The World Jigsaw Puzzle Championships are surprisingly intense. (Part 2 - Pairs & Teams)

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This is Part 2 of my recap of the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championships, covering Pairs & Teams. Watch Part 1 here to see the individual division and learn how a puzzle competition works:
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[@KarenPuzzles]

I cannot believe that this video is finally finished 😭 Make sure to read the description for links to all the puzzles and for all the info about the upcoming puzzle competitions I talked about! And as always a huge thank you to my Patreon supporters! Be sure to check Patreon for a bonus video today!

[@sethusk]

Thanks for the great video, it's easy to see the passion and hard work you put into this! All the stats and breakdown were truly awesome!

[@alchemyqueen2764]

Definitely worth the wait!! All the stats of every puzzler throughout was top notch and made it so much more interesting to watch! Thank you!!

[@deliciousexperience689]

Hi Karen. Just subscribed to your channel, been watching your videos for the first time just this week. Love watching them, as you have such a warm genuine energy, it keeps me watching each puzzle that you take on as a challenge. 🙂 -& I do watch to the end, so INCREDIBLE was the puzzle championship tournament/recap you made on it. I'm not able to become a patreon or a friend on Instagram right now unfortunately, but i thought i would drop you a message to say hi on here anyway. All the best. -Daniel. And i'm really pleased you are taking part yourself soon too! Excited to see you tackle the championship puzzles! Take care. 🙂

[@jandaddamio8624]

You did an incredible job editing these videos of the world championships. I'm definitely going to look for a few of these puzzles to try.

[@eledhncs]

For the real ultimate group competicions you shoul check up the ‘24 hour of hannut’. This IS madness, soooo much fun'!!

[@PassionateCec]

Fun fact: the French pair actually met at the French jigsaw puzzle championship in the 90s where Sophie and her partner always won, so Patrice realised the only way to beat her would be to partner up with her to win alongside her. They've been married and puzzling partners for over 2 decades!

[@KarenPuzzles]

No way, that's such a great story! I hope I get to meet them next year!!

[@miridium121]

So happy that the organisers appreciated your reporting! There are probably many more than me who had no idea this even existed before!

[@sjwestmo]

Yup! I had no idea. Yet i’ve watched every minute 😅

[@alejandrodarias_puzzlestv]

Well, an astonishing 1 hour 10 minutes of speedpuzzling report. A dream. Thans a lot for your work from the "another Alejandro". Like the other video, as an active participant in spanish and this World Championship, I'll try to answer questions written in other comments. Hoping to see you next year in Valladolid!

[@KarenPuzzles]

Thank you so much for watching and helping answer questions! I definitely hope we get to meet next year!

[@icturner23]

Gracias por la diversión. Una pregunta: ¿Qué dice el primer Alejandro a 58:51, después de ‘pero’?

[@AnglosArentHuman]

@@icturner23 "pero bien llevados"

[@alejandrodarias_puzzlestv]

I always travel to these big events, in those 4 or 5 days of World Championship surely you can meet all of us!

[@isabel6828]

He says “muchos nervios pero bien llevados” which is like “i was very nervous but i managed my nervousness well”

[@FrauDrDerWoche]

The German teams name is "corner pieces" in English, so a very fitting name for a 4 player team :) I loved these incredible videos! Makes me wanna compete in a puzzle competition someday!

[@user-id5yg9fc9k]

Ich wusste nicht,dass es leidenschaftliche professionelle Puzzler*innen in Deutschland gibt! Wobei ich hätte es mir eigentlich denken können da Ravensburger eine deutsche Marke ist hahaha

[@Sabrinaaa36]

that’s so cute

[@Marie70707070]

@@user-id5yg9fc9k Ich auch nicht! Aber das freut mich total :) Bin grade richtig angefixt, ob ich da auch irgendwann mal mitmachen sollte 😅🤔

[@Xpschwester1]

@@Marie70707070 mein toxic trait ist zu denken, dass ich das schaffen würde 😅

[@Marie70707070]

