Wondering what kinds of puzzles we use for our Speed Puzzling contests?

Here are all of our previous contest puzzles used for Pairs events.  (See Solo events here and Team events here). 

We've sorted them from fastest to slowest, as measured by the median finish time. 

Click on the puzzle image to see the full results.

1000 pieces

# 039: White Mountain "TV Lunch Boxes" Fastest 1:34:23, Median 2:02:59

# 050: PuzzleTwist "Garden Delights" Fastest 1:16:14, Median 2:19:08

# 048: Ravensburger "Winnie the Pooh" Fastest 1:43:15, Median 2:32:27

# 036: Eurographics "Harvest Time" Fastest 1:26:15, Median 2:39:23

# 027: Dowdle "Camping Adventure" Fastest 1:43:16, Median 2:44:03

# 023: Peter Pauper Press "Crystals and Gemstones" Fastest 1:44:46, Median 2:58:34

Ravensburger "Whitewater Kayaking" Fastest 1:50:59, Median 3:25:54

# 028: Cobble Hill "Ice Cream Fastest 2:23:20, Median 4:00:20

500 pieces

# 016: Ravensburger "Needlework Station" Fastest 0:31:00, Median 0:40:08

# 028: Cobble Hill "Island Paradise" Fastest 0:34:20, Median 44:57

# 010: Galison "Vintage Library" Fastest 0:33:51, Median 0:50:45

# 072: Ravensburger "Animals" Fastest 0:26:17, Median 52:26

# 065: White Mountain "Old World Street" Fastest 0:33:17, Median 0:53:32

# 009: Ravensburger "Tropical Waters" Fastest 0:34:09, Median 0:56:08

# 031: Ravensburger "Scenic Overlook" Fastest 0:27:48, Median 0:56:14

# 006: Ravensburger "Brilliant Balloons" Fastest 0:33:55, Median 0:56:47

# 078: Peter Pauper Press "All the Candy" Fastest 0:42:12, Median 1:00:53

# 070: Buffalo Games "Patriotic Stuffy Bunch" Fastest 0:38:08, Median 1:02:07

# 018: SunsOut "The Junction Express" Fastest 0:44:50, Median 1:05:45

# 002: Ravensburger "Viva Le Vinyl" Fastest 0:34:14, Median 1:07:28

# 045: Cobble Hill "Candy Shelf" Fastest 0:39:46, Median 1:09:26

# 027: Puzzledly "Geometrical Rainbow" Fastest 0:42:05, Median 1:19:45

# 012: Ravensburger "Rockefeller Christmas" Fastest 1:06:47, Median 1:35:30

# 062: The Puzzled Co. Acrylic 494-piece "Flower Trip" Fastest 0:50:16, Median 1:46:05

300 pieces

# 004: Bits and Pieces "Watering Hole" Fastest 0:21:21, Median 0:29:30

# 011: Bits and Pieces "Heartfelt Memories Fastest 0:21:01, Median 0:31:06

# 072: White Mountain "United States of America" Fastest 0:22:25, Median 0:31:24 (ages 17 & under)

# 007: Ravensburger "Big Five Babies" Fastest 0:19:22, Median 0:36:13

# 008: Bits and Pieces "Summer Outing" Fastest 0:23:15, Median 0:36:27

# 013: Bits and Pieces "Frozen Fun" Fastest 0:22:31, Median 0:37:38

# 035: Cobble Hill 350-piece "Voyage of the Ark" Fastest 0:27:05, Median 0:39:17 (adult/child)

# 001: Ravensburger "Laundry Day" Fastest 0:22:53, Median 0:45:12

# 016: Ravensburger "Animal Buddies" Fastest 0:20:06, Median 0:48:57

# 021: MicroPuzzles 150-piece each, "MOM" and "1767 John Spilsbury" Fastest 0:24:50, Median 0:50:29 (mom/child)

# 020: Artifact Puzzles Wooden 261-piece "Pooh Sticks" Fastest 0:23:36, Median 0:55:13

# 041: Anthology Puzzles Wooden 277-piece "Christmas Joy" Fastest 0:33:27, Median 1:07:15

# 058: Artifact Puzzles Wooden 228-piece "Floating Town" Fastest 0:27:27, Median 1:15:50