Welcome to the new, unofficial, self-proclaimed 2010 Hall of Fame
The first 100 Hall of Fame entries can be found on our main ‘Worlds Largest Puzzle’ site here: Hall of Fame
For 2010 and beyond, it is now up to you to declare your own claim-to-fame. This is all very UNOFFICIAL but please do look back on the previous Hall of Fame entries before making a claim. You may be the first in your country, city, town or village. The fastest (or slowest), the first particular organization or school, the youngest or oldest .. feel free to get creative.
If you have links to your completed puzzle images or video or a blog of your progress online .. link it here so all can view.
We look forward to hearing your stories! .. and CONGRATULATIONS! from all the crew at the Worlds Largest Puzzle.
Is this the Worlds Fastest Completion Time?
38 Taiwanese completed this puzzle between 1st-2nd January, 2010, within 14hr 5min 20 sec. Here are the photos/blog of this event:
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/ilovepuzzle/12908388
(characters in Mandarin – but you can see the timer with the puzzle together!)
Hi,
My name is Rafael Aguilar, and I live in Huelva.
I made this puzzle and I was the first to finish in my area.
I took 3 months to do so and no one helped me, I did it only in my free time I allowed my work, and also on weekends.
I like doing puzzles, and the bigger the better. My hobby for the puzzles start from childhood and I have puzzles of all sizes, 3000 pieces, 5000, 8000, 10000 and 18000, and this is, my highest record of 24,000.
I did this puzzle by dividing it into 2 parts 12000 pieces, and then together, as I had enough space to collect the 4 bags.
The most difficult part I found, was the clown fish and the underwater city. The first part of the number of colors I had, and second because it was the opposite: he was only blue.
The starry sky, I found it easier, despite its large size.
I hope to leave the market with more than 24000 pieces puzzle and my next challenge will be to do it!
Hola, mi nombre es Koro y soy de San Sebastian, yo sinceramente no he calculado el tiempo en hacerlo, ya que lo que me gusta es disfrutar haciendolo, habia meses que ni lo tocaba y otros en cambio avanzaba rápido, está claro que es dependiendo del tiempo que le dedicaba. He de confesar que si ha sido un reto, un reto precioso y me ha encantado hacerlo. Lo he regalado al colegio de mi hija y lo pondrán en su biblioteca.
Un saludo
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Hello, my name is Koro and I’m from San Sebastian, I honestly have not calculated the
time I spent doing the puzzle, since I was just doing it for the enjoyment. Some months I didn’t touch it and other times it advanced quickly. It is clear that the finishing time totally depends on the
time committed to it. I must confess that it was a real challenge, a beautiful challenge and I
loved it. I have given it to the school of my daughter and they will put it in their library. – Greetings.
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Greetings, & thanks to JANET for such a wonderful website.
We are the FIRST IN SINGAPORE to complete the World’s Largest Puzzle.
The baby girl sitting in the World’s Largest Puzzle Box (at the top of this page) is our dear Seraphina, when she was 11 months old.
Pls feel free to enjoy our Hall of Fame at :
http://www.worldslargestpuzzle.com/hof-075.html
and our BLOG (day by day transformation)
at : http://andrew-worldslargestpuzzle24000pieces.blogspot.com/
and Mounting of the World’s Largest Puzzle onto the wall at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omxzCSwfW4I
If you have any questions, pls email me at:
andrewwlp@yahoo.com.sg
Enjoy !
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Hi, my name is Jay, I have just discovered your blog and all I can say is wow, what a great blog you have here!
I’m really glad I found such a huge puzzle game community. I love jigsaw puzzle very much. I have just finished my 5.000 piece puzzle after a week of hard work and was interesting to see how fast it can be done, so google brought me here:)
Keep posting!
Jay.
Puzzle Glue
# FIRST TO COMPLETE IN ATHENS , GREECE
# FIRST TO COMPLETE AFTER MIXING ALL 24,000 PIECES BEFORE COMMENCING
Hello!
