# Freecell addicts: What are your winning percentage and streaks? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 30, 2001, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-addicts-what-are-your-winning-percentage-and-streaks/90541 "2001-10-30T15:51:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-addicts-what-are-your-winning-percentage-and-streaks/90541/1 "2001-10-30T15:51:47Z")
I know you’re out there, fellow Freecell freaks. You just can’t stop playing. So what are your stats? Share with the group! My percentage right now is 62%: 511 wins, 309 losses. My longest winning streak is 14 games in a row; my longest losing streak, 7 in a row. ---
**Author:** ![Xerxes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/d2c977/32.png) [@Xerxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xerxes)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-addicts-what-are-your-winning-percentage-and-streaks/90541/2 "2001-10-30T15:56:41Z")
Percentage 82%, Won 468, lost 103. Win streak 68 (current), loss streak 4. I’m so pleased with 68 I don’t dare play any more for fear of bollocking it up. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-addicts-what-are-your-winning-percentage-and-streaks/90541/3 "2001-10-30T16:40:35Z")
84% win percentage (1002 wins, 197 losses). 29 wins, 3 losses. I need to get out more. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-addicts-what-are-your-winning-percentage-and-streaks/90541/4 "2001-10-30T17:46:14Z")
When I played, my winning % was up around 97%. I would generally reset after every 100 games. I cleared the stats recently because I was looking at the starting position nobody’s ever solved (#11982). But on the whole, I’ve moved on to Spider Solitaire. I play the two-suit version pretty much exclusively; I had 63 wins in my last 100 games at that level. Last month, there was a [Freecell discussion](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=89497) in the Pit, of all places. YOu might also enjoy this [Freecell FAQ](http://home.earthlink.net/~fomalhaut/fcfaq.html). ---
**Author:** ![g8rguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@g8rguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/g8rguy)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-addicts-what-are-your-winning-percentage-and-streaks/90541/5 "2001-10-30T20:02:10Z")
Gah! Back in the days when I had even less of a life, my winning percentage was about where **RTFirefly’s** was. Eventually, I got to something along the lines of 960 and 40, and realized that there had to be **something** more interesting to do with my time (okay, actually, I hit about 900 games and decided I had to get to 1000, just to be able to say I did it. I am not proud of this fact). Longest win streak was 60 something, longest losing streak was 2. And I know exactly what you mean, **Xerxes**. I spent the entire time I was on my long winning streak thinking “should I really be playing this? I mean, I might **lose** , and it’d be a shame to spoil this!” _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![scotth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@scotth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotth)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-addicts-what-are-your-winning-percentage-and-streaks/90541/6 "2001-10-30T20:20:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > \*\*When I played, my winning % was up around 97%. I would generally reset after every 100 games. > > I cleared the stats recently because I was looking at the starting position nobody’s ever solved (#11982). > > But on the whole, I’ve moved on to Spider Solitaire. I play the two-suit version pretty much exclusively; I had 63 wins in my last 100 games at that level. > > Last month, there was a [Freecell discussion](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=89497) in the Pit, of all places. > > YOu might also enjoy this [Freecell FAQ](http://home.earthlink.net/~fomalhaut/fcfaq.html). \*\* ARGHHH I just lost my reason for living with this post. I have been trying to prove if they were all winnable myself. I start Jan 10, 2001. So far, I have completed the first 3517 in order. I have only skipped 1941 and 3202 so far. Been doing thus under Win NT 4.0. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-addicts-what-are-your-winning-percentage-and-streaks/90541/7 "2001-10-30T21:26:55Z")
Stats on my current computer: 217/32 87% Wins:64 Loses:3. I used to play all the time, my record on my ex-wife’s computer was 158 games in a row, with a % around 98. I haven’t been playing as much, and I have noticed that I’m not quite as good as I used to be. Why is 11982 unwinable? ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-addicts-what-are-your-winning-percentage-and-streaks/90541/8 "2001-10-30T21:33:19Z")
About a year ago I had over 5,000 games and I had paid like bitch-cakes to get it from 85% to over 90%. My best streak was 118 wins in a row. My longest losing streak was 4. You know when you’re an unemployed college kid over the summer you can really rack those things up. _collapses in sobs_ Then my scores got wiped!!! I haven’t been able to play since. p.s. doing them in sequence, that takes something else. I always just took random. ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-addicts-what-are-your-winning-percentage-and-streaks/90541/9 "2001-10-31T02:42:13Z")
