I thought it might be an idea to start this thread, so people can announce their new personal records or comment on other people's latest achievements.

Therefore, I'll start by congratulating everyone with their most recent improvements. I see that Yariv tied the genius record. Unfortunately, I managed to swoop past everyone with my 203 game last night

I just have a slight feeling that some of the top guys play a little more expert and intermediate than genius, though. I'm sure many of the best players could get below 200 on a good board. It's nice to have that WR for a while,though 8)

Just keep on improving your times, everyone!

It is hard to believe that this 57s are real 
Andrix has 6 at beg. and 77 at int. both on 25.01 and now...what a score!

I've just removed the 57 seconds as Andrix's scores are too suspicious!
If he can show a screenshot I'll replace it...

If the Andrix time was valid, he would have defended it on this forum, he obviously cheated somehow.

That's right, players with no information page (and hence black names) are using the freeware version. It also means that I can't contact them because I don't have their e-mail addresses.

It MAY be possible (though very difficult) to figure out some parts of the URL coding by looking at it, but more likely people have been using hacking tools to mess about with the program while it's running. It's been done before and the guy told me how.
Still, I have other ways of telling whose scores are likely to be genuine, so please let me know if/when more suspicious scores come up!

If any hackers fancy hacking Nonosweeper and uploading fake times to prove it, please let me know when you've done so so I can remove them!

Thank you very much Gero 
You are the first and only one who is greeting me after my six 1s since 19.02
Congratulations on your great achievements too!

@Luca: Thanks for your congrats, but I'm really sorry I cannot follow your wishes. 

Happy sweeping, everybody.

Congrats to Gero, Kire and other record breakers.

Now I have 203,204 and 205 seconds on genius. Maybe I can break 200 soon.

Good luck breaking your records, people 8)

"Still, I have other ways of telling whose scores are likely to be genuine, so please let me know if/when more suspicious scores come up!"

Well, the hacker has struck again! This time, not quite so subtle! Andrzej must have had fast fingers to achieve a one second in intermediate!

BTW, I'm working on producing a fake score using the URL source (for curiosity's sake). Iv'e made progress, but I'm working toward submitting a fake beginner 11, so you won't need to worry about me! I'll tell you if I am succesful.

Victory is Mine!

Or as Yariv so eloquently put it:

Time uploaded successfully.
Your score of 11 seconds is in position 268 of 1794.
You already have a better time in the table.

I successfully uploaded a totally bogus,  never played, 11 second begginer time.

I did it with this code:
http://www.nonosweeper.com/cgi-bin/uploadtime.cgi?name=Gavin%20Bauer&data=1D343B...

You are, however somewhat safe, because I played four eleven second games, before making that one, so it would be nearly impossible for a completely random person to fake a 1 that way. It would, however, be possible for someone who has actually gotten three or four 1's, to fake the last few. A rather scary thought if you ask me.

Also, I don't want to be regarded as a hacker or anything, I don't know the first think about hacking. I just beat beginner over and over, saving all of the codes so I could compare and analyze. I doubt any serious hacking/cheating will be coming that way.

@Gero: You dont have your exact time because is kind of boring to click hundreds of times the ok button for closing the window,do you?Yeah,I understand,its not easy to break records

@Gavin: I want to inform you that the players who achieved several 1s on beginner are deeply attached to nono and will never cheat.If I do,for example, I shall stultify the long days and nights,spent in breaking records and having fun with this great game.So I trust the others and dont bother for these things

WOW!

After 7 21s i was desperately chasing 20s.
Unexpectly i got 19.34s.

Very cool!

Congrats to hexx and all other record breakers. Today I missed a great opportunity to sub-200 on genius. 188 seconds and 10 squares left. I miss a VERY easy pattern

There was only four more mines, and I had to hit one of them. Would probably have been about 195 seconds if I had been properly focused there. The race continues...

Ouch!!! It seems I'm really good in missing good times now. Just missed a board, which could have been 18s. Argh!!
How can I upload a screenshot?

16!!!!!! I believe to you but I'm very curious and I want to see the vid please!!
I only had a 20,01 and a 20,17

Seems to be a perfect day today.     8)

i couldn't post my screenshots but I had a 20,01 and a 20,00

argg

@ Luca: The only thing I can say is:

WOW, I'm really impressed.

