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Welcome to Piece-off #6! 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 (150 pieces, fastest 3 finishers win),- Pairs (group of 2): Puzzle Chess (2-v-2, multiple rounds, 150-300 pieces, no elimination, top 3 ranks win), - Teams/Family (group of upto 4): Puzzle Challenge (one 250 + two 75-150 pieces, fastest 2 teams to finish win). You can register under multiple categories as they will take place at different times. For Pairs, only one person from each group needs to purchase a ticket for the Pair. For Teams, each person in the Team must buy a ticket. Time and Schedule: 3.30 PM - 9 PM, Saturday, 1st February. - 3.30 PM: Individual check-in and briefing.- 3.45-4.45: Individuals Speed Puzzling- 5 PM: Pairs check-in and briefing.- 5.15-7.15 PM: Pairs Puzzle Chess.- 8 PM: Teams/Family check-in and briefing.- 8.15-9.15 PM: Teams/Family Puzzle Challenge.Rules:Individuals - Speed Puzzling:• Competitors have 60 minutes (1 hour) to complete a 150-piece jigsaw puzzle from Frank’s catalogue. • Puzzles will come bagged, with an image for reference.• 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 period has elapsed a participant has not finished the puzzle, we will count the number of placed pieces, adding only lots of 3 or more pieces correctly joined together. Competitors will be ranked by the least number of unplaced pieces.• If pieces are missing/misplaced at the end of the puzzle, 10 seconds for each lost piece will be added to the final time. If there are 2 or more adjacent and missing pieces, no penalty will be applied as it is considered a manufacturing error.• Tickets include registration and the cost of the competition puzzle - Individuals take their puzzle home!• The fastest three finishers win puzzles sponsored by Frank Toys!Pairs - Puzzle Chess: • There will be 3 rounds of 2-v-2 matches (i.e. each Pair plays another Pair). There will be a gameplay demo before rounds start.• Matches and rankings will follow the Swiss format - this means there will be no player elimination and all players will play the same number of matches.• Matches will be played in the “Puzzle Chess” format: Players will take turns to place one piece at a time in the puzzle, alternating between team members each time, using a chess clock to track the time taken to do so. The Pair with the most time remaining on the clock at the end of the match wins.• Puzzles will range from 150-300 pieces. Borders will be constructed off the clock before the match begins.• Top 3 Pairs win prizes from our sponsor!Teams/Family - the Puzzle Challenge:• Each Team has 60 minutes to complete a 250-piece puzzle and two 75-150-piece puzzles. • All three puzzles must be worked on simultaneously!• Teams must choose one member to solve one 75-150-puzzle and one to solve the other. The remaining two members solve the 250-piece puzzle. Once the smaller puzzles have been completed, all four team members can work on the larger puzzle together. • The fastest two teams to complete all three puzzles win prizes!
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Underline Center, Bangalore, India
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