@@cindiadkins9510 I don’t know if I’d say that. If you see her other competition videos, she makes it a point to highlight and praise who did well regardless of how she fared. It’s just that she tends to be a bit hypercritical of herself and open about it, which is to be expected at this level and given her status as a content creator. But you all may have a point about whether she gets too caught up in her anxiety at times.
Aside from not tapping/pressing, Alejandro has some other efficient techniques: Flipping: He brings clumps closer, flipping from furthest in that clump first. He stacks multiple edge pieces in his right hand, before transferring them to the edge pile near himself, (to the right). If you stack in your left, perhaps make your edge pile near you to the left. Flip multiple pieces when possible. Puzzling: His pile is in a smaller area. He gathers multiple pieces in each hand when gathering a section. He utilizes his left hand as much as possible, in both gathering and placing. Even the last pieces, he will have a piece in each hand. He is not ambidextrous, he has just practiced with alternate hands. Both: His hands are only flat to spread, and otherwise always curved ready to pinch the next piece. He didn't stop to push his hair back, (or drop pieces lol). Minimise repeated movements, get your left hand placing, tie your hair back, and beat him 🧩
What amazes me too is that he can hold a very good conversation while puzzling. My inner dialogue about which piece belongs where would totally prevent me from concentrating on other things. He immediately seems to know the shape and place it correctly almost always (for me, it’s more trial and errors, for example-I’m no champion of course). 😅
A few things - I’m like 95% sure the first Worlds video will be up next Sunday, but I don’t want to say that definitively until it’s completely finished and uploaded. But stay tuned! I went through the captions and made sure they were accurate to what we were saying, so that is available if you wanted to turn them on. And we switched puzzles between the flipping race and then the real race, because Alejandro knew his older copy was missing a piece. The new one was completely fine out of the box. I'm not sure if that was confusing or not.
Take your time!! We know it's a lot of footage for you to edit. As a viewer who has need captions, I appreciate you taking the time to work on the captions!
Oh Karen, thank you for letting us be a guest at your puzzle meet-up. Not only such a wonderful portrait of him, along with this preview at the end it is just wonderful story telling and without a doubt the perfect kick-off to the greatest series of world's recap yet! Just getting so hyped!
Hi Karen! as an spanish person, im really greatful that you did this colab with Alejandro. I´ve been following you since 2020 when I didn´t have any idea of english, your videos helped me a lot learning your language and knowing that you´re now in Spain to World´s is great. Never stop doing what you are doing!!
The elevator music you found to play while you were catching up is next-level creativity. People notice things like that but they don't know how much work is sometimes necessary to find just the right melody.
With the flipping, Karen starts at the far side, leaning over the pile further, and works down. That means you don’t know how much room you will need to finish, and might overestimate and then spend more time reaching. Alejandro starts near himself and moves away, so when he’s done with pieces he has used the minimum amount of table space and won’t be as tired bending/reaching over. And won’t have to readjust flipped pieces if he guessed wrong about the space required.
What a great guy! There is one thing I noticed, especially in the time lapse, was that Alejandro is able to organize his workflow in a way that he is most of the time working in a very small area with only very short necessary movements of his hands. In this way he has less "airtime" while moving than you, Karen, in this direkt comparison and thinking about the number of movements I think that brings him also some seconds advantage. I am looking forward to the videos of the championship, have a great time!
I find it funny that I do puzzles for the complete opposite reason as you guys.. I like taking lots of time doing a puzzle because it's way more satisfying for me to do it that way lol. But, holy crap Alejandro is so fast!!!
I found it fascinating watching the different placement techniques. As Karen mentions, Alejandro puts the pieces in and moves on to the next - and he’s using both hands. Karen puts a piece in its place and then each time presses it again and moves on to the next piece. I also really liked Alejandro’s puzzles. The striped chevron design looked like it would be a very satisfying puzzle to do. Both designs are really interesting. Thanks so much for sharing your visit with Alejandro. 🙂
My favorite part of watching puzzling (and puzzling) is the methodology and technique of each individual - such a fascinating study of how people process...❤
Alejandro is so cute! the only puzzle content i watch is from your channel so i hope he did well at the worlds 24'. looking forward to that video tonight!
