I competed in the biggest jigsaw puzzle contest in the country 😳

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Thank you to the St Paul Winter Carnival for putting on such a great event! If you want to take part next year, keep an eye on their website:
www.wintercarnival.com/events...
Get the same puzzle used in this year’s contest:
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You can also get many of the Puzzle Twist puzzles on Amazon:
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Want to try speed puzzling yourself? Use code KAREN for $5 off your first contest at:
www.speedpuzzling.com/
Check out this page for all of the upcoming in-person puzzle contests:
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Check out the documentary Wicker Kittens, which is all about this puzzle contest:
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[@KarenPuzzles]

I hope you like this inside look at the biggest puzzle competition in the country! Don't forget to check out my Patreon for the full competition solve if you want to puzzle alongside all of us! patreon.com/karenpuzzles

[@quebra-cabecadivertido]

Hello my friend

[@troublewithtriton8529]

Karen what an accomplishment, you really do shine in any and all puzzle competitions. It’s a pleasure to watch you .

[@Jonathan-ug9yu]

Karen, no one is wondering how you ended up there of all places.

[@KarenPuzzles]

😂😂😂

[@anniekate76]

I feel like that was a movie quote she started with but I can’t remember what movie

[@durrelltroyer2814]

@@anniekate76It’s Deadpool

[@alissa6380]

@@anniekate76 it's all the movies, it was a pretty popular way to start them off in the 00s

[@rebornmomma129]

I love how you went from “first competition ever 😗✌🏻” to being one of the best puzzlers in the friggin country in a few months oh my GOSH!

[@atlantic_love]

Gullible.

[@BubbleBunnyy]

@@atlantic_love?

[@TheCookiecupcakes]

I was at this competition and I saw you win second place! I didn't know who you were at the time but I remember thinking, "That young girl is VERY happy!". I did not compete however, I only came to watch. I think it might be time to sign up next year. I didn't know about all the extra fun casual puzzle rooms either! Learned a lot from this video, thank you!

[@ajsmellypiratehooker1019]

Go for it! 👍

[@charismahornum-fries691]

Just go for it.

[@Serenity_Dee]

"Humpty Dumpty Emergency Response Team" is my favorite jigsaw team name of all time

[@thedoctorTARDIS]

You know one of the nice things about that second place is that it wasn't close. Like... You don't have the 'if only we had the plastic off faster' or 'if we had just moved that section earlier' or anything like that. It's actually nice to know that you did your best and the teeny tiny things that lost you a second or two absolutely didn't matter.

[@albundy666]

Karen, I think you definitely should consider your team 2nd overall. Golden State had too much of an advantage seeing the puzzle and develop a strategy beforehand. Compete with the best if you want to consider yourself the best. Congrats, Karen!

[@vampire90210jb]

I love how you narrate so calmly when theres like a lot happening at the same time

[@AnitaSalopek]

Finally, my comfort content creator posted a new video

[@ragreen2]

For the rest of the world, 1 degree Fahrenheit is ~ -17 C

[@toffeefuchs]

If you like glitter on a puzzle, the Ravensburger glitter gradient should be right up your alley. I did that over Christmas 2021 as my first ever gradient puzzle and it was more challenging than I expected going in. The actual glitter effect on the puzzle is only in some spots (I would have liked a bit more of that, tbh) but it is still very fun.

[@phoeberyan5460]

Yeah, I got that one and was really disappointed by how little glitter there was on it.

[@hicat808]

Is it just....a picture of glitter with some glitter on the top? WAIT Karen!! This could be such a fun DIY! She did a DIY gradient with spray paint, but can you imagine one with glitter? It'll live all over your house forever though 😂

[@rachf]

Congratulations on 2nd place! ❤️ Also thank you for introducing me to puzzle competitions, I never knew they existed before seeing your videos. I now plan on competing in a local competition in a couple of months here in Australia (as an Australian I don’t know about Minnesota). I also would have competed as a child if I could.

[@KarenPuzzles]

Have fun!

[@SecretSquirrelFun]

Whereabouts in Australia? I’m in Sydney. I’m going to look online for puzzle comps/meet ups right now 🙂

[@rachf]

@@SecretSquirrelFun I’m in Adelaide but I’m sure they have them in Sydney too. I also know there was a Nationals competition in Melbourne late last year.

