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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 September 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. | DemonLordMax | September 22, 2026, 3:40 pm | 195/258 | 75.58% | 45.5 sec. | 179 pts. | 34904 |
| 2. | jimdgar  | September 22, 2026, 4:04 pm | 21/21 | 100% | 67.4 sec. | 229.4 pts. | 4817 |
| 3. | lasaganna | September 4, 2026, 3:41 pm | 68/71 | 95.77% | 70.2 sec. | 222.2 pts. | 15111 |
| 4. | YOMAMA | September 26, 2026, 7:33 pm | 100/100 | 100% | 71.3 sec. | 238.2 pts. | 23817 |
| 5. | ries | September 27, 2026, 11:55 am | 1047/1047 | 100% | 72.1 sec. | 232.1 pts. | 243022 |
| 6. | diggie | September 25, 2026, 1:38 pm | 750/750 | 100% | 77.1 sec. | 227.3 pts. | 170495 |
| 7. | OldManInNNV | September 3, 2026, 7:00 pm | 19/21 | 90.48% | 80.6 sec. | 181.8 pts. | 3455 |
| 8. | skyforge | September 26, 2026, 11:32 pm | 130/141 | 92.2% | 98.1 sec. | 215 pts. | 27950 |
| 9. | DavidAndHeidi | September 26, 2026, 4:33 pm | 31/32 | 96.88% | 117 sec. | 158.7 pts. | 4919 |
| 10. | SippyGurl | September 24, 2026, 5:53 pm | 34/34 | 100% | 135.1 sec. | 234.1 pts. | 7960 |
| 11. | Vespasia | September 27, 2026, 9:22 am | 189/205 | 92.2% | 157 sec. | 202.4 pts. | 38251 |
| 12. | RichM | September 27, 2026, 5:57 am | 461/475 | 97.05% | 158.9 sec. | 194.4 pts. | 89617 |
| 13. | japanbeaver | September 25, 2026, 10:25 pm | 22/23 | 95.65% | 168.3 sec. | 162.4 pts. | 3572 |
| 14. | dragonfly7550 | September 20, 2026, 7:45 am | 85/87 | 97.7% | 171.3 sec. | 195.9 pts. | 16650 |
| 15. | blahster | September 25, 2026, 1:08 am | 154/154 | 100% | 171.7 sec. | 211.1 pts. | 32517 |
| 16. | neuromantic | September 25, 2026, 2:26 pm | 37/42 | 88.1% | 176.8 sec. | 165.7 pts. | 6131 |
| 17. | origprod | September 24, 2026, 8:53 am | 30/31 | 96.77% | 177.6 sec. | 205.1 pts. | 6154 |
| 18. | uDontNeed2Know | September 20, 2026, 1:28 pm | 37/44 | 84.09% | 185.4 sec. | 181.9 pts. | 6730 |
| 19. | bobbaloo | September 27, 2026, 11:14 am | 133/135 | 98.52% | 193.6 sec. | 197.6 pts. | 26277 |
| 20. | Calendy | September 23, 2026, 8:00 am | 227/241 | 94.19% | 194.7 sec. | 198 pts. | 44945 |
| 21. | PaulB | September 26, 2026, 4:28 am | 378/380 | 99.47% | 231.8 sec. | 181 pts. | 68432 |
| 22. | mapletree | September 17, 2026, 12:53 pm | 16/17 | 94.12% | 244.1 sec. | 204.1 pts. | 3265 |
| 23. | LOB42 | September 27, 2026, 5:55 pm | 20/21 | 95.24% | 248.1 sec. | 199.6 pts. | 3992 |
| 24. | graysen | September 19, 2026, 11:47 pm | 30/31 | 96.77% | 265.2 sec. | 130 pts. | 3901 |
| 25. | tomohawk52 | September 27, 2026, 10:24 pm | 1053/1054 | 99.91% | 270.7 sec. | 177.7 pts. | 187083 |
| 26. | ZPAUZ | September 15, 2026, 6:21 pm | 24/32 | 75% | 345.5 sec. | 159.8 pts. | 3834 |
| 27. | CristobolZ | September 25, 2026, 1:37 pm | 32/33 | 96.97% | 375.3 sec. | 153.8 pts. | 4921 |
| 28. | k925 | September 27, 2026, 9:34 pm | 571/593 | 96.29% | 381.9 sec. | 183.6 pts. | 104828 |
| 29. | Puddinpie | September 27, 2026, 5:21 pm | 41/44 | 93.18% | 410.6 sec. | 170.2 pts. | 6980 |
| 30. | maracoffee | September 10, 2026, 12:09 am | 187/213 | 87.79% | 481.7 sec. | 185 pts. | 34587 |
| 31. | jaceyh | September 24, 2026, 3:58 pm | 64/71 | 90.14% | 747.3 sec. | 161.8 pts. | 10355 |
| 32. | ambiss_tysis | September 27, 2026, 12:28 pm | 105/109 | 96.33% | 1072.3 sec. | 206.8 pts. | 21713 |
| 33. | Lhyanna | September 27, 2026, 5:19 pm | 99/108 | 91.67% | 1266 sec. | 139.3 pts. | 13794 |
| 34. | Mombeighley | September 26, 2026, 11:37 pm | 88/95 | 92.63% | 3444.6 sec. | 64.9 pts. | 5711 |
| 35. | Ms R | September 25, 2026, 5:05 pm | 49/56 | 87.5% | 7566.2 sec. | 89 pts. | 4360 |
* Contest began 12:01am EST, 1 September 2026.
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