Welcome to Piece-off #19 Come solo, bring a partner or join a team and try your hand at speed puzzling - the top performers in each category go home with a prize!

🧩 CATEGORIES AND FORMAT:

Individuals (Solo): Speed Puzzling (upto 150 pieces, 60 min, unboxed, 3 prizes to be won!)

Pairs (group of 2): Speed Puzzling (upto 300 pieces, 90 min, unboxed, 3 prizes to be won!)

Teams (group of 4): Speed Puzzling (upto 500 pieces, 120 min, top Team wins a prize)

You can register under multiple categories as they will take place at different times. Pairs tickets are per Pair; Teams tickets are to be bought per-person. All tickets include the cost of registration and the competition puzzle to take home.

🧩 TIME AND SCHEDULE:

11.00 AM - 5.30 PM, Sunday, 29th January.

11.00 AM: Individuals check-in and briefing.

11.15 AM - 12.15 PM: Individuals round.

12.30 PM - Pairs check-in and briefing.

12.45 - 2.15 PM: Pairs round.

3.00 PM: Teams check-in and briefing.

3.15- 5.15 PM: Teams round.

🧩 RULES:

Individuals have 60 min to complete a surprise puzzle of upto 150 pieces. This will be an Unboxed round (box & image provided after the round). Prizes will be awarded to the fastest finishers.

Pairs have 90 min to complete a mystery puzzle of upto 300 pieces. This will be an Unboxed round (box & image provided after the round). Prizes will be awarded to the fastest finishers.

Teams have 120 min to complete mystery puzzle of upto 500 pieces. Puzzles will come boxed, with the pieces in sealed bags. Only letter openers, keys or other non-sharp objects may be used to open the plastic that covers the puzzle or seals on the puzzle boxes; sharp objects like scissors or box cutters are not permitted.

If, once the time has run out, competitors have not finished the puzzle, we will count the number of placed pieces, adding only groups of 2 or more pieces correctly joined together. Competitors will be ranked by the number of pieces they have placed.

If pieces are missing/misplaced at the end of the puzzle, 5 seconds for each such piece will be added to the final time. If there are 2 or more adjacent missing pieces, no penalty will be applied as it is considered a manufacturing error.

Tickets include registration and the cost of the competition puzzle - competitors take their puzzle home!

About Playful Pursuits

We are Bangalore’s first jigsaw puzzle meetup group, providing a space for puzzle enthusiasts to come together to solve jigsaws, swap and sell their puzzles, and compete in speed puzzling! We meet in-person every Monday and on the occasional weekend.