Help!!! I feel stuck and can't get my time under the 1 hour mark. Would love any advice and feedback you have to offer. Thanks so much for watching! Please consider subscribing 💜🧩
hey, i myself have not been to a speed-puzzling competition myself but i plan to and watched a lot about many competitions. one thing i noticed is that (and i don’t mean this to be rude!!) your sorting time could maybe use some improvement. like may it be a full sort or just a complete flip of the pieces. that is a part that you can easily practice imo, since you can just reuse the same puzzle over and over and just flip it. i think having that part down and therefore a much smaller time at which you start puzzling would definitely help in getting the time under 1h!!
I think you're overlooking the power of doing the same jigsaw puzzle over and over a bunch of times, it reduces the variables so you can focus on getting faster and faster solving that puzzle, and that may give you new techniques and tricks that can apply to that category of puzzle. So it might be worth repeating a puzzle multiple times for different types of pictures and developing different techniques for each type.
This compilation comparing techniques and image types was exactly what I was looking for!! I competed in my first real puzzle competition this past weekend and dropped my personal best from 2h27m down to 1h52m!! Will have to try your build as you sort technique, that seems quite useful when space is limited.
Woohoo on getting under 2hrs! That's amazing!!! The build-as-you-sort or pick-and-place works best on busy images. Give it a try and let me know how you get on with it. 💜🧩
Thank you!!! I know it's for fun and I know I am going to love meeting Janette, Vicky and Jubie, and all the other puzzlers. I do need to stop pressuring myself so much. I just don't want to disappoint anyone...not that anyone is going to be disappointed in my performance so I have no idea why I am feeling this way. Really appreciate all the kind words of support. 💜🧩
Hello! I just discovered speed puzzling and I'm loving It! Thanks for the tips, I'm also trying to improve my time but couldn't figure out which technique is better ^^'
Welcome to the crazy world of speed puzzling! So far for me, besides the pick-and-place/build-as-I-sort on really busy images, the best technique I've found is the full flip.
This was really useful to watch, It was good to watch the different approaches and explanations while watching the timelapses. I am still trying to find a technique that helps manage pieces in limited space.
Just keep practicing! I definitely think you're doing it correctly and practicing on varying puzzle types, especially ones you normally wouldn't puzzle.
Thank you!! I have some coming up that will not be the easiest for me. I just need to keep plugging along and everyone's encouraging words have been so uplifting. 💜🧩
I just bought my first couple of Ravensburger puzzles and one of them is this Lake Como one. It took me about 4hrs to finish. Watching other people speed puzzle makes me want to get faster but I haven’t done many puzzles yet. Some day I shall be speedy 😄
That Lake Como puzzle was tricky! I've improved my time on it slightly and now I've left it in Canada. Some speed puzzlers make it look so easy - I don't know how they can move their hands that fast! If you enjoy it, keep doing it and yes you will get faster. I have definitely improved but I know that I am also very image dependent. As long as you enjoy it, then it's worth it!
I think that you’re getting better and you probably just don’t know it because the times vary so much with every puzzle. I think you just have to keep going and once the adrenaline kicks in at the competition I’m sure that help too 😅 Also good point about the limited space - I should definitely do that for myself as well 🙈 And also speed puzzling with someone. I never thought of doing that but it’s a great idea. I think I’ll have to bring my sister in again 😂 I love you videos and honestly can’t wait to meet you! 🥰
Thank you Janette!! I can't wait to meet you also and to puzzle with you. We are going to have so much fun. Wendy and I did two pairs yesterday - it was good to speed puzzle with someone else. We learned a lot! 💜🧩
You’re doing great ! I could never get a puzzle done in the speeds you’re getting. If I have to do something fast, I get flustered and it makes me slow down. I think you’re right on track, doing a mixture of different puzzles and trying several methods. Maybe one method will work good for a particular type, but not for another. I guess just keep doing as your are. I’ll be cheering you on. ❤
It's like the colors of the flowers and sections help you separate but the pedals then look alike so each section is hard too. Hope you do well in the Competition. ENjoyed
It was a nice surprise to see the lake Como. I have a friend who is in her seventies and I talked to her about my passion for jigsaws and she decided she will try a jigsaw even though she probably had not done any jigsaws for 50 years or so and she chose the Lake Como one. Certainly not the easiest jigsaw for a beginner. In the time it took you to complete the jigsaw she did some of the edge and some of the sky, but I am confident that slowly but surely she will get there.
Oh nice!! No, not the easiest for a beginner but I do hope she will enjoy it. The sky was actually not too bad, the water was trickier and then for me the greenery...always the greenery is so tricky! 💜🧩
I just started trying speed puzzling… I did a 500 piece Ravensburger, London Postcard, as my first timed puzzle. JEEZ is it hard than it looks… I am SO slow!!!! Going to continue practicing… very disappointed with myself. I thought surely I’d be the next Alejandro. 😅
We all hope to be the next Alejandro - and we all quickly came back down to reality. It is a lot more difficult than it first appears. Good on you for giving it a go. With practice you will improve so don't discourage - keep trying. 💜🧩
I've just done lake Como. It took me 2 hours and 1 minute. Overall it was quite an easy puzzle. Yes the greenery at the end took a bit of time. The bottom out of focus part was really easy, there were so few of those pieces.
I do believe all the puzzles used in the preliminary rounds are ones that are already out on the market so yes, many could have already done them. The ones used in the finals are unreleased ones though which is exciting! Slight disadvantage here in NZ and I'm sure in many other countries as we don't get all the puzzles released or at the same time. I'm still trying to get my hands on some used in last year's competition and I can't find them. 💜🧩
This was such an interesting video. As you know I am mostly a full flipper, and it's because I'm a terrible sorter. It does strike me that with limited space I might encounter difficulties. We will see what happens in Australia! I am so impressed with your methodical approach to improving at speed puzzling, and of course with your times that are consistently faster than mine and within the 90 minutes. Oh yes, picking through the box would NOT work for me. I'll look forward to your video where you try that.
