Jigsaw Puzzle Competition, Jan 2010
WELCOME! You've found the home page for the Jigsaw Puzzle Competition, Jan 2010! Join us as we race to see who can assemble a 1000 piece Jigsaw Puzzle in the fewest man-hours. We are currently searching for the perfect puzzle to use in our first-ever competition. Please indicate your interest in participating to help us know how many people will be competing (and so we can try to negotiate a better deal with the people that we'll buy the puzzles from).
So far the puzzles we've found will be between $15 and $20 and that seems kind of expensive to us. (They're only $8 at our walmart, but then we'd have to all be able to get the same puzzle from walmart) We're hoping to be able to find something cheaper...
Here's how the competition works:
1. Once we've selected the puzzle, everyone buys one (hopefully with a discount code from the seller because of the cool competition we're having)
2. Everyone assembles their puzzle within 3 or 4 weeks, keeping track of the time they spend working on it.
3. Once finished, participants post a picture of their completed puzzle, along with the number of man-hours they spent on it.
4. On the final day, or when everyone has finished, we'll post the winner and send them a prize--a $25 gift card to ... anywhere they want (that we can get to).
The rules on keeping track of your time are:
- Keep track of your time in 1 minute increments
- Time is by man-hour, so-- 1 person for 20 minutes = 20 minutes, 3 people for 20 minutes = 60 minutes
- If something bad happens (like your kid knocks your puzzle off the table), you can decide what you think is fair--I think it would be fair to disassemble everything and start your timer over, but that's just me
- Any time spent working on the puzzle counts towards your time (including, but not limited to: standing over it and staring at it, staring at the picture, separating the pieces into different colors/shapes, trying to find little bins to separate things onto, chasing children who have stolen puzzle pieces...well, maybe not that last one)
Post any questions you have.
So far the puzzles we've found will be between $15 and $20 and that seems kind of expensive to us. (They're only $8 at our walmart, but then we'd have to all be able to get the same puzzle from walmart) We're hoping to be able to find something cheaper...
Here's how the competition works:
1. Once we've selected the puzzle, everyone buys one (hopefully with a discount code from the seller because of the cool competition we're having)
2. Everyone assembles their puzzle within 3 or 4 weeks, keeping track of the time they spend working on it.
3. Once finished, participants post a picture of their completed puzzle, along with the number of man-hours they spent on it.
4. On the final day, or when everyone has finished, we'll post the winner and send them a prize--a $25 gift card to ... anywhere they want (that we can get to).
The rules on keeping track of your time are:
- Keep track of your time in 1 minute increments
- Time is by man-hour, so-- 1 person for 20 minutes = 20 minutes, 3 people for 20 minutes = 60 minutes
- If something bad happens (like your kid knocks your puzzle off the table), you can decide what you think is fair--I think it would be fair to disassemble everything and start your timer over, but that's just me
- Any time spent working on the puzzle counts towards your time (including, but not limited to: standing over it and staring at it, staring at the picture, separating the pieces into different colors/shapes, trying to find little bins to separate things onto, chasing children who have stolen puzzle pieces...well, maybe not that last one)
Post any questions you have.
Comments
I hate to put puzzles together. I have never liked it.
I'll cheer the whole family on, though. I'm good at that.