We’re reporting from beautiful springtime Atlanta GA where individuals prelim A has just wrapped up. (Well, we’re in our hotel room but we did catch some Livestream action.) There’s a big field of new and returning USA puzzlers with lots of talent, and it looks like there are also some great improvements for spectators like overhead cameras for the top tables!
But anyway let’s talk about Edith’s first round that is coming up this afternoon.
Individuals Prelim D
March 27 4:15-5:45pm Eastern
The final prelim round of the day will decide the last batch of puzzlers to move on to finals, hopefully including Edith! 200 people will do their best to finish a totally unreleased 500 piece puzzle as fast as they can. Only the top 50 will advance to finals this year, which is a pretty steep cutoff! Edith is starting seated at table 24, which is based on previous competition rankings, so she does have a very good shot to move on.
Results page is here, which yes is on the same website that was used for nationals and worlds last year and tends to crash. Also a reminder that rankings won’t be final until a bit after the event is over, when they will add in flashing Qs for the puzzlers that qualified to move on to finals.
The competition
Occupying table 1 this round is none other than Alice Rowe, breakout star of Nationals 2024 who arrived as an unknown and ended up winning the whole thing. Emma Williamson will look familiar to any who were following along at Worlds last year – she had a stunning win in her individual semifinal round. There are plenty of other big name veterans who are sure to finish quickly, and you never know what unknowns could appear this year! We’ll also be rooting for Carley Lauer at table 50, fellow Cincinnatian and one of Edith’s teammates at 2025 Nationals.
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