@@Xpschwester1 Oh mein Gott, geht mir ganz genauso 😂 Ich habe letztens zum allerersten Mal auf Zeit gepuzzlet, ohne mir vorher irgendwelche Gedanken zu machen. Die Enttäuschung war groß, als ich festgestellt habe, dass ich im Vergleich zu den anderen deutlich schlechter war 😅 Aber vielleicht hab ich ja Potenzial wer weiß :D Wir könnten uns ja vielleicht zusammentun 😁

[@tdawg6365]

Karen you are single handedly going to make so many people show up to next years championship

[@CaRlOsKoKiS]

Translation of Alejandro's interview section: "The truth is that I am still assimilating it because it was absolute tension, a lot of nerves but well managed" He served what needed to be served, INCREDIBLE competitor 🥰

[@violetnhz]

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[@PbPlaysInside]

I love that Kristin and her mom did the puzzle together! And everyone who did the puzzles with family members and loved ones. I can imagine them doing puzzles together as a bonding experience and that's just the sweetest thing.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Some have Super Bowl, Some have F1 and we have World Jigsaw Championship! So happy to see coverage on it lol

[@mondavilalba]

Karen should be a live commentator of the puzzle championship

[@PokhrajRoy.]

@@mondavilalba I was going to say that lol

[@worldsfunniestvideosandbes3684]

@@mondavilalba Yeah.

[@ironcito1101]

​@@mondavilalba Nah, she should be competing 🙂

[@sianmilne4879]

I feel like the Czech team probably took the hardest puzzle in the prelims as a challenge, since it didn't matter anyway!

[@isabel6828]

I thought so too

[@ninac2044]

That's what I thought! They looked so relaxed and like they were just doing it for fun even though they were so far behind, so it made me realize they probably just picked that puzzle for fun. I think that's brilliant!

[@1highlyunlikely]

indeed, I can confirm that this is the case, since I know two of them

[@MrsRen]

That is also a very Czech thing to do. Doesn't matter, let's just have fun doing the one we want to do.

[@Untoldanimations]

I just cannot get enough of people with niche hobbies talking about said hobbies, especially in the competitive world. Amazing. Thanks for what you do, I love these

[@teamcreambits]

Have zero interest in jigsaw puzzles, but that first competition video popped up in my feed probably because I like twisty puzzles (rubiks cube etc). I thought "I wonder how a jigsaw competition works", and I've watched loads of your videos since. You have a great channel.

[@KarenPuzzles]

Thank you!

[@waldo8791]

Same

[@Sydcindy8293]

Karen, you need to understand that so many of us do not watch these videos just because of the jigsaw puzzles. You are an infectious personality and you have a positivity about you that is incredible. I have bought three puzzles this week all because of your videos. I forgot how much stress relief it is and how much I enjoy the relief of just putting together a puzzle. You have brought me such comfort and joy and I will never get tired of watching you put a puzzle together or teaching us a new strategy. Do not be surprised, my angel, you are amazing and we all love you dearly ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️.

[@gabipetru8821]

Yeah. Absolutely agree 👍. This girl has very infectious personality, positive and absolutely passionate about what she does 😍. Found her on The TryGuys and Just subscribed yesterday, already watched many many videos. Truly love her channel, so authentic, relaxing, motivational and super educational 🙏👏👍. Also love her smile and giggle 🤭.

[@janzon6636]

59:26 "tak zdravim vsetkych z České republiky co nas sledujete hlavně Prahu, Ostravu, zdravime domu" "so I greet everyone from the Czech republic who are following us, mainly Prague, Ostrava, we greet our home" I don't speak Czech only Polish Slovak a bit but translation should be correct. Awesome video Karen as always!

[@violetnhz]

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[@terezahlubuckova1646]

Yes they say to greet Prague, Ostrava, also Brno, the boys at home and also all of the fans from Czech republic.

[@ligiabonfanti3493]

I feel that for the team's final it was a good strategy to leave the most difficult puzzle to the end, since you'd most likely not be able to finish, and starting with the easiest you'd get higher piece count. Anyway, it was so trilling to watch, but also a bummer that Kristin was not there for the final. Thanks for you giving us such entretaining editing, stats and voiceover, Karen!

