I can’t believe it’s finished 😪 This was the biggest project I’ve ever taken on, and I hope you all liked the videos. If you missed the first two in this series, you can watch them here: Quarterfinals: ua-cam.com/video/I6lrG7X7Fs0/v-deo.html Semifinals: ua-cam.com/video/kAGiZNPOzTk/v-deo.html And stay tuned for my tour of the Ravensburger factory coming this January!
Thank you Karen for these videos, it's so much better when you explain and condensate everything, because watching the live stream wasn't as interesting.
so... my boyfriend, who doesn't like puzzles at all because he's way too impatient, just kept watching the 3 parts with me because he loved the positive vibes of the puzzling community. thank you and your cameraperson so much for capturing that positive energy.
I am so excited. Thank you for all the hard work you put into making this video. My husband says this is my superbowl, and I have not let any spoilers ruin it for myself.
I love how in every video you thank Valentina. So often, people who work behind the scenes get overlooked and forgotten. Thank you for always pointing out how important she is to this series' success!
I still tear up at Kristins win! And the most amazing thing is, I don't think there was one person in the dome - including everyone in the run for the title - who wasn't happy for her. 🥰
Karen, it doesn’t matter how fast you are at individual puzzles, you are by far and away the best producer of puzzle videos on the Internet! Someone else said these are documentary quality and yes, yes, they most definitely are. I hope to someday go to these competitions and I wouldn’t have even dreamt of it if it wasn’t for your videos. Thank you! I rarely wait for channels to post a new video but I was waiting for this one!!
The highlight you did for Kristin winning first was so incredibly sweet and I know that she will love and cherish how you captured the events leading up to that moment ❤
It is kind of amazing, in basically just 3 years how competitive puzzling has become/grown worldwide. I do think you will see some more jumps in the next decade. Karen, you and Ravensburger are obviously greatly responsible for this. Very professional, well done video/documentary.
I cried watching this. The support in this community is amazing. It just made me so misty eyed to see how kind and uplifting the speed puzzlers all are! This video is so amazing. Thank you for all the hard work poured into these videos!
I hope Tiffany and Karen stay puzzle pair partners, I feel like the more they practice with each other, the faster they will get. Their energies really mesh supremely well.
I actually did my first 1,000 piece Ravensburger yesterday! I got just over seven hours doing it by myself (not in one sitting), but it was a difficult illustration with lots of blobby flowers sections. I really enjoyed the quality of it and the vibrancy of the colors.
Greetings from Poland I had no idea until I watched your videos that my compatriots sent such a large team to the championship and I am even more proud that they performed so well. 👋👋👋😀
That was a hell of a lot of work you did editing these videos and it shows! I like your recaps so much better than the commentary on the livestream. I hope you found some time those past weeks to do some more recreational puzzling (and other things) too.
I was looking forward to this so much! one of the things I love about Karen Puzzle videos is how transparent she is about everything. from what exactly ravensburger paid for her, to the extra time the judges missed. and yeah, ravensburger made a great investment because when karen uploads a video, 80% of the time I go buy a puzzle XD also, I almost SCREAMED with that teaser about the factory!!! looking forward to that super hard!
Thank you for all of your work on these videos Karen, you truly make puzzling such an accessible and fun activity to learn about and engage with! And congratulations on your teams placement, that’s amazing!!
Oh huge congratulations to Marketa! In the nine months I was pregnant I did 32 jigsaw puzzles. I laid them all out and took photos right before giving birth. That's about all I did while he was growing 😅 And my mother similarly did a massive amount of jigsaw puzzles when she was pregnant with me in the 80's. After giving birth I have only done your puzzle, Karen. In three years that's the only one I looked forward to enough to do. Parenting infants and toddlers is not for the weak. You really do have to sacrifice hobbies and a lot of personal freedoms. I got a puzzle advent calendar this year. It's 1000 piece split out over 24 days. I figured it was about the only way to work my hobby into my life. My little almost 3 year-old amazing bean is now doing jigsaw puzzles so carefully next to me and it is the best feeling ever. He talks himself through it. He says oh no maybe this piece goes over here. Maybe I have to turn it. And he's actually doing it. I can take up to 6 pieces out of a puzzle section that we've already done. and he is able to reason it out and put them in the right place so gently and carefully. And if you knew my son, you would know that he hardly ever does anything gently. 😂 so to new parents who have no time for your hobby anymore: Oh just wait until they start doing it with you. It is magical! Merry Christmas to everyone! 🎉 Seeing these videos makes me want badly to team up with him by my side in a pairs event. When he is a little older we really could if he still loves puzzles. What a positive and uplifting thing to be a part of!
