2022 World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship

The 2022 World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship is the second edition of the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championships competition organized by the World Jigsaw Puzzle Federation (WJPF).[1] It was held between 23 and 26 June in Valladolid, Spain.[2]

Individual Champion Alejandro Clemente during the Individual Finals

This event returns after two years of cancelation due the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Organisation

The venue for this second World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship was the Cúpula del Milenio.

The Championship included three events: team, pairs, and individual. Each event had a classification round and a grand final.

Team event

Classification round (2 groups) Teams of 4 members make 2 jigsaw puzzles of 1000 pieces in a maximum period of 3 hours. Best two teams by country and the rest of the teams (up to 40), in order of classification are qualificated to the final.

Final (80 teams) Teams of 4 members make 2 jigsaw puzzles (1 puzzle of 1000 pieces and 1 puzzle of 1500 pieces in a maximum period of 3 hours. The fastest team to finish them is the champion. The team must complete one puzzle before starting the other.

Pairs event

Classification Round (2 groups) 2 members make a jigsaw puzzles of 500 pieces in the maximum period of 90 minutes. The fastest two pairs from each country, with the remainder (up to 50) in order of classification move onto the finals.

Final (100 pairs) 2 members make a jigsaw puzzles of 1000 pieces in the maximum period of 2 hours and the fastest pair to finish it win the competition.

Individual event

Classification round (3 groups) Each individual participant makes a jigsaw puzzles of 500 pieces in the maximum period of 90 minutes. The fastest two participants from each country, with the remainder (up to 60) in order of classification move onto the finals.

Final (180 participants) Each participant makes a jigsaw puzzles of 500 pieces in the maximum period of 90 minutes and the fastest one to finish it is the champion.

Schedule
Event schedule [3]
Thursday, 23 June 2022
18hOpening Ceremony
Friday, 24 June 2022
10hIndividualGroup A
12hIndividualGroup B
14hIndividualGroup C
17hPairsGroup A
19hPairsGroup B
Saturday, 25 June 2022
9hTeamGroup A + B (Combined)
17hIndividualFinal
19hPairsFinal
Sunday, 26 June 2022
10hTeamFinal
14hAward CeremonyClosing Ceremony

Results
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual [4] Spain Alejandro Clemente34' 25" Norway Kristin Thuv41' 27" Czech Republic Tereza Koptíková42' 18"
Pairs [5] Czech Republic Katerina Novotna
Czech Republic Tereza Koptíková		1h 02' 20" Spain Demelza Becerra
Spain Ángel Heras		1h 05' 54" Spain Susana Pérez Van Deenen
Spain Alejandro Clemente		1h 06' 05"
Team [6] Spain Non Stop
Ana Gil
Ana Isabel Jimeno
Alejandro Clemente
David Caballero		2h 54' 13" Germany Eckteile
Chiara Dellantonio
Nicola Giordani
Isabelle Gall
Michael Smit		2230 pieces United States Jigsaw Junkies
Grey Rogers
Katherine Dilks
Geoffrey Scott
Amber Haglund-Pagel		2216 pieces

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Spain2114
2 Czech Republic1012
3 Germany0101
 Norway0101
5 United States0011
Totals (5 entries)3339

Participants

42 countries are represented in the second World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship.

References
  1. "World Jigsaw Puzzle Federation". worldjigsawpuzzle.org. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  2. "Schedule". www.worldjigsawpuzzle.org. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  3. "2022 World Jigsaw Puzzle Championships Schedule". worldjigsawpuzzle.org. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
  4. "Classification".
  5. "Classification".
  6. "Classification".
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