this was pretty rough to listen to with all three folks mic'd at full volume and all talking at the same time for the duration. but i'm sure things will calm down a bit as the week goes on. ❤️
It's a new thing for a world record attempt. Obviously, you can't go for records when the puzzles are different every year, so they're using this one puzzle to try to break a world record.
This is a new competition added for this year. It is a specific puzzle that is registered by Guinness world records to be used for a fastest time in the world. There is also a team competition which has 3-4 people on every team.