Piece by Piece, Puzzle Masters Compete in FHU's Inaugural Speed Puzzle Showdown

Freed-Hardeman University students and faculty put their puzzle-solving skills to the test racing to complete a 300-piece jigsaw puzzle during the inaugural Speed Puzzle Showdown held this month in the Hope Barber Shull Academic Resource Center. The top two teams earned a $50 prize, a custom T-shirt and Girl Scout Cookies. Every team that participated received the puzzle they completed.

Eleven teams of two participated, five for each round, competing in two separate rounds. Some teams arrived with creative names like "Razzle Dazzle," "We Thought This Was Trivia Night," "Blessed Are the Piecemakers," "Rat," "Piece of Cake," "Sub 40" and "Puzzling Vectors." Others simply entered under their own names, including "Anica Riley & Helen Kennedy" and "Mallory Morris & Tristan Mashburn." The Henderson Campus Ministry from Henderson Church of Christ also fielded a team, even wearing custom headbands with their logos.