As always, I start the year by looking at my puzzling statistics for 2022. I assembled 145 puzzles and placed 134 854 pieces in 2022, up from last year’s 96 puzzles and 97 529. I did no really large puzzles in 2022, which at least partly explains the difference. In fact, the largest puzzle I did was 2000 pieces, and I only did three of those. Here’s the breakdown according to piece count:
| pieces | puzzles | % |
| 1000 | 94 | 70% |
| 500 | 28 | 10% |
| 1500 | 9 | 10% |
| 2000 | 3 | 4% |
| 600 | 3 | 1% |
| 1060 | 1 | 1% |
| 1040 | 1 | 1% |
| 1003 | 1 | 1% |
| 750 | 1 | 1% |
| 550 | 1 | 0% |
| 501 | 1 | 0% |
| 350 | 1 | 0% |
| 300 | 1 | 0% |
| Total Result | 145 | 100.00% |
While I always do more 1000 piece puzzles than any other piece count, last year the percentage was only 51%, now up to 70%. Also, I’ve done a lot less 500-piece puzzles than in 2021, that percentage is down to 10% from 25%.
Here’s the breakdown according to brand:
| brand | puzzles | % |
| Ravensburger | 25 | 17% |
| Heye | 18 | 12% |
| Tactic | 13 | 9% |
| Clementoni | 12 | 8% |
| Trefl | 8 | 6% |
| Cobble Hill | 6 | 4% |
| Schmidt | 6 | 4% |
| Bluebird Puzzle | 5 | 3% |
| Falcon | 4 | 3% |
| Gibsons Puzzle | 4 | 3% |
| Eurographics | 3 | 2% |
| Grafika | 3 | 2% |
| Jumbo | 3 | 2% |
| Lautapelit.fi | 3 | 2% |
| Piatnik | 3 | 2% |
| Buffalo | 2 | 1% |
| D-Toys | 2 | 1% |
| Educa | 2 | 1% |
| Ricordi Arte | 2 | 1% |
| Sunsout | 2 | 1% |
| Anatolian / Perre | 1 | 1% |
| Arrow | 1 | 1% |
| Art Stones | 1 | 1% |
| Ass | 1 | 1% |
| eeBoo | 1 | 1% |
| Laurence King Publishing | 1 | 1% |
| Master Pieces | 1 | 1% |
| New York Puzzle Company | 1 | 1% |
| NK | 1 | 1% |
| Paul Lamond Games | 1 | 1% |
| Peliko | 1 | 1% |
| Pintoo | 1 | 1% |
| Pomegranate | 1 | 1% |
| Re-marks | 1 | 1% |
| Spiel Spass | 1 | 1% |
| The Gifted Stationary Company | 1 | 1% |
| Unidragon | 1 | 1% |
| White Mountain Puzzles | 1 | 1% |
| Zee | 1 | 1% |
| Total Result | 145 | 100% |
The top two are unchanged (although the Ravensburger percentage is down to 17% from 23% in 2021), but there’s a new number three, as Tactic has passed Clementoni. This is entirely due to the fact that I did a lot of Stenvall duck-puzzles this year, including the two most difficult in the series (both of them mostly white). If I keep it up, I’ll have gone through all the Stenvall puzzles in 2024.
One thing that I definitely failed at in 2022 was limiting acquisition of puzzles so that I would complete more puzzles than I acquired. In 2022, I acquired 197 puzzles and 187 165 pieces. That’s quite a bit more than I would ever be able to complete in a year. I’ll try to do better in 2023.
Happy New Year!
Puzzler1909 
I like your puzzle stat tables 😊🧩
Wow for acquiring 197 puzzles in 2022!! Do you purchase a mix of new and thrifted puzzles?
I’m not sure how many puzzles I acquired in 2022 but I did buy around a dozen puzzles during Black Friday & Cyber Monday. What was really strange is that Cyber Monday in the USA seemed to last for an entire week (or more) rather than just the one day.
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Yes it’s always a mix of new and second hand.
Aren’t they always extending these things? Originally it was just Black Friday, right?
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I’m definitely glad I got some great puzzles at great prices but the whole endless sales was just strange in a way. I know I got at least one puzzle during a Black Friday sale that was *before* Thanksgiving.
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Would it be okay with you if I did a post like this too on my site in the New Year? I was also thinking of including where (retail stores vs. online) I purchased puzzles in 2023.
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Of course, and you don’t have to ask for permission!
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