# Freecell winning streak **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 18, 2002, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449 "2002-12-18T00:10:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449/1 "2002-12-18T00:10:26Z")
Darn it! I’m about to end a 53 game winning streak on Freecell. This isn’t the longest streak I’ve had (72 games) but it’s pretty good. How’s that for mundane and pointless? StG ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449/2 "2002-12-18T00:16:13Z")
pretty damn mundane and pointless, but impressive none-the-less. I usually get around 20-30 before I screw up and dump one. * * * She said I was terribly handsome. Was I insulted? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449/3 "2002-12-18T00:26:59Z")
Can’t you reset it? No one will tell. ---
**Author:** ![Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/2bfe46/32.png) [@Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449/4 "2002-12-18T01:06:53Z")
Are you the freecell champion or something? ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449/5 "2002-12-18T01:12:00Z")
I’m no champion. My win average is usually about 91%. (It’s a little lower right now because my niece is staying with me.) But occasionally I seem to not put a card wrong. Hardest game? #1941. I play a game I’ve lost until I beat it. That one took me a day and a half. StG ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449/6 "2002-12-18T01:14:41Z")
Just as a piece of trivia, Games magazine reported that of the 32,000 possible Freecell layouts in the Windows 95 version of Freecell, 31,999 of them are solvable, and about 75% of them can be solved using only three of the four cells. If you want to try the unsolvable one, it’s number 11982. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449/7 "2002-12-18T01:27:42Z")
Try game # -1. ---
**Author:** ![Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/2bfe46/32.png) [@Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449/8 "2002-12-18T01:30:00Z")
Are you so sure that it exists? ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449/9 "2002-12-18T01:33:49Z")
It exists; just enter -1 for the game number. ---
**Author:** ![Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/2bfe46/32.png) [@Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449/10 "2002-12-18T01:45:02Z")
Enough of your _streaking_ **Ringo** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449/11 "2002-12-18T01:50:18Z")
Yep, Ringo, that’s a tough one. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449/12 "2002-12-18T01:58:31Z")
I usually only average around 88 percent and my longest streak was around 20ish. ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Rubin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billy_rubin/32/3622_2.png) [@Billy\_Rubin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Rubin)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449/13 "2002-12-18T02:44:23Z")
OK, how many have you done in a row? Resetting as often as needed, but finishing each and every game? 4004, tonight. Most times I had to reset a game before I finally got it? Over 200. I probably hit 80% the first time. 5% on the second try. About once a week I hit one which takes more than two hours before I finally get it. b. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449/14 "2002-12-18T02:52:17Z")
47 in a row and an overall win percentage of 94%. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449/15 "2002-12-18T02:52:28Z")
What do you mean by resetting? I can restart a game, but that counts as a loss. StG ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449/16 "2002-12-18T02:55:30Z")
Resetting is losing. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449/17 "2002-12-18T03:05:52Z")
there IS a cheat in Freecell… Hold down SHIFT and CTRL and press F10, then click ABORT and double click any card…they will all fly up and you’ll win. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449/18 "2002-12-18T03:31:20Z")
I just did a google and found nothing about the best “streak” in freecell. However, about two years ago, I did the same search and found someone who claimed they had won 5000 games straight. Even, earlier, I thought I was pretty “hot” at minesweeper and hunted for a record, to see how I compared. Someone claimed to have done it in 0:72, which blew my 2:16 to hell. _ **Liar, liar,pants on fire** _ 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449/19 "2002-12-18T03:36:43Z")
::Whispers:: Psst, StGermain, do the following: Find file: regedit Search: freecell Change the losses to 0. Exit Honey **Who’s winning streak is now 893.** ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449/20 "2002-12-18T03:39:12Z")
No, no cheating for me. It doesn’t mean anything if I cheat. StG [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449.md?page=2)