World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship 2023 RECAP

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The WORLDS are over, and oh my, this was an experience of my life! 🤩🧩
I would have never imagined for the event to make such an impact on my life, and honestly, if you can afford to go, just go at least once in your life, I promise you won't regret it! 😁👌🏻
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VLOGS
Mine: • What happened in Spain...
Donnalouise's: • My Thoughts on the Wor...
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LIVE STREAMS (with time stamps)
DAY 1
Individuals groups A, B and C: • WJPC 2023 - INDIVIDUAL...
(A: 0:14:50 | B: 2:43:40 | C: 4:50:25 )
Individuals groups D, E and F: • WJPC 2023 - INDIVIDUAL...
(D: 0:00:00 | E: 2:03:53 | F: 4:01:09)
DAY 2
Pairs groups A, B and C: • WJPC 2023 - PAIRS FIRS...
( A: 0:13:18 | B: 2:09:34 | C: 4:12:03)
Semifinals individuals: • WJPC 2023 - INDIVIDUAL...
(S1: 0:08:14 | S2: 2:04:34)
DAY 3
Teams groups A and B: • WJPC 2023 - TEAMS FIRS...
(A: 0:15:19 | B: 3:48:41)
Finals individuals and pairs: • WJPC 2023 - INDIVIDUAL...
(Individuals: 0:01:43 | Pairs: 2:19:31)
DAY 4
Teams finals and closing ceremony: • WJPC 2023 - TEAMS FINAL
(Finals: 0:16:44 | Ceremony: 4:06:40)
Results: www.worldjigsawpuzzle.org/wjp...
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Puzzles in this video:
1. New York Postcard
2. Spring in Paris
3. Evening in Pisa
4. The Archaeologist’s Desk
5. Summer Thunderstorm, Panorama - Nature
6. Lupinos, Nature
7. Poke Bowl, Circle of Colors
8. Ocean, Circle of Colors
9. Marzamemi, Sicily
10. Student days
11. Ludicrous Library
12. Colorful Underwater Species
13. Boston 2189
14. The Shell Collector
15. Night in Berlin, Panorama
16. Riverside Town
17. Ladie's Brunch
18. L'isola di Burano
19. West Coast Tranquility
20. The 50s
21. A day in Paris, Panorama
22. Arearea, Gauguin
23. Puzzle People
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To see what's more to come, check out my PUZZLE HAULS:
• Jigsaw Puzzle Hauls
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WJPC 23 (0:00)
Individuals (1:37)
Pairs (18:51)
Teams (27:38)

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@markb933 7 месяцев назад

Thanks

@fortheloveofpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Great Video!!! So Janette, tell us honestly how you feel about Orange Hell. 🤣😂🤣I loved your summary of all the puzzles. I can't remember, did we have a reasoning for the order that we did the two team final puzzles? Like why did we choose the Arearea one first?? Do you remember?

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Hahahaha I think it was pretty obvious how I feel about it!! 😂😂 Thank you! Well yeah, we thought the Arearea looked easier because it had more specific sections - I don't think you agreed with us tho 😅

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Sorry about the longest description EVER, but I wanted to put it all here in case anyone wanted to go check it out 😅 Have you watched the live streams or been to the competition?? 🧩

@petrescuework-difficultcas6581 7 месяцев назад

I've watched every day of the competition excluding the very late evenings, when I was asleep. I really enjoyed every moment of it.

@rayhathaway7831 7 месяцев назад

I managed to watch nearly all of the livestreams and only missed a few small sections. Living in the UK 🇬🇧 helped due to only an hours time difference to Spain. We'll done to you all,it was really enjoyable watching the contest.

@andreagrasselli1169 7 месяцев назад

I almost watched all the live streams (while working).

@chillpuzzle2791 7 месяцев назад

I watched nearly all of the coverage. Anything I didn't catch live, I watched on replay. Love that they took the time and effort to cast it on youtube!

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

@@petrescuework-difficultcas6581 I'm so happy to hear that! I kinda wish I got to watch more of the live stream - will probably watch it back over the Christmas Holidays 😅🙈

@HeidiLec 7 месяцев назад

I love that you took the time to describe and explain all of those puzzles and the competition. I could've listened to you go on for another hour 😅. It was really interesting! Can't wait for the next one! 😊

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! Hahaha I could've just sent you the raw footage then 😂😂 I worked really hard on cutting it down, but don't worry, I'll talk more about it in the next video, and some more throughout the year 😉

@HeidiLec 7 месяцев назад

@@janetteandherpuzzles haha!

