2048 Global Leaderboard
Top 2048 players ranked by best completion time
Intermediate · Standard
| # | Player | Time | Score/s | Efficiency | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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FRVNCIS
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503.000s | 40.92 | 2085.5% | 2026-06-28 |
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Key Points
- Rankings are sorted by best completion time for each difficulty and mode combination. Only your single best solve counts.
- Score/s measures your final score divided by solve time - a higher value means faster, more efficient merging.
- Efficiency is the percentage of your moves that produced a merge - higher efficiency means fewer wasted swipes that only shuffle tiles around the grid.
- The Standard leaderboard covers the classic 4×4 grid. Large 5×5 and Expert 6×6 are separate categories with their own rankings - more space, longer runs, and bigger merge chains.
- Rankings reset each season - the leaderboard shows this season's top times only. Past season results are archived.
How to Improve Your 4×4 Rank
The Standard 4×4 grid is the most competitive and most played mode, so shaving even a fraction of a second off your time matters. With only 16 cells, fast clean merging and tight corner control beat deep planning - there is little room to recover from a wasted swipe. Because the 4×4 player pool is the deepest, climbing the ranking here is the clearest proof of raw 2048 speed.
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Focus on one difficulty. Mastering a single difficulty (Beginner to start, Expert for veterans) produces faster time improvements than spreading effort across all three. Consistency on one board size builds pattern recognition far quicker.
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Improve your Score/s, not just your time. Score/s is the more honest measure of skill because it normalises for tile-spawn luck. A fast time on a lucky run can still have a poor Score/s. Aim to increase Score/s over time, and better times will follow.
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Compete on every grid size. The Large 5×5 and Expert 6×6 boards have their own leaderboards and smaller player pools. If you are comfortable planning longer runs, the bigger grids may offer a path to a higher rank percentile.
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Submit through official gameplay only. Only games completed through the ranked play mode are recorded here. Practice mode runs do not count toward the leaderboard.
Pro Tips
- High efficiency matters more than raw speed at the top. The fastest players typically have 90 %+ efficiency - every swipe should set up or complete a merge.
- Check the Standard, Large 5×5 and Expert 6×6 tabs for your rank. Many players rank significantly better on one grid size - knowing your comparative strength helps decide where to compete for season rewards.
- Submit a time before the season ends. Season rewards go to the top-ranked players at the cutoff - a single ranked solve secures your season placement even if it is not a personal best.