My name is Maria Patsiouri I am 60 years old and live in Athens, Greece.
I’ve been doing jigsaw puzzles for almost 20 years now, having more than 70000 pieces in my collection.
I wanted to built a 24000 piece puzzle so I mixed all the pieces together
I did the puzzle on my own having a little help from my husband John (10-15 pieces)
I started the puzzle on January 14th 2009 and completed it in September 26th 2009,
It was a great experience and was a lot of fun to do. I enjoyed it very much because of the rich colors and the different themes all over the place.
Special thanks to my family for their patience and Educa for this wonderful puzzle.
Hello
l am from Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA.
l started work on the World’s largest jigsaw puzzle on 25 May completed it on 3 August 2009 on my own. l assembled the puzzle, all on my own, in four individual sections and then joined them together after all four have been completed.
l truly, truly enjoyed myself tremendously piecing the puzzle and every part and every section was as interesting as the last. When l was close to the last section, l was like “Oh no…l am finishing….and wished that it could have gone on and on”.
At the moment l am not doing anything to the puzzle but have just left it there on my living room floor. l spend a lot of time just sitting there and looking at it!! It is truly such a beautiful puzzle.
Anyway, MALAYSIA, is in South East Asia, the capital being KUALA LUMPUR.
Hi everyone!
Congratulations to all those who have completed the puzzle; it is an amazing accomplishment! I completed the puzzle back in February 2009. I was the Youngest in the World after mixing the pieces. It was truly an amazing experience. The puzzle is now framed and I love looking at it.
I was so upset when the puzzle ended as I never got bored with it. To this day, it is my favorite puzzle, I love the bright colors and scenes. I decided that I was going to do the puzzle a 2nd time! I finished it in December 2009. I worked all by myself and mixed all the pieces together. I am not sure but I think I might be the first to do the puzzle twice (correct me if I am wrong).
I decided to use the second puzzle as a service project, working with a local assisted living facility. I started the project back in February and hope to complete by the end of June. I break down the puzzle in 100- 200 piece sections, placing them in bags with a photo of the section. My friends and I work with the residents several times a week to recreate the 24,000 piece puzzle. The residents are very excited working on the puzzle and they enjoy not only seeing their progress but also working with us.
In the meantime, I have started the puzzle for a 3rd time and mixed all the pieces! Call me crazy, but I love it. Every time I work on this puzzle it brings a smile to my face, it takes all the stress out of my life and puts me in another world. It is truly my favorite jigsaw puzzle! Thank you so much Royce B. McClure and Educa for creating an amazing puzzle!
If you are thinking about doing the puzzle, GO FOR IT! Do not be overwhelmed by the amount of pieces, take it one step at time. It is a great experience and a lot of fun!
– Kate
Hi
I’m sorry, but you’re not the first person to complete the puzzle twice (but I think you’re the first to do it all by yourself, and the first to d it after mixing the pieces).
I completed the puzzle first time June 22 2008 (http://worldslargestpuzzle.com/hof-067.html) as the first in Denmark.
I started again in that summer, and completed the first half. Then I completed most of the second half the next summer, and the underwater city in the autumn holiday 2009. The last piece was put in that puzzle october 10 2009. Around 2 months before you.
In the first puzzle I did more than 99 % myself. In the second puzzle I think I did around 80 % myself.
Hi,
Thank you for correcting me. I knew that someone was working on it for a second time but i was not sure if you had finished or not. And yes I did mix all the pieces and do it by myself for both of the puzzles.
Hello, my name is Andréia Copedê, and I am 31 years old. I’m from São Paulo / SP, Brazil.
I enjoy Puzzles since my childhood, but only recently I have started to photograph the ones I have fact.
Unfortunately, we couldn’t find the puzzle “LIFE” available in the Brazilian stores.
My boyfriend gave me the puzzle as a gift when we took a Cruise to Buenos Aires in February.
