Trivia
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This page collects interesting Minesweeper trivia, facts for the truly addicted!
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[edit] Best Family
| Player: | Scores: | Player: | Scores: | Relation: | Country: | Total: |
| Robert Farnik Philip Culp Lloyd Rhoads Jeff Gessert Cian O'Sheehan Christoph Nikolaus Emmanuel Brunelliere David Chan | 1-12-55 2-16-59 1-15-62 3-18-59 3-20-67 2-14-54 1-12-53 3-24-71 | Jan Farnik Peter Culp Edward Rhoads Jenna Gessert Cormac O'Sheehan Andreas Marx Laure Brunelliere Jackson Chan | 2-17-74 4-23-65 2-21-73 4-23-73 2-21-72 5-28-86 6-30-92 ?-??-83 | Brothers Brothers Brothers Siblings Brothers Brothers Siblings Brothers | Czech Republic USA USA USA Ireland Austria France Canada | 161 169 174 180 185 189 194 Unknown |
[edit] Other Languages
- Aknakereso - Hungary
- Buscaminas - Mexico, Spain
- Campo Minado - Brazil, Portugal
- Campo Minato - Italy (original title)
- Démineur - France
- Hledání min - Czech Republik
- Miinaharava - Finland
- Mijnenveger - Netherlands
- Minestryger - Denmark
- Minesveiper - Norway
- Minesweeper - Canada, USA, UK
- MineSweeper - Germany
- MS Röj - Sweden (original title)
- Prato Fiorito - Italy (XP version)
- Röj - Sweden (XP version)
- Saolei - China
- Saper - Poland, Russia
[edit] Density
The most mines you can fit on a board is (x-1)(y-1).
[edit] Webmaster Birthdays
Damien Moore (Authoritative Minesweeper) and Gregoire Duffez (Planete Demineur) share the same birthday, 7th March. Gregoire is two years older.
[edit] Lowest Beginner 3BV
Many players have won Beginner games in 1 click, but these games are no longer allowed for official rankings. Versions of Windows before XP had a bug where the timer did not stop sometimes if only 1 click was made.
Early versions of the Clone also made 1 click games, but since Clone2006 the minimum is 2 3bv. (Actually, the minimum is 3 3bv and you only get a 2 3bv if your first click is on a mine and the mine is shifted).
[edit] Lowest Intermediate 3BV
The lowest Winmine board was 23 3bv, played by Tom Bradbury (England) on 03 January 2005.
The lowest 3bv on the Clone was 20 3bv, played by Christoph Nikolaus (Austria) in 2005. Clone2006 only creates boards needing at least 30 clicks.
[edit] Lowest Expert 3BV
The lowest Expert board was 3BV=87, played by Sorin Manea (Romania) in 2002. He lost. Versions of the Clone since Clone2006 do not generate games easier than 3BV=100. The easiest Clone97 game was 3BV=88, lost on the last click by Oliver Scheer (Germany) 08 October 2007 on what would have been a world record of 36 seconds.
[edit] Highest Expert 3BV
The highest Expert board was 3BV=291, played by Andrey Deviatkin (Russia) in 2010. He lost (the picture below is played in UPK mode).
[edit] Age to Sub50
As of 10 Feb 2009, there were 50 players who made an accepted sub50 on Expert. The age is known for 26 players.
The youngest: Thomas Kolar (Austria), age 15 and 334 days.
The oldest: Tian Yi Fang (China), age 30 and 31 days.
[edit] Age to Sub40
As of 20 May 2009, there were 5 players who made an accepted sub40 on Expert. The age is known for 4 players.
The youngest: Dion Tiu (Australia), age 17 and 113 days.
The oldest: Manuel Heider (Germany), age 21 and 298 days.
If Jake Warner is allowed, then the oldest player is 25 and 68 days.
[edit] Youngest on World Ranking
The youngest ever player to join the current World Ranking is Matthew Rendo of the USA aged 11 years and 8 months. He joined with 2-20-77 on 18 July 2007.