[@KarenPuzzles]

I agree! And you can see that most of the teams at the top started with the smaller one.

[@itirnitii]

the preliminary round was just for fun and didn't affect the finals. so if I was competing I would have purposefully done that leisurely to not waste energy on it and run out of mental and physical stamina. it isn't in the spirit of competing, but you could almost just ignore it and not really do it to make sure you're really fresh for the finals.

[@sonicchica]

@@itirnitii I see as kinda a warm up for the final plus some of the team members were just mixed and match together. This would help them see what their strengths were so when they’re in the finals, they know how to work with each other and the strays made from the preliminary.

[@ligiabonfanti3493]

@@itirnitii I was actually talking about the final round, about starting with the easiest puzzle since in the end most people didn't finish, so it was all abou the piece count.

[@spokcornial7]

When Karen said "if you're missing Kristin, don't worry, she's back" I felt so exposed, so seen, cuz yes, I indeed was missing Kristin

[@thedoctorTARDIS]

They should get you to commentate and curate the livestreams. It would make and INCREDIBLE difference.

[@rafaelschmidt7362]

Hey Karen! My name is Rafael and I am 14 years old, compleeting 15 at the end of this year. I absolutely love your content, as much as I love doing puzzles! If possible, I plan on participating on next year's Jigsaw Puzzle Championship. Your channel is awesome and your videos give such a positive energy. This one hour went by really quickly! I am really looking forward for your next video!

[@MiniKitty27]

Alejandro was *clearly* the mvp at this championship no question about it congrats to him he was INCREDIBLE! also holy shit the next world competition starts on my birthday :O !

[@justicierodelaliga]

Alejandro said: "The matter of fact is that I´m still dealing with it. It´s been absolute pressure. Very nervous but well handled." PS Supernenas in Spain is how they call The Powerpuff Girls.

[@KarenPuzzles]

Thank you for the translation!

[@unouni2548]

Wait... Really? In Latin America is "Las Chicas Superpoderosas". "Supernenas" sounds so weird to me 😆

[@justicierodelaliga]

@@unouni2548 De verdad.

[@browneyes142a]

I wonder if any of the teams chose puzzles they just wanted to do in the prelim since their rankings didn't matter at all. Might be why a top team would choose a slower puzzle.

[@KarenPuzzles]

Maybe someone who was there can weigh in on that theory here in the comments.

[@xloverocketx6111]

Hi! I'm Katherine from the Jigsaw Junkies. We admittedly picked a slower puzzle in the preliminaries purely by bad judgment. We realized about ten minutes into the pop art puzzle that it was a bad choice and regretted it!

[@yltraviole]

I'm convinced the Czechian team just chose the art puzzle to flex their skills

[@AnaRoark]

Hi, I am Ana Gil, from Non-stop. In our case, during the Teams “qualifying” round, since we didn’t risk anything, we decided to pick two puzzles that implied a different strategy and ability, so that we would have the experience of performing in two different scenarios. I hope this can help you in your analysis of this round. Great work with the video, btw!

[@jocelynbaker6718]

When Karen introduced the format of the teams competition I immediately thought to myself “I wonder what the breakdown of which teams chose which puzzles was” and then cheered out loud when she immediately followed up with mention of many charts to come. Thank you Karen for this amazing coverage!

[@elianwolfert3879]

I looove her making and showing a bunch of charts 😂👌🤩

[@kat_kami]

Ι was wondering if there is a rule about nationality in the pairs and teams competition until I saw that mixed team at the end. I guess the language barrier and the friendships inside the community were the leading factors for most people teaming up with their fellow compatriots. Anyway, wonderful video as always! ☺️

[@KarenPuzzles]

Yes, if you have people from multiple countries, you just have to pick one for your team to officially represent. And most teams practice together ahead of time!