I was waiting for this to come out. Amazing job in the teams final, that's an incredible finish! I can't wait to see what next year's competition looks like! I can only imagine the kind of work that goes into preparing for this each year, let alone compiling and editing all of the footage (I totally believe that it took 3 months). Huge round of applause for Valentina as well, I can also only imagine how hectic it must have been to film all over the place during this event.
Amazing Karen, loved this series, really appreciate your and Valentina’s hard work! I was so happy for all the puzzlers and of course, you and your team had such a wonderful result, I was also so ecstatic for Kelly: she placed so well in every round, how phenomenal!
Oh, Karen! This video is brilliant, brilliant, brilliant! Your editing perfectly built the drama; music choice amazing; great balance between covering all the participants and yet showing your own and your teams' performance. Even though I had watched the livestream and knew the outcome I was on the edge of my seat. (Now give yourself some good time off and enjoy your family and friends.)
Congratulations to all the fastest puzzlers !!! Busy Birdies, Teresa and Marketa, and Kristin. Thank you Karen for your dedication to sharing all the puzzle fun!! Thank you also to Ravensburger. 😀
Superb storytelling and editing! Love your attention to detail. In a way, editing is like puzzling - every view, every bit of music, in the correct place to move the story forward. Thank you for this gift!
This might be my favorite series to watch on all of youtube! Rarely do I watch this long of videos not on double speed and every year I watch every single one of these on normal speed. Thank you Karen (and Valentina)
Congrats on your finish! I love how I have been watching your videos so long that I can recognize competitors between different competitions. Everyone did so great!
Thanks so much for all of your hard work! I really enjoyed watching these videos! Congratulations on your 3rd place Teams finish! Best of luck for next year!
I love Tiffany's laughter and her "how fun". I really hope the pairs puzzle is eventually made widely available. Puzzle People was so enjoyable, I'd love to do this one too. Thanks again, Karen, for bringing us these awesome recaps. 😊
My husband and I so enjoy watching your videos together. You are a masterful storyteller! Although we will never be fast puzzlers, through your videos, we feel part of the community. We cheered for Kristin, routed for Alejando, clapped for the all the awesome teams from different countries and are looking forward to the Ravensburger factory tour. Thank you Karen for all your hard creative work on the videos.
Kudos to all the puzzlers in this event and a very special kudos to Valentina for all of her hard work. And lastly, but certainly not least, a huge thank you to Karen for all that you do. Your genuine love of puzzles and the puzzle community shines thoough every thing you do. A special shout out to your sister who makes the complexity of statistics look so streamlined and understandable.
When the pairs final started all of us in the Dome gasped with joy at the design. I was sitting by the exit from the arena and when Alfonso came out shortly afterwards I said to him how nice it was, to which he beamed with pride.
Your videos made me go out and buy my first puzzles in a very long time and the joy and sportsmanship of puzzling is just outstanding! TY Karen, Valentina, and all the Worlds volunteers / organizers / and participants! ❤ from 🇨🇦
What an incredible video. Truly astounding how much effort you've put into the coverage of this event and it's all paced so wonderfully. Looking forward to a puzzling 2025.
Such an excellent series! The results tables may be available online, but they are not complete without all the stores behind it. Thanks for all your hard work highlighting worlds.
All I can say is thank you! Such an amazing series! It’s because of your videos that I found speed puzzling and the amazing community that surrounds it. Heading to my first nationals next year and all because of these outstanding videos!
Thanks to you Karen and to Valentina for the amazing incredible amount of work you've put on this series. I watched the entire live event and it was fantastic, but watching this series has been a ride!. All the data gathering, the emotion and the story telling was amazing.. I'm not a hardcore puzzler, but I really like the community around these events.