Alejandro is so nice. :) I live with my spanish bf in Czech and his mom asked me what I want for xmas, so I told her to get me Alejandro's puzzles. Cant wait :))
I am here in comments to appreciate video production! I enjoy so much the video quality, witty comments, mindful captions, music reference, thoughtful questions, hats off! Bravo Karen! Looking forward to the competition gig, the preview is amazing ♥️♥️♥️
I think I could have highlighted it more in the video, but I also think part of the key to speed puzzling is doing puzzles all the time, not for speed but just for fun, which he said is most of the puzzling he does. It helps you build that muscle memory, so then in a competition, you’re doing the same thing, except faster.
@KarenPuzzles That's great advice. I will soon participate in a local speed puzzling competition. I am in no means a speed puzzler however! 😅 But I'll just go for the experience. Love your videos by the way!
Impressed by Karen identifying the random missing piece from the Group E Paris puzzle lol I watched a bunch of the competition live this year and was genuinely on the edge of my seat for a lot of it😆can't wait to see even more coverage of it
I love the way you go about puzzling as it has helped me in the past with my own puzzling journey. It's amazing what our strengths are when doing something like this. Watching Alejandro puzzle will never cease to amaze me and he had some great tips!
This was an amazing video! You and Alejandro are very talented speed puzzlers that’s for sure! I thoroughly enjoyed the music track and sound you played during the puzzling… The high energy while you were competing and then the more elevator music/hold music when you were a bit behind Alejandro. It’s a subtle thing but definitely added to the entertainment!❤
Alejandro Felicitats and Karen thank you for this. I love watching folks cooperating. You guys are an inspiration to the rest of us to work together. All the Best Jacques Mexico
Omg you two are so cute together ❤ Also, the teaser at the end 😂 So excited - even though I almost watched the whole competition live and know all the results 😅 But I am looking forward to your analyses and background infos 🤓
What a great video. Also great build up to your worlds video. Still don’t know the results so your coverage will be like watching it live, super excited.
Loved this with both you and Alejandro. I enjoyed watching both of you puzzle at world's. I was part of the Australia team (the slow one loll) but had a blast competing and volunteering at world's I love Alejandro's puzzle it's such a lovely one to do
Very well done! It was really fun to see how different you puzzles are. I think you were stressed that he was so fast. Fun interview and interesting. Unbelievable that he hasn't been competing for so many years and is so good.
I just found one of your collab puzzles at a thrift store and I was so excited. I haven’t been able to afford one yet so I’m excited to finally get the chance.
Loved watching you both puzzle together - you're so cute together! Thank you Alejandro for having us in your home and Karen, I laughed every, single time the elevator music came on - brilliant! 😂😂
This was a lot of fun to watch! If you don't mind, one thing that I've noticed while watching you compete in these competitions is that you start out very quickly, going neck and neck with all the fastest puzzlers out there. As you get about halfway through, though, your competition seems to catch up and then (a few) pass you by. It might be interesting if you reviewed some of your past videos where you're filming your entire puzzle and calculate your pieces-per-minute (PPM) for the 1st 100 pieces, the 2nd 100 pieces, etc. Then, you could compare your totals with those of other speed puzzlers using these same measurements to see where the very fastest are moving ahead. (This may be WAY too nerdy, though. If so, I apologize!)
Yes, that's what I mean about losing steam partway through, especially after I finish easy sections and move on to the harder sections. It's definitely something I could look into more in the future.
I bought this puzzle a few days ago. I can't wait to try the challenge 🤩 today I need 5 minutes to do the first step😅 Thanks to Karen and Alejandro to share theirs tips 💕
He's so nice! We deserve more interviews with puzzlers! 😂 Can wait for worlds video 👀 I tried to avoid spoilers (but wasn't successful 😂). The moment at the end, you got wrong puzzle??? Can't wait to found out what happened!!
