I’m doing the puzzle challenge in my Finnish FB group again this year, and here are the items for 2025:

Puzzle Challenge 2025

1. Selfie

2. Bridge

3. Upside Down/reflection

4. A peek inside

5. A puzzle that I no longer understand why I bought

6. Delicacy

7. North America

8. Winter Sport

9. Several pieces missing

10. Uneven number of pieces

11. Recognizable breed of dog

12. A brand I don’t like

13. Campfire

14. Frog

15. Statue

16. Edges last

17. Makes me laugh

18. Library / book case

19. White

20. (Cartoon) Hero

21. (Cartoon) Villain

22. No people or animals

23. Borrowed

24. Fits at least 4 items on the list

25. Minipuzzle (less than 100 pieces)

26. Panorama

27. Mountain

28. 2 puzzles of the same city (1)

29. 2 puzzles of the same city (2)

30. Puzzle published in 2025

I think I have a puzzle for most of the items, although “several pieces missing” is, of course, out of my control, since I won’t be throwing any pieces out to cross this off my list 🙂 It might be tricky to find a puzzle that fits four items, and my hero / villain probably won’t be from a cartoon, but I won’t have to shop much for the challenge.

A bit late, but here’s my stats for 2024. I completed 129 puzzles, and placed 115 448 pieces, down from the previous year’s 130 puzzles and 120 000 pieces. The largest puzzle I did was 3000 pieces, but I’m counting it as two 1500 pieces here, because that’s the way I completed it. Here’s the breakdown according to piece count:

No changes here, it’s still mostly 1000 and 500 piece puzzles. Next the breakdown by brand:

Ravensburger continues to increase (it was at 27% for 2023), and Clementoni and Heye are tied in second place. The only reason Tactic made fourth place is that I finished the Stenvall duck puzzles, and I’m not forseeing many Tactic puzzles in 2025.

As for my continuing struggle to place more pieces than I bring in, I failed again. I placed 115 448 pieces and acquired 141 499 pieces. Oh well, I’ll try again this year.