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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 May 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 | May 13, 2026, 10:02 am | 74/74 | 100% | 303.7 sec. | 645.4 pts. | 47759 |
| 2. | figmo | May 6, 2026, 11:59 am | 4/4 | 100% | 465.5 sec. | 484.5 pts. | 1938 |
| 3. | tmansim | May 10, 2026, 9:35 pm | 10/10 | 100% | 467.7 sec. | 482.3 pts. | 4823 |
| 4. | georgiagirl2 | May 13, 2026, 7:17 pm | 36/36 | 100% | 528.9 sec. | 431.6 pts. | 15536 |
| 5. | Bartleby1 | May 13, 2026, 4:06 pm | 19/19 | 100% | 543.3 sec. | 406.7 pts. | 7727 |
| 6. | chmbwmba | May 5, 2026, 3:49 pm | 8/8 | 100% | 566.6 sec. | 383.4 pts. | 3067 |
| 7. | olderjohn | May 13, 2026, 1:25 pm | 26/26 | 100% | 601.2 sec. | 357.2 pts. | 9288 |
| 8. | saxclar | May 13, 2026, 3:06 pm | 8/8 | 100% | 611.5 sec. | 343.3 pts. | 2746 |
| 9. | jhoddie777 | May 12, 2026, 10:56 pm | 23/23 | 100% | 620 sec. | 332.9 pts. | 7656 |
| 10. | JMike | May 13, 2026, 8:33 am | 12/12 | 100% | 647.3 sec. | 327.1 pts. | 3925 |
| 11. | vinz clortho | May 13, 2026, 2:47 pm | 32/32 | 100% | 650.9 sec. | 336.6 pts. | 10772 |
| 12. | Badumna | May 11, 2026, 8:01 pm | 9/9 | 100% | 673.8 sec. | 296.3 pts. | 2667 |
| 13. | Rhartz23 | May 7, 2026, 10:16 am | 1/1 | 100% | 699 sec. | 251 pts. | 251 |
| 14. | wholigan42 | May 13, 2026, 1:30 pm | 1/1 | 100% | 742 sec. | 208 pts. | 208 |
| 15. | mjeanb | May 13, 2026, 7:55 pm | 205/205 | 100% | 770 sec. | 224.3 pts. | 45991 |
| 16. | buttwithglasses | May 4, 2026, 11:27 am | 1/1 | 100% | 778 sec. | 172 pts. | 172 |
| 17. | kleinw2000 | May 11, 2026, 8:23 pm | 1/1 | 100% | 886 sec. | 64 pts. | 64 |
| 18. | 27pif | May 12, 2026, 3:42 pm | 4/4 | 100% | 888.5 sec. | 203.5 pts. | 814 |
| 19. | LLapp  | May 7, 2026, 4:18 am | 1/1 | 100% | 922 sec. | 130 pts. | 130 |
| 20. | lb46jool | May 13, 2026, 10:57 am | 16/16 | 100% | 1062.9 sec. | 156.3 pts. | 2501 |
| 21. | 2browneyes4 | May 12, 2026, 9:16 pm | 7/7 | 100% | 1070.4 sec. | 68.1 pts. | 477 |
| 22. | cnat | May 13, 2026, 6:44 am | 10/10 | 100% | 1130.8 sec. | 90.7 pts. | 907 |
| 23. | mapletree | May 13, 2026, 1:54 pm | 4/4 | 100% | 1194.8 sec. | 118.3 pts. | 473 |
| 24. | USCUK | May 11, 2026, 2:07 pm | 3/3 | 100% | 1211.3 sec. | 10 pts. | 30 |
| 25. | BennyBooBop | May 13, 2026, 3:48 pm | 12/12 | 100% | 1217.6 sec. | 171.1 pts. | 2053 |
| 26. | spike1313 | May 13, 2026, 6:56 pm | 41/41 | 100% | 1282.3 sec. | 70.3 pts. | 2883 |
| 27. | godzil60 | May 9, 2026, 5:35 pm | 1/1 | 100% | 1383 sec. | 10 pts. | 10 |
| 28. | kilroy6677 | May 11, 2026, 1:23 am | 4/4 | 100% | 1557 sec. | 124 pts. | 496 |
| 29. | Affrederico | May 12, 2026, 2:48 pm | 14/14 | 100% | 1578 sec. | 138.6 pts. | 1940 |
| 30. | mthuang | May 3, 2026, 8:19 pm | 2/2 | 100% | 1802 sec. | 123 pts. | 246 |
| 31. | mirabel33 | May 2, 2026, 11:15 pm | 2/2 | 100% | 1860.5 sec. | 10 pts. | 20 |
| 32. | mg3673 | May 8, 2026, 1:52 am | 1/1 | 100% | 1867 sec. | 118 pts. | 118 |
| 33. | Auldridge | May 3, 2026, 11:39 pm | 3/3 | 100% | 2119 sec. | 218.7 pts. | 656 |
| 34. | ieducteam | May 4, 2026, 12:31 pm | 1/1 | 100% | 2181 sec. | 125 pts. | 125 |
| 35. | diggie | May 13, 2026, 7:58 pm | 6/6 | 100% | 2463.3 sec. | 82.3 pts. | 494 |
| 36. | DonnaGBS | May 3, 2026, 3:56 pm | 1/1 | 100% | 2605 sec. | 10 pts. | 10 |
| 37. | noraknotes | May 10, 2026, 7:25 pm | 2/2 | 100% | 3330.5 sec. | 10 pts. | 20 |
| 38. | Karlay77 | May 13, 2026, 5:20 pm | 17/17 | 100% | 4257.5 sec. | 47.7 pts. | 811 |
| 39. | t-star | May 12, 2026, 11:19 am | 19/19 | 100% | 5551.1 sec. | 51.5 pts. | 979 |
| 40. | Jnman078 | May 13, 2026, 1:42 am | 1/1 | 100% | 6100 sec. | 10 pts. | 10 |
| 41. | Tellaloves | May 13, 2026, 8:24 am | 1/1 | 100% | 9614 sec. | 10 pts. | 10 |
| 42. | serendip | May 13, 2026, 6:04 pm | 18/18 | 100% | 20456.3 sec. | 10 pts. | 180 |
| 43. | Bilnat | May 12, 2026, 12:29 am | 1/1 | 100% | 948695 sec. | 118 pts. | 118 |
* Contest began 12:01am EST, 1 May 2026.
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