My win rate is at 70 percent – 375 wins and 163 losses. My streaks are 25 wins and 6 losses. Currently I’m at 1 win. ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-addicts-what-are-your-winning-percentage-and-streaks/90541/10 "2001-10-31T04:19:47Z")
I hit game #11982 with ctrl+shift+F10 and it cracked like a plumber’s butt.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![obidiah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@obidiah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obidiah)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-addicts-what-are-your-winning-percentage-and-streaks/90541/11 "2001-10-31T04:47:26Z")
\what is Freecell?\ ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-addicts-what-are-your-winning-percentage-and-streaks/90541/12 "2001-10-31T06:22:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by donkeyoatey \* > \*\*I hit game #11982 with ctrl+shift+F10 and it cracked like a plumber’s butt.🙂 \*\* OK, what does this mean? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-addicts-what-are-your-winning-percentage-and-streaks/90541/13 "2001-10-31T11:33:22Z")
Did you try it? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-addicts-what-are-your-winning-percentage-and-streaks/90541/14 "2001-10-31T16:39:23Z")
Well, yea. But nothing happened. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-addicts-what-are-your-winning-percentage-and-streaks/90541/15 "2001-10-31T16:54:04Z")
What it gave me (and **donkeyoatey** too, I assume) was a box that said, “Choose Abort to Win, Retry to Lose, or Ignore to Cancel,” above an Abort button, a Retry button, and an Ignore button. This worked for me on Win95 and WinME both, so it seems to be OS-independent, at least within GatesWorld. ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-addicts-what-are-your-winning-percentage-and-streaks/90541/16 "2001-10-31T19:34:52Z")
**Weirddave** ,if you click on abort, then double click any card, the game is a win. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-addicts-what-are-your-winning-percentage-and-streaks/90541/17 "2001-10-31T23:03:18Z")
Heyyyy! I didn’t know anyone else enjoyed freecell as much as I do! I cannot go to sleep at night until I’ve made a four game win streak! I also never even noticed the statistics. Upon checking I see that I have 64% and a 10 game streak but that doesn’t mean much since my daughter occasionally plays too. But NOW I’m gonna start keeping tabs buddy! Nobody will beat me, as I am FREE CELL QUEEN…or so my kid says 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-addicts-what-are-your-winning-percentage-and-streaks/90541/18 "2001-11-01T08:31:41Z")
**Arrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhh!** I just cleared my stats. Seriously I’m usually up around 65-70 percent. I had about 1700 games played and had a 27 game win streak but a 12 game loser. :mad: **What, you use the cheats???** :mad: I used the cheats for awhile, then I had 100% and however many games I played was my winning streak and a losing streak of zero. Cool, but very boring, IMHO. No cheats now, I’m cured. I even tried to scrub the cheat sequence outa my brain but you guys reminded me. It’s a cool game, a time waster, but hey it’s better than me running around the streets. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-addicts-what-are-your-winning-percentage-and-streaks/90541/19 "2001-11-01T09:01:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PhiloVance \* > \*\*\*\*Arrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhh!\*\*I just cleared my stats. Seriously I’m usually up around 65-70 percent. I had about 1700 games played and had a 27 game win streak but a 12 game loser. Isn’t it enough to make you cry yourself to sleep? I’ve never been able to really play it again. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PhiloVance \* > \*\*\*\*Arrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhh!\*\*:mad: **What, you use the cheats???** :mad: > > I used the cheats for awhile, then I had 100% and however many games I played was my winning streak and a losing streak of zero. Cool, but very boring, IMHO. > > No cheats now, I’m cured. I even tried to scrub the cheat sequence outa my brain but you guys reminded me. > > It’s a cool game, a time waster, but hey it’s better than me running around the streets. 😃 \*\* Just watch out you don’t run into the impossible one. Did a search on “Freecell 11982” and found some truely interesting webpages. p.s. I never cheated cause I didn’t know how. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-addicts-what-are-your-winning-percentage-and-streaks/90541/20 "2001-11-01T09:04:19Z")
p.p.s You know what I did to make it even MORE challenging. I always had to get either red-red-black-black or black-black-red-red. Only then could my anal retentive self be happy with the win. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-addicts-what-are-your-winning-percentage-and-streaks/90541.md?page=2)