[@filiaaut]

I wondered as well because of these two mysterious members of the French team with no stats from the other rounds (that intrigue me) and Spanish sounding names (of course, they could have dual nationalities) I checked and I think they both participated, separately, in the pairs qualifiers, Juan Antonio Ávarez-Ossorio reached 73rd place (401 pieces) in qualifying round B with Antonia Mª García de Soria Aguirre, and José María Sánchez del Monte finished 78th (1:25:13) in qualifying round A with Sonia López Adrinal. I didn't find them in the individual rounds, so I guess they would only have one rank out of the 4 possible on Karen's layout (they didn't make it to the pairs finals), but they didn't came just for the team event. Now I wonder if they chose not to compete individually or if there was a selection to limit the number of contestants (I haven't watched the first video yet, maybe Karen mentioned it there, it's my next stop on KZbin) I think it is cool to see pairs and teams from different countries, or even just mix and matching of pairs for teams (even if it does make more work for Karen with the graphs). It might not be the most "efficient" way because of the possible language barrier, as you say, and the fact that it is harder to train together, but the image of people teaming up together anyways, united by their love of puzzles is really cool ! I wish there was a way to showcase that in the little name card for future editions, but I understand that it is easier to have a single nationality for each individual/pair/group because of the qualification rules, and also because of the lack of place on the name card.

[@emilylouise2888]

I love this so much 🙌🏻🙌🏻😁 Also Eckteile is German for Corner Pieces and is pronounced like Ecktaile you really emphasise the e as an a and the e at the end like the a in air.

[@sonyaswan]

Came to the comments to say this! I'd pronounce it "Ekk- tile-a"

[@TarunoNafs]

Great team name! Four corner pieces - four members - joining hands to hold together the whole puzzle

[@kommentierenbiszudenohren3869]

Good explanation!

[@TrunksWD]

So excited for this video! Karen, I know you spent countless hours editing this video. Edit: Finished watching it. What an INCREDIBLE video and an INCREDIBLE job for all the puzzlers. Good luck at the USA Jigsaw Nationals.

[@KarenPuzzles]

I did! Thank you for watching so early!

[@TrunksWD]

@@KarenPuzzles You're welcome! I've been looking forward to this video since part 1 came out. It is so amazing to watch how fast people can put puzzles together. I've been slowly working on a 3,000 piece puzzle with all the DC superheroes for weeks.

[@astridroseby]

Oh hey there Will! What a place to see a friend!

[@TrunksWD]

Astrid!! Long time no talk! I would never have expected to see any of my friends here!

[@amandal8601]

Considering this is their second time ever big props to the people who organized this. Yea it would have been great for a different puzzle in the end, but I'm just glad they decided do this! This is amazing

[@sjoerdglaser2794]

This was really cool! A small tip from a statistician. About the graphs of the pairs. Many of them showed huge amount of information with only a little explanation. I didn't know what I was looking at before you removed them from the screen again. I didn't understand what I was looking at. A great counter example was the final one, where you showed that only two teams existed of people in the top 20 of the singles. You highlighted those 4 people and explained what that small piece of data said. It was very clear. Do stuff like that more! EDIT: Graphs after the teams qualifier were much clearer. Less data per chart AND clearly explained what we were looking at

[@TheExcalabur]

In general on KZbin, since people have access to pause buttons, leaving charts up for less time is more appropriate than on TV or in a presentation: people can look for as long as they want. (And many do pause and look!)

[@Viel_Glueck]

For the Group qualifier the Czech team maybe purposely took the difficult puzzle to "practice" for the finals (because they couldn't lose anything no matter what happend) Ps: The way you pronounced "Eckteile" made me smile

[@Mac_an_Mheiriceanaigh]

Karen I don't know if anyone mentioned, but I swear they were talking about you in the Spanish commentary of the live stream of one of the prelims (not in this video, but from the complete live stream). They didn't say the name but they were talking about a "famous youtuber [female] from the US"

[@worldsfunniestvideosandbes3684]

🤯 They mentioned you! Guess you’re a celebrity in the puzzle world now, Karen!

[@aaronburke7685]

It occurs to me that the teams who chose to do the difficult/fun puzzles in the team competition preliminary, could have done so since they were guaranteed to compete in the finals. The timing didn't really matter, so practicing on harder puzzles makes an amount of sense. Especially if you expect the final team competetion to be more difficult than the preliminary.

