Minesweeper times....

[zanemoseley]

What's your fastest time in the intermediate level 16x16 grid. After reading about Minesweeper again last night I decided to play some. After about an hour combined my best time is 105 seconds. I'm sure there's much faster but I'm curious. Seems a lot is due to getting a lucky break. My eyes get strained after a while trying to go fast.

 

[zanemoseley]

Looks like there's an intermediate video on youtube that is just over 7 seconds lol. The expert record is about 37 seconds.... insanity!!

 

[CPA]

I've done intermediate in 7 seconds before, but, man, that was yearsssssss ago.

 

[phobsi]

at 7s that has to be mostly luck.

 

[KaiotakiBun]

7? that really has to be luck

 

[moonbogg]

7? that really has to be luck

Not if they use the hack. There is a trick that lets you see if the mouse is over a mine. Its not a hack you download, but its actually a trick you can do with your keyboard. Its actually amazingly fun to make your friends think you are psychic.

 

[zanemoseley]

Just got 98 seconds.... 7 seconds should be right around the corner.

 

[moonbogg]

Just got 98 seconds.... 7 seconds should be right around the corner.

Use the trick! That game sometimes backs you into a corner where you are forced to guess at the last few squares left. After all that hard work, having to guess sucks.

 

[Maximilian]

Fooking game... i hit a mine and the xbox controller sat on top of the plastic monitor stand starts vibrating... nearly crapped myself. I knew there was a reason i leave that stupid thing on the carpet!

 

[fralexandr]

i think my best time for intermediate was somewhere in the range of 80 something seconds, it's been a while since I've played it

 

[shortylickens]

Back in 93 I found the file to edit so you could have any time you wanted.

 

[drebo]

I used to be able to do Expert in under a minute...but that was about 10 years ago, and I haven't really played in a while.

 

[blastingcap]

Guys... it ain't just luck. My best time for Advanced was under 100 seconds but I can't remember exactly what it was anymore. And that's slow compared to the pros. There are people who play competitive minesweeper:

http://www.minesweeper.info/worldranking.html

 

[DominionSeraph]

10 minutes, one of 108 seconds, one of 92.
Haven't played this in four or five years.

 

[drebo]

Just got 63.10 seconds on Intermediate...a bit off my best.