I was JUST talking to my mom about this and how you've made puzzling competitions so exciting and opened the doors for more people like kathi to shine!
Congrats to Busy Birdies, Teresa and Marketa, and most of all, to Kristin after such a long time! But a huuuuuge shoutout to Karen for putting all of this up in such a neat way. It was AMAZING to watch. And I'm already looking forward to next year's competition!
It shows how much work you put into the series. I actually listened to several streams while at work but didn't watch any of the finals to avoid spoilers before your videos :D Worth the wait! Hope you get a great rest now.
This video made me so happy. Thank you for putting so much effort and love into this series. I love the extra insights and background information. Congratulations on your 3rd place finish in the Teams competition. You are to jigsaw puzzling what GothamChess is to chess, both fantastic ambassadors for your sports and the reason why they rise so much in popularity.
Congratulations to all of the World final winners!! I'm not a speed puzzler but I run my hand over my completed puzzle to make sure all the pieces are in. One time I didn't notice a piece was missing until I did that. Karen, great job! Thank you so much!!!
You’re a rockstar! Your videos rekindled my love of puzzling, I watched the worlds livestream but I couldn’t catch all of them. These highlights are excellent. Like everything you do, comprehensive, great production and high quality. Many thanks for your hard work on these.
I've enjoyed this series so very much, even though I'm not involved in competitive puzzling. Thank you and Valentina and everyone else who helped bring these videos to us. And of course, congratulations to all the winners!❤
amazing video thanks so much for all the work you do to document the speed puzzling community! also because of you I tried to speedrun one of those ravensburger 500 piece circle puzzles for the first time did it in 1:53!
I was rooting for Kristin since last year, so happy for her! It is obvious that we have seen a jump in skill level all across the world and probably will be more. Also, amazing video and storytelling! I can't even imagine what Karen goes through by competing and creating content at the same time! Like, how can she even? I don't even do puzzles, but I'm hooked in your content Karen. I'm sure you'll bounce back next year :)
Kristen was so focussed and gave it everything she had to take the title, that cooling down period after completion was intense, you can FEEL that energy level.
Extremely impressive work on putting this (and the previous) videos together. So professional! I usually don’t watch videos beyond 20min, but this had me hooked to the end :)
Kudos to the organizers of this fantastic event! Congratulations to the winners! Thanks to all the contestants for an inspiring and exciting competition! Karen, your competition videos are outstanding and you are a great ambassador for speed puzzling as a spectator sport.
I was pleased to watch your summary and all live videos from the event. Hugs, Alejandro. I couldn't shake the feeling that he was deliberately trying to let others win. The presenter was simply wonderful! And now I can't wait to see the report from the factory!!!
Can’t believe the last part is here! I’ve been binge watching your other videos on the channel while waiting for this! I’m gonna be getting another 1000 piece puzzle just to time myself for the first time haha Great video as always🙌
Congratulations!!! I'm over the moon for you! I always look forward to waiting for YOUR video to find out who wins in the different categories. You do SUCH a good job with these!
Oh Karen, how I've been waiting for this last part. I've been updating the channel every day and thinking, "well, when?" This is just amazing! Thank you for telling us about such amazing events!
Thank you and Valentina so much for these amazing videos. I really enjoyed every moment of the series and cant wait to see how next year will go. Until then, I'll puzzle on and hope to get faster~
i tried to watch the live feed during the competition but couldnt follow it. I knew you would be covering it so i am happy to watch your coverage of it. Congratulations to all the puzzlers during the competition.
Even though she doesn't do it anymore, I still call doing it one-handed, starting from the middle as "Kristin Thuv style". I think there should be a whole competition category of Kristin Thuv style.
Ahhh thank you so much, Karen, this series is so fantastic. I didn't look at any of the results before watching this video, so I had no idea your team came third! That is incredible, congratulations! It's obvious how much work you put into these videos and it really shows. I look forward to these videos every year. The puzzling community is so amazing 🧩
This video was amazing! I'm glad Ravensburger realise how valuable you are, I hope they paid well for this incredible advertising of not just their puzzles but also puzzling as a whole! I'm really looking forward to the factory video 😍
This was so much fun - I was waiting for the finals videos and as soon as I got the notification, I zipped right over here. I waited to find out the results from your series and was on the edge of my seat! Thanks for sharing. ❤️
This was so well put together, and well worth the effort for such a great final result. Congratulations to you and your teammates for being the 3rd fastest in the world, you've all come so far since I started watching your channel.
