2022 Puzzle Parley: Artifact Speed Puzzling Competition
The final event of Saturday evening was the Artifact Puzzles sponsored speed puzzling competition. There were about 20 teams of 3 who each received this puzzle in an unmarked box; Artifact owner Maya Gupta in her introduction said the puzzle was so new it hasn't even been named yet.
I'm pretty sure that my team, "The Anti-Chaos Society," was the only one short of its third member, so it was I and Rebecca Tushnet. Whether not having a third person was a handicap or a benefit is difficult to say, but we did quite well, finishing in 3rd place and each receiving a $50 coupon on the Artifact site, which I am eager to redeem. Rebecca graciously allowed me to take home the contest puzzle. Considering that Rebecca and I had never puzzled together and that she'd just had cataract surgery last week, I think we did really well. Our completion time was just over 31 minutes. The puzzle was great fun to work on, I liked the egg figurals, scalloped edges and the artwork reminded me a lot of the French pointillists or Séraphine. I haven't counted the pieces to the puzzle yet and my photo doesn't do it justice due to the intense overhead shadow, but I'll assemble it again and update this photo.
2022 Puzzle Parley: Artifact Speed Puzzling Competition
The final event of Saturday evening was the Artifact Puzzles sponsored speed puzzling competition. There were about 20 teams of 3 who each received this puzzle in an unmarked box; Artifact owner Maya Gupta in her introduction said the puzzle was so new it hasn't even been named yet.
I'm pretty sure that my team, "The Anti-Chaos Society," was the only one short of its third member, so it was I and Rebecca Tushnet. Whether not having a third person was a handicap or a benefit is difficult to say, but we did quite well, finishing in 3rd place and each receiving a $50 coupon on the Artifact site, which I am eager to redeem. Rebecca graciously allowed me to take home the contest puzzle. Considering that Rebecca and I had never puzzled together and that she'd just had cataract surgery last week, I think we did really well. Our completion time was just over 31 minutes. The puzzle was great fun to work on, I liked the egg figurals, scalloped edges and the artwork reminded me a lot of the French pointillists or Séraphine. I haven't counted the pieces to the puzzle yet and my photo doesn't do it justice due to the intense overhead shadow, but I'll assemble it again and update this photo.