@siobhanspeedy 7 месяцев назад

I'm proud of you, you did amazing!! and thank you for the links, I hadn't seen all those photos.

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! You did too! 🤩 I hope you managed to find some good pictures of yourself 🤗

@simplydee4522 7 месяцев назад

Great job on the recap and overview. It was enjoyable watching the livestream and seeing you as a guest commentator. You were definitely in your element. I kept saying, "Oh no" at some of the puzzles. It was also great that lesser-known puzzlers were featured for us to get to know. Happy that you, Vicky, Jubie, and Donnalouise had the opportunity to meet, experience, and participate in the competition 🧩👏

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! Hahah you just felt our pain through the livestream 😅👌🏻 I loved that too! It was an amazing event, and they did a great job with the livestream and English commentating this year!! I'm happy that they did the positions based on the finished time as opposed to who's 'better known' 😁 Oh, it was so lovely to meet them all! Can't wait for next year! 🤩

@chillpuzzle2791 7 месяцев назад

So proud of you and the team! Glad to hear you enjoyed commentating, you were so good at it! ❤

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Thank you!! 🤗

@deanyaschempp 7 месяцев назад

The politics of the competition is exactly what I want to hear about, LOL! Very interesting! Thank you for posting.

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Hahahah well thank you! 😂

@maddytcam6660 7 месяцев назад

Same... the drums were driving me bananas!!! I tend to be good at tuning it out noise around me, but those drums....

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

I know right!! If they were at least playing some songs or something 😅😂

@siobhanspeedy 7 месяцев назад

I'm probably going to ask each of you this question because I have trouble with my back - How was your back after doing the individual, pairs and teams competition on the same day? And what do you do, if anything, to keep your back from getting sore when speed puzzling or just regular puzzling?

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Well that's a good question actually! I had pain in my shoulders after puzzling sitting down, but had pain in my back when standing up - I don't puzzle standing up usually, so I mostly had shoulder and neck pain at the competition, which I tried to release with a little self massage, and stretching the muscles. I think it's just important to release tension before it gets too bad - I started massaging on day one haha 😂😅

@Blaizeria 7 месяцев назад

Great video very informative glad you had fun! Look forward to the haul video

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! 🤗

@mathsalot8099 7 месяцев назад

Donna Louise sounds like such an encouraging person to be around. Such a great quality in a friend and teammate.

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

She really was! I kinda wish to had her next to me at my first puzzle 😅 maybe I should make her record a 1.5 hour encouragement speech for next year, and I can listen to it whilst puzzling! 😂😜

@SusieOnWillowSt 7 месяцев назад

Congratulations! It was so much fun to watch. I appreciate your summary. Especially your explanation of the qualifying and the availability / lack of availability of puzzles in different countries.

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! 🤗 I thought it's good to point out - it makes people less annoyed with the country rule 😅

@badgerrambler 7 месяцев назад

I loved loved loved hearing you on the livestream and rooting for you! I’m so glad you had fun!

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! I really did have a blast!! 🤩

@kaytorrence8870 7 месяцев назад

Thank you 😊 you did an amazing job

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Thank you Kay! 🤗

@puzzlingin2worlds 7 месяцев назад

I enjoyed every moment. Thank you for sharing. I will see you there next year.

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Thank you Russ! 😊 That's great!! Can't wait to meet you!! 🤩

@kellygragg2104 7 месяцев назад

Awesome video, so many funny bits. You show how hard it can be to determine the difficulty of a puzzle for speed puzzling.

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! 🥰 Oh yeah, very hard!! 😅 This is something I'll have to work on for next year 😂

@puzzling_art 7 месяцев назад

I’m enjoying the various recaps from the group. Great job!

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! 😁

@RpgamesBe 7 месяцев назад

It was a lot of fun watching the event live. Good job on the commentating!

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it! 🤗

@SaraMGreads 7 месяцев назад

Awesome!

@leahmichelle7247 7 месяцев назад

Love the video! Watching the livestreams and now y’all’s individual videos has been so fun! Seeing all the puzzles together in your video made me realize just how many I would not want to get! The only one I have from this year is the Canadian puzzle from teams and I did not think it was easy! The frame and white borders were quick but then it’s a lot of same colors of brown, green, and rocks in all the sections. I’ve done the archaeologists desk puzzle you had in individual but it was as a 1000 piece by Buffalo Games. I’d love to try it as a 500.