For some weeks I thought I'm the best player in world (together with you)... it was a nice dream.

So congrats to the best player!

for screenshots mail me.
I don't have an internet link and I'm not so expert with the web

Yesss,
They were some days that I was trying to equalize or beat Stephan record.
At least I did it! (62.89)
ten minutes before I missed another 62 with a missclicking the last bomb.

p.s. kestha, what a nice times for a new member!

WOW, WOW, WOW.

I'm so impressed. Your the absolutly best player. There are no doubts about that.

And you even improve your times although there isn't a competitor. Really INSANE!!!

You have now 10 sub-70's or even more?

I'm not playing Nono currently, but Mallet Mania. But I'm pretty sure that I will start playing Nono again, when i finished school. And I hope I will get close to you again.

@Roland: Sorry for this late post. Yeah, the student overtook his teacher. That's right. But because I'm not playing now it's your turn again, to attack the first place (to attack Luca).

Thank you to all
But I think that at least the 5 best players in the ranking could equalize or overtake my scores.
expecially hexx: his tournament times demonstrate it

51x21s and just another 19s with a mixture of both. Congratulations for your new record. I'd be glad to see you back in the Top Three. Including me of course.    So keep the new speed and spirit.
Roliamant

P.S.: And congrats for Luca for all the other records. You're way out of reach...

Words are missing for your constant improving. Nearly every week one or two new good times. So I only say:
Congrats.

Btw, the 61 isn't mentioned in the Records History. Must be a mistake.

Wow, congrats hexx.
And even faster than i did. Mine was 16,73s. But I flagged. I left out only the last 4 mines.

Another 16, unbelievable.  But congrats to Hexx and Stephan. I just made a 19.03. 

Very congratulations to Stephan and Hexx!!
I said that Hexx probably was the one who for first will overtake me..
His recent scores make me more sure of it

By the way I thought that 16 was a very very good time and very very hard to equalize. Hexx was lucky yes, but he was also very fast and didn't miss the nice board. So congrats again

And I bet that you proportionally reach 52 sec in expert

And did you record your 3rd 15s?
I would really like to see it.
These times you play are so impressive. So show us how it is possible to get such times.

Bla, bla, bla, bla...
Bla, bla, bla, bla...
Bla, bla, bla, bla...





Bla, bla, bla, bla...
Bla, bla, bla, bla...
Bla, bla, bla, bla...

P.S. OK, 13s is very close but i don't care! I'm going to stop sweeping Intermediate for a while. 8)

@Maruda: Congrats. I know it's very nice to have a WR.

But 1s isn't a big lead. So i would keep playing genius if you want to keep your record.

Seems like I haven't played enough to keep up with the best. Congrats to:

Luca for breaking the 200-barrier
Maruda for breaking the genius world record
hexx for breaking the intermediate WR
jffk for completing expert in 3 seconds

maybe he should be removed...

Congratulations Luca 

Damn you, old man...  And I've just reached my 5th 15s and will probably make an intermediate pause first... Congratulations!!!

Fantastic time, Luca    Now it's my turn

I want my record back.








...and 14.06, 14.18, 14.50   and an astonishing miscalculation


P.S. Luca, it is your turn now. If you dare to manage 11s i will do 10s and so on. Sky is the Limit!  

164,28s!!!!

Well, i did believe i can go sub200, but this is just incredible!!!

Hehe, it will be hard for the next one, to break this record.

I know, my scores on Int are horrible. I have only this 16, 20x5, rest 21s in my top10 list. I tried to play like you told in your strategy, but I'm not able to finish fast with NF-style. I don't know why. It really goes on my nerves to see you getting better and better times on int, and I still have this lousy average score. I'm happy that I have such a "good" (but really lucky) score for the rankings which are not based on average of top5.
When I play NF, i finish in 40s+. But I don't finish very often. It's so depressing. Argh!!!

Gero,

I've just seen your fast flagging 16s video. Really impressive.
With my strategy i estimate it would be 14s or 13s or even 12s, believe me, i know what i'm saying.

Just calm down, it is easier than you think. Achieving 15s is a piece of cake.

Yeah, just got 22s NF (Not good for you, I know, but still...). Perhaps I'm able to get such low scores as you got. I really hope. Otherwise I have no chance to be under top3 again.

164 - superb time, grat.
But I think, it´s possible to beat it. I´ve got 170 with "last click mistake".