I've been watching your videos for only a few days but i want to say Karen, you're such a sweet and cheerful person, i really enjoy watching your videos because of the energy you give. So comfy :)
What a great video! Delightful all the way through! And BTW, if he saves a millisecond with his gentle push on every piece, that's only half a second on a 500-piece puzzle. Not worth worrying about it!
The one thing I noticed was that you needed to glance over and he never looked at your puzzle. Whether right or left handed, I find that most people flip with both hands, I do. I love the puzzles his company has! I don't like landscapes, but I do a lot of op art and odd art. Alejandro's puzzle caught my eye right away! "I got the wrong puzzle!"
I’m definitely a pile maker when I puzzle, especially when I have puzzles that have more distinct sections. I’ll literally sort them into their piles, then do a bunch of mini puzzles until they’re all connected. Might not always be the fastest but makes it so much more satisfying for me in the moment
I love that you got to visit with and do puzzles with Alejandro. You guys as a pair team ... I'd love to see that in a competition environment! Can't wait until your vids on the 2024 WJPC comes out!
I loved this video! You thought of so many great segments to include, I loved every surprise! Alejandro, I can’t wait to try your edge sorting tip!! The only thing I was missing in this video was Alejandro’s mom 😘🤗😂💕 Can’t wait to watch your epic WJPC recap, Karen!!!
@ believe it or not, is not as hard as it seems. There are plenty of tutorials where they explain it step by step and once you solce it once, you will want to do it all over again
Fun video! I hope you had a great time in Barcelona! It's a very fun city! I don't know if you had time to do some touristing (since it was before Worlds) but I hope you could visit the Sagrada Familia! I visited a few years ago and it was absolutely stunning inside!
We didn’t get to go inside, but the outside was beautiful! I’m planning to do a full travel vlog on Patreon about everything we did in Spain outside of the competition.
I feel like I need to be practicing based off him! I’ve been so focused on learning your techniques just to get better at speed puzzling but wow. It would be awesome to see how much faster you go when you utilize some of his techniques
Looking forward to seeing your experience with Worlds, I’ve chosen not to watch the event this year so that it’s more exciting to find out how you did.
I've signed up for speed puzzling a few months ago, and been participating in 2 competitions a month. One is for 500 pieces and one for a 1000. I'm not the best, but I've noticed my time getting a bit better each time. This video will be so helpful with adjusting my strategies in order to get better. Thank you Karen for introducing me to speed puzzling which I immensely enjoy and look forward to each month, but also I would like to thank you for creating videos just like this! Picking the brains of someone like Alejandro is invaluable for anyone who wants to get better. Sending all the very best to both of you! 🤍
The way he puzzles reminds me of speedrunning videogames. You can't stop for a second, every millisecond counts so you find ways to move faster and take shortcuts, you can't make mistakes because that loses you time. Alejandro must have practiced non-stop during lockdowns.
I’m currently midway through watching the English-language livestreams. Later I’ll watch the Spanish-language ones too. This video is a nice little teaser for your own championship videos to come.
A true Karen video. Well planned, well cut, well done. Interesting questions and letting the other side say their part in peace. Also, Valentina did a good job, as always, in filming. Ten out of ten stars, thank you so much for sharing, loved and devoured it! ❤ Now I want to do the Eiffeltower puzzle for breakfast. 😊
Great to see this, you're both sweet and skillful! A well-lit room too, perfect for puzzling. The only change I'd make is a black background for the puzzle instead of white. I wonder if such a change would affect Alejandro's speed?
Karen and Alejandro would be an interesting pair for the next world jigsaw puzzle championship or any competition in general. Hopefully, they will get a chance to be partners 😊
No, wait, I actually love their interaction! I would love if they actually did a pairs round in the future! I also wonder, how does Alejandro feel about how non-Spanish-speakers say his name? Because the Spanish pronunciation of the j is way different from the not Spanish way
Wow, Alejandro flips twice as fast as me (it takes me ~5 minutes to flip a 500 piece)! And he does the rest faster than twice as fast as me. 😂 I need to practice! It's great seeing the close ups of him puzzling so we could see his technique, thank you! He is very good at picking out pieces for the areas he's working on.
