Desmos Genius Award 2025

Awarded to: Yujun Piao

YujuNoodle

This project recreates the classic Kanoodle puzzle using Desmos' graphing capabilities. Players can move, rotate, and fit pieces into a compact grid — all powered purely by equations and sliders, without any external code. A perfect fusion of logic, geometry, and creativity.

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YujuNoodle

“Building this Kanoodle puzzle in Desmos taught me that even within strict mathematical limits, creativity has infinite room to play.”

— Yujun Piao