Author: Riikka Utriainen
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What the WJPC results tell us – part 2: new and most improved competitors
The World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship 2025 was a big competition with a lot of results. In this series of articles I share some of the most interesting stats from WJPC. In this second part I will look into how well new and returning competitors did, and who improved their results the most from round to…
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What the WJPC results tell us – part 1: Competitors and countries
We know who won in the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship 2025, but what else can the results tell us? This article concentrates on the number competitors in the competition and how different countries did. I also briefly talk about mixed pairs and teams.
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Next European Championship to be hosted in Turkey
European Jigsaw Puzzle Championship 2026 will be in Turkey and take place in the late autumn. In the future European Championship will rotate to different country every year around October or November.
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WJPC day 7 – Celebrating winners and saying goodbye
World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship 2025 is over and we have our new winners in all three categories! But before we return to regular life, lets have the last look into the final day of Worlds.
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WJPC day 6 – Polish powerhouses take the win in individual and pairs
It was most definitely calm after the storm in Valladolid and Worlds on Sunday. Which was great because it meant everyone could put their full attention to the final first round group in teams and especially the thrilling finals in individual and pairs categories.
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WJPC day 5 – the day of teams, leaks, puzzle defects and thunder
If you followed World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship on Friday, you already know that it was quite possibly the most dramatic day in Worlds history. We saw leaked puzzle images, major manufacturing defects, a wild thunderstorm and a screen falling down. But we also saw some fantastic puzzling with a record breaking speed so lets start…
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Breaking: 1000 piece puzzle images available, including puzzle called Speed Puzzling
A bunch of images for upcoming 1000 puzzles have appeared on the Thalia website we linked to in last weekends article. Amongst these is the puzzle called Speed Puzzling.
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WJPC day 4 – speedy pairs, mixed pairs and bad scheduling
Thursday was all about pairs! In the morning we started with the qualifying round and in the evening we saw two thrilling pairs semifinals. In this daily report we will also talk a littlebit about mixed pairs, the competition scheduling and the play-off rule, and heat – yet again.
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WJPC day 3 – exciting semifinals and possible image leaks
On Wednesday we saw the last three groups of the individual qualifying round as well as the individual semifinals and save some fantastic results! In the evening we also heard about possible image leaks of unpublished puzzles and are sharing a way anyone can see possible new releace images. We also shortly revisit the recurring…