How Does the Weekly Competition Work?
The weekly competition records the best download speed, best upload speed, and lowest ping submitted by any verified user during each calendar week. Winners are enshrined in the Hall of Champions.
The competition week
Each competition runs from Monday 00:00 UTC to Sunday 23:59 UTC. A new week opens automatically every Monday. There is no manual start or end — the week boundaries are fixed to the UTC calendar week.
Results submitted on Saturday evening in UTC+10 (AEST) are counted in the current UTC week, which may differ from your local week. All times on the leaderboard are displayed in UTC.
How entries are submitted
You do not need to manually enter the competition. Any test result submitted while you are logged in with a verified email address is automatically a competition entry. Your best result in each category during the week is your competition standing — not your most recent, and not every test you run.
Entry requirements
- Logged in to a Speedtest.now account
- Account email address is verified
- Test passes all automated quality checks (see below)
- Test was run through a real browser session (not automated/scripted)
Competition categories
| Category | Winner condition | Tiebreak |
|---|---|---|
| Download Speed | Highest download speed (Mbps) | Earlier submission wins |
| Upload Speed | Highest upload speed (Mbps) | Earlier submission wins |
| Lowest Ping | Lowest ping (ms) — lower is better | Earlier submission wins |
One entry per category per user per week
You can run as many tests as you like during the week. Only your single best result in each category is counted as your entry — you are not rewarded for running more tests, and your earlier weaker results do not negatively affect your standing. If you run 20 tests and your best download is 850 Mbps, your download entry is 850 Mbps regardless of the other 19 results.
Quality checks and fraud prevention
All competition entries are processed through an automated quality pipeline before appearing on the leaderboard. This includes:
- Anomaly detection — results significantly outside the expected range for the detected ISP and location are flagged for review
- VPN and proxy detection — results from known VPN exit nodes, data centres, or anonymising proxies are automatically excluded
- Scripting detection — automated browser sessions that bypass the normal test flow are identified and excluded
- Duplicate account detection — multiple accounts from the same household are permitted; artificially inflating results using multiple accounts is not
Results that fail quality checks are excluded automatically and the decision cannot be manually appealed. What makes a result "verified"? →
End of week and Hall of Champions
At Sunday midnight UTC, the competition week closes. The highest verified result in each category is recorded as that week's winner. Winners appear on the Hall of Champions — a permanent record of every weekly winner since the competition launched.
You can view the current leaderboard at any time during the week to see where you stand.
Can the same person win multiple weeks?
Yes — there is no rule preventing it. See the full answer →