Welcome to Piece-off #16 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, 45 minutes, top 3 finishers win prizes)

- Pairs (group of 2): Speed Puzzling (500 pieces, 90 minutes, top 3 Pairs win prizes)

- Teams (group of 4): Speed Puzzling (500 pieces, 90 minutes, top Team wins prizes)

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 AM: Individuals check-in and briefing.

11.15 AM - 12.00 PM: Individuals round.

12.15 PM: Pairs check-in and briefing.

12.30 - 2.00 PM: Pairs round.

2.45 PM: Teams check-in and briefing.

3.00- 4.30 PM: Teams round.

4.30 PM: Prizes.

🧩 RULES:

- Individuals have 45 minutes to complete a puzzle of upto 150 pieces from Jigsaw Nation. The fastest 3 finishers win prizes from Jigsaw Nation.

- Pairs have 90 minutes (1.5 hours) to complete a 500 piece Ravensburger puzzle. The top 3 Pairs win prizes from Jigsaw Nation.

- Teams have 90 minutes (1.5 hours) to complete a 500 piece Frank puzzle - the top Team wins a prize from Frank.

- 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; 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 3 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:

Asma a.k.a. Playful Pursuits runs Bangalore’s jigsaw puzzle community, 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 some weekends.