I have been looking forward to this video for weeks and it did not disappoint! Thanks so much for all your hard work, Karen. It shows! And thanks to Valentina for her amazing footage. I feel like I was actually there. And congratulations to this year's winners, especially Kristin. I'm glad it was finally her year.
Been a subscriber since when you did graphic design content. Always loved the things you did and how you presented them! I don't puzzle much myself, but it's always a treat getting to watch the world championship content every year. Thank you for all the work you put into these videos to bring this content to us! Love how the puzzling community is so supportive of each other and it's so cool the world championship puts the team finals as the final event versus individuals.
Your series on this got me into puzzling! I’ve already finished a 1000 piece with my mom (no room at my house for puzzling sadly as my dining room table had to become my WFM desk), and have ordered two more for us to do. I hadn’t puzzled in over a decade. Thanks for bringing this new joyous thing into my life ❤
Excellent editing, coverage and your commentary! Loved all of it Karen. Every time I see someone win I tear up, doesn't matter how many times. I feel so much joy for all you competing, I am happy for all of you! Thank you for all of your hard work and effort! Fabulous! Congrats to Busy Birdies, Teresa and Marketa and Kristin! Well done!
You ate the videos up this year, I was so gripped. It's amazing to see how you, your friends, and the top contestants have improved throughout the years. Third place in teams is incredible!!!
Cheers from Berlin! So proud of Kathi and all the German puzzlers! 🇩🇪 And congrats to our neighbors from Poland and Czechia for their great performances too! 🇵🇱 🇨🇿
I can’t believe it’s finished 😪 This was the biggest project I’ve ever taken on, and I hope you all liked the videos. If you missed the first two in this series, you can watch them here:
Quarterfinals: ua-cam.com/video/I6lrG7X7Fs0/v-deo.html
Semifinals: ua-cam.com/video/kAGiZNPOzTk/v-deo.html
And stay tuned for my tour of the Ravensburger factory coming this January!
Thank you Karen for these videos, it's so much better when you explain and condensate everything, because watching the live stream wasn't as interesting.
Thanks for a wonderful recap Karen. And for discussing reviewing results with the organisers. ❤
You did such a great job
I am looking forward to the factory tour!
Thank you so much for this amazing work!!
so... my boyfriend, who doesn't like puzzles at all because he's way too impatient, just kept watching the 3 parts with me because he loved the positive vibes of the puzzling community. thank you and your cameraperson so much for capturing that positive energy.
I'm in the same boat. I'm too impatient to do a puzzle myself, but I'm here for the positive vibes :)
And the event cameramen and the commentators.
I am so excited. Thank you for all the hard work you put into making this video. My husband says this is my superbowl, and I have not let any spoilers ruin it for myself.
Wow, that's dedication! I hope you like it!
Same!! I made sure not to spoil it
I love how in every video you thank Valentina. So often, people who work behind the scenes get overlooked and forgotten. Thank you for always pointing out how important she is to this series' success!
I still tear up at Kristins win!
And the most amazing thing is, I don't think there was one person in the dome - including everyone in the run for the title - who wasn't happy for her. 🥰
Karen, it doesn’t matter how fast you are at individual puzzles, you are by far and away the best producer of puzzle videos on the Internet! Someone else said these are documentary quality and yes, yes, they most definitely are. I hope to someday go to these competitions and I wouldn’t have even dreamt of it if it wasn’t for your videos. Thank you! I rarely wait for channels to post a new video but I was waiting for this one!!
Karen should enter a documentary competition with the high quality videos.
The highlight you did for Kristin winning first was so incredibly sweet and I know that she will love and cherish how you captured the events leading up to that moment ❤
Valentina was crying while filming, and then I was crying while editing 😭
I also just cried because of that. I’m so happy for her
@@KarenPuzzles We need a get-together video with Kristin now! :)
@@KarenPuzzlesand then we all are crying while watching
I had the same thought! What a lovely keepsake for her!
