Edith did great in her first round of nationals! With a time under 54 minutes, she is comfortably moving on to individual finals on Sunday.
Before that, Edith has two events on Saturday:
11am-12:15pm Pairs Prelim B
Edith is teaming up with her old pairs partner from Nationals last year, Sarah Meyer (n. Craig). They’ll be in a field of 200 pairs completing a 500 piece puzzle, and the top 100 will move on. They’ll be sitting at table 21.
Pairs of note in their round include Kelly and Jessa (Kelly won every event at Nationals last year), Josh and Connor (Connor is the speedy wunderkind still too young to compete in solo events), and an Ohio power pair, Rose and Colleen.
1:30-3:45pm Teams Prelim A
After a lunch break, Edith’s Nationals team will make their debut for the first Teams prelim round. This year Edith is teaming up with fellow Cincinnatians Sarah, Aubrey, and Kelsie as the Cincy Snap Squad at table 11. For this year’s team prelims, teams of four puzzlers will complete one 500 piece puzzle, put it away, and then complete one 1000 piece puzzle. The fastest 50 teams out of the 100 in each prelim round will advance to finals.
The competition will include a few reshufflings of America’s top puzzlers, breaking up some long standing teams. All eyes are likely to be on table 1 where Kelly Walter will be teamed up with the formidable Roiter sisters and up-and-comer Grayson, who won their solo prelim today.
Edith Puzzles the World 
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