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! Hahahaha you know I had the same thought when I saw the puzzles being pulled out of bags for each round 😂😂 Canada one was a team puzzle, so I understand if you did it on your own, that it would be a lot more difficult. It really helps when you have 6 other hands helping you - I would have never finished A day in Paris if I was doing it by myself 😅😬 Oh interesting! I absolutely love the image of that puzzle - I would love to do it as a 1k puzzle! 🤩

@ms_hansel 7 месяцев назад

Wonderful summary of the competition. You did great!! Loved listening to you on the livestream, too! Thanks for the extra little details about stuff like how it feels to puzzle alongside someone else, or how to determine which puzzle would be easier to do for a group. And a huge thanks for taking us along with you on this amazing journey!!

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! 🥰 I think it's definitely a thing that most people don't even think about - I mean I didn't anyway, so that's why I like to point it out 😅 Aww no problem at all! I hope you enjoyed it! 🤗

@puzzlepiece9509 7 месяцев назад

Good video, I enjoyed the explanation of how it all worked. I did watch the live streams but didn't glue myself to them from start to finish. I felt so sorry for DonnaLouise getting that lupins puzzle but pleased that she went through due to the country rule. Quite an interesting choice of puzzles and, as had been predicted, circular ones popped up. The panorama may have taken people by surprise but in a competition you have to accept whatever appears. The pairs final puzzle....whoa.... that was hard!!!! Such a busy puzzle that made it difficult to know how to tackle it. I'm sure you all had a blast of a time and thoroughly enjoyed yourselves. Look forward to the next instalment.

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! 😁 I completely understand, it was a lot to watch! 😅 Oh my, we felt for everyone as soon as they pulled that puzzle out of the box 😬 The organizers said, that they wanted to show bigger range of puzzles this year, that's why they included Circle of Colors, Nature editions and other Art puzzles 😊 Haha the pairs puzzle was awful 😅😂 But on the bright side, we knew we won't be able to finish it, so we puzzled very leisurely 😅

@andreagrasselli1169 7 месяцев назад

Great review with very useful advice for evaluating the difficulty of the puzzles! Thank you Janette!

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! 🤗

@TashaDono 7 месяцев назад

I am so delighted to find your video with the review of the championship. I just wanted to point out that at a certain point you said you didn't think anyone would be necessarily interested in the politics behind the competition but the first 5 minutes of your video answered so many questions that I have had for a few years and I'm so grateful. Subscribed and looking forward to more videos!

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! 😁 I'm very happy to hear that! Hope you enjoy the content 🤗

@maryjaneellinger1783 7 месяцев назад

You ladies did great! Thanks for this informative recap,

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! 😁

@ArtJourneyUK 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for the great recap Janette! You covered everything so well! Perfect ❤

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it! 🤗

@ruzicas.5819 Месяц назад

Pozdrav susjedi Slovenki iz Hrvatske. Zanimljiv kanal. :)

@janetteandherpuzzles Месяц назад

Puno vam hvala! 🥰

@kuschelalarm 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for this awesome recap! Congrats to your results, you did great! I really enjoy your energy while talking about puzzling in generell but also, of course, the competition!

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Aww thank you so much!! You're so kind! 🤗

@ellies_world_of_puzzles 7 месяцев назад

I think I was the only one enjoying the drums, they were just giving me some rhytm. My teammates hated them too 😄 Janette, you’re just like my teammate, the one I introduced to you, she likes to sort! She wanted to sort the sea creatures so bad, but I was not letting her, because it was distracting me from seeing the colors. I don’t know how we managed to finish it at the end 😄

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Hahaha well I'm glad someone enjoyed them!! 😂😂 I used to LOVE sorting, but I realised it's not the best for speed puzzling, so I don't do it as much anymore 😅 Sea creatures was THE WORST!!! I'm so glad I didn't get it! Well done on finishing it!! 👏🏻👏🏻

@Botruc 7 месяцев назад

Congratulations! You and your team mates did great! Thank you for the recap video, it was very interesting to have your opinion on the puzzles!

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Thank you!! 🤗

@deanyaschempp 7 месяцев назад

On the harder similar color areas, have you ever divided the pieces up to people, and each person tries their pieces? Sort of a "these are my pieces" approach to a team solution?

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

This is a very good question for a video, so I will elaborate more there, but if we sorted the puzzle, then we all just grabbed one section and worked on it. With the ones that we full flipped, each of us picked a section and let everyone know which one it is, so two people wouldn't be doing the same thing.

@arashikawai 7 месяцев назад

You should be so proud of yourself!! And the ending 39th in teams... That's impressive! :) I hope I can go to the WJPC next year!

