The Ravensburger 40,324 Piece "Mickey" puzzle from our 2019 challenge resides in the shop's "Puzzler's Heaven" room.
Puzzle Challenges
Each year, during the first few months of spring, the Puzzle People have hosted a number of puzzle challenges open to the public, with a bid to raise money for various charities. At the events, anyone from the community can participate in a specific yearly challenge and we hold a barbeque, sales of donated second- hand puzzles and various raffles and other such contests to add to the tally. Recipients of the donations over time have included Epilepsy Tasmania, Jireh House, LI-VE Tasmania and Speak Up Stay Chatty.
Hall of Champions
2022 Puzzle Challenge
The challenge was to finish a 500pc puzzle in the fastest time.
Anna came first with the time of 1hr 16min.
2022 Puzzle Challenge
Laura came second with 1hr 31min.
This year we had 22 competitors, ranging from the accomplished puzzler to the novice.
2022 Puzzle Challenge
Sara came third at 1hr 43min.
Proceeds for this event went to
LI-VE Tasmania.
2021 Puzzle Challenge
The challenge was to work in pairs and complete a 1000pc Jenny Sanders jigsaw.
Anna and Sarah came first.
2021 Puzzle Challenge
Each of the pairs were given the same puzzle to complete.
Proceeds for this event went to Epilepsy Tasmania.
2019 Puzzle Challenge
The challenge was to work in one team and to get the Ravensburger 40,324 Piece "Mickey Mouse" puzzle finished in twenty four hours.
2019 Puzzle Challenge
Over forty people worked tirelessly through the twenty four hours in various time slots.
2019 Puzzle Challenge
Team Work was very much the key to completion.
All took their allocated tea breaks!
2019 Puzzle Challenge
The Puzzle slowly started to build up as the teams of four worked on their own section.
2019 Puzzle Challenge
Each section started to complete and the various members of our puzzle community could give themselves a hearty pat on the back!
2019 Puzzle Challenge
The whole thing was a hefty gargantuan task!
Money was being raised for Jireh House.
2019 Puzzle Challenge
The challenge was met!
The complete puzzle was finished in less than twenty four hours. It was now up to Glenn to board it up and get it on the wall!
2019 Puzzle Challenge
The puzzle now sits in the shop's "Puzzler's Heaven" in all it's glory.
When visiting the shop, be sure to take a look!
2018 Puzzle Challenge
Held in October 2018, the challenge this year was a more family based one where participants were asked to complete smaller puzzles and tasks.
2018 Puzzle Challenge
Tasks included playing Think Fun games, completing Ravensburger 3D Puzzles and other smaller puzzles in as fast a time as you could.
2018 Puzzle Challenge
Participants raised sponsorship, there was a sausage sizzle, raffle prizes and second hand puzzles were sold.
All profits went to LI-VE Tasmania.
2017 Puzzle Challenge
For the 2017 challenge, the task was to complete the 18,000 piece Ravensburger Colin Thompson puzzle in as fast as time as possible.
2017 Puzzle Challenge
In order to complete this, there were training sessions for the participants. The overall goal was to break a world record on finishing this puzzle in the fastest time.
2017 Puzzle Challenge
The training sessions were to show the participants the basics of what a Colin Thompson puzzle felt like to complete. His puzzles have very specific elements and lines in.
2017 Puzzle Challenge
The training sessions were held within the Puzzle People shop itself.
2017 Puzzle Challenge
The participants worked vigilantly for nearly eleven hours to get the puzzle complete.
2017 Puzzle Challenge
And slowly, each section of the puzzle started to come together.
2017 Puzzle Challenge
The Puzzle eventually did come together, but sadly a world record was not met.
2017 Puzzle Challenge
The money raised in the 2017 challenge was for Speak Up, Stay Chatty.