The 1st World Puzzle Championship took place from June 26 – 27, 1992 in New York, USA.
Official results
| WPC | WPC |
| Individual | Team |
| #1 | David Samuel (CAN) | USA |
| #2 | Darren Rigby (CAN) | Argentina |
| #3 | Dan Johnson (USA) | Poland |
Full results
| Rank | Name | Country | Total |
| 1 | David Samuel | CAN | 536 |
| 2 | Darren Rigby | CAN | 531 |
| 3 | Dan Johnson | USA | 526 |
| 4 | Andrew Brecher | USA | 503 |
| 5 | Rodolfo Kurchan | ARG | 503 |
| 6 | Nick Baxter | USA | 492 |
| 7 | Karel Henc | CZE | 490 |
| 8 | Kamer Alyanakyan | TUR | 485 |
| 9 | Turgay Yüktaş | TUR | 480 |
| 10 | Chris Morse | USA | 478 |
| 11 | Marek Dalecki | POL | 476 |
| 12 | Wojciech Trybulec | POL | 467 |
| 13 | Adam Morawiec | POL | 450 |
| 14 | Eduardo Abel Gimenez | ARG | 436 |
| 15 | Pero Galogaža | CRO | 429 |
| 16 | Tetsuya Nishio | JPN | 427 |
| 17 | Pavel Vácha | CZE | 416 |
| 18 | Roy Maltby | CAN | 416 |
| 19 | Peter Ritmeester | NED | 413 |
| 20 | Lea Poniachik | ARG | 408 |
| 21 | Cenk Gazen | TUR | 400 |
| 22 | Yukio Sugimoto | JPN | 398 |
| 23 | Pablo Coll | ARG | 387 |
| 24 | Nejat Cingi | TUR | 383 |
| 25 | Tomaž Cedilnik | SLO | 381 |
| 26 | Jan Lam | NED | 380 |
| 27 | Stjepan Horvat | CRO | 359 |
| 28 | Zdeněk Chromý | CZE | 353 |
| 29 | Petr Šafář | CZE | 335 |
| 30 | Martin Overdiek | NED | 321 |
| 31 | Michał Greszta | POL | 311 |
| 32 | Iztok Ahačič | SLO | 306 |
| 33 | Vladimir Milovanovič | SLO | 304 |
| 34 | Géza Gyócsy | HUN | 296 |
| 35 | Pekka Joutsi | FIN | 292 |
| 36 | Yukitoshi Moro | JPN | 291 |
| 37 | Johannes Susen | GER | 279 |
| 38 | Antti Skyttä | FIN | 276 |
| 39 | Jože Stabej | SLO | 271 |
| 40 | Andrea Rüssmann | GER | 268 |
| 41 | Erkki Vuokila | FIN | 253 |
| 42 | Emanuella Mousley | CAN | 248 |
| 43 | Tineke van Wijnbergen | NED | 229 |
| 44 | Davor Perkov | CRO | 219 |
| 45 | Susanne Franz | GER | 171 |
| 46 | Mako Nakamori | JPN | 140 |
| 47 | Gordana Horvat | CRO | 134 |
| 48 | Veikko Nurmi | FIN | 130 |
| 49 | Florine Calleen | GER | 122 |
| 50 | Katalin Iván | HUN | 93 |
| 51 | Sarolta Somosi | HUN | 88 |
| 52 | László Tiszai | HUN | 54 |
| Rank | Country | Tier | Total |
| 1 | USA | A | 2569 |
| 2 | ARG | A | 2224 |
| 3 | POL | A | 2134 |
| 4 | CAN | A | 2103 |
| 5 | TUR | A | 2066 |
| 6 | CZE | A | 1908 |
| 7 | SLO | A | 1782 |
| 8 | JPN | A | 1664 |
| 9 | NED | A | 1661 |
| 10 | CRO | A | 1609 |
| 11 | FIN | A | 1149 |
| 12 | GER | A | 1118 |
| 13 | HUN | A | 737 |