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Brian J. Fink
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Of these five aproaches to starting a jigsaw puzzle, which one is fastest?

Of the following 5 strategies for getting started assembling a jigsaw puzzle:

  • Assembling the border and connecting other pieces to it
  • Working your way out from one corner
  • Trying to assemble faces or other recognizable parts of the picture
  • Picking a random piece and working your way out from it
  • Finding random pieces that fit together

which one or what combination results in the shortest solving time, on average, statistically speaking, according to the experts? Note that this is not a matter of experience. What do the studies on jigsaw-puzzle solving show?

Be sure to include the reasons why the strategy or combination of strategies is the fastest.

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