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! 😁 That would be great, if you can! I promise, you won't regret it! 🤩

@LogicMasterSteve 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for the enjoyful summary - congrats to your results! In Pairs they did let 33 advance from each group instead of the planned 30 - so there were 99 in the final instead of 90. There were some time troubles in Group A (we were 30th, thus I know), so I think they just took 3 teams extra in order to ensure that at least the correct top 30 were guaranteed to be included... Good jury decision! In Pairs finals I was sitting quite near to you and Donnaluise and my ears might have caught some exclamations of despair from the direction of your table. 😂

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! 🤗 Oh wow, I didn't know that. Thanks for clearing that up for me! Will explain in my next video 😁👌🏻 Hahahaha well, I think we weren't the only ones - have you seen the puzzle?!? 🤣😜

@LogicMasterSteve 7 месяцев назад

I have not only seen the puzzle, I was competing only some tables distanced from yours. :-) I actually liked the puzzle a lot, although it was of course brutal to get such a puzzle that late in the evening...

@lisacockrell4606 7 месяцев назад

Great video! Thanks for sharing your experience! 🎉❤

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! 🤗

@gerryfedde3040 7 месяцев назад

This was a really informative video of what goes on in a major puzzle competition as seen from the viewpoint of the participants. Are there any Slovenian puzzlers you link up with and could maybe form a team in the future? Thanks again for some really great insights.

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! 😊 I don't know of any, but I'm trying to get an article out about the competition, so hopefully there will be some joining me at the competition next year. I'm not sure I'd pair with them though, because I love to puzzle with Donnalouise 🥰

@Laura.jigsaw_journey 7 месяцев назад

Awesome recap video Janette. There was a lot of new tactics and strategies you learned from this experience. It was a lot to be gained despite the hard puzzles. I agree with you about all the easy and the hard puzzles you had. I think that panoramic puzzle “orange nightmare” is unforgettable. Your team worked together so hard and so well. You persevered and did it. That’s what counts. Next competition you will do better. I tend to freeze when my puzzles are hard or dark or busy too. I just try to piece together any detail and go from there or try to find the shape that fits there. I used to be a piece sorter but now I just look for details and shapes or edges. Thank you for sharing your thoughts about the competition, I enjoyed it a lot ❤️

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! 🤗 Yes, I have learned so much from this competition, and I think it'll only help me next year! The orange one was a nightmare yes 😅 I'm so glad I had Donnalouise encouraging me, to keep going - if I was on my own with that puzzle, I'd probably cry 😬🙈 Ok, so I'm not alone in this - I think this is definitely something that I have to learn, as I do think, that it slowed me down 😅 Piece sorting is a way for me to get out of my head, when I feel stuck with a puzzle. I tend to rely on shape of the pieces too much I think 🤷🏻‍♀️

@Lyntintin1 7 месяцев назад

You should be proud of yourself!!!! You guys did great!

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! 🤩

@RubyNeumann 7 месяцев назад

Great video. I would be interested in finding out how you all started organizing it from the beginning... in deciding who would pair up and how you decided as a team that you would do it with the four of you. That seems the hardest part... deciding to go to the competition and with who.

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! And yes, this is actually a story better told in the video, so will definitely elaborate more there, but to give you the quick answer - Donnalouise told me she wants to go, but doesn't wanna go alone, so I said I'll go if she goes. Then we asked Vicky to come as she's closest, and then Jubie said she would be in Europe anyway, so she joined as well. So it was really a no-brainer for us luckily 😅

@puzzlinghappiness 7 месяцев назад

Lovely video, thank you Janette! 🥰 I have to ask you: where can I find the times for the group puzzles? I've been trying to look through the results page but without any luck... Or are they visible only when using a computer? 🤔

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Thank you Vesna! Oh, you have to do that on the computer - when you see the times for each group (A, B and final), and you have the order of puzzles every group has done - then you have to click on the picture of the puzzle, and it will open a completely new section for this puzzle only 😉

@puzzlinghappiness 7 месяцев назад

Thank you so much Janette!! 🥰❤️

@puzzlingread 7 месяцев назад

I think it was absolutely fair that a variety of countries were guaranteed advancement to future rounds. Also, it would have been so boring to watch a bunch of world competitors from only one or two countries.

@kevinpatrickcarey3741 7 месяцев назад

at this point why not Everyone Gets a Trophy????

@puzzlingread 7 месяцев назад

Lol, that would be pretty boring, too! No, it's more like everyone gets a chance to play with the same equipment for at least one round. The next round had tighter limits for advancing.

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

I think this rule will always be the one that some people will agree with and some won't. I don't think that anyone at the competition had anything against it tho 😅

@kB-sd2et 7 месяцев назад

Oh no, Orange hell puzzle..😢 It is awesome you competing in this tournament! Love your vids! ❤ thanks!