I can see you have been improving a lot.

Mail me your s h i t video, i want to laugh a little bit.

If Marude overtakes me, congratulations. But I don't really care any more, I play nonosweeper mostly for fun (and partially with the purpose not to drop out of the Top10...)!

After trying for months, today I finally got a sub200 on genius... 190 seconds.

@Maruda: I know that, of course, but playing Genius takes too much time a) to finish a board and b) to get a fast board. During the summer, there are only few reasons to stay at the PC whole afternoons or evenings to improve one's Geinus times .

So, it's more likely that I will drop out of the Top10 than that I improve my record.

Well, I'm first:

Congrats to this really great and impressive score. I thought a while ago that sub60 is impossible. But you didn't got a bad sub60 but even a score right in the middle of the 50's. WOW!!!

Hm, perhaps sub50 is possible, too. What do you think, hexx? Do you have a special tactic for expert again? Or just sweeping like hell?

I see, I have to play expert again. But my computer is currently away, because it must get repaired. Hope I get it back soon. Don't want ot miss a tourny after I'm under top3.

@Gero:

Sub50s!
Hmmmm, i don't know.
There is a chinese adage that says:" A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step" and i have just performed a "500 miles step", which means a "step bigger than my own legs"!!!!!
So far, i can assure you that 57s or 58s are achivable. 55s was a full and pleasant surprise.

P.S. WACHT OUT!!!!
Genius level is the next CLIENT, and my main goal is to find 1 mine per second, in short, i want to do 148s.


@Stephan and all of you:

I dont have any intention to keep my real name secret, i just use the nickname hexx on everything related to the web. Phonetically sounds good and is easy to memorize.
Here is my profile:
Name: Paulo Justo
Age: 30
Citizenship: Portuguese
Job: Day trader (stock market investor)
Hobby: Nonosweeping
Minesweeper records: 1-22-74

P.S. What about making 15s or 16s on intermediate, it would be nice!  
I saw your 22s video and noticed that you swing too much. Just do as i said: sweep edges first and then sweep rows using edges to get info.
But there is more, 1s would be nice too. When i visited your website i noticed that you still don't have 1s (Nono and Minesweeper ???). I believe it is a tactic issue. In just 2 weeks (2 hours daily) it is possible to achieve both scores. What do you think, Stephan? (After this you can enjoy the sun, chicks and alcohol!!!!!!!!)

Congratulations to you Hexx!
I think you are a little bit faster than us, but not so much as 6 sec from me and 13 from gero, exc

Tournament demonstrate this (I had 6,54 in T5 but for technical problems I couldn't upload it)
So someone will go under 60

I play without thinking but I think you study before playing.. your new strategies demonstrate this

congratulations again
I said that you would be the first

Should I be happy or sad? ???

It was a 14,17s, so nearly 13s and I played it on the computer of my parents, so I don't have a vid.

But still... it's nice to have such a good score.

Btw, I finished school, so I have a LOOOOOOOOT time now to play Nono and other games. So be careful, I'm coming to get new #1!

@hexx: Not bad times in Minesweeper for the fact that you don't like this game very much.

Of course, it's always nice to get a new record.

But I love vids and I don't have one of this game. That's my major problem.

You use a fixed region for recording, right? Record with the window option. Sometimes it will be too small then you must stop recording and start it again so the window gets bigger. If you record like this I think the size of your vid is smaller and so the computer should be faster while recording. Try that out. If it doesn't help I cannot help you until I haven't got my computer back. Don't know how long I must wait for it.

Minesweeper: I think it was in a pretty early post of you where you said something like that. But I'm not sure anymore.

Well, I really hope that I'm able to save you, but I'm not too sure. And if Luca would play (any)more he would have the chance to save you, too.
What's up Luca? Why not thinking about your decision once again and change it?

@Gero:

Keep practicing Intermediate because you may achieve 13s.

I will post my Expert strategy tomorrow afternoon aroud 7 o'clock p.m. (Portuguese time: GMT-1)
Then you can practice Expert as well.

About Minesweeper - Let me be clear, i like both games, but if i have to choose one i would vote for Nonosweeper because it is more complex in terms of pattern recognition. Minesweeper patterns are not that challenging, in fact they play identically on Bigginer, Int and Expert levels. To summarize, Nonosweeper is the game of my life time.

