Speed jigsaw puzzlers battle it out at World Championships

(23 Sep 2024)
HZ SPAIN JIGSAWS

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Valladolid, Spain – 21 September 2024

1. Wide as participants in the individual challenge start by opening boxes pouring out jigsaw pieces
2. Various of participants in the individual challenge making jigsaws
3. Mid as Kristin Thuv from Norway finishes her winning 500 piece jigsaw in 37 minutes and 58 seconds
4. Mid of Thuv showing completed puzzle
5. Low angle as Kristin Thuv poses on podium with individual winners’ trophy
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristin Thuv, 30 years-old from Norway, speed jigsaw puzzler
“I have been doing puzzles all my life, but then during the pandemic I heard of speed puzzling, and I was like “I am going to the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship.” And I started practicing.”
 
7. Close of Kristin receiving congratulations from her mother
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristin Thuv, 30 years-old from Norway, speed jigsaw puzzler
“It is very special to be able to give yourself an adrenalin kick at home on a Sunday morning  just doing a puzzle, because that is what I feel when I do a puzzle really quick, so yeah that is really a special feeling.”

9. Mid of screen reading: (English) "World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship 2024"
10. Close of picture of fairy woodland house jigsaw on box
11. Wide of participants arriving
12. Various of teams opening and emptying jigsaws
13. Various of teams from USA, Netherlands, Germany, Japan, France participating
14. Mid of two spectators watching
15. Over the shoulder of Finland team supporters waving flags
16. Mid of Polish team searching for final missing piece and winning qualification to the final
17. Close of Polish team showing completed puzzle which breaks
18. Mid of USA team with completed puzzle at table
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Tiffanny Medeiros, 32 years-old from Massachusetts, USA, speed jigsaw puzzler
“It’s a range of emotions it depends on if you can hear people finishing before you and sometimes that might bring you down so I heard a lot of that yesterday but today we finished first. That was good, very exciting but I haven’t processed it fully yet.”

20. Close of youngest competitor 9 year-old Alma Bella, from Gibraltar with her team competing
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Alma Bella, nine years-old from Gibraltar, speed jigsaw puzzler
“I like puzzles because it is fun for me, I love them, I always like challenging myself with different kinds and textures, and they are relaxing.”

22. Mid of Australia team celebrating finishing team qualification
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Louise Jackett, 41 years-old from Melbourne, Australia, speed jigsaw puzzler
“We’ve kind of just been doing speed puzzles I’d say for me since like COVID but I’ve always done jigsaw puzzles as you know, like when I was a child and growing up, but speed puzzling is really a new thing.”

24. Mid of Australian team doing puzzle
25. SOUNDBITE (English) Adele Arthur, 67 years-old from Murwillumbah, Australia, speed jigsaw puzzler
“If you come from Australia, if you have the money and the time, then you can come and compete but we have been in Spain because we like to walk the caminos (St. James’ Way) each year, this is my third world championship.”

26. Wide pans right of competition arena and judges
27. Various of pairs from Russia, Australia, and USA competing
28. Mid of pair finishing puzzle and celebrating
29. Wide of winners from Czech Republic in pair challenge hugging each other in celebration
30. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tereza Koptíková, 39 years-old from Prague, speed jigsaw puzzler:

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