SandCrawl/Eff cup 3 

Rank:

Field Marshal

Trophies:

1123TOP 137

Best time:

1 12 49

Efficiency:

229% 179% 157%

Experience:

43 633 336   31 633   

Equipment:

L1

L1

L1

L1

L1

L5

Resources:

8.9M   71K   2.1K   766   6

Mastery:

97 85 50

Win streak:

70 20 7

Arena points:

80

Max difficulty:

 101 874

Endurance:

23h 20m

Wins:

49 609

League:

Grandmaster (735)TOP 63

Season S123:

665  32416

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Efficiency Cup 3!!! Hey efficiency players, Md-101 and I are hosting World Efficiency Cup 3, which will take place from March 25th to 31st (UTC)! The format has changed from previous Eff Cups. Notably, beginner is now included, and there are also rankings for each of the 3 board sizes. 4 games of each level are now required (beg ≥ 160.00%, int ≥ 135.00%, exp ≥ 120.00%) to join the main ranking. Besides, if you don't want to play for all 3 levels, you can still join the corresponding single-level ranking once 4 games of that level are completed. To have a more accurate real time ranking, submission has also been changed; games have to be sent 2 days after their completion at most. We've put 30k topaz into the prize pool as for now! There are also minecoin rewards for reaching certain score. For donation, please send an exchange to me. It will be open until the beginning of the competition. Details in the spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-SfnAnjRWJ8-cyn2GqaspQ0715qrW9DUX5XdLI-Yltw/edit?gid=442837766#gid=442837766 _______________________________________ https://minesweeper.online/new-game?g=4807646308 cool 1. Table of contents 2. About me 3. Eff 4. Current bounties 5. Links and past competitions 6. Goals 7. Thoughts on eff 8. Random/Spam ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 2.About me He/him Started playing minesweeper at some point during 2022. Played only Google ms in mobile until september of 2023, when I joined this website. Switched to pc for speed in late 2024. Probably not grinding trophies anymore, at least for a while. Not upgrading my equip and instead using my resources for bounties and tournaments. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 3. Eff I'm an int eff player who is better at exp for some reason. Eff pbs are luck so idc about losing them (copium) 180% int is harder than 160% exp 3.1. Exp: 165% exp lost to final 50/50 https://minesweeper.online/new-game?g=4807646308 -5 hzini (WR) exp lost to final 50/50 https://minesweeper.online/new-game?g=4658355504 -3 hzini, pb and wr3 tied with bolsa https://minesweeper.online/new-game?g=5293299045 3.2. Int: 184% "choke" (best was 6% more to win) https://minesweeper.online/new-game?g=5565744847 Misclicked 180% https://minesweeper.online/new-game?g=4982970017 Sub lz ws https://minesweeper.online/new-game?w=5377205327 (-1,-1) https://minesweeper.online/new-game?w=5421181482 (-1,-1) https://minesweeper.online/new-game?w=5568406566 (-1,-1,-2) Sub zinis: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hkMML7f8P2INm8WGbEy_gyEKOlx8xBLuu89YWeyZptc/edit?usp=sharing 3.3. NF eff: Exp 100% eff NF (5th person in wom) https://minesweeper.online/new-game?g=3838362070 3rd person to complete L5 eff without flags https://minesweeper.online/arena?4645017 Int nf 100% 4 ws https://minesweeper.online/new-game?w=3899050903 3.4. Other: Minesweeper Royale efficiency champion https://minesweeper.online/royale/2025/102 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 4. Current bounties Complete an expert game with, at most, the same number of clicks as lzini Reward: 16k topaz (6k are from ssapgosu, creator