Well the competition was won and the lucky recipient of the Surefire L1 and Spyderco UK Penknife was ELThompsono - well done. Even more amazing "El" cracked all the puzzles in no less than 41 minutes, amazing. Most of the staff here took 2 to 5 hours to beat it - and that was with help.
Many many thanks to Edgar Brothers for thier support and for providing the prizes.
If you want to play the competition, you can and it will remain active indefinitely. Obviously the prizes have gone, but it's still fun to play (you will need to be a forum member though).