It is kind of amazing, in basically just 3 years how competitive puzzling has become/grown worldwide.
I do think you will see some more jumps in the next decade.
Karen, you and Ravensburger are obviously greatly responsible for this.
Very professional, well done video/documentary.
Oh for sure
I cried watching this. The support in this community is amazing. It just made me so misty eyed to see how kind and uplifting the speed puzzlers all are! This video is so amazing. Thank you for all the hard work poured into these videos!
I hope Tiffany and Karen stay puzzle pair partners, I feel like the more they practice with each other, the faster they will get. Their energies really mesh supremely well.
I actually did my first 1,000 piece Ravensburger yesterday! I got just over seven hours doing it by myself (not in one sitting), but it was a difficult illustration with lots of blobby flowers sections. I really enjoyed the quality of it and the vibrancy of the colors.
That's a great solo time for a difficult puzzle!
Everyone in Poland: I want Kristin and Alejandro
Everyone in Poland’s mom: We have Kristin and Alejandro at home
the phrasing had me do a 2x take... lol
I'm so proud of my countrymen!!! Poland mountain🇵🇱
lol that is exactly what happened!
Hahaha! 😂 Thank you for this videos!
Greetings from Poland
I had no idea until I watched your videos that my compatriots sent such a large team to the championship and I am even more proud that they performed so well. 👋👋👋😀
That was a hell of a lot of work you did editing these videos and it shows! I like your recaps so much better than the commentary on the livestream. I hope you found some time those past weeks to do some more recreational puzzling (and other things) too.
I was thinking in a video I'm planning for January, I'd go through all of the puzzles I've been doing for fun while editing these videos 😊
The camera work is incredible! Great cinematography with the music and editing!
Valentina was working harder than any of us filming the entire thing!
I was looking forward to this so much! one of the things I love about Karen Puzzle videos is how transparent she is about everything. from what exactly ravensburger paid for her, to the extra time the judges missed. and yeah, ravensburger made a great investment because when karen uploads a video, 80% of the time I go buy a puzzle XD
also, I almost SCREAMED with that teaser about the factory!!! looking forward to that super hard!
Thank you for all of your work on these videos Karen, you truly make puzzling such an accessible and fun activity to learn about and engage with! And congratulations on your teams placement, that’s amazing!!
Thank you so much ❤️
Oh huge congratulations to Marketa! In the nine months I was pregnant I did 32 jigsaw puzzles. I laid them all out and took photos right before giving birth. That's about all I did while he was growing 😅 And my mother similarly did a massive amount of jigsaw puzzles when she was pregnant with me in the 80's. After giving birth I have only done your puzzle, Karen. In three years that's the only one I looked forward to enough to do. Parenting infants and toddlers is not for the weak. You really do have to sacrifice hobbies and a lot of personal freedoms. I got a puzzle advent calendar this year. It's 1000 piece split out over 24 days. I figured it was about the only way to work my hobby into my life. My little almost 3 year-old amazing bean is now doing jigsaw puzzles so carefully next to me and it is the best feeling ever. He talks himself through it. He says oh no maybe this piece goes over here. Maybe I have to turn it. And he's actually doing it. I can take up to 6 pieces out of a puzzle section that we've already done. and he is able to reason it out and put them in the right place so gently and carefully. And if you knew my son, you would know that he hardly ever does anything gently. 😂 so to new parents who have no time for your hobby anymore: Oh just wait until they start doing it with you. It is magical! Merry Christmas to everyone! 🎉 Seeing these videos makes me want badly to team up with him by my side in a pairs event. When he is a little older we really could if he still loves puzzles. What a positive and uplifting thing to be a part of!
What a lovely story ❤
Applause for Valentina! 👏❤👏
I was waiting for this to come out. Amazing job in the teams final, that's an incredible finish! I can't wait to see what next year's competition looks like! I can only imagine the kind of work that goes into preparing for this each year, let alone compiling and editing all of the footage (I totally believe that it took 3 months). Huge round of applause for Valentina as well, I can also only imagine how hectic it must have been to film all over the place during this event.