of the bounty) Win 7 Intermediate level games in a row, all with no flags and 100% efficiency Reward: 500 topaz Get a mastery of 22 on Intermediate level games, in which the games should be played with no flags and 100% efficiency (doesn't matter if you win games with less than 100% eff as long as you get to 22 nf 100%) Reward: 500 topaz ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 5. Links and past competitions Cool 50/50 https://minesweeper.online/screen/3812343371-hdd-20-117612.png Int Eff Series 1 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19QbeCAN9LGsj1N77YuVOAx5i5St4KeYBBrQSTuTffiw/edit?gid=362707642#gid=362707642 World Eff Cup 2 (co-hosted with Md-101) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fzZPQ2DH5k73XVr2-b7iA6WDxcwgdK_TCT213HSWnCU/edit?gid=362707642#gid=362707642 Eff gods spreadsheet (community ranking, I'm an editor) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h5ho4-nGVB9PT3RSOFlKPJYa30J_jVNSRom3et10H-8/edit?usp=drivesdk Int nf eff mastery competition I held https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TyWG9TAMAzhkmtmUrbbl2f_qfbP0xfePlGtRrpTmRr4/edit?gid=550494028#gid=550494028 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 6. Goals Current goals: • Int eff wr • Exp eff wr • Exp sub lzini • Sub 45 exp • L6 eff arena NF ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 7. Thoughts on eff Eff is one of the most complex and complicated to master categories in this game, but high scores involve a lot of luck, so it can get frustrating to grind. Efficiency consists on 2 main skills: finding the optimal clicks and chains, and risk management. The bigger the board, the more the second one matters, so that's why beg eff sucks lol. There are only 2 correct ways of playing efficiency: • First is to assume your path is always optimal, even if this leads to low eff. This is what we call minimum clicks efficiency. The easiest configuration to get minimum clicks in is when all the remaining cells are openings. Openings also give a lot of information about the board, so imo they should be valued highly, which contradicts usual high eff gameplay. This is why I have no good int scores (and also because I can't stop choking). • Second way is normal high efficiency. High efficiency requires getting a good board, which makes it really boring to play because most boards are not good enough. The correct way to play here is to assume the optimal high eff configuration will always happens, which is about fitting the mines in the available space so there are big chords and no cleanup. I think no one plays exp eff correctly, because we all play "safely" to have a better win rate instead of choosing one of the 2 styles above. Win rate will fall dramatically, but I believe exp eff should be played like exp nf eff, going for optimal scenarios and considering bad sections as a loss (a single click loss would probably be too much) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 8. Random/Spam Begginer is a joke mode (remove it from rankings). NG is better than Standard. RIP ticket logic. Thanks to Daborabo, Llama, MinEthSw, MKKA, Gadget, Gbasire, Jannz, Swimispro, SilentSlendy, 3bv, The Name, Hao1501, BK54, Meow, Md-101, MissionMatrix, Dilemma, Lazy, FracturedAnvil, Evan_Gao, RmwCby, ralokt, RVin, cryogen, noname00, LionKing, BorbityBorb, Janitor2, MineBuoy, Mario Pro Gamer, archeaic, PTTACGfans, MSCoach, Kiraa96, Kurraga, Luna, every GM, every int eff player, and probably some other cool people I'm forgetting. And finally, thanks to WoM! (Some of the people in this list probably hate each other lol)   

