He won the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship. Here's how he did it.

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@KarenPuzzles Год назад

The video where I try all of these puzzles from the individual round is up now! Find out how I stack up against Alejandro, Kristin, and all of the other top puzzlers in the world: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3mArFGdBKJE.html

@homevids 8 месяцев назад

I wub pubbelz ^^

@AznRUs Год назад

Kristin's nonchalant one-handed puzzling strategy is such a mood!

@yesterdaydream Год назад

It's amazing how her brain must be analyzing, color matching, and rotating the pieces without having to physically move them!

@pvic6959 Год назад

i wonder if she had a rule saying she can only use one had because with two shed be too powerful lol

@MC-yt1uv Год назад

@@pvic6959 She is the Anakin Skywalker of puzzling. If she is tempted by power she could destroy puzzling not save it.

@Mac_an_Mheiriceanaigh Год назад

In the interview I think she said that she was actually sick during the competition haha

@DragonslayerProd Год назад

Caption: "Me sorting my shit out"

@alejandroclementeleon8136 Год назад

Thank you so much for taking the time to make this amazing video and all the content you create! There is a lot of work done! The detail of showing my mom is so beautiful! 😊 I'm so happy to be part of this puzzle family showing my "crazy" technique to do puzzles in contests :D

@KarenPuzzles Год назад

You did amazingly! I hope we can meet one day so I can learn all your puzzle techniques!

@tmmlis002 Год назад

Wowie! Congratulations Alejandro, amazing work. It was a pleasure to watch.

@LunarLugh Год назад

Huge congratulations Alejandro! And thanks for a great video Karen :)

@saraht903 Год назад

Congrats Alejandro! I can't believe how quickly you were putting those puzzles together. It was amazing to watch!

@JudithARobinson Год назад

Congratulations! That was amazing!

@diablodetajo Год назад

At 18:55 the Spanish comentator jokes that “look she’s started using two hands” right as Kristin ends. It was funny 😆

@Moji710 Год назад

Thank you for sharing that 😂 that is super funny

@isabel6828 Год назад

And when she finishes the commentator says “now she smiles” 😂😂

@88marome Год назад

🤣

@bandana_girl6507 Год назад

I actually love that locals who haven't extensively trained are able to compete. That's about where I would be, and it's great to see just how far ahead the real competitors are.

@pvic6959 Год назад

omg. so true lol. imagine if spain is just well above average because this is there lololol

@helenetrstrup4817 Год назад

That is true. All of the regular people who participated makes me want to see how well I'd do in comparison to everyone there. I have never tried to do a 500 piece puzzle in less than 90 minutes. In fact, I don't even own a 500 piece puzzle all of mine are 1000 pieces or more.

@bsidethebox Год назад

I have always loved the "joke" idea of having the Olympics include one random person trying the sport along with all the world tiers, just to show how crazy hard it really is. Keeping the "tiers" together for this competition is really interesting to me, too. Its neat to see how different strategies work for different people in puzzling, as opposed to other individual speed competitions I've watched--foot/bike/etc races generally have an "ideal" line, speedrunning video games often has a single best strategy, etc, but puzzling is much more personalized.

@catinabox3048 7 месяцев назад

@@bsidethebox While an interesting concept, there are a few issues with that. First, most people who would volunteer to try a sport alongside Olympians are incredibly athletic to begin with, so you're not really getting a sense of how hard it is for a regular person. And secondly, many Olympic sports are incredibly dangerous for untrained people to try.

@pedrosilvamusician 5 месяцев назад

@@pvic6959i think it would make sense. Im portuguese and most puzzles i can find here are from spanish shops and Spanish/italian brands

@PokhrajRoy. Год назад

Seeing Tammy compete is fun! It’s like someone we know who’s ACTUALLY competing with the world’s best.

@KarenPuzzles Год назад

I know, I'm so happy I got to feature her on my channel before she left for Spain!

@bhawanamaharjann Год назад

Dude,, you're everywhere in youtube comment section!! Most videos I watch, I go to the comments and I see you,,, like how???!!!

