How long does a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle take?

Par here is about 5½ hours: the time your score is measured against at this size. The pictures at the top of the list above sort by colour and go faster; the ones at the bottom are mostly shape work.

Do I have to finish a 1000-piece puzzle in one go?

No. Your board is saved as you play and the clock pauses while you are away, so you can come back to it in another sitting.

1000-Piece Jigsaw Puzzles

A thousand pieces is the long game. Your board is saved as you go, so it can take as many sittings as you like, and the clock stops while you are away.

Par at this size is about 5½ hours. Once a picture is cut into 1000 pieces, about 9 in 10 pieces have a near-twin by colour on average, so the pictures below run from the easiest at this size to the hardest.

Playing at 1000 pieces

A thousand pieces suits people who like a project: a board you open over several days and add to in short visits. It is easiest on a large screen, where you can see a whole section at once.

The board is 25 rows by 40 columns, with 126 edge pieces, about 1 in 8. Sixteen sections, four across and four down, turn it into a set of smaller boards of about 60 pieces each. On every one of the 53 pictures, 7 or more pieces in 10 have a near-twin. Par allows about 20 seconds a piece, the most generous pace of any size.

Treat each section as its own puzzle: gather its pieces into a pile, finish it, collect the charge it pays and move on. Set all four sides of the cross before you search for a piece in a plain area. Spend charges on Focus, which brings pieces that belong side by side to you, rather than on Hint, which shows the place of only one.

Questions people ask

How long does a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle take?: Par here is about 5½ hours: the time your score is measured against at this size. The pictures at the top of the list above sort by colour and go faster; the ones at the bottom are mostly shape work.
Do I have to finish a 1000-piece puzzle in one go?: No. Your board is saved as you play and the clock pauses while you are away, so you can come back to it in another sitting.