Hi Donna, just like to say your build as you sort technique has vastly improved my speed, i posted a new time of 1 hour 42 minutes today, i didn't think i would like that technique but WOW i love it.
If you can't see a piece you can't place it - but some pieces you postpone until a more appropriate time. Finding that balance and space utilization seems to be the key. You "graze" the pieces with your eyes and I predict you will do well with the "shuffle" method if you persist at it. I wonder if these top performers have photographic memories - regardless , visually "sweep" the box as needed - only fixate on a given piece as a last resort. Of course everything said is just rhetoric - you are making it happen !
They must have amazing memories! As well as shape recognition and good hand-eye coordination. I am getting better at not trying to fixate on a specific piece and just deal with it at the end when there are a lot less holes to fill in. 💜🧩
I managed to complete 2 jigsaw puzzles, got very excited but then got frustrated in trying to solve 4 more puzzles. I found jigsaw puzzles for free in the internet and they are really great. Must be because you do not to occupy physical space to do it which has been an issue for me.
I've tried online puzzles but for me, it's just not the same. I love the feel of the pieces. I can see the appeal though as no room is needed and you can adjust the digital puzzles to various size. I like playing them on planes when travelling.
hi just wondering have you made a video on solving the world map puzzle you have hanging on the wall behind you , i ask as i have just purchased the same puzzle , many thanks, love your channel by the way,
Hiya!! No, I didn't film assembling my big map as I did it before I started my channel. However, I did take lots of photos and may do a community tab post with them all depicted. I have purchased another puzzle to compliment it from Grafika called "Vintage Travel" which I plan to build, glue and frame all on camera. I may also show the photos of the map then. I hope you enjoy building it. The only issue I had was around the border/edge as the puzzle is the same cut repeated, just rotated by 180 degrees. So the pieces in the upper-right corner fit in the lower-left corner and so forth. 💜🧩
I'm watching today because my new-puzzle 500 times feel plateaued despite being able to crank out really fast ppms if it's 100 or a practice a particular puzzle. I feel like there's some trick or insight or breakthrough between here and the next level-up.
I'm not sure if I have found the trick but in my newer videos I have started focusing on a full-flip method and refining that more. I keep trying but I find for me, it's so image dependent. Just make sure you are having fun!
@@fortheloveofpuzzles thanks it's always fun. I did maybe stumble onto some thoughts that helped me get faster this week. There are 3 real flip methods and each one takes a different amount of time and works best in certain types of puzzles (contingent on the strengths of the puzzler): a) full flip zero sort, this is one you can drill and get the time down to 2-5 minutes and works best for puzzles where there are distinctive splatters of color scattered around (think those postcard 500s), not a lot of samey-pieces. b) flip and edge (the Alejandro style), no real sorting but edges are pulled aside. This adds a minute or so to the raw flip. A generic method for any type of puzzle that can be slower than the others but works best when there's lots of samey-pieces in a big region. Alejandro uses this method cleverly, he'll pick a large region that looks like a second region would be unlocked by the first. Then saves edges for whenever he feels his pace gets too slow in order to pivot into another region without losing efficiency. c) the detailed sort, this takes much longer at the beginning 7-10 minutes before your first piece, but gives you a ton more efficiency if the puzzle lends itself to getting it right and 5-6 distinctive regions with no overlap. This works for clean gradients. This is the play style of Kristin T.
Great times Donnalouise! I also did a speed run recently that was close to the 90 minute limit - it was sooo discouraging, but like you, I think I just used a method that didn’t suit me and slowed me right down. With the full flip I find that I just get in my own way with that - I’m constantly having to shift pieces out of the way and in the process jumbling them all up and just generally creating chaos. It’s definitely not a technique that will get me my best time! One question for you - how do you find your back copes with standing over the puzzle while you build? I tried that once and I didn’t even last 10 minutes! How people can stoop over the puzzle for an entire speed run is beyond me! Of course, I’m not as young as I used to be, so that might have something to do with it! 😂
My back is not too bad for a 500 piece if I can get it done within 1:30 but I do tend to stretch once or twice a round. I aways end up standing to try and get a better view. I try to stay seating but usually end up standing up pretty quickly. My back does not like me afterwards though. I make sure to have painkillers on hand. 💜🧩
I think keeping in mind that it's fun, even when you're trying to improve your timing, can help. Less stress, less panic, and a brain that is better able to watch and analyze. But honestly, I already think the times are really good! The sorting on the third puzzle is not for me either. I'm more of a "Vicky style": I pick through the box and when nothing catches my eye anymore, I slide all the pieces to one side or the other to discover new ones. Maybe this is the magic method for you too? Lots of courage and good things! But, y ou're already doing great! 😊
Thank you!! I will definitely try the box shuffle method next and see how I go. I've not done that before. Will be interesting to see how I get on with it. 💜🧩
I think it could be interesting to see you speed puzzle these same puzzles again in a few weeks time. I just wonder how much familiarity with the image plays into the time. Or if repeating images that are not your favorite may give you more information on how best to sort the photograph style images, or greenery pieces. Or maybe there is something specific in Ravensburger puzzles that you pick up on with repeated attempts? Regardless, I think you're developing your speed puzzling skill pretty quickly. I don't know what it comes from, but I was told that it takes 10,000 hours to become a master at something. So just keep chipping away at those 10,000 hours.
Thank you! I'm no where near having sped puzzled for 10,000 hours so I guess I still have some practicing to do. I know I'm getting there - just being hard on myself. I may have to redo some puzzle if I run out of ones to practice on. They will be months apart. It will be interesting if I approach the puzzle the same way or not - and whether or not my time improves. 💜🧩
Not helping so much. I assemble a 300pcs at first alone, and then in pairs. It can help me just a little in strategy, but no more. Then I split the 300 pcs into a 9x9 part. And assemble 4x in a row just to measure my part per minute value. In this small puzzle was a bit helpfull, but not significant.