[@cowoljarwoff]

@@rachf I'm an Adelaidian too. We have puzzle competitions here?? 😂

[@Warsnop]

@@rachf There's puzzle events here?? Whaaa I'm gonna have to google this

[@icturner23]

Some aspects of the event seem a bit random (like anyone being able to enter any division and just having a play-off against team members on a tiny puzzle rather than a team grand final) but it looks really fun.

[@philehresmann7510]

That was me! I gifted you “Z you around” (Phil, Los Rompecabezeros team captain). It took me ~3hrs with several interruptions. Glad you kept it and look forward to seeing your completion time :)

[@KarenPuzzles]

Phil! I’m happy to hear from you! Thank you again for the puzzle!

[@badgerrambler]

You have no idea how much I love these competition videos! I had no idea such things existed until your series last year, and now I’m trying to find some local puzzle competitions to join. Thank you for sharing these videos!

[@KarenPuzzles]

I put a link in the description to a page on the Speed Puzzling website with a list of in-person competitions (for if you're in the US)

[@RichardEllwood]

What I love about you and your videos is that you always seem on the verge of some kind of marvelous insanity.

[@StuckInProgrammers]

Yay! As a Minnesotan who’s been watching your channel for a year now, I’m so glad you could come to my state! (Despite the weather!) It’s been brutally cold this winter, even for those of us who have lived our whole lives with Minnesota winters, so extra props to you for taking it on! Congratulations on your 2nd and 3rd place finishes!

[@KarenPuzzles]

Thank you for watching! Luckily I was never outside for more than about 10 minutes at a time 😅

[@hicat808]

I don't think anyone was surprised how far Karen did the little solid color puzzle, with how many shape-only type puzzles she's done. Like the clear puzzles, and all the solid ones of course

[@jennybreanne3611]

That’s crazy that you got 2nd place twice! (first time at the National Championships in individual category) It’s also awesome that Sarah Schuler got 1st here and 3rd at Nationals. If you and Sarah competed again with Yvonne on your team you’d be unstoppable!

[@SarahDoesPuzzles]

That would be SUCH a fun team!

[@Laura.jigsaw_journey]

Karen you are too cute. You draw people in with your personality. I started doing puzzles again because of you and even my child is doing gradient puzzles. Way to go girl 😊❤️

[@rocker25252525]

I would love to see an interview with the Springbok Fever website guy! Would be fascinating to see his story!

[@danielleshanti]

Thank you for sharing these experiences with it (and Katie for the graphs as always!). I love what you said about puzzling with a group of people who love it: something to do with your hands, something to talk about, and not having to look at each other. So relatable! I love puzzling, but wouldn't want to do it for speed. Also, great to see you on P4A this year! I'm so glad Hank didn't quit his puzzle!

[@zacgallenlover911]

Oh Karen your hands shaking showing your second place button❤ You are amazing ! Edit: YOU MET MIKE OF SPRINGBOK FEVER??!! That’s like meeting a celebrity!

[@A910p]

Is the Springbok Fever website still active?

[@dimitrisk8441]

I have never seen anyone smile as much as you do and you seem to be such a nice person. Your vids are unfortunately much fun, even though I am not a jigsaw puzzler. It is unfortunate because it's hard to justify the time spent over watching jigsaw puzzle contests, but it is relaxing and fun.

[@mediumjohnsilver]

Congratulations on the Minnesota event as a member of “Jiggy Pudding”. I tried to think of what a good one-word team name might be. I decided “Minotaurs” would be a good name, because the Minotaur literally lived inside a puzzle. (A maze being a type of puzzle.)

[@tony--james]

"You can just see the pain in my eyes" lol, yup, we sure can! , yet another epic Video, loved it!!!

[@sonjanaugler244]

I love the building this competition was held in. It looks like it has so much history.

[@rabidbeary7911]

I didn't know about this company, and I LOVE the twist idea! I will have to check out their puzzles.

[@jjacks50]

Minnesotan here. It's too bad that they don't have something like this in the summer when our weather is more hospitable so the visitors can see more of our beautiful state. Although like other commenters have said, 1 degree in January is almost toasty. Congrats on your team's excellent job and well done to all the teams that participated. It looks like a blast. I hope to be able to join you one day.