[@MarielaDavina]

Incredible editing, that was a lot of footage to condense! What a fun, wholesome event. Obviously Karen is our Puzzle Kween but now I have a whole host of other puzzle celebrities to admire! 😀💕

[@kalesmash1339]

The teams final seemed way too difficult, maybe they should've given them 4 hours

[@KarenPuzzles]

A handful of the other top teams definitely would have finished with an extra hour!

[@1vader]

Yeah, seems surprising they set the limit even lower given the result from the previous one. 8h for 4 puzzles is an average of 2h per puzzle and that one also had half of them being 1k and half 1.5k. I guess you do get slower after 8h but given that less than 20 teams made it last time, it seems crazy to lower the limit even more. It's not like there's any advantage to having a significant amount not finish. In fact, it's way fairer if everybody finishes and you compare times instead of completed pieces.

[@staciecarrel4492]

@@1vader some people would be there for days if they allowed everyone to finish.

[@1vader]

@@staciecarrel4492 I didn't say they should let everybody finish. I just said it would be the fairest method. But ofc for the lower places that doesn't really matter. But they should at least aim to let as many people as possible in a reasonable time frame, minimum at least all the top 20 or so finish. Giving them only 3h almost looks like they intentionally made the time limit low so that most people won't finish. Reminds me of some professors that intentionally make the time limit for exams way too low so that nobody can finish it so that even the fastest people can be ordered. Even that is arguably stupid but in this case it clearly makes no sense. Though I assume they probably just missjudged the time but it seems rather obvious that 3 is too short. I immediately thought it sounded short once I heard the time.

[@staciecarrel4492]

@@1vader yeah, the 3 hr limit was too short, only 1 team finished and it was right at the end. I think 4 or 5 hours would have been a much better timer length.

[@juliabrown5379]

This feels like such a wholesome competition. Your coverage of it has been such a relaxing way to start the weekend! I can't wait to see you compete!

[@bosch992]

Send our thanks to Katie for the charts!

[@corneliastreet2491]

It’s always been my opinion that having two people makes a puzzle easier and any more than that makes it harder because you’re getting in each other’s way. It’s crazy to see how coordinated and disciplines these groups are where they can work together efficiently and stay out of each other’s way.

[@MochiPUZZLES]

What would happen if Kristin and Alejandro were teaming up, really fast or really bad? Idk but I can imagine what one would say to the other, "bro hurry up" and "bro relax, we got this".

[@badgerrambler]

I can’t believe how invested in puzzling I feel… this is amazing!!

[@muzclnotes]

The competition should hire you and Katie for commentary and data analysis!

[@puzzlingbeats]

It’s surprisingly intense watching people solve puzzles at high speed! Thanks for all the time you spent putting this together 😍 I’m hoping to get some speed puzzling practise in before next year and maybe come and compete too! 😁

[@KarenPuzzles]

I know, right? I'm going to be so stressed when it's time for me to try it in the fall!

[@radrachael]

Good luck Karen. I’m sure you’ll do well 🧩😀

[@tim..indeed]

I like to think that Team Puzzlici chose the art puzzle for fun, knowing they would make finals anyway!

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Alejandro was a star! Also, so sweet to see his mom looking proud from the sidelines.

[@CronicasPuzzleras]

Amazing report about the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship, hope to meet you next year Karen, and thanks for the shout-out!

[@PokhrajRoy.]

I’m looking forward to the Karen-Kristin Collab 🔥

[@misshelvedMLIS]

So much this.

[@cecilias_shorts]

Girl, you did an amazing job putting this all together with the help of your sister...thank you....it seems everyone loves our Aussie accent...Aussies are always proud when they wear the green and gold...yep I'm an Aussie....definitely agree that the final should be longer if they have puzzles of that difficultly 🇦🇺🐨

[@sonatadp]

Awesome job covering this! I guess I'll be watching the streams next year, but also hope you'll be able to make similarly awesome videos as well :) The stats were perfect! Also I had no idea CZ had so many people in this! What a pleasant surprise :) 59:26 For those who want to know, Tereza and Kateřina said: "So (I) greet everyone in the Czech republic who's watching, especially those in Prague, Brno, Ostrava... Greetings home... The boys in Růžená... and (that's) all."

