Category: Analysis
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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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Analyzing WJPC new Play-off rule – part 3: Is the new rule better?
In the last two parts of this analysis I have looked in to what kind of results the new Play-off rule could produce. But with a big change like this the ultimate question is: is the new rule better than what we had before?
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Analyzing WJPC new Play-off rule – part 2: pairs and teams
World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship (WJPC) has had some form of a country rule since the introduction of qualifying rounds in 2022. For the 2025 championship the rule has been thoroughly rewritten.
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Analyzing WJPC new Play-off rule – part 1: Individual category
World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship (WJPC) has had some form of a country rule – a rule that aims to promote representation of different nations in later rounds – since the introduction of qualifying rounds in 2022. Over the years there has been some variation in the rule but for the 2025 championship the rule has…