Individual Category Summary - World Jigsaw Puzzle Championships 2023

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8 ай бұрын

*Apologies, sometimes the camera goes out of focus which I know is annoying. Hope you enjoy the video anyways.*
Kia ora from New Zealand!! I'm Donnalouise - a puzzled puzzler puzzling puzzles who's back from the epic World Jigsaw Puzzle Championships in Spain where I competed. In this video, I summarise the individual category of the competition - seriously, some nail-biting edge-of-your-seat competition went on!!!
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@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

And I could have spoken for longer! So much to discuss and cover, and I'm sure I didn't even capture half of it. Make sure to watch the livestreams - so exciting! Thanks for watching and commenting - I really appreciate it! Please consider subscribing

@janetteandherpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

Your video is so good! I love how you included everyone in it! And yes, I totally agree - there is so much to say about the competition, that it's really difficult to decide when to stop talking 😅😂

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

I could have kept on talking and talking for hours! I have actually cut and edited out at least another 30mis of video!! Miss you xxx

@fadiledemir1355 7 ай бұрын

@@fortheloveofpuzzles M M Merhaba

@LogicMasterSteve 8 ай бұрын

I am a big fan of the "country rules" that guarantees a broader variety of nationalities in the final. Unfortunately exactly this rule kicked me out of Semifinal 1 - I was the first to miss the final with my 85th time - but I could have puzzled faster, my "fault"... 🙂 Of course I was present at the Dome during the final, even not being qualified! In the meantime, I have solved the final puzzle (loved it!) and know my time and position that I could - potentially - have had in the final... Great video, I enjoyed re-living the experience through your eyes. Thanks for including a photo of me. 🥰

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

You are a fast puzzler! I saw your video - way faster than me! Thank you for staying and being supportive of others and I am sorry that you didn’t qualify - missed by one place! Ugh! But it shows what a true sport you are and nice person. Next year though, if we are all there, we need photos together!

@JymmiF 8 ай бұрын

You talk as long as you want! I could listen to you read the phonebook, well, if those were still a thing. But you get the idea. You rock!

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

The fact that I know what a phonebook is, and that I have used many in my lifetime, ages both of us with this reference HAHAHAHA Aaron, Micheal...123 Main Street...456-7890 🤣😂

@allisonsmart3786 8 ай бұрын

A great storyteller for sure! Great review 💕

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

@@allisonsmart3786 Oh Allison!! 💜💜💜💜

@tu7488 8 ай бұрын

It was so nice meeting you. The competition was so fun that we (my daughter and I) decided to participate next year too. Best regards from one of the Norwegians.

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

Yeah you are coming back to Worlds!! I’m hoping nothing stands in my way so I can go back next year as well - so we can meet again! Weren’t the people all just amazing!! PS I’ve been to Norway - years ago when I was younger for work - an and I loved it.

@Hutchie2112 8 ай бұрын

The first I even knew speed puzzling was a thing was when the livestream came up in youtube suggestions. I was glued to every minute. What a great event, great commentators, great participants. Been building jigsaws quickly since childhood, and am about to have a go at my first timed 500 piece. The Czech ladies were incredible. You did really well being on the front row for that first round.

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! So pleased you found the livestreams and enjoyed them - it was so much fun being there!! Have fun with your first timed run - try not to put too much pressure on yourself. And do let me know how you do.

@DasRainchen 8 ай бұрын

I loved watching every minute of the livestream. I even felt so inspired I reached out to Alfonso with some feedback and he got back to me and now somehow I slid into helping and volunteering for the WJPF 😄

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

Alfonso is truly a lovely person and sincere. He is great! Thank you for reaching out to him and now helping out with WJPF - that's awesome!!

@bonniewalker5225 8 ай бұрын

I was glued to my computer for the whole competition. It was so exciting. Looking forward to next year. You did wonderful and loved your being a commentator. This video is great. You have a way of explaining it that is so enjoyable. Looking forward to you talking about doubles. Thanks

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

So pleased you enjoyed this video. I never know if I'm talking to much or not enough. There is so much to discuss. I loved commentating and hope to do again next year. This was such an amazing trip.

@pennyweiss1974 8 ай бұрын

Fantastic video! Love your enthusiasm...very contagious!