[@julypatchouli9719]

I love how you pronounce "Eckteile". The "teile"-part sounds more like tile instead of teal :) Go Eckteile!!! ("Go Corner Pieces" in english). Great name for a team of 4 people :)

[@FairLadyAshley]

Truly blown away at how much work you put into editing these videos! Truly professional quality and i loved all the storytelling that you did! Everyone as well as you are absolutely incredible!

[@aliceogorodny2914]

Everything about this is incredible! Your editing of amazing puzzlers, the statistical charts, the speed of the builders, the lack of arguments! I really enjoyed your recap and am amazed at all the various techniques to get the puzzles built quickly. Thanks!

[@bonniesmith7277]

Thank you for this beautiful labor of love! Everything was so entertaining, and your commentary took it to the next level!

[@claireloub]

I loved all your colour-coded charts, thank you for all the work you put into this! I knit to these videos and you give great enthusiastic commentary so it's usually in the background while I knit, but I actually stopped knitting to see all the details and I love seeing all the strategies that go into it

[@MrJepreis]

Before YT recommended your channel, I could not have imagined to be fascinated by puzzle competition! This channel is an island of joy and fun. Keep on, and thanks for your work!

[@PositivelyNice]

Your commentary is what makes this so interesting for me. Never thought I would watch a puzzle championship like it were the Summer Olympics.

[@natalieholmes1117]

Above and beyond with those charts and statistics! I can't imagine how much time and effort that took. Know that it is appreciated. So fun!!

[@SmartHobbies]

Great coverage! You really shine in explaining what sections to focus on and how well you gauge the puzzle difficulty.

[@pepebotella5210]

A guide to the Spanish teams' names and how they're translated: - Superpiezas -> Super-Pieces - Cuatro piezas -> Four Pieces - Rompepiezas -> The Piece Breakers (Luv this one btw) - Supernenas -> It's the Spanish translation of the Powerpuff Girls, don't know if that's why they chose It! Anyway It literally translates to 'Supergirls' or 'Superchicks' - El grup -> I think (not sure) this is actually Catalan, one of the several regional co-official languages in Spain. It means 'The group'. From last years' - La mesa de Al Lado -> The table next door. This is a reference to the movie 'The girl Next door' - Nos falta una -> We're missing a piece! (I find this one funny) - Piezas rotas -> Broken pieces - Los despiezadores -> the piece rippers (It's Probably a reference to Jack the ripper which in Spain is known as 'Jack el destripador'. There's actually a song from a famous group which mentions him. Search for Estopa - Mi primera Cana) Fun fact, sometimes we use 'pieza' to describe a person who is one of a kind, one who stands out, or who has a lot of charisma. From Instagram (cronicaspuzzleras) -> It means 'Puzzler chronicles' P.d.: I think the way Karen says Superpiezas is super cute!

[@bruresende]

How incredible it is an one hour long video about a jigsaw competition to hold me entertained... Loved it.

[@icturner23]

Thank you so much Karen. I’ve stayed up till 4 a.m. watching this. Thank you also to Katie for the beautiful charts. And last bit not least thank you to all the participants for all the entertainment.

[@icturner23]

*but not least

[@echoklang19]

33:32 (and also later again) Aww the way you pronounced Eckteile was so funny. The pronunciation is hard to explain, but basically there is no spoken "e" in the first part of the word "Teile", since the "ei" together is pronounced differently. It's more like you would pronounce "I". It means corner pieces in German though :D This video was so fun to watch, thank you so much for all the work, data and visual graphics you put into this

[@rachaelh9299]

The puzzle is the zodiac 16718 I was looking at that but it’s $70 AUD Largest puzzle I’ve completed is only 2000 might be a bit challenging

[@ritapicone8942]