@PokhrajRoy. Год назад

@@bhawanamaharjann It’s the Algorithm lol

@alejandrodarias_puzzlestv Год назад

Hello Karen, thanks a lot for your report. This competition, In which I took place of course, was easily for most of us speedcontest-veterans the hardest speedpuzzling competition ever. I've taken part in 75 speedpuzzling contests of all types, and this one is absolutely incredible, well organised, and as a Spaniard point of view, I recommend you all to come and visit us!! Not only individual competition, but pairs and teams ones! By the way, the double Champion Alejandro Clemente is the best speedpuzzler I've seen in 40 years.

@Jindychick Год назад

Loved the video and your comment made it even better. Hope you did well:)

@alejandrodarias_puzzlestv Год назад

@@Jindychick Beat result was in pairs, 9th with Soraya Pérez Carayol, that appears several times in the video and is one of the best. 66th in individual, that was very dissapointing for me (21th in 2019) and a disaster in teams because of the monster 1500-puzzle that brought up our nerves!!

@diannadarling699 Год назад

@@alejandrodarias_puzzlestv That team final was BRUTAL!!

@Kristin_puzzles Год назад

Great video Karen! Entertaining to watch and hear your thoughts on my technique and it was fun seeing my enthusiastic celebration when I finished^^ It was my first time ever competing so I was really nervous, but it turned out alright ;)

@mxnjones Год назад

I stan this Norwegian puzzle queen! 🇳🇴

@KarenPuzzles Год назад

Oh my gosh, this is like a celebrity commenting on one of my videos! You did amazing, and if you’re ever in LA, I’d love to puzzle together!

@BraggAboutStuff Год назад

Hi Kristin, The1HandWonder! It was so cool to see you puzzle! Very well done. You are my Puzzle Hero! 😊

@diethylmalonate Год назад

thank you for being an inspiration to one-hand puzzlers - I can never figure out what to do with my other hand!

@giddingsa75 Год назад

Congratulations Kristin! You were very fun to watch. So calm and collective.

@jello3456543 Год назад

Kristin Thuv is the personification of "Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast."

@pvic6959 Год назад

her indifference is so funny to me! she knows shes good and that shes one of the best there. we love a girl with confidence LOL

@korenn9381 Год назад

@@pvic6959 no she didn't know that. it was the first time she ever competed in a competition, according to the interview afterwards.

@steffenbendel6031 Год назад

And if we would train her to independently use her second hand to do the edge in parallel, she would be invincible.

@quantum_beeb Год назад

Kristin is hilarious. If she used both hands, she’d be unstoppable.

@alejandrodarias_puzzlestv Год назад

Perhaps the point is that she uses only one hand. If she used both, she'd probably be slower! By the way, most puzzlers use only one hand to put pieces, during the whole process.

@57thorns Год назад

I don't think so, two hand would mess up the view for her eyes and brain to do all the processing needed. This is her way to focus, and it works really well.

@MC-yt1uv Год назад

Uses only one hand, doesn't stand up, does the edges last. Becomes the 2nd fastest puzzler in the world.

@alejandrodarias_puzzlestv Год назад

@@MC-yt1uv I've always commented that the edges should be done first (in terms of speedpuzzling), only if they are the easiest part of the puzzle.

@wwaxwork Год назад

I swear she's making it harder to amuse herself.

@oxiphy Год назад

Kristin may not have won the competition but she has won our hearts. She's such a flex and a mood altogether.

@rhoward9302 Год назад

Kristin has powerful "a bored god does jigsaw puzzles" energy. She is indeed great. Super unique approach too. *Spain*

@thecompanioncube4211 Год назад

When Kristen uses her second hand we will have a fair competition, and god forbid if she stands up while solving we might witness a blackhole formation.

@MC-yt1uv Год назад

I never thought I would have a favorite competitive puzzler. But, then I saw Kristin Thuv competing at a world-class level with the same intensity that I use when filling out spreadsheets.

