January 2026 Competition - High Score Challenge

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 High Score Challenge.

In the high-score challenge, players compete to accumulate the highest total point score. Points are awarded according to each puzzle's difficulty, and the speed with which it is solved. While the competition is active, the top 100 ranked players will be listed.

Rank	Player	Last Game	Solved	Rate	Av. Time	Av. Pts	Total
1.	BangaloreQueen	January 7, 2026, 2:17 am	297/297	100%	576.8 sec.	648 pts.	192450
2.	Avatar1sta	January 6, 2026, 6:57 pm	142/143	99.3%	500 sec.	648.2 pts.	92040
3.	SudokuGig	January 7, 2026, 1:01 am	111/111	100%	581 sec.	646.9 pts.	71808
4.	freedoapp	January 7, 2026, 5:04 am	103/103	100%	604.9 sec.	642.7 pts.	66203
5.	writeathome	January 6, 2026, 9:21 pm	88/92	95.65%	497 sec.	648.1 pts.	57033
6.	dital	January 5, 2026, 7:53 pm	96/96	100%	320.4 sec.	406.9 pts.	39061
7.	tinycat	January 6, 2026, 8:49 pm	53/53	100%	594.5 sec.	650 pts.	34450
8.	lreagle	January 6, 2026, 10:24 pm	53/53	100%	801.3 sec.	566.7 pts.	30034
9.	Julio	January 6, 2026, 7:17 pm	33/37	89.19%	803.5 sec.	591.2 pts.	19510
10.	plazz	January 7, 2026, 5:01 am	25/26	96.15%	628.4 sec.	650 pts.	16250
11.	Geoff100	January 7, 2026, 5:01 am	33/34	97.06%	1060.6 sec.	489.8 pts.	16165
12.	Bronsicle	January 7, 2026, 2:14 am	17/17	100%	540.6 sec.	590.9 pts.	10046
13.	Optima	January 4, 2026, 3:08 am	25/25	100%	530.6 sec.	335.8 pts.	8394
14.	TDevlin1984	January 6, 2026, 2:42 pm	14/18	77.78%	806.7 sec.	582.1 pts.	8149
15.	Kaga2100	January 4, 2026, 6:32 pm	12/12	100%	810.5 sec.	644.8 pts.	7738
16.	sophia24090035	January 5, 2026, 8:52 pm	7/7	100%	588.7 sec.	622.6 pts.	4358
17.	PhilPedlikin	January 6, 2026, 9:54 pm	17/20	85%	1479.5 sec.	251 pts.	4267
18.	Boodashmatee	January 6, 2026, 2:20 pm	7/7	100%	1342.4 sec.	368.6 pts.	2580
19.	JW72	January 5, 2026, 11:13 am	5/8	62.5%	378.8 sec.	386.2 pts.	1931
20.	Votto2012	January 6, 2026, 11:56 pm	5/66	7.58%	616.6 sec.	373.4 pts.	1867
21.	tryout49	January 6, 2026, 7:43 am	11/44	25%	796.8 sec.	144.5 pts.	1590
22.	dragonflyyy	January 6, 2026, 4:54 pm	8/17	47.06%	947.5 sec.	167.8 pts.	1342
23.	Lindybop	January 5, 2026, 10:33 pm	2/8	25%	727 sec.	650 pts.	1300
24.	mdb172	January 6, 2026, 5:26 pm	10/18	55.56%	1063.3 sec.	120.8 pts.	1208
25.	jsimpus	January 6, 2026, 9:01 pm	2/2	100%	520 sec.	545 pts.	1090
26.	suebro	January 6, 2026, 6:04 pm	4/5	80%	937.8 sec.	218 pts.	872
27.	Janet	January 6, 2026, 4:30 pm	2/2	100%	1322 sec.	380.5 pts.	761
