Euro Jigsaw Jam
The Euro Jigsaw Jam (EJJ) began in April 2024 offering speed puzzlers an exciting and competitive atmosphere to race against other puzzlers. Speed Puzzle Europe has organised more than 100 online events and many more are planned for the coming months.
The EJJ has grown to provide online jigsaw competitions for a variety of puzzlers depending on their speed, experience and personal goals. This includes solo and pairs events, competitions using 500 up to 2000 pieces, livestreamed events as well as “quiet” competitions. The mystery puzzles are chosen from a wide selection of brands available in Europe, in addition to unreleased puzzles from the Speedpuzzle.eu home brand.
In each virtual competition, prizes are awarded to the three fastest puzzlers.
Unless otherwise stated, each contest uses a single 500 piece puzzle with a mystery image and the time limit is two hours.
There are two main formats: EJJ Live and EJJ Flex:
In EJJ Live, all participants solve the puzzle at the same time during our livestream. Only unwrap the puzzle when you are sitting in front of your computer at the appointed time and we give you the instructions to do so. The surprise and anticipation are part of the experience!
With EJJ Flex, you can solve the puzzle flexibly online or offline. There is no livestream or commentary. You can either take part in the Google Meeting at the set time or solve the puzzle offline and film yourself doing it. If you film yourself, only unwrap the puzzle when you are ready to start the puzzle. Here you can find instructions on how to upload your Flex Video.
Some competitions are specified by speed and ability and have either 50+ Club or Sub-50 Club in the title. The 50+ Club only events tend to use easy to average-difficulty puzzles and are better for inexperienced puzzlers. Please check the links to see how you qualify.
Sub-50 Club (minutes, not age!)
Other formats include
Double Trouble - Solo Double Trouble - Pairs
Flex & Live Combi Pairs Mini-Marathon
When does the Euro Jigsaw Jam take place?
Our online competitions are planned for specific dates and times. Click on the available mystery puzzles on this page to book your attendance at our online shop. If you can't see any mystery puzzles, then they are currently all sold out.
Please order far enough in advance to allow for delivery to your location from our warehouse in Germany. See the shipping page for more details.
We use the Central European Time (CET) zone, which includes most European countries - for example 7pm / 19.00. Portugal and the United Kingdom are one hour behind - 6pm / 18:00, while Finland, Romania, and Greece are one hour ahead - 8pm / 20:00.
The event will take place via Google Meet, you don't need to make an account or install any software. Participants will receive a separate email with a link to the event and all details before the competition. The event opens 10-15 minutes before the start time, allowing participants enough time to set up their cameras and puzzling spaces before the competition begins.
All EJJ-Live events are live-streamed on YouTube. Afterwards the steam can be seen on the Speed Puzzle Youtube channel.
What are the prizes?
We will award gift vouchers for our online shop to the top three puzzlers at each Euro Jigsaw Jam. Recipients can redeem the gift vouchers to participate in future events or for puzzles of their choice.
First: 50€
Second: 40€
Third: 30€
Can I participate if I’m not European?
Yes, everyone is welcome to participate, even if they don’t have a European nationality or live in a European country.
However, please consider the delivery times from Germany and shipping costs to your location (customs duties may apply), as well as the time zone of our competitions.
I’m not available at that time of the EJJ Live, can I participate offline?
If you’re not available to participate in the EJJ Live at the organised time, please DO NOT order the mystery puzzle. However, you may order the puzzle for the EJJ Flex, which allows an offline participation, in addition to the online meeting.
The deadline for the video submission is midnight the following day. E.g. if the competition is on Tuesday at 7pm / 19:00, the deadline for video submission is Wednesday 11:59pm / 23:59.
In the video you must show the original puzzle in its giftwrap and still intact. Then you may unwrap the puzzle and remove any plastic wrap or stickers. You may look at the image for 30 seconds before starting your timer, opening the puzzle and starting assembly. The video must be at normal speed (no time lapses) and show your table, hands and all the pieces as you build.
The video must then be uploaded to a Youtube channel as an unlisted video or to a cloud folder e.g. Google Drive or Dropbox. Send us the link via email - do not send us any attachments. Here are our upload instructions for Youtube.
For the purpose of the competition, you may only attempt once and your first attempt is the time that counts.
No spoilers will be tolerated. After completing the puzzle, no images or video may be shared of the puzzle until after the online event has taken place. Participants found sharing the details of the puzzle including images, video or title of puzzle before online competition will be disqualified! The Flex competition only works based on trust and goodwill.
Following each competition we will reveal the puzzle and the results, and anyone can order the puzzle and time themself when they solve it. Check out our results page and compare your time. If you like, you can add your time to the speed puzzling community database at myspeedpuzzling.com.
However, only the participants of the event have the opportunity to receive the prizes and be named in the official results.
I have the EJJ Flex mystery puzzle - can I solve it straight away?
If you choose to participate offline, you may solve the puzzle at any time. However, we recommend doing the puzzle as close to the competition date as possible to avoid slip ups, rather than doing the puzzle six weeks before. Additionally, the earlier you complete the puzzle, the longer you have to wait for the results and to talk about or share photos of the puzzle.