[@mariecandelier8641]

Minnesota looks like a great place to meet fellow crazed puzzlers 😂👌🏻 Great video again, can’t wait for you to start your next GIANT PUZZLE 😍✨

[@moniquevandermeer6567]

It was -17° Celcius in Minnesota!!!!! 🥶🥶🥶 I had to converse it to a temperature that I understand. I'm shocked! Luckily the meetings between the puzzle-enthusiastics were heartwarming! Can you just walk around there, or does everyone wants to take a picture of you?

[@KarenPuzzles]

I met a lot of viewers but it wasn't overwhelming!

[@bobair2]

Well congratulations making it to 2nd place is excellent and your enthusiasm makes you number one!!! You rock!!!

[@samthenotwinchester5518]

You and your channel are what got me back into puzzling! I had had a thousand piece partially started in the garage for over a year and I pulled it out and finished it in like two weeks cause of you! And now I’m super into them and got some puzzles for my birthday and I’m so excited to do them. So thank you for bringing the joy of puzzling back to me!

[@stircrazyvidz8530]

Just got back into puzzling after about a 20-year absence and found your channel. Your videos are really inspiring and very fun to watch

[@Chey14]

I’ve lived in Minnesota my whole life and never knew about this!!! Defiantly going next year!🥰

[@jardinosaur]

This is so wholesome. Always watching with a smile!

[@Cyberia398]

I love these videos of you with other puzzle fans. It really adds another dimension to your channel. And especially since you alway seem to have a good time. And it’s good for you to get out of your puzzle room! Nice work!

[@danacarlson6425]

I love that you braved our cold MINNESOTA weather ❤ That building is where my high school proms were held - it's cool to see it again! Did you get to see any of the carnival?

[@jmason1770]

The casual puzzling afterward looked like so much fun! I'm not speed puzzler but if I wasn't such an introvert I wouldn't mind being a helper at events like this. And, maybe participate in the casual puzzling.🙂 *Minnesota*

[@jmason1770]

@@lazyhomebody1356 Thanks for the encouragement! I'm also hearing impaired so that makes interaction ever more difficult.

[@jessherselfable]

I truly love these competition videos. Thank you for taking the time and effort it clearly takes to put them together! I hope you had a blast in Minnesota!

[@CrazyNutDenmark]

Hey there... It is just fun to see these competition clips... The fun that your team is having, but also the community, talking with others and just the atmosphere at such an event... Great work at doing it...

[@celloafterdark4173]

Watching your puzzle competition videos is what finally got me into jigsaw puzzles! I'd like to get a timer even though I'm slow, just to keep track for fun 😁

[@patriciahunter1566]

I love seeing these competition vlogs! They are so fun… I hope to see more

[@jeffhiatt1682]

Minnesota. A joy to watch so many people intently doing something they dearly love. congrats on your 2nd/ 3rd place finish.

[@Freubelweb]

I love to watch these video’s of puzzle competitions. Your passion for puzzles finds it way across the world to my country The Netherlands. Thank you so much for that! ❤

[@hilarysoloff8936]

Who would have thought I could feel so happy and have such a big smile on my face for someone I didn't know about a couple of weeks ago! I have only just got back into jigsaws and so have been binge watching this channel. A big congrats Karen, both for how well you did in Minnesota and for the pleasure you bring to us watching and learning from you 😃

[@rbranch234]

Minnesota. Love this. Congratulations on your wonderful results at the competition and on making it exciting and fun. I definitely enjoy watching your regular videos and puzzles reviews. The competitions are taking your videos to the next level.

[@liseforget1687]

You are great at making these videos. On the edge of my seat. The suspense build up and sum up the progress and finish.

[@jule805]

i really liked that you blurred out the kid’s faces. some other content creators wouldn’t have cared about it but it’s the little things that make me come back to your videos !

[@bonniesmith7277]

I'm glad you enjoyed your trip to MinneSNOWta. As always, you did an excellent recap of the competition! I also thoroughly enjoyed your P4A session on Friday with Hank :)

[@Brocolli_Pizza]

I adore your videos Karen! You are such a light on KZbin, love your personality and your enthusiasm in everything you do. ❤

[@tracyalbert6056]

That is awesome Karen. Congrats on your second place wins. I love watching all your videos and love watching you solve difficult puzzles while timing yourself. Keep up the great videos and I will continue watching. I live in Canada which is similar weather to Minnesota but just a bit colder.