28.	CraqAttaq	January 6, 2026, 1:52 pm	2/3	66.67%	620 sec.	357.5 pts.	715
29.	Lyanna	January 5, 2026, 4:41 pm	1/1	100%	352 sec.	650 pts.	650
30.	kitnkat	January 4, 2026, 7:37 pm	1/1	100%	510 sec.	650 pts.	650
31.	EllenCaroline	January 3, 2026, 11:20 pm	2/2	100%	1113 sec.	275 pts.	550
32.	Mr.Rutter	January 5, 2026, 9:54 am	1/1	100%	173 sec.	517 pts.	517
33.	sandilyn	January 6, 2026, 7:51 pm	4/4	100%	656 sec.	123.3 pts.	493
34.	Mann	January 5, 2026, 9:58 am	3/6	50%	1229 sec.	124.7 pts.	374
35.	wanderwell	January 5, 2026, 6:01 pm	2/4	50%	559 sec.	167 pts.	334
36.	miloren	January 6, 2026, 9:44 am	2/4	50%	780.5 sec.	159.5 pts.	319
37.	kevtmitch	January 5, 2026, 11:08 am	1/1	100%	815 sec.	250 pts.	250
38.	Pattiek01	January 6, 2026, 11:18 pm	4/5	80%	824 sec.	52.8 pts.	211
39.	PHoran	January 3, 2026, 10:32 pm	1/1	100%	1362 sec.	203 pts.	203
40.	jhowze86	January 5, 2026, 2:50 pm	2/2	100%	716.5 sec.	100 pts.	200
41.	kda56	January 6, 2026, 4:20 pm	15/15	100%	1941.7 sec.	10.3 pts.	155
42.	weatherdiva3	January 2, 2026, 11:17 pm	1/1	100%	733 sec.	82 pts.	82
43.	blargh	January 7, 2026, 4:06 am	2/9	22.22%	3658 sec.	39 pts.	78
44.	Kaloradobes	January 5, 2026, 1:14 am	1/1	100%	634 sec.	56 pts.	56
45.	Ashley0721	January 6, 2026, 5:08 pm	1/1	100%	638 sec.	52 pts.	52
46.	Rakesh	January 2, 2026, 11:20 am	1/2	50%	764 sec.	51 pts.	51
47.	Kitten89	January 6, 2026, 4:52 pm	1/1	100%	1022 sec.	43 pts.	43
48.	artemidorusss	January 4, 2026, 11:28 pm	2/3	66.67%	946.5 sec.	10 pts.	20
49.	OsoBorrachin	January 7, 2026, 5:04 am	2/2	100%	3512 sec.	10 pts.	20
50.	ctsquirrel	January 6, 2026, 9:17 pm	2/2	100%	211930.5 sec.	10 pts.	20
51.	mnemosyne91	January 4, 2026, 7:20 pm	1/1	100%	856 sec.	10 pts.	10
52.	darinzona	January 4, 2026, 12:26 am	1/1	100%	1786 sec.	10 pts.	10
53.	catwoman2020	January 5, 2026, 11:27 am	1/2	50%	917 sec.	10 pts.	10
54.	ThickJudes	January 5, 2026, 2:29 pm	0/1	0%	0 sec.	0 pts.	0
55.	claralukasiak	January 6, 2026, 6:09 pm	0/5	0%	0 sec.	0 pts.	0
56.	alicegames	January 2, 2026, 9:02 pm	0/2	0%	0 sec.	0 pts.	0
57.	zmeriem	January 2, 2026, 5:26 am	0/1	0%	0 sec.	0 pts.	0
58.	NeutrinoX	January 2, 2026, 5:55 pm	0/2	0%	0 sec.	0 pts.	0
59.	~aditi~	January 5, 2026, 7:13 pm	0/4	0%	0 sec.	0 pts.	0
60.	cosmicsweety	January 6, 2026, 12:25 am	0/4	0%	0 sec.	0 pts.	0
61.	beerfan95	January 4, 2026, 10:18 am	0/1	0%	0 sec.	0 pts.	0
62.	rstout2016	January 4, 2026, 2:40 pm	0/1	0%	0 sec.	0 pts.	0

* Contest began 12:01am EST, 1 January 2026.