North Dakota Jigsaw Puzzle 2026 Championship

June 28, 2026

After a November 2025 competition and a February 2026 competition, the top teams for each competition showed up at Bonanzaville (in West Fargo, ND) to compete against each other during the Championship round!

The top three teams (in addition to winning prizes and bragging rights) were also able to select a non-profit to benefit from their win. Puzzle Squad donated $150 to the Great North Pole, Puzzle Maniacs donated $125 to the Fischer House and Intensive Puzzle Unit donated $100 to the North Dakota 4H.

Fun fact about this competition: Our first place team was the last team to qualify during the November 2025 competition and came back with a HUGE win. Beating the next closest team by almost 4 minutes. A feat they attributed to practice. As a team, they have diligently been practicing once a week and competing in other puzzle competitions. And, wow, did it show! They came back from 15th place to a first place win.

The time shown after the place is the time it took them to finish the 500 piece puzzle! (For example, first place finished in 41 minutes and 52 seconds!)

Here is how the competition shook out:

1st Place – 41:52 – Puzzle Squad

2nd Place – 45:42 – Puzzle Maniacs

3rd Place – 50:00 – Intensive Puzzle Unit

4th Place – 50:51 – Edge-ucators

5th Place – 52:30 – Rest In Pieces

6th Place – 55:56 – The Side Pieces

7th Place – 58:50 – Some Assembly Required

8th Place – 59:49 – Piece Out

9th Place – 1:02:49 – Piece de Resistance

10th Place – 1:03:13 – The Cats Meow

11th Place – 1:03:54 – Portage Puzzlers