[@marianmcmichael3783]

Well obviously my dream team would be Karen, Sarah, Tammy and me. Congrats on your Minnesota win!

[@SarahDoesPuzzles]

I'm ready! Hahaha

[@anitadoorn2181]

Oh my goodness! I have lived in this state for years, participated in Winter Carnival events and yet never heard of the puzzle competition! I am going to have to check it out next year. Awesome job and contgrats on 2nd place.

[@caterinaml]

This was a great video! Thanks for the wonderful work you put into it! Everyone was an inspiration! Thank you all puzzlers and thanks: Minnesota!💕🙋‍♀️🌲🌲🌲💕

[@coolbeans6895]

Congrats! So glad you could make it to Minnesota! I chuckle at the thought that 1 degree is cold. We’ve been having a warmer winter this year and to me anything above 0 is quite warm

[@lindaoharris]

I absolutely love your videos and when you’re doing the competitions it’s like I’m holding my breath until it commercial comes in there or an ad comes in and then I breathe then I watch you again. It’s wonderful you guys got second. I didn’t freeze to death

[@veronica5896]

Thanks for sharing! I think I enjoyed watching this just as much as you did participating.

[@unclesheogarath]

Congratulations!!! Well done!!! Such a nice team 👏🏻 Btw, I just love your black sweater, looks very cozy and definitely suits you! 😍 Your top that you were wearing during the competition is also fantastic)

[@banannaerbeth]

Wow! Congratulations! Looks like a fun time! Glad you were able to be inside most of you time in MINNESOTA

[@whatdoyousuppose]

Oh hey I’m from Minnesota! that’s the Landmark Center! I was just there for an event in February and also performed in an opera across the street at the Ordway! I had no clue this was going on lol welcome to St. Paul during the Winter Carnival - it’s cold and there are SO many events happening all at once 😂

[@kasugaifox8571]

Congratulations! That looks so fun. So many cool looking puzzles.

[@mtyson3248]

Yessssss 😃 new puZZLE COMPETITION content! Thanks for sharing 😊

[@feuilletoniste]

Minnesota seems to be a state that is loved with feverish devotion by the people who come from there, so I imagine there will be a few of those wooden state puzzles being snapped up for next year’s Christmas stockings!

[@Fox_in_Thoughts]

Yay! Jiggy Pudding! Congratulations, Karen and team!! :D That Minnesota competition looks like a lot of fun, too.

[@ryanpeterson7942]

Thank you for being able to visit my home state! I hope you got to see other events around the towns, like the winter carnival and the Mall of America.

[@alwaysaroundproud]

Yes to puzzle community! I found out a co-worker of mine puzzles and it's been so fun talking about puzzles and swapping our faves! I hope to find a puzzle event in my area

[@clcreegs]

Thanks for sharing! I was born and raised in Minneapolis so it’s fun to see our hometown comp getting the love. 🥰 We competed in Adult 4 this year and I was so excited when I saw the winter carnival people post a photo of your team! It’s so fun to watch your strategy compared to ours. Hopefully you’ll come back again!

[@ijlayugan4149]

I love the research put into this. Like even the other teams and their records

[@bunpeishiratori5849]

You are such a sweet soul, Karen. I always enjoy watching your videos even I don’t really do puzzles all that much. But you are so entertaining and fun. I am from New Jersey (I believe you were too) rather than Minnesota.

[@ambierona]

This looks so fun!! Thanks for this video! It's great to see that there's a family event too - I've been hoping to one day go with my kids to a puzzle competition so it's nice to see that family events exist. I don't think I could travel all the way to Minnesota for one though. (And my dream team members would be my family!)

[@northstarjakobs]

Honestly, props to you for just getting through that weather, especially since you're from LA. Other commenters are right that our winter has been brutal this year, and where I live in particular we've been rapidly fluxuating between extreme cold and days that are pretty warm (warm being ~30 degrees). This upcoming week we're in for a big snowstorm and some brutal cold, which tends to be par for the course for late Februrary. Happens every three years or so by my estimate.

[@remiren9832]

Wow Minnesota sure looked cold! Congratulations on your finishing time! I’d love love love to see a video of you racing the old 1986 Competition Puzzle! ❤ it’s so cool that you got to meet the famous Mike and that he recorded the finishing times for the 1986 competition! I was also very excited for you that you beat Tammy with the glitter puzzle. I’d sure love to have a glitter puzzle made by you 😊

[@gryrabild]

I love these competition videos!