She was running around like crazy trying to get all the top finishes, and the footage turned out amazing 🙌🏻
Amazing Karen, loved this series, really appreciate your and Valentina’s hard work! I was so happy for all the puzzlers and of course, you and your team had such a wonderful result, I was also so ecstatic for Kelly: she placed so well in every round, how phenomenal!
I know, Kelly did amazing this year!
YES IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS we love you Karen!! Take a well-deserved break! ❤
I have one more video (unrelated to Worlds) going up this Friday, and THEN I'll take a break 😅
Oh, Karen! This video is brilliant, brilliant, brilliant! Your editing perfectly built the drama; music choice amazing; great balance between covering all the participants and yet showing your own and your teams' performance. Even though I had watched the livestream and knew the outcome I was on the edge of my seat. (Now give yourself some good time off and enjoy your family and friends.)
The last puzzle I think I did was when I was like 10 at school.
How fast everyone is able to put theses super hard puzzles together is just insane
We all do A LOT of puzzling 😅
Congratulations to all the fastest puzzlers !!! Busy Birdies, Teresa and Marketa, and Kristin. Thank you Karen for your dedication to sharing all the puzzle fun!! Thank you also to Ravensburger. 😀
I love how supportive everyone is in the speed puzzling community. It's truly heartwarming and my favorite part about it
I can't believe you put this whole video together Karen!
Such a beautiful and professional job.
Superb storytelling and editing! Love your attention to detail. In a way, editing is like puzzling - every view, every bit of music, in the correct place to move the story forward. Thank you for this gift!
This might be my favorite series to watch on all of youtube! Rarely do I watch this long of videos not on double speed and every year I watch every single one of these on normal speed. Thank you Karen (and Valentina)
Congrats on your finish! I love how I have been watching your videos so long that I can recognize competitors between different competitions. Everyone did so great!
Thanks so much for all of your hard work! I really enjoyed watching these videos! Congratulations on your 3rd place Teams finish! Best of luck for next year!
I love Tiffany's laughter and her "how fun". I really hope the pairs puzzle is eventually made widely available. Puzzle People was so enjoyable, I'd love to do this one too.
Thanks again, Karen, for bringing us these awesome recaps. 😊
My husband and I so enjoy watching your videos together. You are a masterful storyteller! Although we will never be fast puzzlers, through your videos, we feel part of the community. We cheered for Kristin, routed for Alejando, clapped for the all the awesome teams from different countries and are looking forward to the Ravensburger factory tour. Thank you Karen for all your hard creative work on the videos.
Kudos to all the puzzlers in this event and a very special kudos to Valentina for all of her hard work. And lastly, but certainly not least, a huge thank you to Karen for all that you do. Your genuine love of puzzles and the puzzle community shines thoough every thing you do. A special shout out to your sister who makes the complexity of statistics look so streamlined and understandable.
When the pairs final started all of us in the Dome gasped with joy at the design. I was sitting by the exit from the arena and when Alfonso came out shortly afterwards I said to him how nice it was, to which he beamed with pride.
Your videos made me go out and buy my first puzzles in a very long time and the joy and sportsmanship of puzzling is just outstanding! TY Karen, Valentina, and all the Worlds volunteers / organizers / and participants! ❤ from 🇨🇦
Giving Kristin a virtual hug, what a match! 🤗
Thanks for all hard editing work Karen!
Yes of course I watched to the very end, one of the most wholesome events ever.
Thank you Valentina and Ravensburger!
What an incredible video. Truly astounding how much effort you've put into the coverage of this event and it's all paced so wonderfully. Looking forward to a puzzling 2025.
Such an excellent series! The results tables may be available online, but they are not complete without all the stores behind it. Thanks for all your hard work highlighting worlds.
All I can say is thank you! Such an amazing series! It’s because of your videos that I found speed puzzling and the amazing community that surrounds it. Heading to my first nationals next year and all because of these outstanding videos!
The atmosphere in that tournament is so exhilarating.
Thanks to you Karen and to Valentina for the amazing incredible amount of work you've put on this series. I watched the entire live event and it was fantastic, but watching this series has been a ride!. All the data gathering, the emotion and the story telling was amazing..
I'm not a hardcore puzzler, but I really like the community around these events.
this has been my favorite series to watch during this holiday season.
