Not a member? Register now for free!
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 October 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. | mellav1 | October 14, 2026, 1:47 pm | 69/69 | 100% | 310.4 sec. | 639.6 pts. | 44132 |
| 2. | georgiagirl2 | October 13, 2026, 8:12 pm | 24/24 | 100% | 416.3 sec. | 537.5 pts. | 12901 |
| 3. | deusexjuice | October 11, 2026, 5:00 pm | 11/11 | 100% | 458.2 sec. | 491.8 pts. | 5410 |
| 4. | figmo | October 5, 2026, 1:35 am | 5/5 | 100% | 471.4 sec. | 478.6 pts. | 2393 |
| 5. | vinz clortho | October 13, 2026, 7:57 pm | 3/3 | 100% | 484.3 sec. | 465.7 pts. | 1397 |
| 6. | bookishgardener | October 14, 2026, 8:01 pm | 215/215 | 100% | 501.2 sec. | 449.5 pts. | 96646 |
| 7. | chmbwmba | October 9, 2026, 4:34 pm | 12/12 | 100% | 529.3 sec. | 420.7 pts. | 5048 |
| 8. | tmansim | October 13, 2026, 5:11 pm | 5/5 | 100% | 547.2 sec. | 410.2 pts. | 2051 |
| 9. | olderjohn | October 14, 2026, 1:26 pm | 24/24 | 100% | 555.4 sec. | 396.6 pts. | 9519 |
| 10. | Bartleby1 | October 14, 2026, 6:49 pm | 25/25 | 100% | 558.2 sec. | 392.6 pts. | 9816 |
| 11. | wholigan42 | October 10, 2026, 2:53 pm | 1/1 | 100% | 589 sec. | 361 pts. | 361 |
| 12. | saxclar | October 8, 2026, 4:17 pm | 10/10 | 100% | 649.4 sec. | 300.6 pts. | 3006 |
| 13. | Lindybop | October 5, 2026, 8:01 am | 1/1 | 100% | 670 sec. | 280 pts. | 280 |
| 14. | emgee | October 7, 2026, 10:29 am | 1/1 | 100% | 779 sec. | 171 pts. | 171 |
| 15. | kleinw2000 | October 14, 2026, 2:50 pm | 16/16 | 100% | 835.8 sec. | 189.6 pts. | 3033 |
| 16. | lb46jool | October 14, 2026, 10:16 am | 3/3 | 100% | 877.7 sec. | 128.7 pts. | 386 |
| 17. | angryorb | October 14, 2026, 6:36 pm | 2/2 | 100% | 976.5 sec. | 109.5 pts. | 219 |
| 18. | IRLFAN | October 9, 2026, 10:40 pm | 1/1 | 100% | 988 sec. | 128 pts. | 128 |
| 19. | 27pif | October 2, 2026, 11:08 am | 2/2 | 100% | 1001.5 sec. | 38 pts. | 76 |
| 20. | Panther1 | October 14, 2026, 6:31 pm | 8/8 | 100% | 1030 sec. | 110.3 pts. | 882 |
| 21. | gimpeltf | October 14, 2026, 12:52 pm | 5/5 | 100% | 1041.2 sec. | 112.4 pts. | 562 |
| 22. | shilohdaniel | October 8, 2026, 1:34 pm | 2/2 | 100% | 1222.5 sec. | 10 pts. | 20 |
| 23. | Runemaster | October 14, 2026, 7:07 pm | 4/4 | 100% | 1230.3 sec. | 115 pts. | 460 |
| 24. | cnat  | October 14, 2026, 7:20 am | 9/9 | 100% | 1240.9 sec. | 76.3 pts. | 687 |
| 25. | Aethervox | October 4, 2026, 8:01 am | 1/1 | 100% | 1319 sec. | 117 pts. | 117 |
| 26. | spike1313 | October 11, 2026, 9:03 pm | 15/15 | 100% | 1360.3 sec. | 38.2 pts. | 573 |
| 27. | SlashLaMorte | October 10, 2026, 10:05 pm | 1/1 | 100% | 1511 sec. | 110 pts. | 110 |
| 28. | 2browneyes4 | October 12, 2026, 7:44 pm | 6/6 | 100% | 1673.2 sec. | 92.7 pts. | 556 |
| 29. | cunnilingual | October 13, 2026, 3:01 am | 2/2 | 100% | 2042.5 sec. | 108 pts. | 216 |
| 30. | lisaratz | October 14, 2026, 2:38 pm | 10/10 | 100% | 2460 sec. | 97.6 pts. | 976 |
| 31. | Karlay77 | October 12, 2026, 4:58 pm | 8/8 | 100% | 3385.9 sec. | 22.4 pts. | 179 |
| 32. | bubbl | October 6, 2026, 9:00 am | 1/1 | 100% | 4154 sec. | 10 pts. | 10 |
| 33. | Summertides | October 13, 2026, 5:21 pm | 3/3 | 100% | 20917 sec. | 10 pts. | 30 |
| 34. | serendip | October 9, 2026, 3:30 pm | 7/7 | 100% | 25343.1 sec. | 10 pts. | 70 |
| 35. | noraknotes | October 13, 2026, 12:20 am | 1/1 | 100% | 28346 sec. | 10 pts. | 10 |
| 36. | mapletree | October 9, 2026, 10:22 am | 2/2 | 100% | 37081.5 sec. | 121.5 pts. | 243 |
* Contest began 12:01am EST, 1 October 2026.
The Puzzle Baron family of web sites has served millions and millions of puzzle enthusiasts since its inception in 2006. From jigsaw puzzles to acrostics, logic puzzles to drop quotes, numbergrids to wordtwist and even sudoku and crossword puzzles, we run the gamut in printable puzzles, printable crossword puzzles and logic games.