I started to set the “LIFE: The Great Challenge” in March and finished in June. I could only do it only at night, on weekends and on Sundays.
But only now, I have join the quarters, because I had a little problem of space. My living room’s wall is some centimeters smaller than the picture image, but I couldn’t get along well with the Idea of cutting the Picture, so I had a part of the wall demolished, and the problem was solved!!!
I hope to have a new challenge real soon as good as it was the “LIFE: The Great Challenge!
hello. my name is mahdi sarbandi farahani. I live in iran and i have completed the “life” about one year ago.
I am the third who complete “life” in iran but I cant register my name on worldlargestpuzzle.com
please help me if you know what should I do.
I do everything I thought but never result to save my name in hall of fame.
this is my E.mail address: ma_helix@yahoo.com
thank you all
Mi name is Andres Alfredo beltran Coronado. I live in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, and i finished the puzzle on Dec 07, 2009 (i started on June 12, 2009). It took me 465 hrs. and 50 min.
I submitted my data before the hall of fame was closed, but they never added me. Any way, I’m the first person in Mexico to complete the puzzle mixing the pieces before commencing, and the first in Sonora.
I took a picture every time i did a progression on the puzzle, you can watch the animation here:
http://www.grupocontraluz.com/puzzle.gif
Also you can see pictures on my facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/aabeltran1
For any comments, mi mail is aabeltran@hotmail.com
Thanks
Hi
Did a search for Perth & Western Australia, and didn’t come up with any hits, but then the search button stopped wrong, so not sure if it was working all the time or not.
Anyway my mother, Grethe Bickers (76) has finally completed the puzzle, with occasional help from my sister Helen & myself. She lives in Quinns Rocks, a suburb of Perth, in Western Australia.
My sister & I gave it to her for Xmas, as she love puzzles, and now that it is spread out in the living room, it was a wonderful present to give her.
Unfortunately we seem to have a missing piece, any one got an extra piece of rainbow between the flying duck & the eagle?
Thanks & regards
Lisa
Hi Lisa
First of all: Congratulations to the completement
When you bought the puzzle, there should be a little folder inside with the title “INSTRUCTION FOR SENDING AWAY FOR YOUR LOST PIECE REPLACEMENT” written in many different languages.
On the back of that folder you can write your personal informations (name, address etc) and the piece number.
If you fill out the information and send it to Educa, they will send you the missing piece.
FIRST IN IOWA,USA 4-9-2010
SECOND IN THE WORLD TO COMPLETE THE 24,000 PIECE AND THE SMALLER 3000 PIECE VERSION
I drafted this 2 months ago but I have been trying to upload pictures but cannot. I can email pictures (hoopne1@mchsi.com).
My wife and I completed the puzzle in 9-10 weeks. We decided to take our time and appreciate the many wonders of the puzzle. We may have a record for completing the puzzle on the smallest table that is only 40 inches wide and less than 60 inches long on the sides. We have mounted the puzzle on our basement wall and have produced a “floating” effect away from the wall. The main website has some great tips and I have a number of tips from others and from our own experience. We’d love to share them with you. Email us at hoopne1@mchsi.com with any comments or questions.
First, seriously consider laminating the 38 inch long puzzle map. It can later be hung in your workplace, etc. Also, most people take a few months to finish the puzzle and there is a lot of map handling and the map will otherwise get pretty tattered. The map is so long that it is hard to look at without covering the puzzle. If you laminate it you can gently start to fold in half (it won’t crease) and then use strong tape on the top and bottom edges which will allow you to place the map upright on your table and it is easier to share with your helpers. one inch of tape on the top and bottom is all you need.
Second, when you get each 1000 piece section together try putting ordinary shelving contact paper on the back of the sections which allows you to transport the sections back and forth without dropping pieces. They will stack very nicely too. How do you flip the puzzle sections on to their face to apply the contact paper? Get foam sponge board pieces that are 40 x 30 inches and put one under and the other on top. With either 1 or 2 people, hold the sides and middle and just flip over. The sponge boards are great to actually build the puzzle on – you can easily move a section off your table to work on some other section. They make a 60 x 40 inch foam board but each 6000 piece section is 42 x 61 inches!! NOTE: If you want to eventually glue the pieces to a mounting board, the contact paper can be removed, but it may have stick too much to allow it to separate from the pieces.