I think the built as I shuffle method is a super nice for some pictures, but not good for others. And I think it's not the fastest one. I used to do it that way when I'm not trying to be fast at all, and I'm almost sure it's quite słów actually
Interesting - I have a feeling I'll end up doing my build as I sort (unintentionally). Like I'll get frustrated with shuffling the box and just go back to doing what I normally do. The reason I want to try it - and I should have mentioned this in the video but forgot - Viki did it for the Battle of the TH-cam Puzzlers #BOTYP and she came in 3rd place if I remember correctly. I figure I'll it a try one. I think the image I picked will be good for it but not necessarily a method I'll enjoy. We shall see! 💜🧩
If you haven't seen it, there is a very informative video uploaded on the USA Jigsaw TH-cam Channel where they did an Interview with World Champion Alejandro Clemente Leon. I believe Alejandro answered the question about the value of redoing puzzles. I believe he said that he feels after say two months, he said it is like doing a puzzle for the first time again.
Alejandro is such a lovely person - met him at Worlds last year. I have redone some puzzles and I agree, if it is a few months, it almost feels like the first time. But of all the puzzles I've redone (and I've redone a lot) only once was I ever slower, all other times I was faster. Was that due to me improving? Remembering some of the image? Combination of both? But yeah, I do redo a lot of puzzles these days as it's difficult to buy new ones and it also adds up. 💜🧩
There is a Value vs non value video on Lean made simple channel. I just think about how it is related to speed puzzling. What is the real value? Normally there are some standard process steps, unboxing, flipping, sorting groups based on edge/non edges or pattern or color. Then assembling small groups, or makeing first the edge. A lots of trial, rotating.... In the ideal world, every piece is flipped, and we know the exact location (no need to lookfor on the image), and can move there. This is the value. What are wastes here? finding, trial, put back, trial again, move small assembled parts, moving flipped and grouped pieces because we have too much inventory and we dont have enough space on table....😀
I love this comment so much! How interesting indeed! I love your description of the ideal world - unfortunately for me, definitely a lot of waste when I speed puzzle! hehehe 💜🧩
Oh yes!!! And it's quite big and getting bigger each year. There are associations in many countries, lots of local and online competitions, on top of that there is Worlds. You should check out the World Jigsaw Puzzle Federation here on TH-cam and you can see the livestreams from the past 2 years. I can't wait for September! 💜🧩
I feel like there won't be a right answer to your jigsawing types. That each type of puzzle has one that works best for it and that I would just keep doing what you're doing and try to practice them all.
Watching your walk-through on this I see you are primarily right handed though your left hand occasionally partners with the right hand as a helper but not venturing very far from the focused puzzle surface. I would recommend doing a 500 with only your left hand again and again and again. Get to a point where the right hand is putting a piece in place at the same time the left hand is grabbing a piece which then switches to the right hand grabbing a piece at the same time the left hand is putting a piece in. Ambidextrous. Might sound difficult but with practice it will greatly improve the time. Good luck and wish you well.
Very much right hand dominate - and my left hand is the worse for my tremors. I would be up for trying your suggestion though - perhaps on a puzzle I’ve already done so I can compare times. Thanks for recommending me this - I have a feeling it’ll be a bit of a disaster but I’m up for the challenge. 💜🧩
@@fortheloveofpuzzles It was interesting watching the various styles of last years competitors there is quite a lot of diversity among the fastest of them.
Trays are allowed and I need to look up the rules and get some that meet the requirements. It's so easy to slip into casual mode - I wonder if being in a competition setting would help keep me motivated to go fast...?? Hope you are enjoying speed puzzling. 💜🧩
Interesting. 🤔 How about picking one of the puzzles that you showed today and doing it again using the other methods that you didn't use. You will have to leave a gap of about a month between each method. It may give you an idea of which method is fastest for you. The rummage in the box method is all very well but I feel that it would be a somewhat frustrating one. I know Judy from Addicted to Puzzles uses that method, it would drive me crazy. I guess to some degree the image is the deciding factor on which method to use. I get the impression that you are most comfortable with the build as you sort method. I would imagine the only way to get faster is to practise every single day. Would you have time for that? Not to mention enough jigsaws! In theory puzzles with clear blocks of colour would be easier to do than one that has a lot going on. For example the Cute Dogs one being busy and The Mechanic having obvious blocks of colour. So those are my thoughts on the subject, whether they are of any help is for you to decide. Happy puzzling! 😊
The image definitely influences which technique I choose to use. I think the Knitter's Delight would be a good one for the build as I shuffle method...? I know that I would opt for my build as I sort method over a full sort. I do plan on redoing my puzzles if I can't get my hands on new ones. I still have about a dozen or so to do. Maybe I could try to get in two a week. It's all a balance of time and money of course. Which is The Mechanic puzzle you reference...I need to try and go find it. 💜🧩
I would guess that you did Enchanted Christmas the fastest, because you used your super power. 🙂 The slowest... Maybe Lake Como? (I can't believe it has the exact same name as the 500 piece puzzle I speed puzzled without the image!! 😳 But wait a minute... It was Clementoni and not Ravensburger! 🤣 I was just confused because that puzzle had two different names, one on the box and another one on the internet... Weird. But yeah, don't mind me, sorry for thinking aloud... 🙈)
You still haven't tried "flip all and sort SOME of the pieces"! 😁 (Sorting into piles, so it doesn't take much room) It's the technique that I think I've seen the most and I think it has a lot of potential. 🙂 Because of my budget I don't have any other option than to do same puzzles over and over, but I've noticed that it usually only affects my time if the image is very detailed, so that memory helps. I'm sure you could do Floral Reflections and Lake Como again, no problem. 🙂
