Lane Weatherly is the cofounder of Portland Puzzle Company, which, beyond just making great puzzles, hosts a weekly jigsaw puzzling league in Portland Oregon, and is the founding sponsor of the Portland Jigsaw Masters competition.

We talk about everything from how puzzles are cut, to how to make the best spectator experience possible for a puzzle competition.

Aly Krasny is one of the cofounders of the USA Jigsaw Puzzle Association

And a member of the titanic team known as the Golden State Puzzlers.

We talked about how a local puzzling competition got started in her house,

how the USAJPA got started, and her experiences as part of the USA Nationals competitions.

Fair warning though, about halfway through the conversation we dive deep into her efforts to speed run a puzzle and the lessons she learned along the way. Prepare to get nerdy!

Speed puzzling powerhouse Andrea Peng talks about her experiences at the World and US Nationals competitions, and discusses how she approaches puzzles when competing individually, in pairs, and in teams.

The podcast cover art for this episode is from Andrea's favorite puzzle.