Edith Puzzles the World

At 6:30 PM (12:30 PM Eastern), Edith and Nick tackle their second puzzle of the day with hopes of a crack at the Pairs Final.

How’s it work?

For the Pairs Semifinals, each pair will receive the same as yet unreleased 500 piece puzzle to finish within a 60 minute time limit.

What’s at stake?

This time Edith and Nick need to be in the top 50 times of their round to advance to the Pairs Finals on Saturday. There are only 100 total slots available for the pairs Final because it will be a 1000 piece puzzle, requiring each pair to have their own table.

How to watch

Here’s the Livestream on YouTube, which will also be watchable after the event is over. Edith and Nick should be at 66 or 67.

How did Edith do?

Here’s the results page, which will probably take a while to be fully updated and accurate. It may crash as too many people are trying to view it so please be patient. Also remember that rankings will take a while to be finalized as times continue to be entered, and not necessarily in the order they finished. We’ll know times are final and official when puzzlers who qualified have a flashing “Q” next to them.

Who’s her competition?

Kathi from Germany and Chiara from Italy, who were the #2 pair at Worlds last year, did not disappoint for their first round puzzle. We saw strong showings from Australia, Spain, and the Netherlands in round 1 as well. From the USA, Kyle and Hannah came in 4th in their first round so we’re expecting big things!