Welcome to Piece-off #4, the fourth edition of our jigsaw puzzle competitions in Bengaluru! Come solo or bring a partner and try your hand at speed puzzling - puzzlers will go head-to-head with each other over a puzzle, or race other teams to do the same puzzle at the same time, and the top performers in each category go home with a prize! Pairs also get to take their competition puzzle home.
Categories - Individuals (solo) and Pairs (group of 2). You may register for one or both categories since they will take place one after the other. For Pairs, only one person from each group needs to purchase a ticket for the Pair and the name of the other group member may be provided at the venue.
Schedule
| 11am - 1:45pm | Pairs Tournament |
| 1:45pm | Pairs Prize Distribution |
| 1:45pm - 2:45pm | Lunch Break |
| 2:45pm - 5:45pm | Individuals Tournament |
| 6pm | Individuals Prize Distribution |
Rules
Individuals
- There will be 4 rounds of 1-v-1 matches.
- Matches and rankings will follow the Swiss format - this means there will be no player elimination and all players will play the same number of matches.
- Matches will be played in the “Puzzle Chess” format: Players will take turns to place one piece at a time in the puzzle, using a chess clock to track the time taken to do so. The player with the most time remaining on the clock at the end of the match wins.
- Puzzles will range from 80-200 pieces. Borders will be constructed off the clock before the match begins.
- Top players win prizes!
Pairs
- Pairs have 150 minutes (2.5 hours) to complete a 500-piece jigsaw puzzle from Frank’s catalogue.
- Puzzles will come bagged, 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 a Pair has 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 - Pairs take their puzzle home!
- The top three finishers win puzzles sponsored by Frank Toys!