You are starting to know me and my speed puzzling capabilities quite well! "Flip and sort some of the pieces" - I'm trying to picture exactly what you mean but can't...hmmm?? Dump out all the pieces, start flipping over, sort some pieces into piles and leave others turned up...?? What would you sort into piles and what would you just leave flipped up? Can you use the Lake Como image as an example and elaborate please? 💜🧩
@@fortheloveofpuzzles Yes, that is indeed the question - what to sort and what not to sort! 😅 I'm still trying to figure it out... Usually I sort all the edges (but now I've started to question this habit) and then something that I plan to begin with, like the buildings would be a quite nice starting point I think. 🙂 I think it's best to choose 1-3 things what you want to sort, otherwise it would be more like full sort and you'd be losing time. But you're doing really well, I'm sure you'll hit the 1 hour mark soon! 🙂👍
I’m not a competitive person so maybe not the best person to say what you need… but just relax and have fun. We’ll love you if you come in 1st or 100th. 😊
Thank you!! I know you will all be supportive and encouraging. I just would like to make you all proud of me as well. So I appreciate you writing that no matter where I place, you will still love me xoxoxox 💜🧩
Perhaps redoing the same puzzle with different techniques might help realize why and how one technique is the best for a particular puzzle, and this might help with the realization of what could speed up the puzzling process? Otherwise I really do not know since I never speed puzzled before. 🤔
I may end up redoing a lot of my puzzles if I run out of ones in my stash to do. I definitely will have an advantage having already done the puzzle once. Hopefully I can get my hands on more but they are so pricy here in NZ. I checked this morning and most 500 Ravensburger start at $40 NZD. I did a series of three similar gradient puzzles using three different build techniques and for the gradients I found that for me, fully sorting was the fastest. 💜🧩
@@fortheloveofpuzzles I see. The cost will quickly build up. Whatever the case, I do agree with one commenter about not putting too much pressure on yourself. Of course, it is very natural to feel pressure when we want to do our best.👍😄
Did you find the water reflection area a bit tricky? Also that yellow flower! I don't know how Alejandro did it so quickly - he must have an amazing brain! 💜🧩
@@fortheloveofpuzzles I seem to remember that I started with the yellow part and then struggled with the orange part, not the easiest puzzle, but then again it took me about 2 hours, so not really that long.
A repetição leva à perfeição. Você deveria escolher um método e praticar com modelos diferentes. O método seria o que você vai usar na competição. Vamos ver como você vai se sair com o método novo. Acho que ir montando conforme aparecem as peças tem sido o mais rápido, não? Continue tentando!! E nós continuaremos torcendo por você!! Fica bem. Abraços. Tchauuuu
Vou tentar esse novo método uma vez com certeza para ver como me saio. Estou preso com qual método é o melhor para mim - às vezes é o build-as-i-sort e outros é o full-sort. Talvez em algumas semanas/meses eu deva refazer alguns quebra-cabeças e tentar o método oposto ao que tentei pela primeira vez no quebra-cabeça. Hummm... 💜🧩
I figure the gradient flowers would be the fastest, but I was torn between the other two for the slowest. The Christmas one was busier, but Lake Como had more sections of solid color. I’ll be waiting to see the totals!
I was also thinking that the gradient flower would be a lot easier than it ended up being for me. I just got so stuck on some of those sections. Still pleased with my time but not as fast as I was hoping. 💜🧩
Oh that full flip - I've tried and tried - I think it's off the table for me. Maybe enough room for a 500 piece puzzle but my eyes just get so confused. I did the sort/full flip on the last puzzle in this video...probably won't do it again. 💜🧩
SOrting takes some minutes too... i just play for fun and getting my mind of some stresss ha ha ha.... eyes is verybimportant its sometimes deceving....
I do have so much trouble with certain colours - also depends on the lighting that I have while puzzling. I have trouble with yellow to orange to red to pink colours. 💜🧩
Thank you! I do realise some methods will work better for certain images. I do think the full sort on the flowers was best for it, and I'm thinking I could have done better on the village using my build as I sort method. Too many pieces all over the place for my liking. 💜🧩
@@fortheloveofpuzzles But I still think you did great 😀 I liked Page's sorting. still by colour, but not in piles. Personally I like to see the pieces. The box rumage I don't have faith in when it comes to speed. I'm sure you will improve. Iit just takes time, and when you are alredy good at something, improving isn't always visable until you look back and see how far you've come.
Worlds competition was amazing!! So much fun meeting everyone and just talking about puzzles, and puzzling every day. I highly recommend for any puzzle fan whether or not they are a speed puzzler. 💜🧩
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Help!!! I feel stuck and can't get my time under the 1 hour mark. Would love any advice and feedback you have to offer.
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hey, i myself have not been to a speed-puzzling competition myself but i plan to and watched a lot about many competitions.
one thing i noticed is that (and i don’t mean this to be rude!!) your sorting time could maybe use some improvement.
like may it be a full sort or just a complete flip of the pieces.
that is a part that you can easily practice imo, since you can just reuse the same puzzle over and over and just flip it.
i think having that part down and therefore a much smaller time at which you start puzzling would definitely help in getting the time under 1h!!
I think you're overlooking the power of doing the same jigsaw puzzle over and over a bunch of times, it reduces the variables so you can focus on getting faster and faster solving that puzzle, and that may give you new techniques and tricks that can apply to that category of puzzle. So it might be worth repeating a puzzle multiple times for different types of pictures and developing different techniques for each type.
This compilation comparing techniques and image types was exactly what I was looking for!! I competed in my first real puzzle competition this past weekend and dropped my personal best from 2h27m down to 1h52m!! Will have to try your build as you sort technique, that seems quite useful when space is limited.
Woohoo on getting under 2hrs! That's amazing!!! The build-as-you-sort or pick-and-place works best on busy images. Give it a try and let me know how you get on with it. 💜🧩
Remember, you are doing this for fun. Don't put so much pressure on yourself. You are doing great!