@duckrutt Год назад

There's always the Financial Modeling World Cup channel. Excel as an esport? Yeah why not.

@sarahferguson0 Год назад

🤣

@brianarsuaga5008 Год назад

I would love to see some guest visits by Alejandro and Kristin. The sheer contrast between their approaches was hilarious!

@KarenPuzzles Год назад

Would you ever want to compete in a jigsaw puzzle competition? Let me know if you have any questions you want me to answer in Part 2. Also, I apologize I advance if I pronounced anyone's name wrong or got anyone's pronouns wrong. There were a lot of people from all over the world I wanted to cover!

@andreapatacchiola1184 Год назад

I have a question! Is the competition always in Spain? (Even though Im from italy, which means Spain would probably be the best option)

@tinabecica878 Год назад

Karen, you need to compete next year! You have a really good chance and we would be all cheering for you 😀

@oh_kale_yeah1199 Год назад

I would love to see you compete! Do we have an event like this in the States?

@alejandrodarias_puzzlestv Год назад

@@andreapatacchiola1184 This competition started in 2019 in Valladolid, because it was masterminded by some strong Spanish puzzle-lovers that had the idea to celebrate a World Jigsaw Puzzle Contest nearly 10 years earlier.

@fikanera838 Год назад

Competitions really stress me, so there's no way I'd enter one for jigsaw puzzles, especially since I do them to help stay calm! I don't like watching them either, because I get upset watching the people who don't do so well, particularly those on whom there is a high expectation. I appreciated you pointing out that some of the slower puzzlers are still achieving an impressive time, or are local people entering for the fun of it.

@kktybayside Год назад

This was so fascinating that i didnt even realized that 30 minutes had passed haha! Thank you for your fun commentary and all the insightful data. I'm looking for part 2 of this puzzle competition in Spain!

@Roy-G-Biv Год назад

Same!!!!

@CodeOmega0 Год назад

This is like watching the finale episode of an anime about a high school puzzling team going to the world series in Spain. I think you captured the drama and the characters really well for getting this all through a live stream too! With all of the different strategies everyone has, I wonder if two people ever ended with the same piece.

@xilebat Год назад

Wow. Just wow. Karen , you continue to top yourself. This is broadcast quality. It felt like I was watching a television show. I can’t imagine the hours you must have spent on this, but I did note to myself that “Hey, Karen hasn’t posted in a while…”. Now I know why. And congratulations to Tammy. You did the US proud. Spain.

@ArtJourneyUK Год назад

Totally agree. This was a TV show. So well done 🥰

@feuilletoniste Год назад

Yes - if Karen could pass on our congratulations to Tammy for her great result, that would be excellent! I don’t imagine that the general media will be particularly excited about the World Puzzling Championships, but I hope she knows that her friends on Karen’s channel were all rooting for her, and proud of her accomplishments!

@hansel2001 Год назад

I think this single video gets its own separate prize for “Best Produced Video on Least Interesting Topic.” To be honest, I’ve never completed a puzzle as an adult, but this narrator made me want to do puzzles….which I think is the highest praise you can give to any RU-vid creator. Strangely entertaining! I get the strange feeling that it took 80+ hours to edit this video. What an accomplishment! Kudos to the video creator!

@Hereford1642 Год назад

It is no longer the least interesting topic my friend. Buy jigsaw puzzles, the price is going up.

@Natalie-hg3gh Год назад

@@Hereford1642 check your secondhand shops!

@thejoyfuldragon887 Год назад

Spain. I get the vibe that Kristen is only using 1% of her power, like Dash at the end of the Incredibles haha she's such a badass.

