Piece-off - Speed Puzzling with Playful Pursuits

Name: Piece-off - Speed Puzzling with Playful Pursuits
Start: 2025-12-13T05:30:00+00:00
End: 2025-12-13T06:30:00+00:00
Location: Underline Center

Schedule

Sat Dec 13 2025 at 05:30 am to 06:30 am

UTC+00:00

Location

Underline Center | Bangalore, KA

Welcome to Piece-off #16 Come solo, bring a partner or join a team and try your hand at speed puzzling - the top performers in each category go home with a prize!🧩 CATEGORIES AND FORMAT:- Individuals (Solo): Speed Puzzling (upto 150 pieces, 45 minutes, top 3 finishers win prizes)- Pairs (group of 2): Speed Puzzling (500 pieces, 90 minutes, top 3 Pairs win prizes)- Teams (group of 4): Speed Puzzling (500 pieces, 90 minutes, top Team wins prizes)You can register under multiple categories as they will take place at different times. Pairs tickets are per Pair; Teams tickets are to be bought per-person. All tickets include the cost of registration and the competition puzzle to take home.🧩 TIME AND SCHEDULE11 AM: Individuals check-in and briefing.11.15 AM - 12.00 PM: Individuals round.12.15 PM: Pairs check-in and briefing.12.30 - 2.00 PM: Pairs round.2.45 PM: Teams check-in and briefing.3.00- 4.30 PM: Teams round.4.30 PM: Prizes.🧩 RULES:- Individuals have 45 minutes to complete a puzzle of upto 150 pieces from Jigsaw Nation. The fastest 3 finishers win prizes from Jigsaw Nation.- Pairs have 90 minutes (1.5 hours) to complete a 500 piece Ravensburger puzzle. The top 3 Pairs win prizes from Jigsaw Nation.- Teams have 90 minutes (1.5 hours) to complete a 500 piece Frank puzzle - the top Team wins a prize from Frank.- Puzzles will come boxed, with the pieces in sealed bags.- Only letter openers, keys or other non-sharp objects may be used to open the plastic that covers the puzzle; sharp objects like scissors or box cutters are not permitted.- If, once the time has run out, competitors have not finished the puzzle, we will count the number of placed pieces, adding only groups of 3 or more pieces correctly joined together. Competitors will be ranked by the number of pieces they have placed.- If pieces are missing/misplaced at the end of the puzzle, 5 seconds for each such piece will be added to the final time. If there are 2 or more adjacent missing pieces, no penalty will be applied as it is considered a manufacturing error.- Tickets include registration and the cost of the competition puzzle - competitors take their puzzle home!About Playful Pursuits:Asma a.k.a. Playful Pursuits runs Bangalore’s jigsaw puzzle community, providing a space for puzzle enthusiasts to come together to solve jigsaws, swap and sell their puzzles, and compete in speed puzzling! We meet in-person every Monday and on some weekends.