Awesome video. I'm lucky if I can do a 500 piece in under 3 hours. Which is about how long it took me to do the Paris Postcard two weeks ago. Wonderful puzzle. Same with London and New York.
Great video Karen. So kind of Alejandro to invite you to his house. Fun to watch the different puzzle strategies. He is a puzzle champion, but dont underestimate your own puzzle skills Karen. Looking forward to the next video.
8:36 I want to point out that the difference between the timers is 0:07 seconds.... that's truly impressively close.... :v Amazing video, thanks Karen. :D Huge hug from Ecuador.
Practice makes perfect. You are both great. How do I enter this great club? It has been a joy watching ya'll puzzle. Thank you Karen, and Alejandro. God bless.
The first video from the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championships 2024 is up now! Watch here: ua-cam.com/video/I6lrG7X7Fs0/v-deo.html
I love Alejandro's attitude, his is so humble! A very nice person!
Karen starts faster, but her methods are slower as she goes. Alejandro sets up more slowly, but his methods move faster.
So it's like the saying it's not a sprint, it's a marathon!
@@kathrynaraguz4816she has sore loser energy to me
@@cindiadkins9510 I don’t know if I’d say that. If you see her other competition videos, she makes it a point to highlight and praise who did well regardless of how she fared. It’s just that she tends to be a bit hypercritical of herself and open about it, which is to be expected at this level and given her status as a content creator. But you all may have a point about whether she gets too caught up in her anxiety at times.
@@cindiadkins9510 That's her beng intentionally dramattic. Karen is very impressed by Alejandro and she never expected to beat him.
@@tenerife_sea Just like the song Marathon by Ana & Aleksej representing North Macedonia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024.
Aside from not tapping/pressing, Alejandro has some other efficient techniques:
Flipping: He brings clumps closer, flipping from furthest in that clump first. He stacks multiple edge pieces in his right hand, before transferring them to the edge pile near himself, (to the right). If you stack in your left, perhaps make your edge pile near you to the left. Flip multiple pieces when possible.
Puzzling: His pile is in a smaller area. He gathers multiple pieces in each hand when gathering a section. He utilizes his left hand as much as possible, in both gathering and placing. Even the last pieces, he will have a piece in each hand. He is not ambidextrous, he has just practiced with alternate hands.
Both: His hands are only flat to spread, and otherwise always curved ready to pinch the next piece. He didn't stop to push his hair back, (or drop pieces lol).
Minimise repeated movements, get your left hand placing, tie your hair back, and beat him 🧩
Good observations!
What amazes me too is that he can hold a very good conversation while puzzling. My inner dialogue about which piece belongs where would totally prevent me from concentrating on other things. He immediately seems to know the shape and place it correctly almost always (for me, it’s more trial and errors, for example-I’m no champion of course). 😅
A few things - I’m like 95% sure the first Worlds video will be up next Sunday, but I don’t want to say that definitively until it’s completely finished and uploaded. But stay tuned!
I went through the captions and made sure they were accurate to what we were saying, so that is available if you wanted to turn them on.
And we switched puzzles between the flipping race and then the real race, because Alejandro knew his older copy was missing a piece. The new one was completely fine out of the box. I'm not sure if that was confusing or not.
Take your time!! We know it's a lot of footage for you to edit. As a viewer who has need captions, I appreciate you taking the time to work on the captions!
I’m so thankful for the effort you put into the worlds video. So excited to see it soon! Greets from Germany
I can’t wait!!! I did look up results but I’m not telling anyone the results.
Thanks for your effort with the captions!
I often view yt videos while my 3mth old son is asleep so I Do rely on them!😂
That was fun. Thank you Karen and Alejandro! I appreciate Alejandro welcoming us in to his home and showing us his puzzle collection.
Oh Karen, thank you for letting us be a guest at your puzzle meet-up. Not only such a wonderful portrait of him, along with this preview at the end it is just wonderful story telling and without a doubt the perfect kick-off to the greatest series of world's recap yet! Just getting so hyped!