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!!! I had so much fun and am already planning for next year! Fingers crossed I can make it!

@heather6668 8 ай бұрын

Welcome home from Spain. Glad to see you enjoyed your time at the championships. Must be amazing to meet everyone and find different puzzles that you cannot buy where you are.

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! It was a most amazing trip! 💜🧩

@Book-Thief 8 ай бұрын

It was so fun watching the livestreams and seeing puzzlers I recognize from KZfaq. You guys all did great, and it looked like so much fun!

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

We had so much fun!! Glad you enjoyed watching the livestreams. I still haven't had time to watch them all just yet but am making my way through. So exciting!

@Maggie-tr2kd 8 ай бұрын

What a great video summarizing the experience of competing in the individual category of the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championships 2023. I've seen most of the competition and it was exciting to see you and others speed puzzling. I like how inclusive you are of others in this video summary and especially your positive and uplifting attitude. I must again say that I thought your commentary at the competition was the very best. If there was a prize for best commentator at the event, I would have voted you the winner !

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

Oh!! Thank you so much!! This just makes me so happy to read as I was worried that I sounded like a wonky dooda didee! I loved commentating and hope to do again next year. I loved the trip to Spain and the competition - such wonderful memories!

@allandavies9862 8 ай бұрын

Thank you. We enjoyed your presentation again. 😊

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

Thanks! So pleased you enjoyed.

@siobhanspeedy 8 ай бұрын

Great recap, thank you for including me 😁 Hearing you say that at the end did help me stead the hands for the last few pieces. They just start shaking towards the end

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

I'm so glad that it helped - I wasn't sure. Funny thing with me, my hands are the shakiest at the start and then they calm down. It was so much fun sharing a table with you. Hope you and Francis make it back again next year!

@Laura.jigsaw_journey 8 ай бұрын

You all did an amazing job. You have such of great vibe. I was cheering for your team from my home in Kansas. My husband and my kids were even watching the world jigsaw championship. We got inspired and started puzzling while you guys were puzzling at the same time in our living room. I will definitely be watching this championship every year. I love and follow your channels and I appreciate all the things you and Jannette shared on your channels 😃❤️👏🏻🙌🏻 you did GREAT, girls 😊👍🏼

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!! I am so pleased that you enjoyed the livestreams and puzzled along with us. It was a great trip and I can’t wait for next year. Thank you for watching and commenting

@andiboughey9573 8 ай бұрын

awesome video!! you have summed it up so well. anyone who loves doing a puzzle should just come along to Worlds next year!!! exhibit A right here, just a random person and i loved it. my “puzband” Matt loved it too - he was keeping our bridge community updated about my puzzling and they were all getting really behind it, watching the livestreams and everything. fav quote was when Matt and Lauren were watching me, and Matt was like “ok I can see Andi has sorted the pieces of the trees.. the pink… but what’s that other pile of random bits!?” and Lauren was like “those are the edges” lol. love your videos and hope to see ya next year :)

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

Andi!! Thank you so much for joining me in representing NZ! You did awesome! Hahaha Puzzband needs to up his puzzling vocabulary! Definitely hope to see you next year.

@puzzling_art 8 ай бұрын

What a great way to relive the event. You did a great job summarizing everything. Thank you!

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

So pleased you enjoyed! I'm working on the Pairs and Teams video now

@JoAnn-LXKY 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for all of the personal insight you gave us, feels like being there. So happy everyone did so well. Lots of fun memories . I have no desire to be a speed puzzler, but it sure is fun watching others enjoy it. Can’t wait to see your new puzzles 👋🏼Bye for now.

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

Who knew that speed puzzling would be a competitive sport?!?! Imagine if it could be in the Olympics some day?!?! Hehehe

@jmason1770 8 ай бұрын

I loved watching the livestreams!! Because of the time difference I missed Group A (4 AM for me) but I saw ALL the other livestreams. I enjoyed watching and was active in the Live Chat! (In the chat we nicknamed A Day in Paris orange hell😆 And, I called Boston 2189 puzzle orange hell's eccentric cousin🤣 ). I'm not a speed puzzler but I'd love to go just to participate and be around people who enjoy doing puzzles.😆 I'm glad you guys had so much fun!

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

HAHAHAHA Orange Hell and Orange Hell's Eccentric Cousin!! That is PERFECT!!!

