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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. | dorisfish | December 10, 2025, 4:26 pm | 122/122 | 100% | 158.7 sec. | 411.5 pts. | 50208 |
| 2. | Mabel | December 10, 2025, 2:54 pm | 72/72 | 100% | 176.5 sec. | 794.4 pts. | 57200 |
| 3. | buffyv  | December 10, 2025, 2:16 am | 110/110 | 100% | 184.2 sec. | 818 pts. | 89985 |
| 4. | Lauramur | December 10, 2025, 5:38 pm | 204/204 | 100% | 194.2 sec. | 371.2 pts. | 75727 |
| 5. | skyforge | December 9, 2025, 11:49 pm | 189/190 | 99.47% | 211.3 sec. | 382 pts. | 72198 |
| 6. | jnmakowiec | December 10, 2025, 5:32 pm | 225/225 | 100% | 237.9 sec. | 1085.1 pts. | 244144 |
| 7. | NinjaTurd10 | December 10, 2025, 5:49 pm | 198/217 | 91.24% | 263.5 sec. | 841.4 pts. | 166594 |
| 8. | ShoeRon | December 10, 2025, 12:50 pm | 95/95 | 100% | 269.9 sec. | 764.4 pts. | 72616 |
| 9. | kelley74ny | December 10, 2025, 9:55 am | 56/56 | 100% | 270 sec. | 810.6 pts. | 45395 |
| 10. | squitchy11 | December 10, 2025, 12:05 pm | 281/281 | 100% | 281.7 sec. | 742.2 pts. | 208572 |
| 11. | deusexjuice | December 10, 2025, 3:35 pm | 82/82 | 100% | 283.9 sec. | 733.4 pts. | 60140 |
| 12. | crwehrle | December 10, 2025, 1:42 pm | 266/267 | 99.63% | 295.9 sec. | 751.5 pts. | 199890 |
| 13. | Calla | December 10, 2025, 6:27 pm | 233/235 | 99.15% | 334.9 sec. | 707.4 pts. | 164827 |
| 14. | ArfArfArfArf | December 10, 2025, 4:44 pm | 128/128 | 100% | 358.4 sec. | 705.6 pts. | 90320 |
| 15. | lmcbride | December 10, 2025, 2:57 pm | 120/137 | 87.59% | 394.4 sec. | 728.8 pts. | 87454 |
| 16. | breldan | December 10, 2025, 4:36 pm | 63/64 | 98.44% | 399.5 sec. | 1118.3 pts. | 70456 |
| 17. | Patso | December 10, 2025, 6:28 pm | 168/169 | 99.41% | 410.5 sec. | 713.1 pts. | 119807 |
| 18. | STHAustin | December 10, 2025, 11:40 am | 63/63 | 100% | 412.2 sec. | 713.6 pts. | 44957 |
| 19. | bkmcincinnati | December 10, 2025, 3:45 pm | 344/344 | 100% | 414.6 sec. | 677.5 pts. | 233052 |
| 20. | alriddin | December 10, 2025, 3:02 pm | 301/301 | 100% | 415.2 sec. | 725.6 pts. | 218410 |
| 21. | gplante | December 10, 2025, 1:47 pm | 94/94 | 100% | 427.1 sec. | 526.5 pts. | 49491 |
| 22. | gadams | December 9, 2025, 10:04 am | 111/112 | 99.11% | 439.5 sec. | 651.5 pts. | 72319 |
| 23. | sammthomson | December 10, 2025, 2:22 pm | 68/68 | 100% | 459.5 sec. | 908.4 pts. | 61770 |
| 24. | Rpark | December 10, 2025, 6:11 pm | 69/72 | 95.83% | 463.1 sec. | 675.2 pts. | 46588 |
| 25. | tucsonjimmy1 | December 10, 2025, 12:03 pm | 217/217 | 100% | 468.3 sec. | 642.3 pts. | 139384 |
| 26. | DrThom | December 10, 2025, 5:31 pm | 78/78 | 100% | 473.1 sec. | 665.6 pts. | 51916 |
| 27. | synchrogal | December 10, 2025, 11:00 am | 120/124 | 96.77% | 498.7 sec. | 617.3 pts. | 74071 |
| 28. | creekie | December 9, 2025, 8:06 pm | 68/69 | 98.55% | 505.6 sec. | 683 pts. | 46441 |
| 29. | SamQKitty2 | December 10, 2025, 6:28 pm | 92/92 | 100% | 510.1 sec. | 738.8 pts. | 67967 |
| 30. | keprph | December 10, 2025, 10:03 am | 77/79 | 97.47% | 534 sec. | 776.7 pts. | 59808 |
| 31. | kim78 | December 10, 2025, 4:45 pm | 178/180 | 98.89% | 545.1 sec. | 672.2 pts. | 119659 |
| 32. | tvmum | December 10, 2025, 7:55 am | 61/62 | 98.39% | 546.4 sec. | 914.4 pts. | 55776 |
| 33. | Mersey | December 10, 2025, 4:00 pm | 210/224 | 93.75% | 548.2 sec. | 990 pts. | 207909 |
| 34. | WordBob | December 10, 2025, 5:41 pm | 94/94 | 100% | 583.5 sec. | 580.2 pts. | 54536 |
| 35. | poopaw | December 10, 2025, 2:53 pm | 84/86 | 97.67% | 586.7 sec. | 587.7 pts. | 49366 |
| 36. | waldo | December 10, 2025, 5:12 pm | 58/58 | 100% | 612.4 sec. | 802.5 pts. | 46543 |
| 37. | rsternlicht | December 10, 2025, 3:30 pm | 331/331 | 100% | 613.1 sec. | 683.9 pts. | 226370 |
| 38. | fearofdoors | December 9, 2025, 10:13 pm | 82/95 | 86.32% | 628.8 sec. | 614.5 pts. | 50385 |
| 39. | Wenmel9 | December 10, 2025, 5:06 pm | 200/202 | 99.01% | 638 sec. | 310.4 pts. | 62079 |
| 40. | deronp | December 10, 2025, 6:29 pm | 83/85 | 97.65% | 641.3 sec. | 709.8 pts. | 58911 |
| 41. | AgentKate | December 9, 2025, 11:50 pm | 92/94 | 97.87% | 675.2 sec. | 761.6 pts. | 70069 |
| 42. | kidarbor | December 10, 2025, 5:50 pm | 189/220 | 85.91% | 678.7 sec. | 581.5 pts. | 109905 |
| 43. | Fooz | December 10, 2025, 6:02 pm | 70/71 | 98.59% | 715.9 sec. | 859 pts. | 60133 |
| 44. | exradio | December 10, 2025, 4:42 pm | 76/76 | 100% | 736.8 sec. | 648 pts. | 49248 |
| 45. | Kentuckywhp3 | December 10, 2025, 4:39 pm | 144/155 | 92.9% | 747.3 sec. | 528.7 pts. | 76126 |
| 46. | First.a.quilter | December 9, 2025, 2:30 am | 61/61 | 100% | 803.1 sec. | 790.7 pts. | 48231 |
| 47. | BigSnow | December 10, 2025, 5:27 pm | 124/127 | 97.64% | 1119.3 sec. | 472.2 pts. | 58555 |
| 48. | bethshmeth | December 10, 2025, 5:18 pm | 85/86 | 98.84% | 4335.7 sec. | 648.5 pts. | 55125 |
| 49. | Julia518 | December 10, 2025, 5:54 pm | 130/131 | 99.24% | 16382.7 sec. | 392.4 pts. | 51015 |
* Contest began 12:01am EST, 1 December 2025.
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