@fiziwig Год назад

This inspired me to get a new 500 piece puzzle I hadn't seen before and time myself. After a certain number of hours (I won't divulge how many hours because it's just too embarrassing) I realized that I am not ready for competitive puzzling. But the experience does leave me in awe of those puzzlers who finished in under 30 minutes. I have yet to see exactly how many days it will take me to complete my puzzle. :)

@sambeawesome Год назад

Oh man, just using one hand! She looked so chill, too chill, I'd be stressing out so hard x'D Thanks for this video, was great to hear your coverage of the event :)

@5alpha23 Год назад

The time difference of Alejandro gets even crazier if you consider that he's more than 20% faster than the second place! This is just insane. Image that difference in a car race, where it's more like 0.1%.

@sofivear Год назад

It's fascinating to see all their different puzzling strategies together! Especially Kristin and Alejandro's, that was hilarious.

@IQzminus2 Год назад

After the video with Tammy I actually watched quite a bit of the competition in the live stream, but not live and jumping/skipping loads. And I have to say this commentary and edit is amazing, really great job! I thought it was interesting and fun to see how a puzzling competition worked and see all the different approaches in the live streams, but this video really made it fun and enjoyable and taught me even more of the competitions. And it’s cool to get the perspective from a more experienced puzzler on the tactics and the puzzles in the competition. You pointed out so many interesting things, that I totally missed!

@nikolaoskouvatsos9222 Год назад

20:21-20:26 in retrospect I do regret that 😂

@KarenPuzzles Год назад

Hahaha, congratulations on doing so well!

@nikolaoskouvatsos9222 Год назад

@@KarenPuzzles thank you!

@radrachael Год назад

Ohh interesting. Would be great to see you at a puzzle championship one day Karen 😊

@KarenPuzzles Год назад

I'm definitely planning on it!

@radrachael Год назад

I saw in your part 2 video you mentioned you will be doing puzzle competitions soon! Good luck Karen 🧩💗😀

@shellyzadorozny6962 Год назад

So nice see the mix of skills there .A big shout out to those who are not as fast at some ,they doing something they love and challenging themselves at sametime.

@veektoryk Год назад

Love to see you try the contest puzzles! I think you should also test the Thuv technique (single handed, disinterest).

@hutchmusician Год назад

That sounds… suggestive…

@chizzicle Год назад

Alejandro's speed is just out of this world But I did also very much enjoy Kristin's style a bit of nordic pride from neighboring country. Second place ain't bad at all

@Hereford1642 Год назад

She is marvellously intriguing. Casual and yet second in the sprint. If they had a marathon event. Then what? Alejandro would tire I think. Kirstin has an interesting mind to be so different in her approach and so extremely calm on finishing.

@Am_Brew Год назад

This was super entertaining. I love how the top 2 puzzlers have completely different styles.

@johnsmith2875 Год назад

I watched some of the championship and Kristin stuck out for me, her leaning one handed puzzle strategy is such a stark contrast to everyone else being frantic

@stoobertb Год назад

If you want to guarantee you finish under time, hide all 500 pieces. If they are giving you a time penalty of 10 seconds per missing piece, 500 missing pieces equates to 83 minutes 20 seconds - well inside the 90 minute mark :D

@Choam666 Год назад

Nice piece of arithmetic. I didn't even think of figuring that out (as much as I like finding holes in rule sets). Great work.

@MurseMorris Год назад

Haha i did the math on that too 😅

@rubbish8522 Год назад

Only hide 499 pieces, be 10 seconds faster! That one piece is obviously correctly placed.

@coryhaggard5704 Год назад

This video is hilarious in the most incredible, awesome, wonderful way possible. Not sure why, but this just showed up in my recommended. My first thought was there is no way I am spending 30 minutes watching a video on World Jigsaw Puzzle Championships, but I could not quit! I was mesmerized and had to watch every last second. Great work! I appreciate your thorough attention to detail and your commentary is magnificent. Great job. Much thanks and kudos!

@coryhaggard5704 Год назад

P.S. Puzzles are something our family always did together over the holidays (even Dad). A tradition I passed on with my kids. We even set up the ping pong table and had a couple of contests between 3 of us using 300, 500, and 750 piece puzzles. Good times!

@missamo80 Год назад

The hero we needed. Thank you for watching all 22 hours for us!