Hi Karen! as an spanish person, im really greatful that you did this colab with Alejandro. I´ve been following you since 2020 when I didn´t have any idea of english, your videos helped me a lot learning your language and knowing that you´re now in Spain to World´s is great. Never stop doing what you are doing!!
The elevator music you found to play while you were catching up is next-level creativity. People notice things like that but they don't know how much work is sometimes necessary to find just the right melody.
This specific elevator music lives so rent free in my head because Ive heard it used in sooo many videos lol, must be from the youtube library
Especially IHateEverything, they used it as their intro music I think
@@call_me_mad1236 That doesn't make it any less special as used in this video.
@@GuyWithTheDogs not what I was trying to insinuate lol, just found it neat
That’s one of the most common songs on UA-cam. She didn’t “find it.” Everyone knows it.
This is like my dream colab!!!!
Never clicked any video so fastt!
I hope you like it!
Same! So exciting to watch this
With the flipping, Karen starts at the far side, leaning over the pile further, and works down. That means you don’t know how much room you will need to finish, and might overestimate and then spend more time reaching. Alejandro starts near himself and moves away, so when he’s done with pieces he has used the minimum amount of table space and won’t be as tired bending/reaching over. And won’t have to readjust flipped pieces if he guessed wrong about the space required.
Nice profile pic.
Also, she starts flipping on the far side, but piles her edges close to herself so she loses time by crossing back and forth.
Good points.
What a great guy!
There is one thing I noticed, especially in the time lapse, was that Alejandro is able to organize his workflow in a way that he is most of the time working in a very small area with only very short necessary movements of his hands. In this way he has less "airtime" while moving than you, Karen, in this direkt comparison and thinking about the number of movements I think that brings him also some seconds advantage.
I am looking forward to the videos of the championship, have a great time!
I find it funny that I do puzzles for the complete opposite reason as you guys.. I like taking lots of time doing a puzzle because it's way more satisfying for me to do it that way lol. But, holy crap Alejandro is so fast!!!
Both Alejandro and I do lots of puzzles slowly just for fun too! (well, I'm not sure how slow he ever actually gets)
Alejandro is awesome! Let’s all be inspired by the genius.
I found it fascinating watching the different placement techniques. As Karen mentions, Alejandro puts the pieces in and moves on to the next - and he’s using both hands. Karen puts a piece in its place and then each time presses it again and moves on to the next piece. I also really liked Alejandro’s puzzles. The striped chevron design looked like it would be a very satisfying puzzle to do. Both designs are really interesting. Thanks so much for sharing your visit with Alejandro. 🙂
My favorite part of watching puzzling (and puzzling) is the methodology and technique of each individual - such a fascinating study of how people process...❤
Alejandro is so cute! the only puzzle content i watch is from your channel so i hope he did well at the worlds 24'. looking forward to that video tonight!
Alejandro is so nice. :) I live with my spanish bf in Czech and his mom asked me what I want for xmas, so I told her to get me Alejandro's puzzles. Cant wait :))
It's really cool to see such a detailed comparison between your different puzzling strategies. 💜
I find it interesting, so I’m glad you find it interesting too!
I am here in comments to appreciate video production! I enjoy so much the video quality, witty comments, mindful captions, music reference, thoughtful questions, hats off! Bravo Karen! Looking forward to the competition gig, the preview is amazing ♥️♥️♥️
So his secret is that he's just extremely fast! 😅 That's impressive
I think I could have highlighted it more in the video, but I also think part of the key to speed puzzling is doing puzzles all the time, not for speed but just for fun, which he said is most of the puzzling he does. It helps you build that muscle memory, so then in a competition, you’re doing the same thing, except faster.
@KarenPuzzles That's great advice. I will soon participate in a local speed puzzling competition. I am in no means a speed puzzler however! 😅 But I'll just go for the experience. Love your videos by the way!