Efficiency Cup 3!!! Hey efficiency players, Md-101 and I are hosting World Efficiency Cup 3, which will take place from March 25th to 31st (UTC)! The format has changed from previous Eff Cups. Notably, beginner is now included, and there are also rankings for each of the 3 board sizes. 4 games of each level are now required (beg ≥ 160.00%, int ≥ 135.00%, exp ≥ 120.00%) to join the main ranking. Besides, if you don't want to play for all 3 levels, you can still join the corresponding single-level ranking once 4 games of that level are completed. To have a more accurate real time ranking, submission has also been changed; games have to be sent 2 days after their completion at most. We've put 30k topaz into the prize pool as for now! There are also minecoin rewards for reaching certain score. For donation, please send an exchange to me. It will be open until the beginning of the competition. Details in the spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-SfnAnjRWJ8-cyn2GqaspQ0715qrW9DUX5XdLI-Yltw/edit?gid=442837766#gid=442837766 _______________________________________ https://minesweeper.online/new-game?g=4807646308 cool 1. Table of contents 2. About me 3. Eff 4. Current bounties 5. Links and past competitions 6. Goals 7. Thoughts on eff 8. Random/Spam ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 2.About me He/him Started playing minesweeper at some point during 2022. Played only Google ms in mobile until september of 2023, when I joined this website. Switched to pc for speed in late 2024. Probably not grinding trophies anymore, at least for a while. Not upgrading my equip and instead using my resources for bounties and tournaments. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 3. Eff I'm an int eff player who is better at exp for some reason. Eff pbs are luck so idc about losing them (copium) 180% int is harder than 160% exp 3.1. Exp: 165% exp lost to final 50/50 https://minesweeper.online/new-game?g=4807646308 -5 hzini (WR) exp lost to final 50/50 https://minesweeper.online/new-game?g=4658355504 -3 hzini, pb and wr3 tied with bolsa https://minesweeper.online/new-game?g=5293299045 3.2. Int: 184% "choke" (best was 6% more to win) https://minesweeper.online/new-game?g=5565744847 Misclicked 180% https://minesweeper.online/new-game?g=4982970017 Sub lz ws https://minesweeper.online/new-game?w=5377205327 (-1,-1) https://minesweeper.online/new-game?w=5421181482 (-1,-1) https://minesweeper.online/new-game?w=5568406566 (-1,-1,-2) Sub zinis: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hkMML7f8P2INm8WGbEy_gyEKOlx8xBLuu89YWeyZptc/edit?usp=sharing 3.3. NF eff: Exp 100% eff NF (5th person in wom) https://minesweeper.online/new-game?g=3838362070 3rd person to complete L5 eff without flags https://minesweeper.online/arena?4645017 Int nf 100% 4 ws https://minesweeper.online/new-game?w=3899050903 3.4. Other: Minesweeper Royale efficiency champion https://minesweeper.online/royale/2025/102 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 4. Current bounties Complete an expert game with, at most, the same number of clicks as lzini Reward: 16k topaz (6k are from ssapgosu, creator of the bounty) Win 7 Intermediate level games in a row, all with no flags and 100% efficiency Reward: 500 topaz Get a mastery of 22 on Intermediate level games, in which the games should be played with no flags and 100% efficiency (doesn't matter if you win games with less than 100% eff as long as you get to 22 nf 100%) Reward: 500 topaz ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 5. Links and past competitions Cool 50/50 https://minesweeper.online/screen/3812343371-hdd-20-117612.png Int Eff Series 1 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19QbeCAN9LGsj1N77YuVOAx5i5St4KeYBBrQSTuTffiw/edit?gid=362707642#gid=362707642 World Eff Cup 2 (co-hosted with Md-101) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fzZPQ2DH5k73XVr2-b7iA6WDxcwgdK_TCT213HSWnCU/edit?gid=362707642#gid=362707642 Eff gods spreadsheet (community ranking, I'm an editor) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h5ho4-nGVB9PT3RSOFlKPJYa30J_jVNSRom3et10H-8/edit?usp=drivesdk Int nf eff mastery competition I held https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TyWG9TAMAzhkmtmUrbbl2f_qfbP0xfePlGtRrpTmRr4/edit?gid=550494028#gid=550494028 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 6. Goals Current goals: • Int eff wr • Exp eff wr • Exp sub lzini • Sub 45 exp • L6 eff arena NF ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 7. Thoughts on eff Eff is one of the most complex and complicated to master categories in this game, but high scores involve a lot of luck, so it can get frustrating to grind. Efficiency consists on 2 main skills: finding the optimal clicks and chains, and risk management. The bigger the board, the more the second one matters, so that's why beg eff sucks lol. There are only 2 correct ways of playing efficiency: • First is to assume your path is always optimal, even if this leads to low eff. This is what we call minimum clicks efficiency. The easiest configuration to get minimum clicks in is when all the remaining cells are openings. Openings also give a lot of information about the board, so imo they should be valued highly, which contradicts usual high eff gameplay. This is why I have no good int scores (and also because I can't stop choking). • Second way is normal high efficiency. High efficiency requires getting a good board, which makes it really boring to play because most boards are not good enough. The correct way to play here is to assume the optimal high eff configuration will always happens, which is about fitting the mines in the available space so there are big chords and no cleanup. I think no one plays exp eff correctly, because we all play "safely" to have a better win rate instead of choosing one of the 2 styles above. Win rate will fall dramatically, but I believe exp eff should be played like exp nf eff, going for optimal scenarios and considering bad sections as a loss (a single click loss would probably be too much) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 8. Random/Spam Begginer is a joke mode (remove it from rankings). NG is better than Standard. RIP ticket logic. Thanks to Daborabo, Llama, MinEthSw, MKKA, Gadget, Gbasire, Jannz, Swimispro, SilentSlendy, 3bv, The Name, Hao1501, BK54, Meow, Md-101, MissionMatrix, Dilemma, Lazy, FracturedAnvil, Evan_Gao, RmwCby, ralokt, RVin, cryogen, noname00, LionKing, BorbityBorb, Janitor2, MineBuoy, Mario Pro Gamer, archeaic, PTTACGfans, MSCoach, Kiraa96, Kurraga, Luna, every GM, every int eff player, and probably some other cool people I'm forgetting. And finally, thanks to WoM! (Some of the people in this list probably hate each other lol)