You might think of puzzling as leisurely, but it’s now a sport. I entered a national competition and discovered a passionate community ...

The fastest jigsaw puzzlers in the West will face off in Portland this weekend for the inaugural Portland Jigsaw Masters, a three-day speed puzzling competition held Aug. 2-4. Starting Friday, some ...

Decisions have to be made fast: What’s the plan for sorting? By color? By texture? Pull out all the edges? This is speed puzzling, and teams have to decide quickly what is their best bet for turning ...

Minnesota is a powerhouse in this rapidly growing cold-weather sport. Top-ranked players come from here. The biggest competition in the country is held here. And the sport's national organization is ...

The World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship will be held in Spain this month, and one UC Berkeley grad student is hoping to bring home the win. "I usually do three puzzles every evening after work, three 500 ...

Hunched over a table in a hotel conference room, 42-year-old Yvonne Feucht snaps the final blue jigsaw piece into place, revealing a vibrant, beachy collage of San Diego landmarks. It took her just 54 ...

Most people think of jigsaw puzzles as a fun hobby to pass the time, but for speed puzzlers like Dawne Rasmusson, of Prior Lake, it’s a full on adrenaline rush to complete it in the fastest time.

Puzzlers from across the Northland are ready to swap puzzles and compete this weekend all for the Duluth Jigsaw Contest. Friday was the Puzzle Swap, which was hosted at Wild State Cider from ...

Teamed up in pairs of two, Fairfield Glade jigsaw puzzlers were ready to compete in the afternoon of April 13.

Putting together puzzles is more than a pandemic pastime for Emma Taylor, founder of the Peninsula Puzzlers. Redwood City resident Emma Taylor is the founder of the Peninsula Puzzlers, which has ...

Redwood City resident Emma Taylor is the founder of the Peninsula Puzzlers, which has hosted two sold-out jigsaw puzzle competitions since March 2022. Photo by Devin Roberts. On a rainy Saturday in ...