Thank you!!! I know it's for fun and I know I am going to love meeting Janette, Vicky and Jubie, and all the other puzzlers. I do need to stop pressuring myself so much. I just don't want to disappoint anyone...not that anyone is going to be disappointed in my performance so I have no idea why I am feeling this way. Really appreciate all the kind words of support. 💜🧩
Hello! I just discovered speed puzzling and I'm loving It! Thanks for the tips, I'm also trying to improve my time but couldn't figure out which technique is better ^^'
Welcome to the crazy world of speed puzzling! So far for me, besides the pick-and-place/build-as-I-sort on really busy images, the best technique I've found is the full flip.
This was really useful to watch, It was good to watch the different approaches and explanations while watching the timelapses. I am still trying to find a technique that helps manage pieces in limited space.
I have a refined technique now even which works even better for me. You might enjoy watching this video…will find link and comment as well 💜🧩
PUZZLE PREDICTIONS & PRACTICE for the 2024 World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship Competition (Part 3)
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Just keep practicing! I definitely think you're doing it correctly and practicing on varying puzzle types, especially ones you normally wouldn't puzzle.
Thank you!! I have some coming up that will not be the easiest for me. I just need to keep plugging along and everyone's encouraging words have been so uplifting. 💜🧩
I just bought my first couple of Ravensburger puzzles and one of them is this Lake Como one. It took me about 4hrs to finish.
Watching other people speed puzzle makes me want to get faster but I haven’t done many puzzles yet. Some day I shall be speedy 😄
That Lake Como puzzle was tricky! I've improved my time on it slightly and now I've left it in Canada. Some speed puzzlers make it look so easy - I don't know how they can move their hands that fast! If you enjoy it, keep doing it and yes you will get faster. I have definitely improved but I know that I am also very image dependent. As long as you enjoy it, then it's worth it!
Those guys are faster doing the entire puzzle than I just sorting the pieces!
I think that you’re getting better and you probably just don’t know it because the times vary so much with every puzzle. I think you just have to keep going and once the adrenaline kicks in at the competition I’m sure that help too 😅
Also good point about the limited space - I should definitely do that for myself as well 🙈
And also speed puzzling with someone. I never thought of doing that but it’s a great idea. I think I’ll have to bring my sister in again 😂
I love you videos and honestly can’t wait to meet you! 🥰
Thank you Janette!! I can't wait to meet you also and to puzzle with you. We are going to have so much fun. Wendy and I did two pairs yesterday - it was good to speed puzzle with someone else. We learned a lot! 💜🧩
You’re doing great ! I could never get a puzzle done in the speeds you’re getting. If I have to do something fast, I get flustered and it makes me slow down. I think you’re right on track, doing a mixture of different puzzles and trying several methods. Maybe one method will work good for a particular type, but not for another. I guess just keep doing as your are. I’ll be cheering you on. ❤
Thank you!! I appreciate all the cheers that I can get! 💜🧩
It's like the colors of the flowers and sections help you separate but the pedals then look alike so each section is hard too. Hope you do well in the Competition. ENjoyed
Thank you! I agree - those pedals made the image a lot more tricky for me than I expected.
It was a nice surprise to see the lake Como. I have a friend who is in her seventies and I talked to her about my passion for jigsaws and she decided she will try a jigsaw even though she probably had not done any jigsaws for 50 years or so and she chose the Lake Como one. Certainly not the easiest jigsaw for a beginner. In the time it took you to complete the jigsaw she did some of the edge and some of the sky, but I am confident that slowly but surely she will get there.
Oh nice!! No, not the easiest for a beginner but I do hope she will enjoy it. The sky was actually not too bad, the water was trickier and then for me the greenery...always the greenery is so tricky! 💜🧩
I just started trying speed puzzling… I did a 500 piece Ravensburger, London Postcard, as my first timed puzzle.
JEEZ is it hard than it looks… I am SO slow!!!! Going to continue practicing… very disappointed with myself. I thought surely I’d be the next Alejandro. 😅
We all hope to be the next Alejandro - and we all quickly came back down to reality. It is a lot more difficult than it first appears. Good on you for giving it a go. With practice you will improve so don't discourage - keep trying. 💜🧩
I've just done lake Como. It took me 2 hours and 1 minute. Overall it was quite an easy puzzle. Yes the greenery at the end took a bit of time. The bottom out of focus part was really easy, there were so few of those pieces.
Great times! I was so slow at the floral reflections. I think Alejandro said he had done it before and that was why his time was so good.
I do believe all the puzzles used in the preliminary rounds are ones that are already out on the market so yes, many could have already done them. The ones used in the finals are unreleased ones though which is exciting! Slight disadvantage here in NZ and I'm sure in many other countries as we don't get all the puzzles released or at the same time. I'm still trying to get my hands on some used in last year's competition and I can't find them. 💜🧩
This was such an interesting video. As you know I am mostly a full flipper, and it's because I'm a terrible sorter. It does strike me that with limited space I might encounter difficulties. We will see what happens in Australia! I am so impressed with your methodical approach to improving at speed puzzling, and of course with your times that are consistently faster than mine and within the 90 minutes. Oh yes, picking through the box would NOT work for me. I'll look forward to your video where you try that.
Thankfully Australia will only be 500 pieces. I need a bit of a break though from speed puzzling - must recover! hehehehe 💜🧩
Hi Donna, just like to say your build as you sort technique has vastly improved my speed, i posted a new time of 1 hour 42 minutes today, i didn't think i would like that technique but WOW i love it.
That’s wonderful! It works really well on certain images. 💜🧩
How many pieces?
If you can't see a piece you can't place it - but some pieces you postpone until a more appropriate time. Finding that balance and space utilization seems to be the key. You "graze" the pieces with your eyes and I predict you will do well with the "shuffle" method if you persist at it. I wonder if these top performers have photographic memories - regardless , visually "sweep" the box as needed - only fixate on a given piece as a last resort. Of course everything said is just rhetoric - you are making it happen !