Merry Christmas Karen!🎄
Thank you for bringing this joy to the world 🌎❤
I was JUST talking to my mom about this and how you've made puzzling competitions so exciting and opened the doors for more people like kathi to shine!
You put so much love and effort into these beautiful video's! Thank you!
Congrats to Busy Birdies, Teresa and Marketa, and most of all, to Kristin after such a long time!
But a huuuuuge shoutout to Karen for putting all of this up in such a neat way. It was AMAZING to watch. And I'm already looking forward to next year's competition!
It shows how much work you put into the series. I actually listened to several streams while at work but didn't watch any of the finals to avoid spoilers before your videos :D Worth the wait! Hope you get a great rest now.
This video made me so happy. Thank you for putting so much effort and love into this series. I love the extra insights and background information. Congratulations on your 3rd place finish in the Teams competition. You are to jigsaw puzzling what GothamChess is to chess, both fantastic ambassadors for your sports and the reason why they rise so much in popularity.
Congratulations to all of the World final winners!! I'm not a speed puzzler but I run my hand over my completed puzzle to make sure all the pieces are in. One time I didn't notice a piece was missing until I did that. Karen, great job! Thank you so much!!!
You’re a rockstar! Your videos rekindled my love of puzzling, I watched the worlds livestream but I couldn’t catch all of them. These highlights are excellent. Like everything you do, comprehensive, great production and high quality. Many thanks for your hard work on these.
I've enjoyed this series so very much, even though I'm not involved in competitive puzzling. Thank you and Valentina and everyone else who helped bring these videos to us. And of course, congratulations to all the winners!❤
Thank you so much for all your hard work! I enjoyed all these World Championship videos so much! Congratulations on your 3rd place finish!
amazing video thanks so much for all the work you do to document the speed puzzling community! also because of you I tried to speedrun one of those ravensburger 500 piece circle puzzles for the first time did it in 1:53!
That's really good for your first attempt!
I was rooting for Kristin since last year, so happy for her! It is obvious that we have seen a jump in skill level all across the world and probably will be more. Also, amazing video and storytelling! I can't even imagine what Karen goes through by competing and creating content at the same time! Like, how can she even? I don't even do puzzles, but I'm hooked in your content Karen. I'm sure you'll bounce back next year :)
Congrats Karen and team. I cannot wait to see the tour of the Ravensburger factory! Wow!!!
Kristen was so focussed and gave it everything she had to take the title, that cooling down period after completion was intense, you can FEEL that energy level.
This is amazing! I loved this! I was so waiting for this, avoiding spoilers... Thank you Karen!!!
You do a great job of editing Karen. You manage to keep this very interesting and tense.
Extremely impressive work on putting this (and the previous) videos together. So professional! I usually don’t watch videos beyond 20min, but this had me hooked to the end :)
Sooooooo glad I have today off. I am sat with snacks, ready to watch the drama unfold!
Kudos to the organizers of this fantastic event! Congratulations to the winners! Thanks to all the contestants for an inspiring and exciting competition! Karen, your competition videos are outstanding and you are a great ambassador for speed puzzling as a spectator sport.
I was pleased to watch your summary and all live videos from the event.
Hugs, Alejandro. I couldn't shake the feeling that he was deliberately trying to let others win.
The presenter was simply wonderful!
And now I can't wait to see the report from the factory!!!
Can’t believe the last part is here! I’ve been binge watching your other videos on the channel while waiting for this! I’m gonna be getting another 1000 piece puzzle just to time myself for the first time haha Great video as always🙌
Congrats Karen! Thanks to your videos, I have bought my very first Ravensburger. Great job across all 3 events.
Congratulations!!! I'm over the moon for you! I always look forward to waiting for YOUR video to find out who wins in the different categories. You do SUCH a good job with these!
Hooray from Norway. So happy for Kristin!
Hurra!
Jeg er ikke norsk men hun er absolut min favorittpusselspiller. Gratulerer.
Oh Karen, how I've been waiting for this last part. I've been updating the channel every day and thinking, "well, when?" This is just amazing! Thank you for telling us about such amazing events!