[@Botruc]

These videos are always so fun to watch!

[@Stefan_L]

Congratulations! The cutest thing of the video is the key chain heart and you mentioning that your sister gets the second part. :-) Greeting from an Austrian who has even been to Minnesota once...

[@donnastewart2270]

Thanks for my smiles today! Congratulations!

[@zacgallenlover911]

Been waiting for this!! Sunday snacking and puzzling!

[@solevazquezmaria]

I get such a rush from your competition videos! I live so far away from MINNESOTA so I can’t go, but it looks like so much fun!

[@ElizabethNicoleSchwartz]

It's truly wild that I've lived in Minnesota my entire life and I didn't know about this competition until you posted about it.

[@claireloub]

Woo all those lovely charts! Loved the colour coding to show it was expert heavy for the shortest few but evened out after that

[@miriam4235]

"We Put the Betch in You Betcha" is the best team name I've ever heard. 😆 (Minnesota)

[@marglarsen7101]

Fascinating! Thanks for putting in the links.

[@adrian_hook]

I’ve lived in Minnesota my whole life and never knew there was such a big puzzling community here! Definitely inspired to join in 🤗

[@robinhoffman7455]

We loved Minnesota in feb. Love the video. Great job!

[@rosetorres8912]

What fun to go to Minnesota for a puzzle competition, you guys looked like you had s blast. 🎉

[@IQzminus2]

Karen not only being like one of the absolute top competitors, but also highlighting and basically reporting like a sport journalist for the top speed puzzlers. And I think sheds light on this super nieche but I think cool speed puzzling community.

[@decoraborealis]

So excited to watch this! Been following all the instagram updates :D

[@GailMcCormick]

Great video! So fun to see the whole event unfold. I'd love to go to more in person events, but Minnesota isn't as close as I'd like it to be. And I'm not sure how to find a team that (like you said) LOVES puzzles (rather than just likes them!)

[@giddingsa75]

Congratulations on your teams win! It looks like a fun competition. I live in Minnesota, and I'm sad to say I've never been to this event. You'd think, living here my entire life, I would be used to the cold. Maybe next year I'll get a team together .

[@rhea933]

Excellent Stuff! Minnesota looks pretty as well

[@rishibeauty8889]

I am so glad you came to my home- Minnesota I wanted to go to meet you, but it just didn’t happen this year. You betcha I will be there next year!

[@eallen7772]

Get this video in front of enough people and you will start a wave of new puzzler families. You made this so exciting. Great job thinking on the spot and getting all the footage. This is one of your best.

[@KarenPuzzles]

Thank you! I worked really hard on it.

[@zoeshorter5951]

Congratulations Karen! Lucky you were inside since it was that cold in Minnesota!

[@Name-js5uq]

I'm so glad you went to Minnesota. I loved the entire video, I actually wished that it was longer. You did great Karen, so proud of you!! Second place (third overall) is really awesome. P.s. I bought a really colorful gradient puzzle inspired by your love of them. It has all the colors, including fushia as they fade from one color to the next. It's so beautiful, I absolutely love ❤️ it. Made by Buffalo puzzle company.

[@DJFPhantomPhan]

I’m still sad that I didn’t know you could go and spectate or that there was a casual puzzling room. There wasn’t enough info online.

[@KarenPuzzles]

I'd recommend following me and @sarahdoespuzzles on Instagram next year for up-to-date info about the event. I had never been before so I couldn't share a lot of details beforehand but now I'm way more prepared for next year!

[@jennifertrace3836]

Good to know. I didn’t realize that either and would have been there.

[@jlilley73]

They should totally do outdoor winter puzzle solving. I'd watch the hell out of that!

[@dees3179]

With gloves and snow goggles on…..

[@dorachavez1886]

MINNESOTA looked so cold but I would so do it. One day I would love to join a competition and meet other puzzlers including you. ❤Great job Karen like Tammy said you’re getting better.🎉

[@Dreaminvader420]

Yay!! So proud of you guys, great teamwork

[@Kanoog]

Getting JIggy with it watching Jiggy Pudding, a phrase I never thought I'd say haha but here I am.