They must have amazing memories! As well as shape recognition and good hand-eye coordination. I am getting better at not trying to fixate on a specific piece and just deal with it at the end when there are a lot less holes to fill in. 💜🧩
You are doing amazing!!!
Thank you so much!!! 💜🧩
I managed to complete 2 jigsaw puzzles, got very excited but then got frustrated in trying to solve 4 more puzzles. I found jigsaw puzzles for free in the internet and they are really great. Must be because you do not to occupy physical space to do it which has been an issue for me.
I've tried online puzzles but for me, it's just not the same. I love the feel of the pieces. I can see the appeal though as no room is needed and you can adjust the digital puzzles to various size. I like playing them on planes when travelling.
hi just wondering have you made a video on solving the world map puzzle you have hanging on the wall behind you , i ask as i have just purchased the same puzzle , many thanks, love your channel by the way,
Hiya!! No, I didn't film assembling my big map as I did it before I started my channel. However, I did take lots of photos and may do a community tab post with them all depicted. I have purchased another puzzle to compliment it from Grafika called "Vintage Travel" which I plan to build, glue and frame all on camera. I may also show the photos of the map then. I hope you enjoy building it. The only issue I had was around the border/edge as the puzzle is the same cut repeated, just rotated by 180 degrees. So the pieces in the upper-right corner fit in the lower-left corner and so forth. 💜🧩
I'm watching today because my new-puzzle 500 times feel plateaued despite being able to crank out really fast ppms if it's 100 or a practice a particular puzzle. I feel like there's some trick or insight or breakthrough between here and the next level-up.
I'm not sure if I have found the trick but in my newer videos I have started focusing on a full-flip method and refining that more. I keep trying but I find for me, it's so image dependent. Just make sure you are having fun!
@@fortheloveofpuzzles thanks it's always fun. I did maybe stumble onto some thoughts that helped me get faster this week. There are 3 real flip methods and each one takes a different amount of time and works best in certain types of puzzles (contingent on the strengths of the puzzler):
a) full flip zero sort, this is one you can drill and get the time down to 2-5 minutes and works best for puzzles where there are distinctive splatters of color scattered around (think those postcard 500s), not a lot of samey-pieces.
b) flip and edge (the Alejandro style), no real sorting but edges are pulled aside. This adds a minute or so to the raw flip. A generic method for any type of puzzle that can be slower than the others but works best when there's lots of samey-pieces in a big region. Alejandro uses this method cleverly, he'll pick a large region that looks like a second region would be unlocked by the first. Then saves edges for whenever he feels his pace gets too slow in order to pivot into another region without losing efficiency.
c) the detailed sort, this takes much longer at the beginning 7-10 minutes before your first piece, but gives you a ton more efficiency if the puzzle lends itself to getting it right and 5-6 distinctive regions with no overlap. This works for clean gradients. This is the play style of Kristin T.
Great times Donnalouise! I also did a speed run recently that was close to the 90 minute limit - it was sooo discouraging, but like you, I think I just used a method that didn’t suit me and slowed me right down. With the full flip I find that I just get in my own way with that - I’m constantly having to shift pieces out of the way and in the process jumbling them all up and just generally creating chaos. It’s definitely not a technique that will get me my best time!
One question for you - how do you find your back copes with standing over the puzzle while you build? I tried that once and I didn’t even last 10 minutes! How people can stoop over the puzzle for an entire speed run is beyond me! Of course, I’m not as young as I used to be, so that might have something to do with it! 😂
My back is not too bad for a 500 piece if I can get it done within 1:30 but I do tend to stretch once or twice a round. I aways end up standing to try and get a better view. I try to stay seating but usually end up standing up pretty quickly. My back does not like me afterwards though. I make sure to have painkillers on hand. 💜🧩
I think keeping in mind that it's fun, even when you're trying to improve your timing, can help. Less stress, less panic, and a brain that is better able to watch and analyze. But honestly, I already think the times are really good!
The sorting on the third puzzle is not for me either. I'm more of a "Vicky style": I pick through the box and when nothing catches my eye anymore, I slide all the pieces to one side or the other to discover new ones. Maybe this is the magic method for you too?
Lots of courage and good things! But, y ou're already doing great! 😊
Thank you!! I will definitely try the box shuffle method next and see how I go. I've not done that before. Will be interesting to see how I get on with it. 💜🧩
I think it could be interesting to see you speed puzzle these same puzzles again in a few weeks time. I just wonder how much familiarity with the image plays into the time. Or if repeating images that are not your favorite may give you more information on how best to sort the photograph style images, or greenery pieces. Or maybe there is something specific in Ravensburger puzzles that you pick up on with repeated attempts? Regardless, I think you're developing your speed puzzling skill pretty quickly. I don't know what it comes from, but I was told that it takes 10,000 hours to become a master at something. So just keep chipping away at those 10,000 hours.
Thank you! I'm no where near having sped puzzled for 10,000 hours so I guess I still have some practicing to do. I know I'm getting there - just being hard on myself. I may have to redo some puzzle if I run out of ones to practice on. They will be months apart. It will be interesting if I approach the puzzle the same way or not - and whether or not my time improves. 💜🧩
Not helping so much. I assemble a 300pcs at first alone, and then in pairs. It can help me just a little in strategy, but no more. Then I split the 300 pcs into a 9x9 part. And assemble 4x in a row just to measure my part per minute value. In this small puzzle was a bit helpfull, but not significant.
