Welcome to Piece-Off #5, the fifth edition of our jigsaw puzzle competitions in Bengaluru! 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): Puzzle Chess (1-v-1, multiple rounds, 80-150 pieces, no elimination, top 3 ranks win),
- Pairs (group of 2): Speed Puzzling (250 pieces, fastest 3 finishers win),
- Teams/Family (group of upto 4): Puzzle Challenge (250+100+50 pieces, fastest team to finish wins).
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 the Team must buy a ticket.
Time and Schedule:
10 AM - 5.30 PM - Saturday, 28th December
| Time | |
|---|---|
| 10 AM - 11:30 AM | Pairs Speed Puzzling |
| 11:30 AM | Pairs prizes |
| 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | Teams/Family Puzzle Challenge |
| 1:15 PM | Teams/Family prizes |
| 2 PM - 5:15 PM | Individuals Puzzle Chess |
| 5:15 PM | Individuals prizes |
Rules:
Individuals - Puzzle Chess:
- There will be 4 rounds of 1-v-1 matches. There will be a gameplay demo before rounds start.
- 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 3 players win prizes from JigsawNation!
Pairs - Speed Puzzling:
- Competitors have 75 minutes (1.25 hours) to complete a 250-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 fastest three finishers win puzzles sponsored by Frank Toys!
Teams/Family - the Puzzle Challenge:
- Each Team has 75 minutes to complete a 250-piece puzzle, a 100-piece mini-puzzle, and a 50-piece puzzle.
- All four puzzles must be worked on simultaneously!
- Teams must choose one member to solve the 50-piece puzzle and one to solve the 100-piece mini-puzzle. The remaining two members solve the 250-piece puzzle. Once the smaller puzzles have been completed, all four team members can work on the larger puzzle together.
- The fastest team to complete all three puzzles wins a prize from Jigsaw Nation!