World & British Jigsaw Puzzle Championship 2024

 

Who is the new World Jigsaw Puzzle Champion 2024?
Congratulations to Kristin Thuv from Norway!
Find out her winning time and who won the pairs & teams below.

The British Jigsaw Championships 2024 took place at Newmarket Racecourse for the very first time. Did Sarah Mills win again?? Find out below.

As competitive puzzlers, can you beat the times for my own unique jigsaw puzzles?
All designed by me and only on this website.

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2024 world jigsaw puzzle champion Kristin Thuv

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World Jigsaw Puzzle Championships 2024

Valladolid, Spain
17/09/2024 to   22/09/2024

2024 individual winner (500pc)
Kristin Thuv from Norway – 37 mins and 58 secs
(one second faster than last year’s winning time set by Alejandro Clemente León from Spain,
who came joint 7th this year with a time of 43 mins and 59 secs)
You can’t actually buy the winning puzzle yourself, but this 500pc from Ravensburger is as close as you can get – see if you can beat Kristin’s time!

Pairs (1000pc)
Tereza Koptíková & Markéta Freislerová from Czech Republic with a winning time of 47 mins and 41 secs 

(Last year’s winners Gisela Arranz Toro &  Alejandro Clemente León from Madrid / Barcelona
came 4th with a time of 52 mins and 38 secs -1000pc)

Teams (2000pc)
Congratulations to the Busy Birdies from USA!
Andrea Peng / Jeanne Roiter / Cathy Roiter / Becca Taylor
completed their 2000pc puzzle in 1 hour, 16 mins and 7 seconds – only 43 seconds faster than second place!

See what happened below

Will a Rotating, Tilting Puzzle Board with Drawers help you attend next year?!
(Currently with a $40 coupon discount!)

Can you beat the fastest times for my free jigsaw puzzles on this website?

The British Jigsaw Championship 2024

The 2024 British Jigsaw Festival took place at Newmarket Racecourse for the very first time.

New venue: Newmarket Rowley Mile Racecourse. Rowley Mile Drive, Newmarket CB8 OTF
Date: Sun 23 June 2024  10am – 6pm
Exhibition Hall One of the Millennium Grandstand.

The 2024 Winner was …

Sarah Mills for the 10th year in a row!
Her winning time was 1 hour and 15 mins – an incredible 38 mins quicker than in 2023! 

The Pairs was won by Nikki & Peter Thomas in just over an hour – 1 hour and 5 secs

The Hales familiy took the Fun price with a rtime of 1 hour and 22 mins.

Congratulations to the iwnners and all this who entered.
The puzzle to solve was ‘Puzzle Festival’ by Gibsons – very apt!

Here’s Emma Barclay and her friends at the competition!

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♬ original sound – Emma Barclay

 

Puzzle Festival jigsaw puzzle British Championship Box

Exclusive video for you by EverythingJigsaw!

Click here to try Puzzle Festival yourself and see if you can beat the winning time!
(or team up and try to beat Emma’s team and their time of two and a half hours,
or at least enjoy a slice of chocolate cake!)

If you fancy going in 2025, get in training and look at my latest article on the best puzzle table or board to practice on.
Remember Sir Dave Brailsford and his incremental improvements at the Olympics!

The British Jigsaw Championship is still part of the 13th Annual Newmarket Jigsaw Festival in St. Mary’s Church,
Follow their latest news on the Newmarket Jigsaw Festival & British Championship Facebook page.

About the Event

Competitors from around the world gather at the British Jigsaw Championships to complete a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle.
The identity of the puzzle is a closely guarded secret until the start of the contest to avoid any sneaky practising!

There are three categories:
Elite
 (those who would expect to complete in under 3hrs)
Pairs
Fun
 (you can enter on your own or with others, up to a maximum of four people.)

Prize money is won in each category, of £100, £100 and £50

The First Ever British Jigsaw Championship 2013

The first-ever British jigsaw championship was held at the same St Mary’s Church in Newmarket, organised by Judy Paxton in 2013.
It was won by Emma Jenkinson –  a primary school teacher from Chipping Norton, Gloucestershire.

Her winning time was 171 minutes—two hours and 51 minutes.
It’s still really quick, but nearly an hour slower than the 1 hour and 52 minutes set by Sarah Mills in 2023.

The first puzzle used as ‘Pxssed as a Newt’ by the infamous Mike Jupp.
This puzzle has been re-released and you can find it here by AllJigsawPuzzles.

Emma won the £50 prize money and she could keep the puzzle!

USA Jigsaw Nationals 2024

San Diego, CA March 2024

Congratulations to Alice Rowe from Boulder (CO), who won the 500pc in 39 minutes and 12 seconds!

The winning pair were Kelly Walter (Phoenix) and Andrea Peng (San Francisco), who pieced together a 1000-piece puzzle in a joust over an hour—1:01:31.

Kelly and Andrea were also on the winning team alongside Kelly Buhr and Becca Taylor—The Piece Corps,
with a time of 1:55:55 for their two puzzles.

Speed Puzzling

Speed puzzling started in 2020 and can be done in person or by video.
Remember Zoom – well instead of those dreaded zoom company meetings, this is much more enjoyable!).

The current speed puzzling champion is Sarah Schuler with a time of 1 hour, 41 minutes and 17 seconds for a 1000 piece Cobble Hill puzzle – Vointage Main Street.

Find out more about Speed Puzzling events here by Jonathon Cluff 

Fastest Puzzler in the World vs Karen! 

This is fun to watch!

Jigsaw Festivals

Geoff Lee