You are amazing and you are going to do great even if it’s over an hour. ❤
Thank you!! 💜🧩
I think the built as I shuffle method is a super nice for some pictures, but not good for others. And I think it's not the fastest one. I used to do it that way when I'm not trying to be fast at all, and I'm almost sure it's quite słów actually
Interesting - I have a feeling I'll end up doing my build as I sort (unintentionally). Like I'll get frustrated with shuffling the box and just go back to doing what I normally do. The reason I want to try it - and I should have mentioned this in the video but forgot - Viki did it for the Battle of the TH-cam Puzzlers #BOTYP and she came in 3rd place if I remember correctly. I figure I'll it a try one. I think the image I picked will be good for it but not necessarily a method I'll enjoy. We shall see! 💜🧩
I have a different Lake Como puzzle and it’s also super tricky!
Interesting…I’ve seen different brands and even the same brand use similar images of same places. 💜🧩
I wish we lived closer! I would love to speed puzzle with you
If ever I'm in your neck of NZ though, we need to meet up for sure! 💜🧩
This was a pleasure to watch.
Thank you! 💜🧩
If you haven't seen it, there is a very informative video uploaded on the USA Jigsaw TH-cam Channel where they did an Interview with World Champion Alejandro Clemente Leon. I believe Alejandro answered the question about the value of redoing puzzles. I believe he said that he feels after say two months, he said it is like doing a puzzle for the first time again.
Alejandro is such a lovely person - met him at Worlds last year. I have redone some puzzles and I agree, if it is a few months, it almost feels like the first time. But of all the puzzles I've redone (and I've redone a lot) only once was I ever slower, all other times I was faster. Was that due to me improving? Remembering some of the image? Combination of both? But yeah, I do redo a lot of puzzles these days as it's difficult to buy new ones and it also adds up. 💜🧩
There is a Value vs non value video on Lean made simple channel. I just think about how it is related to speed puzzling. What is the real value?
Normally there are some standard process steps, unboxing, flipping, sorting groups based on edge/non edges or pattern or color. Then assembling small groups, or makeing first the edge. A lots of trial, rotating....
In the ideal world, every piece is flipped, and we know the exact location (no need to lookfor on the image), and can move there. This is the value.
What are wastes here? finding, trial, put back, trial again, move small assembled parts, moving flipped and grouped pieces because we have too much inventory and we dont have enough space on table....😀
I love this comment so much! How interesting indeed! I love your description of the ideal world - unfortunately for me, definitely a lot of waste when I speed puzzle! hehehe 💜🧩
I didnt know puzzling was competitive!😮
Oh yes!!! And it's quite big and getting bigger each year. There are associations in many countries, lots of local and online competitions, on top of that there is Worlds. You should check out the World Jigsaw Puzzle Federation here on TH-cam and you can see the livestreams from the past 2 years. I can't wait for September! 💜🧩
I feel like there won't be a right answer to your jigsawing types. That each type of puzzle has one that works best for it and that I would just keep doing what you're doing and try to practice them all.
Thank you! I'll just keep plugging along - I think I was just feeling a little bummed and needed some encouragement. 💜🧩
Watching your walk-through on this I see you are primarily right handed though your left hand occasionally partners with the right hand as a helper but not venturing very far from the focused puzzle surface. I would recommend doing a 500 with only your left hand again and again and again. Get to a point where the right hand is putting a piece in place at the same time the left hand is grabbing a piece which then switches to the right hand grabbing a piece at the same time the left hand is putting a piece in. Ambidextrous. Might sound difficult but with practice it will greatly improve the time. Good luck and wish you well.
Very much right hand dominate - and my left hand is the worse for my tremors. I would be up for trying your suggestion though - perhaps on a puzzle I’ve already done so I can compare times. Thanks for recommending me this - I have a feeling it’ll be a bit of a disaster but I’m up for the challenge. 💜🧩
@@fortheloveofpuzzles It was interesting watching the various styles of last years competitors there is quite a lot of diversity among the fastest of them.
Great idea. I will try this.
Perhaps try with a tray on hand to dump one of the sort piles for creating space? Trays are allowed in comps, no?
(I'm also trying to work on speed but I slip into casual mode so easily!)
Trays are allowed and I need to look up the rules and get some that meet the requirements. It's so easy to slip into casual mode - I wonder if being in a competition setting would help keep me motivated to go fast...?? Hope you are enjoying speed puzzling. 💜🧩
Don't be so hard on yourself. Just enjoy the journey as puzzling is meant to be for enjoyment first and foremost 😊
True - I need to remember that as I am putting a lot of pressure on myself. I know that we are going to have so much fun in Spain all together. 💜🧩
super! it takes me 5-6 hours 😂
Thank you! I'm slowly getting a little faster with practice. 💜🧩
Interesting. 🤔 How about picking one of the puzzles that you showed today and doing it again using the other methods that you didn't use. You will have to leave a gap of about a month between each method. It may give you an idea of which method is fastest for you. The rummage in the box method is all very well but I feel that it would be a somewhat frustrating one. I know Judy from Addicted to Puzzles uses that method, it would drive me crazy. I guess to some degree the image is the deciding factor on which method to use. I get the impression that you are most comfortable with the build as you sort method. I would imagine the only way to get faster is to practise every single day. Would you have time for that? Not to mention enough jigsaws! In theory puzzles with clear blocks of colour would be easier to do than one that has a lot going on. For example the Cute Dogs one being busy and The Mechanic having obvious blocks of colour. So those are my thoughts on the subject, whether they are of any help is for you to decide. Happy puzzling! 😊
The image definitely influences which technique I choose to use. I think the Knitter's Delight would be a good one for the build as I shuffle method...? I know that I would opt for my build as I sort method over a full sort. I do plan on redoing my puzzles if I can't get my hands on new ones. I still have about a dozen or so to do. Maybe I could try to get in two a week. It's all a balance of time and money of course. Which is The Mechanic puzzle you reference...I need to try and go find it. 💜🧩