@KittyxKult Год назад

Alejandro just straight up demolishes these puzzles. It’s like he ruffles his hair and the pieces are like “we’ll just put ourselves together.” 🥰

@weronika01212 Год назад

I hope Brigitta sees this, I'm also Hungarian so I have to say I'm so proud of her, for finishing at 7th in the final!

@KarenPuzzles Год назад

Part 2 is up right now! Find out who the fastest Pairs and Teams are (and what the prizes are!): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gfsoHiYFN1U.html

@cassandralyris4918 Год назад

I personally can't imagine turning my brain calming activity into a competition, but I hope they had a good time. It was pretty exciting.

@Hereford1642 Год назад

Kirstin kept it sane. Alejandro will burn out by the time he is 40. And what is left to him then? marbles, tiddly winks, cup stacking - all gone competitive. I await the pro league sponsored by some big company. I am not sure if I am joking or not.

@Samy.10VE Год назад

I never knew this existed, this was so interesting yet fun to watch and honestly makes me want to start a new puzzle but man the top people were insane and so satisfying to watch!

@aartadventure Год назад

Everyone: Scrambling like they are competing in the 100m olympic dash Kristin: Casual one handed puzzling while watching Netflix and yawning in a onesie

@robertmiller4139 Год назад

I have no idea how this video showed up on my feed…but I’m so glad it did. I love your enthusiasm and thoroughness and am now a subscriber. I would love to see you try those competition puzzles and see how you do. Great video 👍👍

@danacarlson6425 Год назад

Ooh definitely time yourself completing the same puzzles! I would have thought the flower columns puzzle to be the easiest too. Now I want to try it for myself! Spain!

@DasGanon Год назад

Actually to make it more representative you should have someone else set up the puzzle in a bag and everything so you don't know which one you're timing yourself against

@kate-wm7vr Год назад

I never knew I was going to live a life where I cared about the competitors of a speed puzzling competition, but here I am. Great work on putting it all together in a really enjoyable and informative fashion, Karen!

@louisejackett1431 Год назад

Fantastic video! You've captured this event so well. I was lucky enough to participate (prelim A was my first round - super fun puzzle) and my Australian friends and I had such an amazing experience. Seeing and meeting these superb puzzlers IRL was absolutely incredible - plus they are all such LOVELY (and humble) people. I look forward to seeing you do the same puzzles! (And watching part 2 covering the teams final 😱)

@Jane.s3 8 месяцев назад

I love how Kristen does the puzzles she is so calm❤

@karolinalaos8941 Год назад

OMG! thank you so much Karen! That was amazing watching all happy faces. Kristin and Alejandro also my favorites. Congrats guys!!!

@Soraya_P.C. Год назад

Thanks for the video, it's very good. We are waiting for you next year in Spain. Soraya Pérez Carayol

@KarenPuzzles Год назад

Thank you for watching! I definitely want to go next year!

@PtylerBeats Год назад

I’m most impressed with Kristin. She literally makes it look so easy. She must have some crazy spacial awareness/memory to just look at a pile of of pieces and know which one will fit. Because she doesn’t often grab the wrong piece. She just reaches into the pile, grabs the exact piece she needs, and moves on. If she moved as quickly as Alejandro, she’d be unstoppable

@jeannietrapnell1000 Год назад

I tried to watch it, but since the commentary was mostly in Spanish I finally gave up. So thanks so much for covering it! I always enjoy your analysis of puzzles and your analysis of these competitors was excellent and such fun to hear! Look forward to Part 2. Spain!

@Hereford1642 Год назад

If it was on youtube, you can set it to auto generate subtitles. It is pretty good on a good day and amusing on a bad one.

@andrewpowers7034 Год назад

Karen is so upbeat and sweet and the entire event is so old fashioned wholesome this puts a big smile on my face 😊

@kiwikandii Год назад

Wow! I have to say this is one of the most inspiring puzzle videos I have ever seen! I have a disability and am a one- handed puzzler! The attention given to the person that finished second and did her whole puzzle one-handed is amazing! Thank you! Oh and I have always wanted to visit "Spain" so I will be adding this to my bucket list. Again thank you for this!

