January 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 January 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.	huskyhusker	January 4, 2026, 10:07 pm	50/57	87.72%	29.7 sec.	251.4 pts.	12571
2.	jimdgar	January 4, 2026, 12:34 pm	50/50	100%	62.2 sec.	235.7 pts.	11787
3.	Corrin	January 4, 2026, 3:22 pm	40/51	78.43%	78.9 sec.	201.4 pts.	8057
4.	mapletree	January 2, 2026, 12:45 pm	1/1	100%	84 sec.	212 pts.	212
5.	bezecenki	January 4, 2026, 2:47 pm	135/135	100%	87.3 sec.	258.5 pts.	34901
6.	ries	January 4, 2026, 3:39 pm	143/143	100%	88.9 sec.	244.5 pts.	34958
7.	skyforge	January 1, 2026, 1:10 am	7/7	100%	90.1 sec.	192.6 pts.	1348
8.	dlove28	January 2, 2026, 12:09 pm	3/3	100%	93 sec.	128.7 pts.	386
9.	jbsjbs	January 2, 2026, 9:29 am	3/4	75%	97.3 sec.	247.3 pts.	742
10.	JanonR	January 4, 2026, 1:04 am	11/13	84.62%	113.1 sec.	125.6 pts.	1382
11.	DBeersGallop	January 1, 2026, 8:24 pm	3/4	75%	117.3 sec.	120.7 pts.	362
12.	seorg16	January 1, 2026, 9:55 pm	1/1	100%	121 sec.	199 pts.	199
13.	Tamzle	January 2, 2026, 1:40 pm	2/2	100%	122.5 sec.	79 pts.	158
14.	varl	January 1, 2026, 8:21 am	4/4	100%	124.5 sec.	198.3 pts.	793
15.	OldManInNNV	January 4, 2026, 2:27 pm	5/6	83.33%	142.8 sec.	264.4 pts.	1322
16.	Vespasia	January 4, 2026, 5:01 pm	20/21	95.24%	147.6 sec.	178.5 pts.	3569
17.	origprod	January 4, 2026, 9:56 am	4/4	100%	149 sec.	160 pts.	640
18.	farmers wife	January 4, 2026, 8:50 am	1/1	100%	155 sec.	188 pts.	188
19.	rsmcclain	January 2, 2026, 8:50 pm	10/11	90.91%	175.1 sec.	145.3 pts.	1453
20.	glwc	January 4, 2026, 12:59 pm	1/1	100%	179 sec.	180 pts.	180
21.	Calendy	January 5, 2026, 3:12 am	175/180	97.22%	208.5 sec.	197.8 pts.	34619
22.	dragonfly7550	January 4, 2026, 8:19 am	35/35	100%	209 sec.	194 pts.	6790
23.	bobbaloo	January 4, 2026, 9:26 am	18/19	94.74%	218.2 sec.	186.8 pts.	3362
24.	bubblah3	January 4, 2026, 4:24 am	15/16	93.75%	224.3 sec.	156.9 pts.	2353
25.	jojo842	January 3, 2026, 9:39 pm	3/3	100%	235.7 sec.	81 pts.	243
26.	Tritium	January 4, 2026, 11:08 pm	28/29	96.55%	238 sec.	229.1 pts.	6415
27.	RichM	January 1, 2026, 9:53 am	20/20	100%	239.6 sec.	183.9 pts.	3678
28.	Dinger	January 3, 2026, 2:46 pm	2/2	100%	285 sec.	325 pts.	650
29.	smerwin	January 2, 2026, 6:45 pm	16/20	80%	285.9 sec.	163.5 pts.	2616
30.	lb46jool	January 4, 2026, 3:12 pm	5/5	100%	302.2 sec.	187 pts.	935
31.	PaulB	January 4, 2026, 5:40 am	50/50	100%	302.5 sec.	180.2 pts.	9011
32.	cadymonroec	January 3, 2026, 4:06 pm	1/1	100%	305 sec.	378 pts.	378
33.	Rickytoons	December 31, 2025, 11:27 pm	1/1	100%	320 sec.	253 pts.	253
34.	kitnkat	January 4, 2026, 9:48 am	1/1	100%	334 sec.	368 pts.	368
35.	Snappatoon	January 1, 2026, 6:44 am	1/1	100%	380 sec.	233 pts.	233
36.	londonlady	January 5, 2026, 1:22 am	2/2	100%	403 sec.	345.5 pts.	691
37.	bsavary	January 4, 2026, 10:20 am	1/1	100%	428 sec.	457 pts.	457
38.	bmn55732	January 4, 2026, 10:27 am	1/1	100%	511 sec.	309 pts.	309
39.	JaneBozarth	January 4, 2026, 9:45 pm	40/43	93.02%	528 sec.	123.1 pts.	4922
40.	SillySadie	January 3, 2026, 11:38 am	1/1	100%	633 sec.	149 pts.	149

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