Impressed by Karen identifying the random missing piece from the Group E Paris puzzle lol
I watched a bunch of the competition live this year and was genuinely on the edge of my seat for a lot of it😆can't wait to see even more coverage of it
I love the way you go about puzzling as it has helped me in the past with my own puzzling journey. It's amazing what our strengths are when doing something like this. Watching Alejandro puzzle will never cease to amaze me and he had some great tips!
This was an amazing video! You and Alejandro are very talented speed puzzlers that’s for sure!
I thoroughly enjoyed the music track and sound you played during the puzzling… The high energy while you were competing and then the more elevator music/hold music when you were a bit behind Alejandro. It’s a subtle thing but definitely added to the entertainment!❤
Thank you 😊 I spend so much time choosing music for these videos.
Not subtle. Try he music choice and location is a huge part of editing, which Karen is a master of.
Alejandro Felicitats and Karen thank you for this. I love watching folks cooperating. You guys are an inspiration to the rest of us to work together. All the Best Jacques Mexico
Alejandro is our puzzle GOAT. Thank you Ale!!
Omg you two are so cute together ❤ Also, the teaser at the end 😂 So excited - even though I almost watched the whole competition live and know all the results 😅 But I am looking forward to your analyses and background infos 🤓
Your joy for puzzling is so contagious! I love your channel!
Watching Alejandro do the orange flower in real time was mesmerizing.
Right?? It all just falls into place.
What a great video. Also great build up to your worlds video. Still don’t know the results so your coverage will be like watching it live, super excited.
Loved this with both you and Alejandro. I enjoyed watching both of you puzzle at world's.
I was part of the Australia team (the slow one loll) but had a blast competing and volunteering at world's
I love Alejandro's puzzle it's such a lovely one to do
Very well done! It was really fun to see how different you puzzles are. I think you were stressed that he was so fast. Fun interview and interesting. Unbelievable that he hasn't been competing for so many years and is so good.
Who is here for the ultimate team up? love this ! Wish you guys could be on the same team for something.
Just wait until next spring 👀
@@KarenPuzzles Oooh!
@@KarenPuzzles wooooooooooooooooooo
Whhhaaaat!?!?!?
I love Alejandro, he's just the nicest guy :D
THE THUMBNAIL AND TITLE? INSTANTLY DROPPING EVERYTHING TO WATCH
i LOVE your videos for years now
I just found one of your collab puzzles at a thrift store and I was so excited. I haven’t been able to afford one yet so I’m excited to finally get the chance.
Loved watching you both puzzle together - you're so cute together! Thank you Alejandro for having us in your home and Karen, I laughed every, single time the elevator music came on - brilliant! 😂😂
We do not deserve this, and yet here it is ❤❤❤
This was a lot of fun to watch! If you don't mind, one thing that I've noticed while watching you compete in these competitions is that you start out very quickly, going neck and neck with all the fastest puzzlers out there. As you get about halfway through, though, your competition seems to catch up and then (a few) pass you by. It might be interesting if you reviewed some of your past videos where you're filming your entire puzzle and calculate your pieces-per-minute (PPM) for the 1st 100 pieces, the 2nd 100 pieces, etc. Then, you could compare your totals with those of other speed puzzlers using these same measurements to see where the very fastest are moving ahead. (This may be WAY too nerdy, though. If so, I apologize!)
Yes, that's what I mean about losing steam partway through, especially after I finish easy sections and move on to the harder sections. It's definitely something I could look into more in the future.
This was so fun to watch and inspiring! ✨ Alejandro is a legend! You guys are amazing! Thanks, Karen! 💜
AH - SO EXCITED TO WATCH THIS VIDEO ON MY BREAK
He's such a gent! Was cool seeing his puzzle collection too
I bought this puzzle a few days ago. I can't wait to try the challenge 🤩 today I need 5 minutes to do the first step😅
Thanks to Karen and Alejandro to share theirs tips 💕
Fun video - it's a nice homage to Alejandro's skills. BTW, very nice footage and lots of great editing/production, too!
