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  • So it’s been almost a month since the end of the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship. Edith and her team did great amid a sea of impressive puzzling talent, and had fun doing it. No further puzzle news for now, but I wanted to share a collection of timestamped links to Edith’s appearances on the livestreams.…

  • Good morning sports fans. At 10AM (4AM Eastern), Edith, Nick, Elizabeth, and Darya make their second appearance as N E E D for Speed to face off with the rest of the world’s top puzzling teams in the Teams Final! How’s it work? For the Teams Final, each team will receive the two as yet…

  • Good morning from Spain, where Edith’s team is already finished with their first round! And the news is good. They needed to be in the top 25 times to advance to the finals. Being in the top 10 is just icing on the cake 🎂 Look at the time spread there – 7 more seconds…

  • At 9AM (3AM Eastern), Edith teams up with Nick, Elizabeth, and Darya to compete in the first round of Teams competition! How’s it work? For the Teams First Round, each team will receive the four 1000 piece puzzles and have one minute to chose which two of these puzzles to complete. They then must complete…

  • Edith and Nick raced through their pairs Semifinals puzzle in just under 40 minutes! … unfortunately in this fierce competition, that was a few minutes short of making the top 50 to advance. The last qualifying pair from their round finished at 37:01. Edith and Nick are done puzzling as a pair at this competition,…

  • 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?…

  • Edith and Nick put up a very respectable 40:00 for their first round pair puzzle! Rankings aren’t final yet but we feel confident they’ll be in the Semifinals this evening. That’s coming up at 6:30 PM local time (12:30 Eastern).

  • It’s time to switch gears as Edith and Nick begin their journey as a pair at 9AM Spain time (3AM Eastern). How’s it work? In the Pairs category, there are four heats in the first round. Each pair will receive two puzzles to choose from to complete within the 75 minute time limit. What’s at…

  • Edith absolutely crushed her semifinal puzzle today, puzzling a totally new unreleased puzzle against some of the best in the world. And she finished in just under 50 minutes – one of her best times ever for her first attempt at a 500 piece puzzle! Unfortunately in this field of very skilled puzzlers, Edith’s time…

  • Edith is back again at 4PM Spain time (10AM US Eastern) for her Individual Semifinal! How’s it work? The top 85 competitors from rounds A and B will be duking it out for a chance to advance to the Finals on Saturday. This time every puzzler will be receiving the same totally new, unreleased puzzle…