British Jigsaw Championship 2024
The British Jigsaw Championships 2024 took place at Newmarket Racecourse for the very first time.
Did Sarah Mills win again?? Find out below.
The British Jigsaw Championship is linked with the Newmarket Jigsaw Festival, which is its 13th event. They already have over a thousand jigsaws pieced together and waiting for you.
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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
Here’s Emma Barclay and her friends at the competition!
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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 a go in 2025, get in training and have a look st 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.
The British Jigsaw Championship 2023
The tenth British Jigsaw Championships was held at Newmarket in the Turner Hall on Sunday, 25 June 2023.
Nearly 200 people entered compared to 70 in 2022, said organiser Janet Ramsey-Helie
It also featured on the BBC here in a feature by the Strictly Dancing star Joanne Clifton who came fifth in 2022.
The full results are:
- Elite – Sarah Mills (1 hour, 52 mins) (Second – Cathy Evans just four minutes behind – watch out Sarah next year!)
- Pairs – SJ Bodell and Dan Martin (1 hour, 39mins)
- Fun – Emma Cobb, Sue and Richard (2 hours, 15 mins)
2023 British Jigsaw Champion – Sarah Mills wins again!
The current and reigning British champion at the ELITE level is Sarah Mills, who has now won the competition for nine years in a row!
A mother of two from Taverham near Norwich, she is an insurance underwriter and attributes her success to her mathematical & logical mind!
Her average time for a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle is two hours.
Read more about her jigsaw puzzle fame on ITV and the BBC here!
About the Event
Competitors from around the world gather at the British Jigsaw Championships to complete a 1000 piece jigsaw
The identity of the
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
This
Emma won the £50 prize money and she could keep the
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
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.
World Jigsaw Puzzle Championships 2024
Valladolid, Spain
17/09/2024 to 22/09/2024
2023 winners :
Individual : Alejandro Clemente León – 00:37:59 (500pc)
Pairs: Gisela Arranz Toro & Alejandro Clemente León from Madrid / Barcelona – 01:32:18 (1000pc)
Teams : Las Chicas Checas : Tereza Koptíková, Markéta Freislerová, Eva Žemličková, Helen Karmínová KellnerPrague / Pilsen / Nupaky / Stenovicky Borek, Czech Republic- 01:30:25 (2x1000pc)
World Jigsaw Puzzle Championships – Register here. It could be you!
See what happened in 2023 below
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
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
- Newmarket jigsaw festival is the original home of the British Jigsaw Championships and is also where you can get some fantastic rare puzzles as well as lots of home-baked cakes!
- There are many Jigsaw Festivals around the UK. See my Jigsaw Festival article and check if there is one in your local area.
- I have an interesting article on How Long Do Jigsaw Puzzles Take?
