Tyler Hinman is an American competitive crossword puzzle solver and constructor born in 1984, who won the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament seven times. He first won in 2005 at age 20, becoming the youngest champion in the tournament's history, breaking the record Trip Payne had held since 1993, and he formerly held the record for consecutive titles with five, a mark since matched and surpassed by Dan Feyer.
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Career HighlightSeven-time American Crossword Puzzle Tournament champion; his first win in 2005 at age 20 made him the tournament's youngest-ever champion at the time. 1 Classification
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What was Tyler Hinman studying when he won his first crossword tournament title?
He studied information technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
When Tyler Hinman won the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in Stamford in 2005, he was a student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. He was majoring in information technology with a focus on artificial intelligence. It was his fourth try at the title, and he had been introduced to crosswords by a high school history teacher seven years earlier.
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Tyler Hinman (born November 5, 1984) is an American competitive crossword puzzle solver and constructor and a seven-time winner of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (ACPT).
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Tyler Hinman (born November 5, 1984) is an American competitive crossword puzzle solver and constructor and a seven-time winner of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (ACPT).
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He holds the tournament record for youngest champion ever, winning as a 20-year-old in 2005, and he formerly held the record for consecutive titles with five, a feat matched and bested by six-time champion Dan Feyer.
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Tyler Hinman (born November 5, 1984) is an American competitive crossword puzzle solver and constructor and a seven-time winner of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (ACPT). He holds the tournament record for youngest champion ever, winning as a 20-year-old in 2005, and he formerly held the record for consecutive titles with five, a feat matched and bested by six-time champion Dan Feyer. He was one of the featured players in the award-winning 2006 documentary film Wordplay.
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