Thank you for this amazing series! ♥️
Thank you and Valentina so much for these amazing videos. I really enjoyed every moment of the series and cant wait to see how next year will go. Until then, I'll puzzle on and hope to get faster~
i tried to watch the live feed during the competition but couldnt follow it. I knew you would be covering it so i am happy to watch your coverage of it. Congratulations to all the puzzlers during the competition.
Even though she doesn't do it anymore, I still call doing it one-handed, starting from the middle as "Kristin Thuv style". I think there should be a whole competition category of Kristin Thuv style.
Ahhh thank you so much, Karen, this series is so fantastic. I didn't look at any of the results before watching this video, so I had no idea your team came third! That is incredible, congratulations! It's obvious how much work you put into these videos and it really shows. I look forward to these videos every year. The puzzling community is so amazing 🧩
This video was amazing! I'm glad Ravensburger realise how valuable you are, I hope they paid well for this incredible advertising of not just their puzzles but also puzzling as a whole!
I'm really looking forward to the factory video 😍
Can’t believe I’ve to cry my eyes out while watching each of your videos. That’s all of your genius editing. Very well done ❤
This was so much fun - I was waiting for the finals videos and as soon as I got the notification, I zipped right over here. I waited to find out the results from your series and was on the edge of my seat! Thanks for sharing. ❤️
This was so well put together, and well worth the effort for such a great final result. Congratulations to you and your teammates for being the 3rd fastest in the world, you've all come so far since I started watching your channel.
I love this series so much, thank you Karen from London!
I have been looking forward to this video for weeks and it did not disappoint! Thanks so much for all your hard work, Karen. It shows! And thanks to Valentina for her amazing footage. I feel like I was actually there. And congratulations to this year's winners, especially Kristin. I'm glad it was finally her year.
A huge congrats to all involved in this event and to the new fastest world puzzler, Kristin!!!
Congratulations so much for the third place 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
I love how you gave each finish its own motif! Such good editing.
Love the opening so far! I will continue to watch, but I really appreciate the work you have put on this project.
Been a subscriber since when you did graphic design content. Always loved the things you did and how you presented them! I don't puzzle much myself, but it's always a treat getting to watch the world championship content every year. Thank you for all the work you put into these videos to bring this content to us! Love how the puzzling community is so supportive of each other and it's so cool the world championship puts the team finals as the final event versus individuals.
Your series on this got me into puzzling! I’ve already finished a 1000 piece with my mom (no room at my house for puzzling sadly as my dining room table had to become my WFM desk), and have ordered two more for us to do. I hadn’t puzzled in over a decade. Thanks for bringing this new joyous thing into my life ❤
Excellent editing, coverage and your commentary! Loved all of it Karen. Every time I see someone win I tear up, doesn't matter how many times. I feel so much joy for all you competing, I am happy for all of you! Thank you for all of your hard work and effort! Fabulous! Congrats to Busy Birdies, Teresa and Marketa and Kristin! Well done!
Thank you for the effort you put into these videos. I really enjoy them a lot!
Way to go Kristin!!!!!!!!! So happy for her 💜
Incredible work. The Kristen clips from previous years!!!! 😭😭😭
Congrats! Loved the series :)
You ate the videos up this year, I was so gripped. It's amazing to see how you, your friends, and the top contestants have improved throughout the years. Third place in teams is incredible!!!
I've never watched competitive puzzling before but your series really pulled me in - so exciting and interesting!
Amazing documentaries, I loved this series, great work!!
Cheers from Berlin!
So proud of Kathi and all the German puzzlers! 🇩🇪
And congrats to our neighbors from Poland and Czechia for their great performances too! 🇵🇱 🇨🇿
You are awesome!!! I loved watching this series so much! This is the most inclusive, friendly community. Makes me so happy :) Again, thank you!
Was looking forward to this…it didn’t disappoint…thank you!❤
Thank you Karen! 🙇🏻♀️🙇🏽♂️ Your coverage is incredible and all your hard work is so appreciated! 🫡
Great job, Karen! The pacing and music were outstanding, very very well done.
Love your content! Thanks for all the effort you put into editing so we can enjoy
This was so well-edited, Karen! Congrats to you and your team, and thanks a million for putting together these videos every year. We appreciate you!