Welcome to Piece-off #10! Come solo, bring a partner or a team, and try your hand at speed puzzling - the top performers in each category go home with prizes!

🧩 CATEGORIES AND FORMAT:

- Individuals (solo): Speed Puzzling (upto 150 pieces, fastest 3 finishers win),

- Pairs (group of 2): Speed Puzzling (500 pieces, fastest 3 finishers win),

- Teams (group of 4): Speed Puzzling (1000 pieces, fastest 2 finishers win)

You can register under multiple categories as they will take place at different times. For Pairs, only one person from each group needs to purchase a ticket for the Pair. For Teams, each person in a team needs a ticket.

🧩 TIME AND SCHEDULE: 11 AM - 6 PM, Saturday, 31st May.

11 AM: Teams check-in and briefing.

11.15 AM - 1.45 PM: Teams Speed Puzzling.

2.15 PM: Individuals check-in and briefing.

2.30 PM - 3.15 PM: Individuals Speed Puzzling.

3.15 PM: Pairs check-in and briefing.

3.30 PM - 5.30 PM: Pairs Speed Puzzling.

🧩 RULES:

- Teams will have 150 minutes (2.5 hours) to complete a 1000 piece puzzle from Jigsaw Nation.

- Individuals will have 45 minutes to complete a puzzle of upto 150 pieces from Jigsaw Nation.

- Pairs will have 120 minutes (2 hours) to complete a 500-piece puzzle from Jigsaw Nation.

- Puzzles will come boxed, with an image for reference.

- 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 period has elapsed, competitors have not finished the puzzle, we will count the number of placed pieces, adding only lots of 3 or more pieces correctly joined together. Competitors will be ranked by the least number of unplaced pieces.

- If pieces are missing/misplaced at the end of the puzzle, 10 seconds for each lost piece will be added to the final time. If there are 2 or more adjacent and 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!

- The fastest three Individuals and Pairs, and the fastest two Teams, win prizes sponsored by Jigsaw Nation!

About Playful Pursuits:

Asma runs Playful Pursuits, Bangalore's first jigsaw puzzle meetup group, offering a space for puzzle enthusiasts to gather, solve jigsaws, swap and sell their puzzles, and compete in speed puzzling!