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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. | ryastar2 | September 20, 2026, 8:51 pm | 720/720 | 100% | 29.9 sec. | 289.7 pts. | 208573 |
| 2. | Invader Omega | September 19, 2026, 9:09 am | 8/10 | 80% | 86.9 sec. | 270.8 pts. | 2166 |
| 3. | PojPuzz | September 10, 2026, 4:43 pm | 1/1 | 100% | 93 sec. | 269 pts. | 269 |
| 4. | BJ_MACS | September 15, 2026, 8:26 pm | 7/9 | 77.78% | 93.7 sec. | 268.4 pts. | 1879 |
| 5. | spookyvision | September 20, 2026, 11:15 pm | 592/592 | 100% | 100.7 sec. | 266.1 pts. | 157534 |
| 6. | patsy86  | September 12, 2026, 12:59 pm | 12/13 | 92.31% | 108.2 sec. | 263.5 pts. | 3162 |
| 7. | Xcali | September 7, 2026, 2:59 am | 60/65 | 92.31% | 116 sec. | 261 pts. | 15661 |
| 8. | jbsjbs | September 21, 2026, 9:35 am | 157/189 | 83.07% | 124 sec. | 258.3 pts. | 40559 |
| 9. | tomohawk52 | September 21, 2026, 3:38 pm | 297/297 | 100% | 139.7 sec. | 253.1 pts. | 75167 |
| 10. | reberiffic | September 21, 2026, 9:03 am | 11/11 | 100% | 153.9 sec. | 248.4 pts. | 2732 |
| 11. | jargonaut | September 21, 2026, 1:09 am | 10/10 | 100% | 164.8 sec. | 244.7 pts. | 2447 |
| 12. | lb46jool | September 21, 2026, 10:04 am | 28/28 | 100% | 172.9 sec. | 242 pts. | 6777 |
| 13. | donnahw | September 21, 2026, 12:28 pm | 3/3 | 100% | 184.3 sec. | 238.3 pts. | 715 |
| 14. | Janet | September 18, 2026, 5:51 pm | 6/6 | 100% | 225 sec. | 224.7 pts. | 1348 |
| 15. | BrianB0722 | September 20, 2026, 11:23 am | 1/1 | 100% | 225 sec. | 225 pts. | 225 |
| 16. | DrRickT | September 21, 2026, 5:06 pm | 21/22 | 95.45% | 232.7 sec. | 222 pts. | 4663 |
| 17. | godzil60 | September 20, 2026, 12:17 am | 25/28 | 89.29% | 233.9 sec. | 221.7 pts. | 5542 |
| 18. | EllenCaroline | September 18, 2026, 9:50 pm | 7/8 | 87.5% | 251.9 sec. | 215.9 pts. | 1511 |
| 19. | Rhartz23 | September 1, 2026, 2:37 pm | 5/5 | 100% | 269 sec. | 210.2 pts. | 1051 |
| 20. | Quas NaArt | September 3, 2026, 9:43 am | 4/4 | 100% | 297.5 sec. | 200.5 pts. | 802 |
| 21. | madcat | September 20, 2026, 10:19 am | 5/5 | 100% | 331.6 sec. | 189.2 pts. | 946 |
| 22. | iEatBellCurves | September 4, 2026, 11:29 am | 1/1 | 100% | 406 sec. | 164 pts. | 164 |
| 23. | Snappatoon | September 4, 2026, 2:11 pm | 2/2 | 100% | 436 sec. | 154.5 pts. | 309 |
| 24. | CivilizationInRuins | September 15, 2026, 1:34 pm | 3/4 | 75% | 470.7 sec. | 142.7 pts. | 428 |
| 25. | KGH | September 21, 2026, 4:27 pm | 11/12 | 91.67% | 494.7 sec. | 176.5 pts. | 1942 |
| 26. | greenj228 | September 19, 2026, 9:14 am | 1/1 | 100% | 506 sec. | 131 pts. | 131 |
| 27. | janetinsc | September 13, 2026, 8:42 pm | 1/1 | 100% | 511 sec. | 129 pts. | 129 |
| 28. | pingsquitch | September 20, 2026, 2:58 pm | 14/14 | 100% | 526.6 sec. | 139.8 pts. | 1957 |
| 29. | kathypalmer | September 20, 2026, 7:13 am | 18/19 | 94.74% | 665.4 sec. | 134 pts. | 2412 |
| 30. | boldly-going | September 8, 2026, 8:57 am | 1/1 | 100% | 1195 sec. | 10 pts. | 10 |
| 31. | Squarewater | September 21, 2026, 2:30 am | 13/14 | 92.86% | 2079.7 sec. | 166.2 pts. | 2161 |
| 32. | vasious | September 21, 2026, 12:02 am | 82/101 | 81.19% | 2158.2 sec. | 198.9 pts. | 16312 |
| 33. | DKE | September 14, 2026, 1:24 am | 5/6 | 83.33% | 36147.2 sec. | 165.2 pts. | 826 |
* Contest began 12:01am EST, 1 September 2026.
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