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

I know!! 😬 Thank you! 🤗

@markb933 7 месяцев назад

Hi Janette, What was your best experience during the “Puzzle Olympics”, and the worst experience? Did you have to change your sorting techniques, eg using both hands to sort and build? Well done on your individual and team events, it was amazing to watch. Please keep posting and as always happy puzzling. Mark+Chris🇦🇺👍😎😃

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Good question! Let me think about that 😅 I think the best experience is just being around everyone with the same passion for puzzles - it's such a special environment and it's something I never expected to experience. The worst experience on the other hand, I think would be how stressed I got when puzzling individuals - like as soon as I got stuck with a puzzle, I just started to tell myself that I won't be able to finish it. So I think this is definitely something I'll have to work on for next year 😁 I didn't change my techniques, I went with what I practiced with - so full flip, unless it's a clear gradient puzzle (like Poke Bowl). And my brain can't do build as you sort, so that's an automatic no for me 😂 Thank you!! And happy puzzling to you too! 🤗

@DeerheartStudioArts 4 месяца назад

great vid!🦌💌❤️🧩

@janetteandherpuzzles 4 месяца назад

Thank you! 🤗

@matthewimmortal11 7 месяцев назад

pozdravi iz Slovenijeeee

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Pozdravi nazaj!! 🤩👋🏻

@NoThankUBeQuiet 7 месяцев назад

I think the country rule is fine IF the puzzle gets finished. I'm less sure of people who actually finished getting kicked out for people who didnt.

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

This rule does apply in semi-finals. It's only in preliminary round that doesn't have that. I do see your point tho! 😊

@NoThankUBeQuiet 7 месяцев назад

@janetteandherpuzzles Yeah I mean I'm not making the rules so they can do whatever. I just get kinda iffy there. Then again I also don't like that they only use one brand of puzzles but I understand how valuable sponsorship is in hosting these events. At the end of the day I'm never competing at this event and I doubt I'll ever do any speed puzzling so my opinion doesn't mean much ;)

@karga1993 6 месяцев назад

Eckteile is German and means Corner Peaces :)

@janetteandherpuzzles 6 месяцев назад

Aaa good to know! Thank you! 🤗

@laurapayeur9751 7 месяцев назад

I find it so amusing how you find so many puzzles awful. I totally agree the Boston puzzle was awful.

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Well... did you see the puzzles?? 😂😅 But joke aside, the only ones that I think were actually awful for speed puzzling were A day in Paris and Boston one. Boston one is a very pretty puzzle tho, and I'd maybe like to do it some day leisurely, once I'm not traumatised by it anymore 😜

@seanflynn6775 6 месяцев назад

😂 Promo>SM

@kevinpatrickcarey3741 7 месяцев назад

Great competition and you did well but SORRY I DO NOT agree with "automatic qualification" based on country...inclusitivy in real life is great but it WATERS DOWN competitions and really makes the results not that respectable considering someone could have finished it 10 minutes faster but wont qualify becaues they are from the US or something......

@LogicMasterSteve 7 месяцев назад

If every country is allowed to send only their best, say, 4 participants to the event (like in many World Championships, Olympics,... in sport), then you don't need country rules. If on the other hand, one country (Spain) ia allowed to send 150 competitors to a World Championship and another country (Slovenia) sends only 2 competitors - you cannot call that a fair World Championship. Thus, I am a big fan of some country rule - although this year the country rule did cost me the spot in the individual final.

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! 🤗 So just to explain, it wasn’t automatic - only best from top 30 countries (at least for individuals) got to advance and there were more than 30 countries in each preliminary round. It got more difficult to qualify from semi-final to finals. For pairs and teams, the number of best from each country was even smaller that qualified. Unless they can have new unreleased puzzles for every round of the entire competition in every category, many have an advantage as they have access to these puzzles which others don’t. So to even the playing field, they have the country rule. It’s a rule that appears in many sporting events, to make it a Worldly competition.

@kevinpatrickcarey3741 7 месяцев назад

thanks for explaining still not a huge fan of it in any sports but I hope I didnt sound to rough haha

@janetteandherpuzzles 7 месяцев назад

@@kevinpatrickcarey3741 No problem! ☺ And I completely understand. Everyone is allowed to have their own opinion, and don't worry, it didn't sound too rough 😉

@silvermeasuringspoons6462 7 месяцев назад

Guess you don't come from a smaller country then. Seriously, I rather watch a "world" competition with a bunch of...xyz... representatives, more than the 40th US competitor. On the other hand, I do agree with another comment that they must have at least FINISHED the puzzle.