Congrats to Karen for her placement, All the best to Katie!

Root for everyone.

@@NoThankUBeQuietyou can root for one person and still hope the others do well. It’s a competition. 😭

Thank you! 😊

@@NoThankUBeQuietno i’m here for karen so i will root for karen and hope the others get worse times than her. 😊

We know she can do it but they don't know Karen

Did Kristen not place?

@@raahatkapurno spoils but she did very well, just possibly would have done better had she not been missing so many pieces

​@@anniekate76this is such a good response. Gives us info without spoiling the excitement of watching it ourselves

I’ve been thinking this same thing. Maybe I’ll do a 500 piece soon and time it just for the heck of it 😅

I only ever do random cut ones so I wonder how fast I’d be on a ribbon cut 😯

Same here. We are marathoners these guys are pro 100meters

I did the Circle of Color flowers puzzle a few days ago (my first 500 piece puzzle). It took longer than I thought 😅. I didn't really do it for speed but I looked at the watch. It took Karen I think 55 min...me...well...3 hours 🫣. I had a bad light and I did it on my bed while watching the competition but still....I don't think I would be faster than 2 hours. No speed puzzling competitions for me. 😂

I usually do 500 piece puzzles in ten to twenty minutes

2:59:28 too! What an excellent bunch of Andreas there were!

Thank you!! We are having so much fun!! 💜🧩

Greatly appreciated, thanks

@@ObsessiveGeek you are welcome :)

Thank for this. Im coming here for karen puzzle.

Doing the work of the chat here.

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Haha! Me, too! Although I'm a newer follower, but just found out from the leaderboard that she's from L.A., not too far from me. Totally thought I was hearing a Canadian accent in all the videos I've watched for some reason. :)

I believe it's because of the English language, there are other streams covering different languages, and in the 4th round they did a decent job at showing other nationalities.

Thank you - the feels were strong with me on that one! 😝

The sound kicks in a couple of minutes in 😊

Places that host big events (i.e., banquets, weddings, trade shows) have sturdy but very ugly tables that get alot of wear and tear. That's why their tables always have tablecloths on them. Plus, some of the wear and tear may be gouges, etc., that would play havoc with the puzzle pieces.

I think Vicky was in one of the afternoon groups

I wrote that at the start and then at 4:51:04 she finally asked how to pronounce it!

That is how it’s judged, it’s nothing to do with where you’re from

@@ObsessiveGeekno - for qualifying rounds, half of those who advance are the fastest one (up to 30) from each country and then the rest of the 60 who advance from each round are in strict order of speed. Since some countries send way fewer people due to distance and expense, it is a way to keep later rounds more internationally representative. Just like in the Olympics any country can send a team and maybe the best bobsledders from Jamaica will be drawn from a much smaller pool than the best bobsledders from Norway, but they still want to give every country a chance. The times and rankings they show are of course in speed order but who advances in each round is just determined as above.

@@anniekate76 Well yes though the fastest from a less represented country has a better opportunity to get through than someone slower from a larger represented country, so it’s pretty fair in this regard. The rules should be well known for everyone who competes.

Gymnastics worlds work like this: Only top two women from one country are allowed to progress to the final, regardless how high their scores where compared to the others. It is often done to promot the sport to the countries with low support and to be Worlds and not just another Open Competition

Gymnastics worlds work like this: Only top two women from one country are allowed to progress to the final, regardless how high their scores where compared to the others. It is often done to promot the sport to the countries with low support and to be Worlds and not just another Open Competition