@icturner23 Год назад

If you'd done a livestream reaction to the whole thing I'd have watched it. I find it very relaxing to just have your videos on in the background whilst I'm doing others things (though of course when they're normal-length ones like this I watch them properly the first time).

@KarenPuzzles Год назад

I was in the livestream chats trying to follow as much of the commentary as I could. Hopefully next year they'll have English commentary so more people will watch!

@pvic6959 Год назад

@@KarenPuzzles hi, just dropping in to say thank you for your videos. youre my favorite karen

@alchemyqueen2764 Год назад

I have always been so curious about how these work!! Thank you for breaking it down for us! 💖

@icturner23 Год назад

I loved this video so much. I say that on so many of your videos but I love how much variety you have for such a specific topic. I especially loved all the graphs and getting to know the different characters a bit. It's so crazy that the best and second best were so different in their style, and I especially can't believe how quick Kristin was compared to how slow it looked she was.

@alcarpenter979 Год назад

That was great! I never thought my one hand, nonchalant puzzling method would work in a speed competition but Kristin owned that style! Spain

@deerhaunter Год назад

Sounds like an epic vlog series next year! "I competed in the speed puzzle world championships and met the puzzle queen!"

@kabelinmel1 Год назад

Thank you for taking time to point out the privilege in competing!

@levmargolies1190 Год назад

The whole time I was thinking "I should get those puzzles and time myself" so I was really excited when you said you were getting them!

@KarenPuzzles Год назад

The links are in the description if you want to get them too!

@gryrabild Год назад

Kristin is so cool, love the technique and the calm demeanor.

@shaunhartline4951 Год назад

Great work with the editing of this video. You did a wonderful job of pointing out the top puzzlers and of showing the differences in progress across the competition. Good luck with the teams videos.

@oh_kale_yeah1199 Год назад

Thank you for sharing this! I had no idea an event like this even existed. My love and knowledge of puzzles has grown so much since finding your channel. Always excited to see a new video from you.

@ClocksInMyPlace Год назад

This was much more interesting than I expected and so fun to watch (largely thanks to your commentary and editing)! 😊 I always enjoy your videos .

@kellahanna-wayne4191 Год назад

I wonder if Kristin has a photographic memory or something, so she takes one piece out of the box at a time so she can look at it and remember it. And then she just reaches for the exact piece she needs every time. So impressive to watch!

@remiren9832 Год назад

Seeing Tammy in Spain was so cool! Thanks for the awesome video Karen! I just came across your channel a week ago and I’ve been binge watching your videos. You’ve got a happy new subscriber ❤️🌟🐞🌻

@VHatsy Год назад

Thank you! I loved this so much. I watched the championship live but I think your edit made it even more enjoyable. Can't wait for part 2 and to watch you try out those puzzles yourself.

@lilianes.machado9256 Год назад

Loved to watch these highlights of the competition. Your explanation about details was sooooo nice. Thank you for your time doing this video. 😘

@dot10k Год назад

I stumbled across this video and was transfixed. Your fantastic, enthusiastic presentation style totally drew me in. I can’t wait to watch more. Such an easy decision to subscribe 👍🏻

@Iggystar71 Год назад

Bless you!! I was overwhelmed and didn’t know where to start.

@KarenPuzzles Год назад

I know, same! It was sooo much work condensing it down, especially without understanding any of the commentary 😅

@Iggystar71 Год назад

@@KarenPuzzles I was going to go back, watch, and try to figure it out without understanding a word of Spanish, but you’re such an awesome person! Like you said, now I don’t have to! Also, “Spain”. I just finished and I loved every second of it.

@mateuszpatua3016 Год назад

can't wait for the 2nd part!! :o I really enjoyed your coverage

@delaneykeller1389 Год назад

I love how much I enjoyed this. You are a joy of a human being.

