I had written to Yariv, but he didn't reply. So, unfortunately, we have the first tournament in history which was active for a week and was closed without having any submission.

Let's continue with T7 now.

congratulations on your 2nd place in s60t4, gene!

hey stephan, i got that 5.17 on an easy board and this was not my favourite kind of level. after getting this 5.17 my decision was already set to stop playing. 4.72 is very impressive. congrats on beating hexx on the overall divisions ranking.

one question about the current board: looking at previous boards like s18/t7 (30 x 10, 259 Mines, 86.3%, 41 squares in <20 seconds), s25/t8 (25 x 15, 314 Mines, 83.7%, 61 squares in <35s) and s47/t5 (25 x 10, 206 Mines, 82.4%, 44 squares in <20s), i would estimate that with 90.7% mines the 72 squares can be solved in under 65 seconds. is the current board more difficult than what its dimensions make it look like?

Okay, I need to correct my opinion: EWQM., you are right! The board can be solved in under 65 seconds if you get a good board. With good shape of concentration, sub-70 was possible.

I was away on Saturday, so I didn't have the chance to search for my limit on this board. But 52 is awesome, impressive job!

seeing that after almost 3 days no time has been posted, i suppose we all agree that the current board, s62t8, 39x9/126, is pretty much unplayable. i played around with the number of mines and to my surprise that even 50 mines was still too many to finish a board within a decent amount of time. 40 mines however mean interesting and challenging board. i still had to guess a few times but actually managed to solve a board within about 20 minutes of playing.

therefore i suggest to contact yariv and ask him to set the number of mines to 40 (or 36, which would be just above 10% mine density) while also extending t8 by a week.

what do you think about this? stephan, would you mind messaging yariv? he seems to respond to your messages much quicker than to mine.

Hi EWQM.,

thank you for getting in contact with Yariv. Due to vacation, I couldn't reply earlier.

And thanks for your thoughts about season 61:
Did know that I caught hexx in div1 #1 places. Did also know that I won less tournaments than having reached #1 in div1 as qqwref and others have sometimes been tournament winners while staying in div2, whereas hexx afaik even won tournaments being in div2/3.
But you didn't mention that yourself will catch us in a few months. Being 25 div1 ranks behind, you will take the lead in season 66 (or even 65), I guess - assuming you get a 7-1 or 6-1 in each season. Of course, I'll do my best to keep you behind for another while .

And congrats to you about your 14th season win. Number 15 is soon to come, only a few days ahead . So, only two seasons left, and you will catch hexx in this statistics!