That smirk at 15:59 😂
He's so nice! We deserve more interviews with puzzlers! 😂
Can wait for worlds video 👀 I tried to avoid spoilers (but wasn't successful 😂). The moment at the end, you got wrong puzzle??? Can't wait to found out what happened!!
I had forgotten that she got the wrong puzzle. I think there were also some people that got puzzles that were still taped shut.
You both are really amazing❤
I've been watching your videos for only a few days but i want to say Karen, you're such a sweet and cheerful person, i really enjoy watching your videos because of the energy you give. So comfy :)
What a great video! Delightful all the way through! And BTW, if he saves a millisecond with his gentle push on every piece, that's only half a second on a 500-piece puzzle. Not worth worrying about it!
I am inspired by this video because of the positive vibe it gives off,so nice!
The one thing I noticed was that you needed to glance over and he never looked at your puzzle.
Whether right or left handed, I find that most people flip with both hands, I do.
I love the puzzles his company has! I don't like landscapes, but I do a lot of op art and odd art. Alejandro's puzzle caught my eye right away!
"I got the wrong puzzle!"
Loved this... Thank you for sharing!
I always get goosebumps watching. So exciting.❤😊
Alejandro is the sweetest! I'm so glad that you two got to hang out again!
Psst Karen, he's not bad looking!😮
I’m definitely a pile maker when I puzzle, especially when I have puzzles that have more distinct sections. I’ll literally sort them into their piles, then do a bunch of mini puzzles until they’re all connected. Might not always be the fastest but makes it so much more satisfying for me in the moment
I love doing that too when I'm not speeding!
Great video, and love the teaser for worlds at the end!
I love that you got to visit with and do puzzles with Alejandro. You guys as a pair team ... I'd love to see that in a competition environment! Can't wait until your vids on the 2024 WJPC comes out!
I loved this video! You thought of so many great segments to include, I loved every surprise! Alejandro, I can’t wait to try your edge sorting tip!! The only thing I was missing in this video was Alejandro’s mom 😘🤗😂💕 Can’t wait to watch your epic WJPC recap, Karen!!!
Thx for content 🫶 I’m waiting for the worlds series and I’m getting excited now ❤
I see how you cut the hug at the beginning- can't have us shipping yall too hard 😂
Thought I was the only one to 'ship' them 😂
Ha ha, the waiting in line music was hilarious to this!
I have never been into puzzles. I have lots of rubiks cube puzzles of all shapes and sizes but this video right here makes me want to try at least one
I can't do the Rubik's cube. I have no idea even how to start!
@ believe it or not, is not as hard as it seems. There are plenty of tutorials where they explain it step by step and once you solce it once, you will want to do it all over again
He's the Carlos Sainz of puzzling!
The intersection of F1 and puzzling 😂
I don’t know who that is, but ok 😂
He is a Smooth Operator
@@KarenPuzzles Spanish F1 driver for Ferrari (this year at least). My wife IMPLORES you to take a look at him. :)
@@rebeccazappenforeyt3783 I'm a Red Bull fan, but you can't deny Chili pepper Sainz!
I wonder when the puzzle together and brush hands is their hearts race and their stomachs flutter? 🥰 I want this to turn into a romance story!!!
i’m crying not the shipping 😭😂😂
Fun video! I hope you had a great time in Barcelona! It's a very fun city! I don't know if you had time to do some touristing (since it was before Worlds) but I hope you could visit the Sagrada Familia! I visited a few years ago and it was absolutely stunning inside!
We didn’t get to go inside, but the outside was beautiful! I’m planning to do a full travel vlog on Patreon about everything we did in Spain outside of the competition.
Him having to wave on the light every three seconds is so real 😂
So there aren't that many 'secrets', you got it or you don't!! And you both got it as far I am concerned ❤
Great video, half interview half puzzling ... loved the music you chose for the end.
I feel like I need to be practicing based off him! I’ve been so focused on learning your techniques just to get better at speed puzzling but wow. It would be awesome to see how much faster you go when you utilize some of his techniques
Looking forward to seeing your experience with Worlds, I’ve chosen not to watch the event this year so that it’s more exciting to find out how you did.
