Author: UTJPA
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Member Spotlight: Jodi Nichol
One of Jodi’s early memories is doing wooden puzzles on the floor of her grandmother’s kitchen. Jodi has always loved things that engage her brain. Highlights in the jigsaw puzzle world include puzzling with family in local competitions, making so many friends in the puzzle community, and going to nationals last year. She had a…
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Announcing the Winners of the 2025 Fall Speed Run
We had a three-week speed run competition running from October 11 through October 31. The puzzle was a 210-piece puzzle by Boardwalk Puzzle Company called Happy Llama-ween. The artist of the puzzle is Andy C. Ellis. Jolene Ogden had the fastest single competition time at 0:08:02. This is Jolene’s first time winning a UTJPA speed…
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2025 Utah Speed Puzzling Championship Results
The 2025 Utah Speed Puzzling Championship was held on October 11 at Boardwalk Puzzle Company’s headquarters in Lindon, Utah. The championship consisted of four events: solo, pairs relay, pairs and teams. The first event was the 500-piece solo competition and Boardwalk Puzzle Company debuted their new Speedmaster brand with a puzzle titled Just Desserts. First…
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Member Spotlight: Jaymie Fung
Jaymie has loved puzzles since childhood, often taking over the living room floor with every puzzle she owns. Though her adult life keeps her busy, she makes time to puzzle whenever she can. Recently, she’s ventured into speed puzzling and is looking forward to competing in her first event this year. She lives in Heber,…
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Member Spotlight: Erika Hunter
Erika’s puzzling adventure began four years ago, sparked by a simple suggestion from her sister to complete a puzzle together as a family hobby. After finishing that first puzzle, her sister moved on—but Erika was hooked. She discovered that puzzling brought her both joy and relaxation, and soon she was piecing together images of places…
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Announcing the Winners of the 2025 Summer Speed Run
We had a three-week speed run competition running from July 4 through July 24. The puzzle was a 200-piece puzzle by Ceaco called Stitch: Wear Your Shades. Valerie Cunningham had the fastest single competition time at 0:09:24. This is the Valerie’s first time winning a UTJPA speed run competition. Congratulations Valerie! Megan Chung finished in second place with a time…
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Member Spotlight: Karen Cardoza
Karen Cardoza was born and raised in Palo Alto, California. In 1985, she moved to Utah to attend Brigham Young University where she received a bachelor’s degree in Nursing. Currently, Karen lives in Springville with her sweet arthritic 15-year-old kitty by the name of Trixie. For the last 30 years, she has worked at Utah…
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Member Spotlight: Lindsey Anderson
Lindsey Anderson has loved puzzles for as long as she can remember. Her passion for puzzling runs deep, rooted in a family legacy. Her great-grandfather founded the Proudfit Picture Puzzle Co. back East, a small puzzle company that operated during the Great Depression. He provided jobs for his neighbors, running the business out of a…
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Announcing the Winners of the 2025 Spring Speed run
We had a two-month speed run competition this spring running through March and April. The puzzle was a 300-piece puzzle by Blanc Puzzles called Rainbow Cocktails. Makayla Malloy had the fastest single competition time at 0:18:01. This is the third time in a row that Makayla has won the UTJPA speed run competition. Congratulations Makayla!…
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Spring 2025 Speed Run
The Spring 2025 Speed Run starts on March 1 and runs through April 30. That’s two months to complete the puzzle as many times as you want. The puzzle is “Rainbow Cocktails” by Blanc Puzzles. The goal of a speed run is to complete the puzzle as fast as you can. There is no limit…
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