July 2026 Competition - Fastest Solver Challenge

We hold a series of competitions each month for those players who wish to play competitively. Each monthly competition will end at 12.01am on the 1st of every month, with trophies being awarded to the top 20 ranked players in each individual competition. Not yet on the list? Keep trying! It takes both skill and determination to make it to the Hall of Fame!

Here are the latest results for this month's Fastest Solver Challenge.

Select which of July 2026's current competition rankings you'd like to view:

• High Score Competition
• Fastest Solver Competition

In the fastest-solver challenge, players compete to achieve the lowest average solving time for all puzzles solved during the competition month. Only players who are ranked in the top 50 of that month's high-score challenge and have a success rate of at least 75% are eligible for this contest.

Rank	Player	Last Game	Solved	Rate	Av. Time	Av. Pts	Total
1.	PenguinzForever	July 1, 2026, 3:28 am	216/282	76.6%	13.2 sec.	289.8 pts.	62589
2.	somebodynew	July 1, 2026, 2:49 am	128/157	81.53%	14.7 sec.	280.7 pts.	35935
3.	IndieBiread	July 1, 2026, 9:21 am	20/23	86.96%	22.7 sec.	265.9 pts.	5317
4.	apulugurtha	July 1, 2026, 9:30 am	9/10	90%	23.3 sec.	279.1 pts.	2512
5.	ecottontail	July 1, 2026, 10:33 am	19/19	100%	24.2 sec.	295.6 pts.	5616
6.	gavinl	July 1, 2026, 1:54 am	50/50	100%	26.1 sec.	286.2 pts.	14310
7.	Amalgamation	July 1, 2026, 10:27 am	2/2	100%	26.5 sec.	370 pts.	740
8.	BirdyBirdyBirdyBird	July 1, 2026, 1:52 am	24/24	100%	28 sec.	301.1 pts.	7226
9.	LLapp	July 1, 2026, 5:24 am	35/41	85.37%	31.4 sec.	273 pts.	9554
10.	xenia	July 1, 2026, 10:50 am	87/92	94.57%	32.5 sec.	301 pts.	26189
11.	momof7	July 1, 2026, 10:38 am	22/24	91.67%	37.5 sec.	272.9 pts.	6003
12.	Elephino	July 1, 2026, 12:57 am	11/11	100%	39.5 sec.	306.7 pts.	3374
13.	didit	July 1, 2026, 10:39 am	8/9	88.89%	42.5 sec.	217.6 pts.	1741
14.	samkamm	July 1, 2026, 7:52 am	17/19	89.47%	53 sec.	273.2 pts.	4644
15.	gryhnd51	July 1, 2026, 2:58 am	66/66	100%	53.2 sec.	283.9 pts.	18736
16.	jukk888	July 1, 2026, 8:58 am	42/47	89.36%	57.5 sec.	286.4 pts.	12030
17.	saipanwriter	July 1, 2026, 4:56 am	23/23	100%	58.5 sec.	276.8 pts.	6367
18.	Ian123	July 1, 2026, 10:00 am	17/17	100%	62.4 sec.	289.1 pts.	4915
19.	Codepig127	July 1, 2026, 6:10 am	4/5	80%	65.3 sec.	326.3 pts.	1305
20.	brainstorm	July 1, 2026, 7:36 am	6/6	100%	68.3 sec.	288.3 pts.	1730
21.	GillBates	July 1, 2026, 9:01 am	5/5	100%	70 sec.	318 pts.	1590
22.	zyorg	July 1, 2026, 10:25 am	30/30	100%	71.1 sec.	282.8 pts.	8483
23.	montyb	July 1, 2026, 7:31 am	18/18	100%	72.6 sec.	279.1 pts.	5023
24.	Henny	July 1, 2026, 7:48 am	12/12	100%	78 sec.	286.7 pts.	3440
25.	I Love Toast	July 1, 2026, 12:34 am	5/5	100%	80.8 sec.	316 pts.	1580
26.	mispeller	July 1, 2026, 10:47 am	4/4	100%	91.5 sec.	321.8 pts.	1287
27.	lspiegel	July 1, 2026, 10:28 am	3/4	75%	94 sec.	284 pts.	852
28.	badbob	July 1, 2026, 10:44 am	82/82	100%	94.1 sec.	273.8 pts.	22449
29.	lainecap	July 1, 2026, 10:01 am	8/9	88.89%	97.8 sec.	264.5 pts.	2116
30.	Bookboa	July 1, 2026, 10:17 am	223/224	99.55%	100.6 sec.	272 pts.	60666
31.	DrCryptell	July 1, 2026, 8:07 am	11/11	100%	101.1 sec.	282.7 pts.	3110
32.	lara5	July 1, 2026, 5:08 am	4/4	100%	108.8 sec.	281.5 pts.	1126
33.	glassguy	July 1, 2026, 9:28 am	10/10	100%	110.7 sec.	251.1 pts.	2511
34.	gobmuffin	July 1, 2026, 10:42 am	3/3	100%	111.7 sec.	231 pts.	693
35.	judy100	July 1, 2026, 11:14 am	31/32	96.88%	125 sec.	293.3 pts.	9091
36.	JayFKay	July 1, 2026, 1:42 am	3/3	100%	126.7 sec.	278.3 pts.	835
37.	Mobo	July 1, 2026, 9:45 am	2/2	100%	157.5 sec.	273 pts.	546
38.	LaynaLyn	July 1, 2026, 2:50 am	5/5	100%	234.2 sec.	260.6 pts.	1303
39.	bourbon	July 1, 2026, 10:16 am	3/3	100%	263.7 sec.	205.7 pts.	617
40.	s027111	July 1, 2026, 10:36 am	31/36	86.11%	1028.5 sec.	281.7 pts.	8732
41.	Markala	July 1, 2026, 11:08 am	10/10	100%	5323 sec.	197 pts.	1970

* Contest began 12:01am EST, 1 July 2026.