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I would guess that you did Enchanted Christmas the fastest, because you used your super power. 🙂 The slowest... Maybe Lake Como? (I can't believe it has the exact same name as the 500 piece puzzle I speed puzzled without the image!! 😳 But wait a minute... It was Clementoni and not Ravensburger! 🤣 I was just confused because that puzzle had two different names, one on the box and another one on the internet... Weird. But yeah, don't mind me, sorry for thinking aloud... 🙈)
You still haven't tried "flip all and sort SOME of the pieces"! 😁 (Sorting into piles, so it doesn't take much room) It's the technique that I think I've seen the most and I think it has a lot of potential. 🙂
Because of my budget I don't have any other option than to do same puzzles over and over, but I've noticed that it usually only affects my time if the image is very detailed, so that memory helps. I'm sure you could do Floral Reflections and Lake Como again, no problem. 🙂
You are starting to know me and my speed puzzling capabilities quite well! "Flip and sort some of the pieces" - I'm trying to picture exactly what you mean but can't...hmmm?? Dump out all the pieces, start flipping over, sort some pieces into piles and leave others turned up...?? What would you sort into piles and what would you just leave flipped up? Can you use the Lake Como image as an example and elaborate please? 💜🧩
@@fortheloveofpuzzles Yes, that is indeed the question - what to sort and what not to sort! 😅 I'm still trying to figure it out... Usually I sort all the edges (but now I've started to question this habit) and then something that I plan to begin with, like the buildings would be a quite nice starting point I think. 🙂 I think it's best to choose 1-3 things what you want to sort, otherwise it would be more like full sort and you'd be losing time. But you're doing really well, I'm sure you'll hit the 1 hour mark soon! 🙂👍
I’m not a competitive person so maybe not the best person to say what you need… but just relax and have fun. We’ll love you if you come in 1st or 100th. 😊
Thank you!! I know you will all be supportive and encouraging. I just would like to make you all proud of me as well. So I appreciate you writing that no matter where I place, you will still love me xoxoxox 💜🧩
Perhaps redoing the same puzzle with different techniques might help realize why and how one technique is the best for a particular puzzle, and this might help with the realization of what could speed up the puzzling process? Otherwise I really do not know since I never speed puzzled before. 🤔
I may end up redoing a lot of my puzzles if I run out of ones in my stash to do. I definitely will have an advantage having already done the puzzle once. Hopefully I can get my hands on more but they are so pricy here in NZ. I checked this morning and most 500 Ravensburger start at $40 NZD. I did a series of three similar gradient puzzles using three different build techniques and for the gradients I found that for me, fully sorting was the fastest. 💜🧩
@@fortheloveofpuzzles I see. The cost will quickly build up. Whatever the case, I do agree with one commenter about not putting too much pressure on yourself. Of course, it is very natural to feel pressure when we want to do our best.👍😄
It took me 2 hours and 1 minute to do the floral reflections. I am definitely not as fast as you.
Did you find the water reflection area a bit tricky? Also that yellow flower! I don't know how Alejandro did it so quickly - he must have an amazing brain! 💜🧩
@@fortheloveofpuzzles I seem to remember that I started with the yellow part and then struggled with the orange part, not the easiest puzzle, but then again it took me about 2 hours, so not really that long.
A repetição leva à perfeição. Você deveria escolher um método e praticar com modelos diferentes. O método seria o que você vai usar na competição. Vamos ver como você vai se sair com o método novo. Acho que ir montando conforme aparecem as peças tem sido o mais rápido, não? Continue tentando!! E nós continuaremos torcendo por você!! Fica bem. Abraços. Tchauuuu
Vou tentar esse novo método uma vez com certeza para ver como me saio. Estou preso com qual método é o melhor para mim - às vezes é o build-as-i-sort e outros é o full-sort. Talvez em algumas semanas/meses eu deva refazer alguns quebra-cabeças e tentar o método oposto ao que tentei pela primeira vez no quebra-cabeça. Hummm... 💜🧩
I figure the gradient flowers would be the fastest, but I was torn between the other two for the slowest. The Christmas one was busier, but Lake Como had more sections of solid color. I’ll be waiting to see the totals!
I was also thinking that the gradient flower would be a lot easier than it ended up being for me. I just got so stuck on some of those sections. Still pleased with my time but not as fast as I was hoping. 💜🧩
Please try sort and full flip.. check picture 😊
Oh that full flip - I've tried and tried - I think it's off the table for me. Maybe enough room for a 500 piece puzzle but my eyes just get so confused. I did the sort/full flip on the last puzzle in this video...probably won't do it again. 💜🧩
SOrting takes some minutes too... i just play for fun and getting my mind of some stresss ha ha ha.... eyes is verybimportant its sometimes deceving....
I think you need improove your time for one colour section. Maybe you need improove that on gradient or one colour puzzles next time.
I do have so much trouble with certain colours - also depends on the lighting that I have while puzzling. I have trouble with yellow to orange to red to pink colours. 💜🧩
the village is a really tricky puzzle, I don't think you can compare the sorting with the flower panel. Your time is pretty good I think, well done.
Thank you! I do realise some methods will work better for certain images. I do think the full sort on the flowers was best for it, and I'm thinking I could have done better on the village using my build as I sort method. Too many pieces all over the place for my liking. 💜🧩
@@fortheloveofpuzzles But I still think you did great 😀 I liked Page's sorting. still by colour, but not in piles. Personally I like to see the pieces. The box rumage I don't have faith in when it comes to speed. I'm sure you will improve. Iit just takes time, and when you are alredy good at something, improving isn't always visable until you look back and see how far you've come.
Oh thank you - you are so correct. The first 500 piece Ravensburger took me 1:50! I've definitely improved a lot since then. 💜🧩
How was it?
Worlds competition was amazing!! So much fun meeting everyone and just talking about puzzles, and puzzling every day. I highly recommend for any puzzle fan whether or not they are a speed puzzler. 💜🧩
Thank you so much for this Video. well done. I practice too. Greating puzzlesbyfraupommes
Hiya!!! Practice won’t make me perfect but it sure does help. 💜🧩