This is such a great competition, I'm glad that there are so many people who love puzzles. Thank you for making this video so clear and fun to watch, i don't think i would have been able to watch the entire live stream. "incredible" job :D

[@drskelebone]

Kristin's smile @11:25 is so great! XD

[@shinichigojir12]

I think you did an incredible job of publicizing and helping this event blow up even more, and I wouldn't be surprised if it has double the amount of participants next year. Hopefully the event continues to grow and provides a bigger platform of enjoyment and competition for the puzzling community. Maybe it will follow the same trajectory of the chess blow-up in the pandemic (though that was also helped by Netflix series and the Twitch streamers). I'm glad you're expanding your role from a solo puzzler to an ambassador.

[@alejandrodarias_puzzlestv]

Chess and speedpuzzling are similar in many concepts. I hope also that the chess-boom helps to pave up our way. Nevertheless, the FIDE was founded in the 1920s, one century of advantage!

[@bosch992]

I love the simultaneous countdown in English and Spanish

[@LibbyRoseITM]

I think the clear trays are probably good for both having the pieces on top of, and looking through the boards at the same time. Personally I don't think that would give that much of an advantage but, it's an interesting route!

[@kiwikandii]

Wow! You did an "incredible" job with your commentary for your final edit! Awesome! Loved it!

[@maura462]

I was on the edge of my seat the whole time, loved the full two video coverage!! all the stats

[@katie5827]

Karen you did such a great job! I can only imagine how much time you put into these recaps! Thank you so much this was such an adventure

[@eviecrimson]

This was absolutely incredible, seeing all these people do such big puzzles so fast, like jeez, it takes me an entire day to do a 500 piece puzzle and theyre doin 1500 piece puzzles in less than 2 hours

[@radrachael]

Well done to all the incredible speed puzzlers. It was Intense to watch them work so fast and complete all these puzzles so fast with such concentration. I liked the relief and happiness they all felt at the end of each round. Thanks for a fun and informative video Karen. Good luck with your upcoming puzzle competitions 🧩😀

[@reddwarfhead]

I'd love to see an interview with Kristin 😄 Make it happen, Karen!!!!

[@engtchr8N]

These videos (Parts 1 & 2) were an absolute joy to watch, in no small part due to your infectious commentary! I've always loved doing jigsaw puzzles, and had no idea of the competitive component until seeing the movie 'Puzzle' a few weeks ago. I immediately Googled "puzzle competitions in my area", and am delighted to report that I will be taking part in my first in two days! Who knows, we may compete at some point in time. Looking forward to watching more of your coverage in the future.

[@ThreeWishesTooMany]

I’m so glad I found this channel. I love doing puzzles - one of my earliest and fondest memories is doing a puzzle with my mom when I was a very little girl (which we framed and I still have). Nowadays, I do puzzles on my computer. I’m not fast by any means, but I enjoy it deeply.

[@samrutherforddinoboy]

It’s just before 2200 here in the UK and I’m looking forward to the long video to finish the week on. Thanks for the time dedicated to making such a lengthy video!

[@cassiecarlson7146]

I am SO excited to watch this. Thank you for taking the time to edit and put these videos all together!!!

[@sambeawesome]

I have been so hyped for this video! Big congrats to all the participants and winners :) It was definitely crazy intense to watch, and I agree incredible! Super fun that they sent you all those goodies, I'm looking forward to hearing how it goes next year :D

[@torimeku]

The amount of work you put into this video is INCREDIBLE! I loved it. I’m so impressed with all the participants too. Such a cool event. As much as I love jigsaw puzzles I don’t think speed puzzling is for me 😆 I do it for relaxing and forgetting about anxieties, and this would be the total opposite, so sadly won’t be meeting you there 😢

[@LeLu1616]

This was amazing! Thank you for covering such an incredible event. Love your channel.

[@emilybannon1943]

So excited for this video as I know you’ve spent a lot of time and effort on making these videos!

[@rgs8970]

I like to watch your videos while I puzzle. It's an INCREDIBLE feeling to hear epic music and cheering while I casually drink my coffee and putter on a 1000 piece puzzle alone in my living room. I highly admire the puzzlers who competed in Spain! I can't imagine performing under that pressure!

