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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 August 2026's current competition rankings you'd like to view:
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. | alskdjfhg | August 21, 2026, 10:38 pm | 1080/1433 | 75.37% | 11 sec. | 282.1 pts. | 304629 |
| 2. | PenguinzForever | August 21, 2026, 3:09 am | 338/409 | 82.64% | 13.3 sec. | 285 pts. | 96314 |
| 3. | abcodes | August 18, 2026, 11:51 pm | 403/488 | 82.58% | 14.7 sec. | 284.9 pts. | 114795 |
| 4. | GAMEONX | August 21, 2026, 9:39 pm | 325/413 | 78.69% | 14.7 sec. | 287.4 pts. | 93418 |
| 5. | Sagaman | August 22, 2026, 8:42 am | 547/592 | 92.4% | 17.1 sec. | 293.7 pts. | 160650 |
| 6. | pan3652 | August 19, 2026, 12:23 am | 1025/1344 | 76.26% | 20.7 sec. | 283.6 pts. | 290644 |
| 7. | nanrich | August 19, 2026, 4:35 pm | 792/793 | 99.87% | 24.9 sec. | 296 pts. | 234425 |
| 8. | bobwaft | August 22, 2026, 3:47 am | 609/746 | 81.64% | 26.7 sec. | 290.2 pts. | 176733 |
| 9. | kb83 | August 21, 2026, 11:01 pm | 2940/3048 | 96.46% | 28.2 sec. | 289.5 pts. | 851044 |
| 10. | gavinl | August 22, 2026, 1:25 am | 1000/1000 | 100% | 28.4 sec. | 295.7 pts. | 295742 |
| 11. | miafb | August 21, 2026, 4:47 pm | 861/1023 | 84.16% | 28.8 sec. | 286 pts. | 246247 |
| 12. | LLapp  | August 22, 2026, 7:02 am | 615/683 | 90.04% | 29.3 sec. | 284 pts. | 174639 |
| 13. | ecottontail | August 21, 2026, 10:14 pm | 1622/1622 | 100% | 31.2 sec. | 294.5 pts. | 477638 |
| 14. | xenia | August 22, 2026, 5:40 am | 958/997 | 96.09% | 31.5 sec. | 289.9 pts. | 277770 |
| 15. | momof7 | August 21, 2026, 9:25 am | 488/506 | 96.44% | 32.8 sec. | 292.6 pts. | 142776 |
| 16. | 318WOZ | August 22, 2026, 2:05 am | 466/466 | 100% | 32.8 sec. | 292.5 pts. | 136308 |
| 17. | ellypso | August 19, 2026, 5:32 pm | 583/745 | 78.26% | 33.1 sec. | 282.8 pts. | 164847 |
| 18. | amy-s | August 18, 2026, 10:40 pm | 410/443 | 92.55% | 34.2 sec. | 283.6 pts. | 116291 |
| 19. | opallady | August 21, 2026, 1:23 pm | 1312/1312 | 100% | 39.4 sec. | 293 pts. | 384445 |
| 20. | didit | August 21, 2026, 8:26 pm | 1869/1931 | 96.79% | 40.5 sec. | 292.4 pts. | 546560 |
| 21. | gryhnd51 | August 22, 2026, 3:13 am | 4490/4493 | 99.93% | 43.1 sec. | 291 pts. | 1306703 |
| 22. | Ian123 | August 22, 2026, 11:18 am | 615/615 | 100% | 52.5 sec. | 286.8 pts. | 176379 |
| 23. | rsmcclain | August 21, 2026, 1:51 pm | 442/460 | 96.09% | 52.5 sec. | 288.8 pts. | 127653 |
| 24. | macmilh | August 20, 2026, 12:45 pm | 499/511 | 97.65% | 54.2 sec. | 286.9 pts. | 143174 |
| 25. | Preeminence | August 22, 2026, 11:19 am | 1215/1361 | 89.27% | 56.7 sec. | 285.3 pts. | 346595 |
| 26. | tanzhent | August 21, 2026, 10:13 pm | 963/991 | 97.17% | 64.7 sec. | 286.4 pts. | 275794 |
| 27. | GramBow | August 22, 2026, 9:49 am | 695/745 | 93.29% | 67.8 sec. | 291.7 pts. | 202755 |
| 28. | TrafficJam | August 21, 2026, 7:43 pm | 1297/1371 | 94.6% | 72.1 sec. | 284.5 pts. | 369057 |
| 29. | zyorg | August 22, 2026, 11:19 am | 1989/1989 | 100% | 84.4 sec. | 284.1 pts. | 565066 |
| 30. | judy100 | August 22, 2026, 9:25 am | 2820/2824 | 99.86% | 85.6 sec. | 284.3 pts. | 801627 |
| 31. | saipanwriter | August 21, 2026, 4:38 am | 330/330 | 100% | 87.7 sec. | 284.9 pts. | 94005 |
| 32. | ND Joker | August 21, 2026, 8:59 am | 506/550 | 92% | 96.9 sec. | 278.1 pts. | 140725 |
| 33. | Randy1961 | August 15, 2026, 10:56 pm | 938/998 | 93.99% | 97.9 sec. | 276.9 pts. | 259698 |
| 34. | mispeller | August 22, 2026, 11:07 am | 603/603 | 100% | 98.2 sec. | 279.7 pts. | 168680 |
| 35. | Codepig127 | August 22, 2026, 6:10 am | 1081/1085 | 99.63% | 110.6 sec. | 279.8 pts. | 302425 |
| 36. | badbob | August 22, 2026, 6:36 am | 1187/1187 | 100% | 114.1 sec. | 282.2 pts. | 334946 |
| 37. | brainstorm | August 22, 2026, 10:08 am | 660/660 | 100% | 123 sec. | 278.7 pts. | 183937 |
| 38. | Bookboa | August 22, 2026, 11:18 am | 4018/4018 | 100% | 125.2 sec. | 280 pts. | 1125097 |
| 39. | glassguy | August 22, 2026, 10:35 am | 633/641 | 98.75% | 140.2 sec. | 276.6 pts. | 175071 |
| 40. | montyb | August 22, 2026, 11:19 am | 920/920 | 100% | 144.2 sec. | 279.5 pts. | 257158 |
| 41. | DrCryptell | August 22, 2026, 11:14 am | 1233/1234 | 99.92% | 145 sec. | 276 pts. | 340360 |
| 42. | lspiegel | August 22, 2026, 8:25 am | 524/534 | 98.13% | 165 sec. | 274.1 pts. | 143619 |
| 43. | bees | August 22, 2026, 10:24 am | 582/616 | 94.48% | 477 sec. | 265.4 pts. | 154453 |
| 44. | Markala | August 18, 2026, 12:52 pm | 544/546 | 99.63% | 570 sec. | 265 pts. | 144135 |
* Contest began 12:01am EST, 1 August 2026.
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