What a great improvement! And the improvement from first try to second was huge, huge! Someone smarter than me said practising speed is a lot about getting used to moving fast, so doing it more than once will also help towards lighting speed. This jigsaw was my second attempt at speed puzzling, and I was around 1h and 15 min. I did 3 others a few days ago and ranging from 1:50 to 2:07. More practice is needed.

I don't speed puzzle but I enjoy watching puzzling contests. You're right, for Worlds only the finals used unreleased puzzles. So, I was shocked when in the 2024 Nationals the puzzles for ALL rounds were unreleased.(Karen is working on recaps for her channel)😲 FYI: I just saw some photos from 2024 Canadian National Jigsaw Puzzle Competition (May 4-6, 2024) and they used Circle of Colors: Astrology and Seashells for Pairs qualifying rounds. Postcard from Paris was used for one of the Individuals qualifying rounds. Unfortunately it's not live streamed😥 but World Jigsaw Puzzle Federation has photos on their IG. Have you considered participating in an online speed puzzling contest? That might be another good way to practice.

Well done Johnie, you are beginning to get faster. 👍 The more you practise the faster you will get. I quite often use the pick and place method as this means you have to look at the image on the box to see where the piece goes. I sometimes surprise myself by doing a puzzle faster than I thought I would. 😲 Others seem to take me a month of Sundays! Every puzzler has a method that works for them, but you do need to be flexible and adapt your method to suit the puzzle. Look forward to the next video.

I think your time is great. Thank you

Wow, you have really improved your times! Nice job!

Just ordered one of the Palm Springs puzzles from 2024 US Nationals. Will give this technique a try 🙌 happy puzzling!

When we do puzzles, we don't look at the box/photo. It really adds to the challenge!

You are doing great times! You will compete in competitions in no time.

I like that puzzle. I want to try the NYC puzzle because I've visited NYC. It's fun to do puzzles of places I've visited.

good advice and if I was not aware you were new to puzzling by your own admission, I would think you were a professional giving this advice. I expect to you see in a competition one of these times, as am fully confident you will beat the 90 minutes first time on a 500 sooner than later!

My best time for the London Postcard so far is 2 hours 10 minutes.