Third, sorting is the absolute key. With subsequent sections I presorted more and more. I don’t like separating pieces into bins or bowls as you’ll have to turn them all over again(a major time factor for 24,000 pieces). Paper plates are ideal as they stack perfectly and the pieces will slide off and stay face up when you are ready for that section. I presorted sections 3 and 4 into > 25 paper plates before we began.
Fourth, SPOILER ALERT. Every 1000 piece section( 37 pieces across and 27 pieces down) is identical in the precision cut of the pieces and is a repeating pattern i.e. the 10th piece over in row 6 is the same in each section. This helps in the sea and sky areas if you build one layer on top of one of these templates. But it can hurt you too. Make sure when you have a long stretch of similar area – the sea above the waterline – that your pieces are fitting where they are supposed to. It is very easy to think your sea piece is correct, when in fact it belongs over 37 pieces to the right.
Fifth, the borders of the 1000 piece sections have unique “fat/broad ” pieces that are there to support the edges of each subsection. Once you start to pick these out you’ll always know they form a section edge. When you are at the end of 6000 piece section, you’ll know not to look for pieces that attach until you open the next bag.
Sixth, if you are looking for a type of mounting surface that won’t warp, is smooth, fairly light and inexpensive try 1/8 inch masonite 4 ft x 8 ft sheets. $6.50 per sheet and this provides a nice platform. There will be seams where the different sheets connect and you may want to reinforce them on the back with another layer of 1/8 inch masonite. The puzzle itself weighs 26 pounds. You can apply the puzzle sections (with the contact paper still on them) to the masonite with any type of liquid adhesive, like Liquid Nails. This can be put on with a caulking gun and then spread with a putty scraper. We used five rows of 2 x 4s horizontally and screwed them into the wall (nowadays, a 2 x 4 is 1.5 inches by 3 inches) to give the effect the puzzle was “floating”. I would not nail it to the wall. Using screws to mount your platform to the wall allows the puzzle to come down without damaging your wall. If I can’t upload them, we can email pictures of the mounting process.
Foam sponge board would be an ideal lightweight mounting surface, it won’t warp too badly, it is not too sturdy and it costs $16.50 per 60 x 40 inch sheet and 4 sheets will not be enough. You’d do a lot of splicing sheets together.
Hello there!
For years my husband and I have discussions about what to put on the wall above the couch, until we saw a picture in a local news paper of someone who finished the wolds largest puzzle. For the first time we both agreed immediately! Is there any change to buy the picture as a big poster? Please let me know, it would be a perfect birthday present for my husband!
Best regards,
E.G.A. de Jong
the Netherlands
I finished Ravensburger’s 12,000 piece “Creation of Adam” from the Sistine Chapel last year. Now I am working on their 12,000 piece “Temptation of St. Anthony” and this time I mixed the pieces. Started a week ago – finish ???
Hi There!
My name is Alex Johnson and I am 15 1/2 years old. I did this puzzle all by myself and i live in Ogden, Utah. Doing the life puzzle was my favorite puzzle to do. It took me 6 months ahnd it took me about 275 hours. This puzzle was so fun to do that i decided I am going buy the smaller one do that one.
The local paper actually did a story about me on July 12, and a news crew saw it and wanted to do a story about it too! They just interviewed me earlier today, July 13, and it’s going to show the story about me in tonight’s news! I was totally surprised and nervous when I first heard they were going to do a story about the puzzle.
One lady actually saw my story in the paper and wanted to give me a puzzle because it was too hard for her; a 5000 piece Shmid brand puzzle called “Lucky Marbles”! We picked it up yesterday and I started it today!