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 5, 2026, 8:57 pm	248/248	100%	575.4 sec.	647.7 pts.	160641
2.	Avatar1sta	January 5, 2026, 7:37 pm	119/120	99.17%	508.3 sec.	647.8 pts.	77090
3.	SudokuGig	January 5, 2026, 2:30 am	101/101	100%	580.5 sec.	646.6 pts.	65308
4.	writeathome	January 5, 2026, 9:30 pm	75/76	98.68%	497.3 sec.	647.8 pts.	48583
5.	freedoapp	January 5, 2026, 3:30 pm	69/69	100%	593.3 sec.	646.6 pts.	44614
6.	dital	January 5, 2026, 7:53 pm	96/96	100%	320.4 sec.	406.9 pts.	39061
7.	tinycat	January 5, 2026, 7:33 pm	47/47	100%	600.4 sec.	650 pts.	30550
8.	lreagle	January 5, 2026, 4:22 pm	40/40	100%	851 sec.	546.4 pts.	21857
9.	Julio	January 5, 2026, 9:00 pm	27/30	90%	813.2 sec.	578.1 pts.	15610
10.	plazz	January 2, 2026, 7:30 am	22/22	100%	638.5 sec.	650 pts.	14300
11.	Geoff100	January 5, 2026, 9:34 am	27/27	100%	1063.1 sec.	495.1 pts.	13369
12.	Optima	January 4, 2026, 3:08 am	25/25	100%	530.6 sec.	335.8 pts.	8394
13.	Kaga2100	January 4, 2026, 6:32 pm	12/12	100%	810.5 sec.	644.8 pts.	7738
14.	TDevlin1984	January 5, 2026, 5:58 pm	11/15	73.33%	844.2 sec.	563.5 pts.	6199
15.	sophia24090035	January 5, 2026, 8:52 pm	7/7	100%	588.7 sec.	622.6 pts.	4358
16.	PhilPedlikin	January 5, 2026, 10:00 pm	15/17	88.24%	1447.9 sec.	270.3 pts.	4055
17.	Bronsicle	January 4, 2026, 9:28 pm	6/6	100%	523.8 sec.	570.5 pts.	3423
18.	JW72	January 5, 2026, 11:13 am	5/8	62.5%	378.8 sec.	386.2 pts.	1931
19.	Votto2012	January 3, 2026, 10:12 am	4/42	9.52%	631.3 sec.	371.3 pts.	1485
20.	tryout49	January 5, 2026, 10:10 pm	9/36	25%	773.4 sec.	163 pts.	1467
21.	Lindybop	January 5, 2026, 9:49 pm	2/7	28.57%	727 sec.	650 pts.	1300
22.	Boodashmatee	January 5, 2026, 10:08 am	3/3	100%	904.3 sec.	375.3 pts.	1126
23.	suebro	January 5, 2026, 2:56 pm	2/3	66.67%	626.5 sec.	376 pts.	752
24.	mdb172	January 5, 2026, 2:51 pm	9/16	56.25%	1115.8 sec.	81.6 pts.	734
25.	kitnkat	January 4, 2026, 7:37 pm	1/1	100%	510 sec.	650 pts.	650
26.	Lyanna	January 5, 2026, 4:41 pm	1/1	100%	352 sec.	650 pts.	650
27.	jsimpus	January 5, 2026, 9:02 pm	1/1	100%	487 sec.	578 pts.	578
28.	dragonflyyy	January 3, 2026, 9:22 am	5/10	50%	617.4 sec.	113 pts.	565
29.	EllenCaroline	January 3, 2026, 11:20 pm	2/2	100%	1113 sec.	275 pts.	550
30.	Mr.Rutter	January 5, 2026, 9:54 am	1/1	100%	173 sec.	517 pts.	517
31.	Mann	January 5, 2026, 9:58 am	3/6	50%	1229 sec.	124.7 pts.	374
32.	wanderwell	January 5, 2026, 6:01 pm	2/4	50%	559 sec.	167 pts.	334
33.	miloren	January 5, 2026, 11:19 am	2/3	66.67%	780.5 sec.	159.5 pts.	319
34.	Janet	January 2, 2026, 4:52 pm	1/1	100%	1557 sec.	283 pts.	283
35.	CraqAttaq	January 5, 2026, 4:52 pm	1/2	50%	682 sec.	258 pts.	258
36.	kevtmitch	January 5, 2026, 11:08 am	1/1	100%	815 sec.	250 pts.	250
37.	Pattiek01	January 4, 2026, 12:45 pm	4/4	100%	824 sec.	52.8 pts.	211
38.	PHoran	January 3, 2026, 10:32 pm	1/1	100%	1362 sec.	203 pts.	203
39.	jhowze86	January 5, 2026, 2:50 pm	2/2	100%	716.5 sec.	100 pts.	200
40.	kda56	January 5, 2026, 2:41 pm	14/14	100%	2019.6 sec.	10 pts.	140
41.	weatherdiva3	January 2, 2026, 11:17 pm	1/1	100%	733 sec.	82 pts.	82
42.	Kaloradobes	January 5, 2026, 1:14 am	1/1	100%	634 sec.	56 pts.	56
43.	Rakesh	January 2, 2026, 11:20 am	1/2	50%	764 sec.	51 pts.	51
44.	sandilyn	January 5, 2026, 7:23 pm	2/2	100%	781 sec.	25 pts.	50
45.	artemidorusss	January 4, 2026, 11:28 pm	2/3	66.67%	946.5 sec.	10 pts.	20
46.	mnemosyne91	January 4, 2026, 7:20 pm	1/1	100%	856 sec.	10 pts.	10
47.	blargh	January 5, 2026, 4:20 pm	1/7	14.29%	5544 sec.	10 pts.	10
48.	darinzona	January 4, 2026, 12:26 am	1/1	100%	1786 sec.	10 pts.	10
49.	catwoman2020	January 5, 2026, 11:27 am	1/2	50%	917 sec.	10 pts.	10
50.	OsoBorrachin	January 3, 2026, 3:08 pm	1/1	100%	4970 sec.	10 pts.	10
51.	ctsquirrel	January 5, 2026, 9:19 pm	1/1	100%	422410 sec.	10 pts.	10
52.	beerfan95	January 4, 2026, 10:18 am	0/1	0%	0 sec.	0 pts.	0
53.	rstout2016	January 4, 2026, 2:40 pm	0/1	0%	0 sec.	0 pts.	0
54.	alicegames	January 2, 2026, 9:02 pm	0/2	0%	0 sec.	0 pts.	0
55.	ThickJudes	January 5, 2026, 2:29 pm	0/1	0%	0 sec.	0 pts.	0
56.	zmeriem	January 2, 2026, 5:26 am	0/1	0%	0 sec.	0 pts.	0
57.	~aditi~	January 5, 2026, 7:13 pm	0/4	0%	0 sec.	0 pts.	0
58.	NeutrinoX	January 2, 2026, 5:55 pm	0/2	0%	0 sec.	0 pts.	0
59.	cosmicsweety	January 4, 2026, 6:24 pm	0/3	0%	0 sec.	0 pts.	0

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