David Farrier

So I'd heard about the Nationals in America.

I don't know why this is popping off so much at the moment, but the Guardian and the New York Times have both been writing about this recently, about puzzling in America.

This is from the Independent.

Speed puzzling has only been recognized recently as a sport.

The World Jigsaw Puzzle Federation was founded in 2019 and hosted the world's first jigsaw puzzle championship event.

Later that year in Spain, the following year, the USA Puzzling Association was created and held the country's first premier national championship in San Diego.

So it's international.

It's international.

So the world jigsaw puzzling champs every year always take place in Spain, which is interesting.

And there's three categories, team, pairs, and individuals.

And just out of curiosity, I went on to the World Jigsaw Puzzle comp.

And signed up.

I've signed up next year.

I just went to the rules and they're really, like they take this really seriously.

Yeah, I would imagine.

So I'm just on their website now, worldjigsawpuzzle.org.

I just want to go through some of the... Some of the intense rules.

Yeah, like one of the Q&A, can I listen to music with headphones during the competition?

Yeah.

Yes, although we recommend not using them at the beginning and at the end.