@Marlene7388 8 ай бұрын

Great recap on how you did!! Congrats to all of you who participated, what an adventure!! Exciting! Thank you for sharing Donnalouise! Amazing 🥳🥳🥳

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching - glad you enjoyed it! Honestly, anyone just putting themselves out there and showing up to the competition is a win in my books. It is next level speed puzzling in such an exhilarating environment. Everyone did so well and should be so proud! I had so much fun!!

@auntyjulez9819 8 ай бұрын

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this, but the artist for the New York Postcard puzzle is Aimee Stewart's husband Lars! I have done the Archaeologist's Desk puzzle but I did the 1000 piece Buffalo Games version. I had so much fun watching the livestreams and I really enjoyed all the commentary. I had a giggle to myself when I was searching the results page and realized I didn't know any of your full names! You all did fantastic and I can't wait to see more of your videos about the competition. :)

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

I didn’t know that and because I don’t have a copy of the puzzle, I didn’t think to mention the artist. That’s so cool - thanks for sharing. The name thing threw a few people off as Vicky is listed as Victoria but she prefers Vicky. Thanks for watching and for supporting us - we all had so much fun!

@darrylbatchem8985 8 ай бұрын

That was such an incredibly fun weekend of viewing. You must have had so much fun being there.

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

It was a blast!!! So much fun!

@laurapayeur9751 8 ай бұрын

When I saw the first puzzle you got, I felt sorry for you, but at least you got it out of the way first. Congratulations on how well you did

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

I thought I was going to cry when I first saw it - so I'm glad that I gave myself a little chat and got on with it. I didn't think I had qualified and am glad that I did better and better as the competition progressed.

@arashikawai 8 ай бұрын

I'm so proud of you all! I followed the lives (except for Friday that I watched delayed) and it was so much fun! I'd love to come next year, although my times are not good and, being from Spain, there is no chance of qualifing LOL You should be proud!! Nice video :)

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!! Even if you are not a fast puzzler and are from Spain, if you can afford to go, I highly recommend it. You can definitely do the preliminary rounds and gets those puzzles. Also, they had all the other puzzles there for sale - €5 for a 500 piece and €10 for a 1000 piece - I thought that was a great deal! Hopefully they will do the same next year. The more the merrier so if you can, come along!

@arashikawai 8 ай бұрын

@@fortheloveofpuzzles I'll try to come (hope I can get the week free). Thank you for encouraging me 😃

@Avalonsgirl 8 ай бұрын

Such an amazing feat and I'm sure such a great time! Impressed with you all. Hope you get over the jet lag soon 😊.

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!! I think I am finally over the jetlag hump and on the way back to "normal" - well as normal as I can be anyways hehehe

@hannahm782 8 ай бұрын

I made sure to catch up with all the livestreams before watching your video. I recently moved, so I enjoyed having it on while I was figuring out where to put things. One thing I would encourage you to practice as well is fur. They mentioned it SO MANY times in the livestreams- when will there be fur, everyone is expecting it, will it be the next puzzle, surely one of the finals puzzles. And they even mentioned this to the Ravensburger representative 🤦‍♀️which means there will almost certainly be fur next year. On the other hand, I am enjoying seeing all the hauls and personal perspectives on the competition. I know the competitors far outweighed the number of camera crew, so I’m glad you were able to get some footage. Looking forward to your next one!

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

I will definitely practice a lot of fur puzzles for next year! The red dog in the Gauguin felt more like solid-colour as there wasn’t really fur lines or brushstrokes. My next video comes out tomorrow and then my Spain puzzle haul will be released later this week.

@SaraMGreads 8 ай бұрын

We did our first speed puzzle comp last weekend! It was great. Thanks for keeping us updated!

@SaraMGreads 8 ай бұрын

Oh and I tried the circle of colours poke bowl puzzle at home and it took me 2:47 😮😮

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

Oh really - how did you find it? How did you do? Which competition was it?

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

@@SaraMGreads I'm so glad Vicky had some of these puzzles to practice on or else I'm not sure I would have finished in the 90mins.

@SaraMGreads 8 ай бұрын

@@fortheloveofpuzzles it was the Canadian Jigsaw Puzzle Association competition in Georgetown. I have a vlog of it going up on my channel on Sunday. We came in not-last, which was our goal. 😂🤣 It was extremely well organized and fun.