I've signed up for speed puzzling a few months ago, and been participating in 2 competitions a month. One is for 500 pieces and one for a 1000. I'm not the best, but I've noticed my time getting a bit better each time. This video will be so helpful with adjusting my strategies in order to get better. Thank you Karen for introducing me to speed puzzling which I immensely enjoy and look forward to each month, but also I would like to thank you for creating videos just like this! Picking the brains of someone like Alejandro is invaluable for anyone who wants to get better. Sending all the very best to both of you! 🤍
The way he puzzles reminds me of speedrunning videogames. You can't stop for a second, every millisecond counts so you find ways to move faster and take shortcuts, you can't make mistakes because that loses you time. Alejandro must have practiced non-stop during lockdowns.
I love this collaboration. Karen's attitude is the best 🎉 She doesn't care if she is not as fast as him, she keeps up doing what she loves.
I’m currently midway through watching the English-language livestreams. Later I’ll watch the Spanish-language ones too. This video is a nice little teaser for your own championship videos to come.
So cool! Thanks for the inspiration 💕🧩
Had to stay up late watching this video until 2am because i wanted to see it as fast as a can
I really appreciate that!
Alejandro helping you find your missing edge pieces!! Love it
Am I the only one that thinks that Alejandro is adorable!
A true Karen video. Well planned, well cut, well done. Interesting questions and letting the other side say their part in peace. Also, Valentina did a good job, as always, in filming. Ten out of ten stars, thank you so much for sharing, loved and devoured it! ❤ Now I want to do the Eiffeltower puzzle for breakfast. 😊
So excited to watch the worlds video!
Im amazed by the speed. I love puzzles but dont do them often and it would probably take me an hour or two if straight puzzling to get this done.
Great to see this, you're both sweet and skillful! A well-lit room too, perfect for puzzling. The only change I'd make is a black background for the puzzle instead of white. I wonder if such a change would affect Alejandro's speed?
Karen and Alejandro would be an interesting pair for the next world jigsaw puzzle championship or any competition in general. Hopefully, they will get a chance to be partners 😊
No, wait, I actually love their interaction! I would love if they actually did a pairs round in the future!
I also wonder, how does Alejandro feel about how non-Spanish-speakers say his name? Because the Spanish pronunciation of the j is way different from the not Spanish way
Wow, Alejandro flips twice as fast as me (it takes me ~5 minutes to flip a 500 piece)! And he does the rest faster than twice as fast as me. 😂 I need to practice! It's great seeing the close ups of him puzzling so we could see his technique, thank you! He is very good at picking out pieces for the areas he's working on.
This is a very nice hype up for your summary video lol!
Awesome video.
I'm lucky if I can do a 500 piece in under 3 hours. Which is about how long it took me to do the Paris Postcard two weeks ago. Wonderful puzzle. Same with London and New York.
I want the puzzle he designed. Its pretty but also looks so doable for ke with the variations
Great video Karen. So kind of Alejandro to invite you to his house. Fun to watch the different puzzle strategies. He is a puzzle champion, but dont underestimate your own puzzle skills Karen. Looking forward to the next video.
Alejandro seems like such a nice guy ☺️
8:36 I want to point out that the difference between the timers is 0:07 seconds.... that's truly impressively close.... :v
Amazing video, thanks Karen. :D Huge hug from Ecuador.
Practice makes perfect. You are both great. How do I enter this great club? It has been a joy watching ya'll puzzle. Thank you Karen, and Alejandro. God bless.
He seems such a lovely guy.
“I like Teams because we get to do two puzzles.” I think we just found the Hinata Shoyo of speed puzzling. 😂
my mind is likely in the gutter so going to keep my thoughts to myself n say i hope u had a lovely time!! LOL
I really enjoyed this. It's obvious that Karen had fun making this video.
Alejandro is your "nemesis" 😅😂😂
Thanks for the video - brilliant!
Hi Karen! I absolutely love your videos! have you ever completed one of Piecerelax’s 3D puzzles? I’d love to know your thoughts. 😊