@christinemuller532 Год назад

I am very excited to see you doing these puzzles! Feel it will give us a better idea of how insane some of those times are!

@anselimnida Год назад

this was so enjoyable to watch! thank you for all the work you put in to bring us a condensed version of this event. loved the graphics too! can't wait for part 2!!!

@ctyoung16 Год назад

This is one of my new favorite videos! I've really discovered a new love for puzzling because of this channel. Maybe I'll take a vacation to Spain in a few years that just happens to coincide with the competition

@giddingsa75 Год назад

I would love to see you do all the qualifying puzzles from SPAIN and see how you compare. I would try myself, but I know I wouldn't come close. I watched the live streams and was just amazed by all the different styles people had. Kristin was by far my favorite as well, so calm and collected. Alejandro was way too chaotic... I don't know how he can get pieces together when his hands are so frantic. I was just in awe of his talent.

@johnnypatterson77 9 месяцев назад

They should put like a 100 cats in the room just for the extra challenge.

@atlantic_love 9 месяцев назад

lmao!!!!!!! we have three cats, and I can sadly relate.

@julesheart4784 Год назад

Thank you for this amazing summary of this competition!! Can’t wait for part 2, you make such an engaging commentary 😍 (I’m so curious about how the team competition is!)

@keehuonglai626 Год назад

Thank you Karen for the summary and the commentary. I watched the live stream for just a few minutes, but your enthusiasm and commentary made this video so much more interesting and engaging. Yay. Wish the organizer will sponsor you a trip to Spain for the next edition of the competition.

@tmmlis002 Год назад

I love Kristin's technique.. she obviously has an amazing SPAIN ability to visualise images and their make-up. By the time she's selected the next piece to touch, she's already sure it'll fit.

@Somebody-mk2nt Год назад

I know this is not like a sport but I do really like how inclusive the composition is. For example they don’t separate by gender or race, everyone is just thrown together equally! 💜😊

@alejandrodarias_puzzlestv Год назад

It will be a sport sooner or later, like chess.

@88marome Год назад

Everything can be a sport.

@alejandrodarias_puzzlestv Год назад

@@lazyhomebody1356 Chess is a recognised sport. I don't know if Scrabble is a sport.

@groreistad5234 Год назад

This was surprisingly fun to watch, really entertaining and exciting. Thanks for covering this competition.

@petrescuework-difficultcas6581 Год назад

This is so fun! Thanks for covering it. Looking forward to the next episodes

@toswingonastar Год назад

I’m a bit of a data science nerd and I love to see all the visualizations Karen comes up with. I thought the one comparing the rankings between qualifying and finals was so fun. I would be interested to see the pie charts comparing how long each puzzle took as histograms-I find pie charts really hard to interpret. Anyways, love this aspect of your videos!!

@connor1586 Год назад

I get why the country rule exists (to up the number of countries in the final so it isn't all just the 2/3 most subscribed countries) but it leads to some weird cases. Cyprus got someone in the individual final this year who came last in their classification heat with only 143 pieces placed, while someone who actually completed the puzzle (a Spainard) didn't qualify. Also the graphics you use to compare the top 20 do them a bit dirty as it makes 19/20th look slow while they are still very fast (Well below the 90 minute limit)! Maybe a comparison to the average time for the round would work a bit better?

@alixnorman7389 Год назад

To be fair, I interviewed the Cyprus puzzler (I'm a journalist) after watching the competition, and he admitted himself that the rule felt unfair. He is a really delightful, honest chap who just loves puzzles and meeting fellow puzzlers. The first thing he wanted to emphasise in our interview was how many people were so much better than he, and yet he was automatically awarded a seat in the final because he was the sole puzzler from Cyprus. A really decent chap.

@gordmeeberg4584 Год назад

I actually like the country rule, as for those that travelled a long ways to be at the competition, it gives them more chances to compete. I read somewhere that one of the two puzzlers from Uganda is color blind, but came because he just loves jigsaw puzzles so much.