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

@@SaraMGreads OH YEAH!!! Russ put that on and Devon won with an amazing time. I'll have to go watch your vlog xxx

@JoePuzzlin 8 ай бұрын

I loved the competition. It was great to watch everyone root for one another. Proud of how well yinz all did. I took a small crack at attempting a speed puzzle run and did horrendous and perhaps a bit of confirmation bias involved but felt that told me what I already knew. I just prefer large puzzles, some music and just bang it out at a nice pace.

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

Speed puzzling isn't for everyone but I think every puzzler should give it a go even just once, just to get a feel for it. I do also love a large puzzle and my music of choice for the competition was Image Dragons Live in Las Vegas.

@JoePuzzlin 8 ай бұрын

@fortheloveofpuzzles I wanna go just to buy yinz coffee then cheer yinz on.

@TheBibliophilePuzzler 8 ай бұрын

Hi Donnalouise. This was a wonderful wrapup of the event. I watched part of it when it was live and I did enjoy your commentary. I love puzzling and do an average of 12 to 14 each month so I will not be entering any speed puzzling competitions anytime soon but they are sure fun to watch. Congratulations on your finishes and I’m glad that you got to have the other ladies as your teammates.

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

You do a lot of puzzles every month and read so many books. I can't do that many puzzles each month! We had so much fun all together - best part of the trip was meeting them in person.

@TheBibliophilePuzzler 8 ай бұрын

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@kuschelalarm 8 ай бұрын

I'm a casual puzzler and tryed to speed puzzle the new york postcard. Well, my time was 2:20 😂 Well I guess at least I tried 😂 Btw, I really LOVED your live commentary, your positivity and energy is so enjoyable

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!!! You did try and for a first go, that's amazing. And you did great! It is physically and mentally challenging to speed puzzle. I did really enjoy commentating.

@puzzlewithemilia 8 ай бұрын

Following the gradient was definitely the way to go (for me) with the thunder puzzle. However I should have started using it for my benefit from both ends. I was too stubborn to do it only from left to right. I only realised that later on… 😅

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

You did great on this difficult puzzle. I think I may have preferred the thunderstorm over the lupine, but only just… 😂😂

@eglev 8 ай бұрын

Ooooh, I like the idea of finishing at 90min mark, I'll need to try it at least once!

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

I am definitely going to do this from now on.

@andromeda156 8 ай бұрын

You did great Donnalouise 😊 I tried speed puzzling at home and it's a sport! Very mentaly and physicaly chalenging, but very satisfying when I finished under 90 minutes 😁

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!!! It is quite a feat to finish a 500 piece in 90mins or less. And boy I'm glad I brought extra painkillers as my lower back was feeling it!

@wigglytuff20031 8 ай бұрын

Of course I am watching from my shower 🤣🤣🤣 it's my only down time from work 😂 I think a have a little explaining to do to your husband 😆 Keep up these amazing videos! I am so happy to have met you! 🤩🥳 eeeeeeeee! 😄

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

LOVE IT!!! My hubby was a little confused but I explained it all to him - laughed his butt off. Don't ever stop watching from the shower!

@sybilwinfield538 8 ай бұрын

You did a great job talking during group B

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! I really enjoyed commentating.

@puzzlingread 8 ай бұрын

Your method of flattening the boxes for travel is brilliant. I would love to see a video on how to pack for a puzzle trip across the world. Maybe for next year? 🌎 😁

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

I am definitely going to make a "packing" video closer to Worlds next. I overpacked so many things that I shouldn't have taken with me. I have learned so much after going this year.

