Ohio Speed Puzzling Championship, 6/21/24 & 6/22/24
in association with
Origins Game Fair Tournament of Pieces
You'll be able to test out your puzzling skills--solo, with a partner, and on a team of 4.
Come meet some amazing new puzzling friends!
- Puzzle with the Pros
- Earn a FREE spot at the USA Jigsaw National Championship
- Have your score count toward JPAR (see here for details)
- Score some FREE puzzles
- Swap your puzzles at the swap table (FREE for registrants, $10 for guests)
- 1st place in each of the 3 adult divisions will win paid registration into the next USA Jigsaw Nationals contest (2025 or 2026)
- Top 3 winners in each division will get first pick for free puzzles and other gifts
- Dates: Friday and Saturday, June 21-22, 2024
- Time: 10a - 6p
- Venue: Greater Columbus Convention Center
- Address: 400 North High Street, Columbus, OH 43215
- Please review the Championship FAQ's and Championship Rules here.
- Head to https://www.originsgamefair.com/tournament-of-pieces and read about the tournament
- Click GET A TOURNAMENT OF PIECES BADGE
- Login or create an account
- Complete the form, add to cart, and complete the checkout process.
- This special championship works just like the rest of our USA JPA-sanctioned events.
- Anyone in the United States is eligible to compete and win prizes.
- One ($90) Tournament of Pieces badge covers the cost for one participant to compete in all 3 adult divisions (Solo, Pair, and Team)
- Each member of a pair or team must purchase their own Tournament of Pieces badge to participate.
- Other puzzle-related eventswill be offered to ToP badge holders for free and/or a nominal fee. See Additional Free Activities and Additional Paid Activities below.
- The Tournament of Pieces badge does NOT include non-puzzle events.
- ToP and other types of Origins badge holders may purchase individual puzzle events--listed below under Additional Paid Activities.
- Thu 6/20 @ 11a: Seminar: How to Speed Puzzle
- Thu 6/20 @ 12p: Solo Puzzle Sprints 100p
- Thu 6/20 @ 1:30p: Solo Puzzle Sprints 210p
- Thu 6/20 @ 3p: Pair Puzzle Sprints 210p
- Thu 6/20 @ 4:30p: Family Feud: Puzzle Edition (face off against another team to answer puzzle-related survey questions)
- Thu 6/20 @ 5:30p: Word Search^3 (race to solve a 3-step word search related to jigsaw puzzles)
- Fri 6/21 @ 10:30a: Seminar: Wooden Puzzles
- Fri 6/21 @ 11:30a: Wooden Puzzle Sprints
- Sat 6/22 @ 5p: Seminar: SpeedPuzzling.Club
- Fri 6/21 @ 12:30p: Wooden Puzzle contest (Solo, using a ~150p Boardwalk wooden puzzle)
- Fri 6/21 @ 5p: Pairs 300p Puzzle Relay (2-person Tag-team in a race to solve a 300p puzzle--one person completing the puzzle at a time. Every 5 minutes, a bell will ring, and you will switch places with your partner.)
- Sat 6/22 @ 12:30p: Team 500p Puzzle Relay (4-person Tag-team in a race to solve a 500p puzzle--two people completing the puzzle at a time. Every 5 minutes, a bell will ring, and you will switch places with the other 2 teammates.)
- Sat 6/22 @ 5:30p: Puzzle Trivia (Test your wits in a jigsaw-puzzle themed trivia contest)
- Sun 6/23 @ 10:30a: Puzzle Chess (Rounds 1 & 2). Rounds 3 & 4 start at 12p, and Semifinals & Finals start at 2p.
Adult Divisions (Age 16+)
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Youth Divisions (Age 15 & under)
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OH2024 Ohio Speed Puzzling Championship T-shirt
$5 OFF if purchased before June 1st
Our 2024 Ohio Speed Puzzling Championship will be held on Friday & Saturday, June 21-22. The venue is the Greater Columbus Convention Center, 400 North High Street, Columbus, OH 43215
Unisex soft-style T-shirts.
Please include your size & preferred color in the Note/Comment field during checkout.
For a list of available colors, see the color palette screenshot or go to https://www.alphabroder.com/product/3001cvc/bella--canvas-unisex-heather-cvc-t-shirt.html?color=d9
OH2024 Ohio Speed Puzzling Championship puzzle swap ticket
$5 OFF if purchased before May 1st
Our 2024 Ohio Speed Puzzling Championship will be held on Friday & Saturday, June 21-22. The venue is the Greater Columbus Convention Center, 400 North High Street, Columbus, OH 43215
NOTE: The swap table is included with the price of each Tournament of Pieces badge.
To participate in the swap, please bring 1 to many COMPLETE jigsaw puzzles of any piece count. Puzzles missing any pieces may not be brought to the swap!
Puzzles will be arranged by piece count and quality. For each puzzle you bring, you may take one puzzle of relatively equal value (quality & piece count).