@gordmeeberg4584 Год назад

@@lazyhomebody1356 Sure - you would have enough information ahead of time to know if you would place in the top 50 or not - but many come just to experience the event anyway. Even with the country rule, there were no puzzlers eliminated from the final that would have had a top 50 time. As a result, I like leaving it in so that the final is a more multi-national affair while still ensuring that all the top competitors qualify.

@lyricnz Год назад

Love your excitement! Thanks for taking the time to edit.

@VictoriaMarieScraps Год назад

I feel that this is the Sports Center play-by-play version of the puzzling world! Incredible coverage…cannot wait for Part 2! 😊

@feuilletoniste Год назад

I really appreciate your pointing out the degree of privilege involved in being able to invest the time and money in competitive puzzling, let alone going to Spain to compete internationally! I would think that an important element in building up skill and speed would be continually having new puzzles to practice on, which in itself would be a substantial outlay of money (and time) for a lot of people. But it’s still exciting to admire the skill of the champions - I’d love to know more about Alejandro’s puzzling background for him to be able to achieve such a dramatic win, and the pleasure of coming a solid second was enough to get a smile out of even stoic Kristina!

@watcherofwatchers Год назад

Oh, geebus.

@Hereford1642 Год назад

Jigsaw puzzles are the number 1 unsold item in charity shops - at least in Britain. There are dozens of them in every shop which you can buy for pennies. They would likely give you some if you asked. But, fair play, getting to Spain is not so cheap. Maybe they could video link eh?

@glorypaxson Год назад

The privilege part was the only thing of the video I hated. I can't travel there but I'm not going to even mentioned privilege in a contest like this. Pfft

@PeteS_1994 Год назад

I’m pretty sure most people in the developed world can afford and do have the time to do puzzles but they prefer to do other activities.

@truffletaylorsversion Год назад

Wow, before this I never knew that puzzle competitions existed! Thank you for showing me this cool community! I also feel very slow now compared to these amazing people! 🙃

@Adrianadelnorte Год назад

I LOVE IT I WANT MOREEE, i envy so much that this year had a competition

@bkackman Год назад

That was fun to watch. Thank you for abridging the event and providing commentary. Better than a trip to Spain!

@DavidBadilloMusic Год назад

Kristin's "one-handed, edges last" strategy is class...! And she gets a gorgeous 2nd place with it!? Awesome!

@miriam4235 Год назад

I love your observations and comments. So much I would never have noticed as a very relaxed and casual puzzler. And I would love to see you attempt to do the puzzles yourself. 😁 (Spain)

@camfan54lisa Год назад

Thank you so much for covering this! I tried to watch the stream and was so lost!!

@sweetea3272 Год назад

Thank you so much!!! I tried to watch the live streams but I was more lost than last year's Easter egg! You covered this beautifully. I greatly appreciate it!

@Blaizeria Год назад

I missed nothing 🤣 loved it and bought two puzzles from the competition and took me aaaaages to finish one.

@KarenPuzzles Год назад

You're like that one kid in the class who actually did the summer reading 😂

@Blaizeria Год назад

@@KarenPuzzles oh I fully blame you and Tammy you got me hooked ❤️

@siveea Год назад

Karen, you definitely have to come to Spain next year! This competition is soooo fun. It was my first time and for sure will repeat the experience. Some people had sponsors to cover part of the travel expenses. Maybe this could be a way for puzzlers worldwide join in and make this event even bigger and better. Alejandro Clemente, eres un crack! Verte en acción en directo fue increíble.

@shireensasani6224 Год назад

Wow, I honestly had no idea how enjoyable I would find it to watch highlights from a speed puzzling competition. Thanks so much for breaking it all down for us and adding some really insightful commentary to everything that happened in SPAIN. Gracias!

@leonarddickerson583 Год назад

Thanks for showcasing the event and making it interesting by focusing on some of the favorites. Excellent outtakes, as obviously you couldn't have been on the floor filming them all during competition. Nice! (Kristin really has a unique perception.)