braille | Alexander Berdichevsky |
| 2008 | Drehu and Cemuhî | Ksenia Gilyarova |
| 2009 | Sulka | Evgenia Korovina, Ivan Derzhanski |
| 2010 | Blissymbolics | Alexander Piperski |
| 2011 | EAN-13 | Hugh Dobbs |
| 2012 | Umbu-Ungu | Ksenia Gilyarova |
| 2013 | Telepathy | Boris Iomdin |
| 2014 | Tangut | Ivan Derzhanski |
| 2015 | Soundex | Alexander Piperski |
| 2016 | Aralle-Tabulahan | Ksenia Gilyarova |
| 2017 | Khom script/Laven | Tae Hun Lee |
| 2018 | Hakhun | Peter Arkadiev |
| 2019 | Yurok | Boris Iomdin, Samuel Ahmed |
| 2021 | Kilivila | Samuel Ahmed |
| 2022 | Arabana | Tom McCoy |
| 2023 | Apurinã | Ksenia Gilyarova |
| 2024 | Komnzo | Aida Davletova |