Karen Kavett (Karen Puzzles)

Yeah, I mean, I definitely think there have been times in the past where I've done too much practice.

For this year, I feel like I've gone in the other direction and haven't really done a ton at all.

Yeah, this is great practice for nationals.

I think it would be really hard to cheat because everyone is sitting there watching you do the puzzle.

I guess maybe you could like break into the room ahead of time to find out what the puzzles are going to look like.

So that one was for when it was for the pairs final.

Yeah.

I mean, you can just look at it and be like, I'm going to do this section.

I'm going to do this section.

This is probably going to be the hardest.

You keep bringing up kittens.

Everyone pretty much who does speed puzzling hates fur.

Fur is so hard.

Fur is the enemy.

Yeah.

If we get a kitten, everyone will be like, oh no, fur.

Yeah.

Let me think.

For the Nationals final, they had an image from an artist named Demelza Houghton, which was kind of a fantasy-ish illustration.

Just like super cute for the preliminary rounds.