@martakulpa8372 8 ай бұрын

That was a great summary of the individual category, Donnalouise! 😊I really enjoyed your video. I need to find time to watch the live streams of the event. It seems there's so much going on behind the scenes and when you participate, you don't know about it... It was so nice being able to see you there in Spain and meet you, Victoria and Janette. I was in the 2nd classification round and so, I had that "easy" puzzle. I must say that it was good and bad. Good because obviously the image has so many different textures that you can build it fast. Bad, because people DID build it SO fast, basically every few seconds I'd hear somebody finishing and I was still in process of building my puzzle 🙈 So, that was an unexpected difficulty - listening to people finishing before I did. Either way, I also managed to get to the final. I absolutely loved it! I loved the experience. But, I also have what to work on if I want to go to Spain again. I do need to practice speed puzzling more often, definitely. And, I need to work on my own strategies of building a puzzle fast... I'm looking forward to seeing your next videos about the pairs and teams event. Marta (from @marta.puzzles)

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

MARTA!!! You are so lovely! Something I want to mention in the next video (if I remember) is that it is more nerve racking when it is an “easier” puzzle as more and more people finish it quickly, which makes it harder to qualify, and you hear all this clapping! There weren’t too many distractions like that with my puzzle. I do hope we can all be back again next year. So much fun!

@vivianmavros2963 8 ай бұрын

You should be proud you did 0:24 really well, and enjoyed you commentating during the 😊 English lives

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! I really did enjoy the commentating.

@IzebellePuzzleDiaries 8 ай бұрын

Everyone did so great. Would love to one day see South Africa represented. Thank you for a great re-cap video. I watched online but things went so fast and not everyone's finish were captured.

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

There were Kena and Zenda Masi both representing South Africa at the competition - hopefully next year there will be more. It was difficult for the cameras to run around and try to get everyone's finish, especially when many were finishing at the same time. Glad you enjoyed the video - working on the Pairs and Teams one this weekend.

@leviscarroll 8 ай бұрын

To be honest I was so happy that I didn’t have to finish this lupins puzzle in the first round 😂 and I’m afraid the next year will be a “fur” year since we had zero animals in 2023 (except the one dog drom Art collection in the teams final) 😱

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

Oh...we already have predictions for 2024 - get practicing your fur puzzles people!!! Hmmm...I think you are correct!

@puzzlepiece9509 8 ай бұрын

What a fantastic time you all had. 🤩For a first time visit you all did very well indeed. I must admit I groaned when I saw your puzzle in the individual round. You very sensibly just decided to get on with it and do the best you could. So pleased that you all got to the finals of each section. No doubt panoramic and circular puzzles will become a regular fixture in future Worlds competitions. Look forward to your next instalment on Worlds.

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

We had an amazing time!!! I'm still buzzing! I had some choice words for that puzzle when I pulled it out of the bag - but it was all good. Someone had to get a difficult puzzle! I really enjoyed the circle puzzle but am so glad I was able to practice some just before the competition. I will definitely try to do more panorama.

@LMaloey 8 ай бұрын

For next year you guys should sell t-shirts with the team name and "support crew" on, that would be really fun for those that's there cheering you on.

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

I love it!! I do want my hubby to come and help with still photography and carrying stuff hehehehe He could have a “support” team shirt

@LMaloey 8 ай бұрын

He would need the "Pit Crew" T-shirt for sure.

@ellies_world_of_puzzles 8 ай бұрын

Aw, you included our picture, thank you, that’s so sweet 🥰 Jubie and Vicky were so fast, they really surprised me! I didn’t realize you don’t have access to all the new puzzles 🫤 Although most of those were not available in my country too, but at least I could use amazon, even though it’s expensive, I could still get some new ones. I also feel like I performed better in Spain. I felt very concentrated there.

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

When I tell people that we don’t have Amazon in NZ, people are often shocked. Some stuff I can get from Amazon US if I want to pay the crazy shipping prices. But yeah, we are delayed in puzzle releases - so the ones I brought home with me are like gold here! You did awesome at the competition!

@ellies_world_of_puzzles 8 ай бұрын

@@fortheloveofpuzzles Oh, that’s sad! And I’m not even sure they have the best variety on US amazon for Ravensburger. I guess I never thought of that aspect of living so far away. And maybe I should not be that envious for those Australian brands I’ll never get 😄 I left many of my puzzles to my teammates as they were duplicates. I could give some to you next year if you have any spare space in your luggage of course 😀

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

Next year I am bringing a second luggage!! 😂

@puzzlingread 8 ай бұрын

What a great recap of the individuals rounds! My absolute favorite thing is seeing competitors in any event doing their best while also supporting and cheering each other on. The live stream chat was very positive in that way, too 💖🧩😊

@fortheloveofpuzzles 8 ай бұрын

I loved the supportive environment - that was great!