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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. | mellav1 | December 23, 2025, 12:38 pm | 30/30 | 100% | 267.1 sec. | 681.5 pts. | 20445 |
| 2. | figmo | December 22, 2025, 9:02 pm | 8/8 | 100% | 444.9 sec. | 505.1 pts. | 4041 |
| 3. | tmansim | December 24, 2025, 11:39 am | 11/11 | 100% | 543.5 sec. | 406.5 pts. | 4471 |
| 4. | Bartleby1 | December 23, 2025, 11:06 am | 3/4 | 75% | 576.3 sec. | 373.7 pts. | 1121 |
| 5. | georgiagirl2 | December 23, 2025, 10:27 pm | 9/9 | 100% | 623.1 sec. | 352 pts. | 3168 |
| 6. | Badumna | December 23, 2025, 6:47 pm | 28/30 | 93.33% | 725.4 sec. | 236.8 pts. | 6630 |
| 7. | hillybilly | December 17, 2025, 2:21 pm | 5/5 | 100% | 792.4 sec. | 248 pts. | 1240 |
| 8. | sandcrab72 | December 23, 2025, 11:34 am | 19/19 | 100% | 797.6 sec. | 211.3 pts. | 4015 |
| 9. | LSAT? | December 16, 2025, 6:34 pm | 1/1 | 100% | 825 sec. | 125 pts. | 125 |
| 10. | vtmarcz | December 16, 2025, 4:08 pm | 1/1 | 100% | 929 sec. | 110 pts. | 110 |
| 11. | godzil60 | December 1, 2025, 8:38 pm | 1/1 | 100% | 950 sec. | 105 pts. | 105 |
| 12. | Runemaster | December 15, 2025, 11:05 pm | 5/5 | 100% | 974.6 sec. | 164.6 pts. | 823 |
| 13. | Panther1 | December 18, 2025, 7:14 am | 4/4 | 100% | 1006.5 sec. | 110.8 pts. | 443 |
| 14. | IRLFAN | December 23, 2025, 10:02 pm | 60/60 | 100% | 1018.8 sec. | 234.1 pts. | 14047 |
| 15. | fabinsky | December 12, 2025, 9:13 am | 1/1 | 100% | 1050 sec. | 123 pts. | 123 |
| 16. | saxclar | December 11, 2025, 9:45 pm | 8/8 | 100% | 1131.5 sec. | 129 pts. | 1032 |
| 17. | LLapp  | December 3, 2025, 5:44 am | 1/1 | 100% | 1148 sec. | 130 pts. | 130 |
| 18. | 55Denny | December 23, 2025, 2:13 pm | 3/4 | 75% | 1152.7 sec. | 119.7 pts. | 359 |
| 19. | fearofdoors | December 21, 2025, 7:22 pm | 1/1 | 100% | 1311 sec. | 131 pts. | 131 |
| 20. | starlightknight | December 23, 2025, 5:35 pm | 75/85 | 88.24% | 1485.3 sec. | 118.3 pts. | 8871 |
| 21. | Ramnesis | December 23, 2025, 2:43 pm | 7/7 | 100% | 1555.4 sec. | 114.4 pts. | 801 |
| 22. | weatherdiva3 | December 20, 2025, 1:47 am | 3/3 | 100% | 1615 sec. | 118.7 pts. | 356 |
| 23. | mapletree | December 19, 2025, 12:39 pm | 3/3 | 100% | 1705 sec. | 117.3 pts. | 352 |
| 24. | Marc51 | December 5, 2025, 1:12 pm | 1/1 | 100% | 1814 sec. | 10 pts. | 10 |
| 25. | wholigan42 | December 19, 2025, 12:35 pm | 19/22 | 86.36% | 1899.7 sec. | 134.7 pts. | 2560 |
| 26. | piefka | December 4, 2025, 3:14 pm | 1/1 | 100% | 2090 sec. | 113 pts. | 113 |
| 27. | roseofthegate | December 11, 2025, 6:55 pm | 2/2 | 100% | 3647.5 sec. | 10 pts. | 20 |
| 28. | serendip | December 23, 2025, 6:00 pm | 39/41 | 95.12% | 18340.3 sec. | 12.6 pts. | 491 |
| 29. | Bilnat | December 23, 2025, 7:49 am | 16/19 | 84.21% | 119505.9 sec. | 115 pts. | 1840 |
* Contest began 12:01am EST, 1 December 2025.
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