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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 December 2025'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. | DemonLordMax | December 25, 2025, 12:00 am | 93/124 | 75% | 62.7 sec. | 202.1 pts. | 18793 |
| 2. | lasaganna | December 11, 2025, 6:27 am | 12/14 | 85.71% | 68.3 sec. | 177 pts. | 2124 |
| 3. | ries | December 25, 2025, 2:06 pm | 858/858 | 100% | 80.2 sec. | 231.7 pts. | 198765 |
| 4. | bezecenki | December 25, 2025, 4:40 pm | 840/840 | 100% | 80.9 sec. | 236.9 pts. | 198956 |
| 5. | Corrin | December 25, 2025, 1:42 am | 15/18 | 83.33% | 83.9 sec. | 179.7 pts. | 2695 |
| 6. | vandwedge | December 16, 2025, 2:19 pm | 15/18 | 83.33% | 85.6 sec. | 134.8 pts. | 2022 |
| 7. | Skinndawg | December 10, 2025, 3:39 pm | 135/135 | 100% | 93.5 sec. | 253.8 pts. | 34264 |
| 8. | jimdgar  | December 25, 2025, 3:11 pm | 221/221 | 100% | 95.5 sec. | 256.1 pts. | 56609 |
| 9. | OldManInNNV | December 23, 2025, 12:27 am | 44/50 | 88% | 99.7 sec. | 190 pts. | 8361 |
| 10. | skyforge | December 25, 2025, 5:57 pm | 69/76 | 90.79% | 111.6 sec. | 221.6 pts. | 15292 |
| 11. | origprod | December 22, 2025, 9:11 am | 23/24 | 95.83% | 127.5 sec. | 212.7 pts. | 4893 |
| 12. | Vespasia | December 25, 2025, 9:39 am | 143/149 | 95.97% | 131.7 sec. | 213.4 pts. | 30518 |
| 13. | Mr.John Reese | December 7, 2025, 5:02 am | 30/30 | 100% | 134.5 sec. | 210.8 pts. | 6324 |
| 14. | orugtor | December 17, 2025, 6:03 pm | 19/23 | 82.61% | 144.5 sec. | 128.4 pts. | 2439 |
| 15. | LOB42 | December 18, 2025, 2:50 pm | 16/16 | 100% | 149.1 sec. | 190 pts. | 3040 |
| 16. | MssngrDeath | December 25, 2025, 9:19 pm | 12/13 | 92.31% | 158.6 sec. | 216.8 pts. | 2602 |
| 17. | BillsBayou | December 19, 2025, 3:52 pm | 74/75 | 98.67% | 159 sec. | 224 pts. | 16573 |
| 18. | Doomsday | December 18, 2025, 3:16 am | 36/37 | 97.3% | 166.4 sec. | 234.2 pts. | 8431 |
| 19. | londonlady | December 22, 2025, 1:44 am | 68/68 | 100% | 178.2 sec. | 190.9 pts. | 12982 |
| 20. | margotbean | December 23, 2025, 3:44 pm | 12/12 | 100% | 188.1 sec. | 140.2 pts. | 1682 |
| 21. | bobbaloo | December 25, 2025, 8:12 am | 116/121 | 95.87% | 193.8 sec. | 204 pts. | 23667 |
| 22. | lark | December 21, 2025, 1:03 am | 16/18 | 88.89% | 198.6 sec. | 143.6 pts. | 2298 |
| 23. | RichM | December 25, 2025, 8:05 am | 160/171 | 93.57% | 246 sec. | 186.2 pts. | 29797 |
| 24. | dragonfly7550 | December 25, 2025, 11:26 am | 521/522 | 99.81% | 248.8 sec. | 203.8 pts. | 106154 |
| 25. | JMike | December 21, 2025, 9:05 pm | 10/10 | 100% | 250.2 sec. | 156.2 pts. | 1562 |
| 26. | PaulB | December 25, 2025, 4:23 am | 256/259 | 98.84% | 272.4 sec. | 174.3 pts. | 44628 |
| 27. | bubblah3 | December 23, 2025, 5:02 am | 41/46 | 89.13% | 300.6 sec. | 174.6 pts. | 7157 |
| 28. | Dinger | December 23, 2025, 4:19 pm | 14/14 | 100% | 304.9 sec. | 214.3 pts. | 3000 |
| 29. | Hollielol | December 18, 2025, 3:54 pm | 9/10 | 90% | 316.3 sec. | 160.9 pts. | 1448 |
| 30. | TheOnlyArk | December 4, 2025, 4:38 pm | 12/12 | 100% | 343 sec. | 121.5 pts. | 1458 |
| 31. | Calendy | December 19, 2025, 1:30 pm | 36/42 | 85.71% | 474.1 sec. | 193.6 pts. | 6969 |
| 32. | JaneBozarth | December 25, 2025, 1:08 pm | 79/90 | 87.78% | 1571.2 sec. | 122.2 pts. | 9653 |
| 33. | donnahw | December 24, 2025, 4:22 am | 8/10 | 80% | 23456.8 sec. | 177.9 pts. | 1423 |
* Contest began 12:01am EST, 1 December 2025.
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