[@ornellamoo]

Absolutely loved this video! thank you so much for making it, you made the competition really fun to watch! ☺

[@nbourbs7689]

Incredible video full of incredible puzzlers! I can’t wait to hear about your upcoming puzzle competition experiences!

[@ireneamelunge8456]

INCREDIBLE! This was amazing and super easy to understand. I just discovered your channel a couple of weeks ago and I watched the whole video while puzzling and it was so relaxing!

[@theGeross]

Never knew puzzling had such a great and incredible community... So glad I watched both parts and can't wait for next year!

[@yltraviole]

Yes! So happy you also did the part two!

[@GoodMorningButch]

I’d been waiting for this one! So happy you posted it

[@ShabbaDabb]

Great video about what seemed an incredible competition. Breathtaking!

[@karenmason1731]

So much fun to watch! Congrats to all the INCREDIBLE puzzlers. I’m a super slow puzzler, do it to relax and don’t ever want to rush through a puzzle so competition isn’t for me but best of luck!

[@piplup10203854]

I really loved part one and part 2! This was so much fun and I'm glad you shared all this because I had no idea this was a thing and getting the puzzles from the competition is just so cool!

[@deepestbluedn]

I don't think I've ever finished a puzzle but your channel got me through lockdown. I also never thought I could be so invested in a puzzling championship!

[@memyselfandhereiam]

Thank you for posting this heartwarming wholesome content! Loved the incredible puzzle-speeds and also your incredible effort in editing this masterpiece of a video.

[@rgb5521]

OMG!!! I was looking forward to this video. It is interesting how you explain it. Also, I love and appreciated the stats. I was so into it because the way that you built the suspense on wanting to know who is going to win!!! 🥰

[@julesheart4784]

Amazing work for this video!! So impressive 😍 thank you for the effort and passion you put to summarize the competition for us in this super engaging way! And a big thank you also to your sister, those graphs were clear and detailed and very informative (as an engineering student, I always appreciate some well done graphs ahah) And, INCREDIBLE work of all the participants, congrats!

[@MartyAlaniz]

I really enjoyed this. Thanks for the hard work! I hope you get to interview (and talk strategy with) some of the top players in the future. Kristin Thuv is my hero!

[@HannahGreendale]

Incredible! I loved watching both of your videos on the competition. I'm already looking forward to the 2023 competition, both watching the event and catching your recap videos. Best of luck to you in October! Cheers!

[@cindymorrison7116]

Incredible! Congratulations to all the competitors! Thank you Karen for another great video. Your editing skills are fantastic, the video was exciting and informative and the graphs were on point. Good luck in the USA competition! Can’t wait to see how you do 😀

[@Maggie-tr2kd]

I've been excitedly anticipating your Part 2 video recap of the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championships and now it is here ! Karen, thank you ever so much for your hard work to edit this video and for sharing it with us. I watched much of the puzzle championship and was only disappointed because I felt I missed so much because of the language barrier. I would love to see an English translation or English subtitles while the event, itself, is being aired. I loved seeing the contestants from so many countries. They are all incredible puzzlers.

[@giddingsa75]

INCREDIBLE!!! Everything was INCREDIBLE the way you took all the footage and made a fantastic video forc all. INCREDIBLE individual, pair and team puzzlers so fun and fascinating to watch. I would love trying a speed puzzling event on a smaller scale to start, but would love to one day attend this event as a puzzle fan. Thanks Karen for your channel and look forward to your coverage of the USA jigsaw event this fall

[@C-Iris]

Thanks Karen for having this channel and doing such an incredible job summarizing this event! I learned a lot and now, I'd just like to puzzle away all day long haha

[@brentritchie6199]

Your enthusiasm is wonderful to see and makes it much more interesting no wonder the championship hold you in high regard you are great for the jigsaw community.

[@tcaabr]

You did an INCREDIBLE job editing and explaining everything. Thank you!

[@Mewtho9]

Thanks for doing these recaps!