Thanks Hexx for revealing your expert strategy as well. At the moment I still use my old style, since I don't know what to do after finishing the right part and the left part sucks. Also I just finished a 13.00. With a stupid doubt at the end It's a sin!!!

P.S.: Oh, and a 14.02 and a 15.08 afterwards...

@Roland:
Very well Roli. This time you were really fast.
What is 0.01s! it is nothing, total emptyness!!!!!!. The 13 is but the double zero is  . Personally i don't like .00 i would prefer .03 or .10 .

About Expert: My approach to this level is not a surprise, i'm sure that you guys use to play the same way.The difference is that by using sectors and once they are finished you don't need to go there anymore!!!!!

About what to do with center and left sectors:
Center sector- Keep using C and D as new mined blocks are being revealed, it is not rare to "clean-up" all center sector this way. For instance, i used C and D on the missed 47s shot at the strategy post to left out  the small "square" to be swept.  
Left sector- Try to mimic right sector using mirrored STEP1.

P.S. 1- At the same time you did 13.00000000000000000000s  i managed 12.23s , my new personal record!!!!!!
P.S. 2- Mail me the 13s shot if you please.
(and mail me any other interesting Intermediate scores you may achieve in the future)

@Maruda:
Well done, 66s is a great score, did you use my strategy or your own?

@Gero:
First, with Maruda's and Roland's latest scores you are now ranked #6 on Expert. Quite honestly, you can do better than 68s and if you tied Roli's 13s .......
Second, i tried out the video tips you said a few days ago and still have the same problems. It is very annoying.
I have just mailed you 2 videos that show exactly the problems i'm facing.

Argh, Gero. Get back to school kid.  Or get a job. You have way too much time. I have to learn for my diploma exams and don't have the time to chase you all the time. Congrats anyways,

Roli 

WOW, I don't know what's happening today:

63,39!!!

That's so nice.

Wow, you got 61s??

That I will beat this score will not happen so fast I think.

@Gero: You got me. I'm ill these days, so maybe my memory is out of order as well. Congrats for tying my expert score. So, now, you can do any time you want as you're in front me anyway...

@hexx: I'm ill, so no alcohol these days. And there is not much sun in Munich today. And no chicks in my room . Maybe you're right and I should try to get a 1 in beginner.

@Gero:

I tried on early may and finished 1 board with the following score:
147s 

I was trying to see if it would be possible to finish Expert in a decent time, then i gave up.

12,45.
are you angry for tournament strategy? 

Damn...
I was so close
Genius 166,73...

What Should I Do With My Life? ???

GIVE UP or KEEP SWEEPING? ???

Unbelievable
Are You still able to see the mouse cursor? 

10s is not impossible, like the missed 10s (or low 11s) screenshot shows, however with my last Intermediate achievement i close a chapter, no more Int this "season". I will restart playing it on September.  

A well-trained eye immediately notice that the 11s grid is not a spectacular easy one, although it is very interesting.
Lets see a few details:

1) I "guessed" 1 time - top row;
2) ... and "thought" 1 time - 3rd bottom row;
3) Did 23 clicks, curiously an high number. All my seven 12s were finished in less than 23 clicks except the 12.90 (24 clicks);
4) The grid has no really large unmined blocks, but  has 4 unmined blocks with 4 boxes which means that i swept 16 squares in a blink of an eye!!!!!!!!!!
5) Didn't "swing", literally speaking, because i took the shortest sweeping path to this particular game.

In conclusion, by not swinging it is possible to save a lot of time!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My next goal is Genius, today i did 189.10s, a poor for me score because i already have 5 sub-180.
I will start on july, 2 hours a day, 5 days a week and 147.99 is my goal. I do not have a clue if it is possible to achieve this score. 

About two months ago I did 15 sub70 a day. but then I couldn't repeat that. now, when I play only 1 sub70

Wow, nice scores, Luca and hexx. Congrats!!

I wasn't playing since Wendsday, but now I have time again. Hope to get scores you are able to play.

Nice genius score hexx!
And even so close to WR. So a faster time is possible, right?

Sorry, but I don't record anymore. Sometimes it feels like recording is slowing me down during playing (wow, a lot -ing endings ). So I stopped recording completely.

Today I lost some good games so my best was "only" 197s. Well, improvement for me is in any case possible.

Happy sweeping all!