Does anybody else play those events in Windows 10 solitaire? I like them because they seem more like puzzles than straight solitaire games. However, I don’t understand how people can be so freaking fast at them. Today, for example, is a Tripeaks event. 20 challenges of Tripeaks in the event, each challenge is 1 to 3 games of Tripeaks, so there were 40-50 games of Tripeaks in the event. The current top player finished in less than 10 minutes. The top 8 finished in 20 minutes or less. I can certainly accept that lots of people click the cards faster than me, but there has to be more to it than that. Today’s top player is averaging 15 seconds per game. How? There must have been some games where they selected the wrong card and went down the wrong path and had to retrace their steps. That must slow them down some. Is there a way to replay each hand and only count the fastest? Are they using multiple accounts and memorizing the games on a practice account and then speed running their main account? Anybody know how it’s done?
It has been a while since I played any of the Solitaire events, but when I did I frequently finished in the top 5 and my times were usually in the 45-60 minute range. So no, I don’t have any idea how someone could get through an entire event in 10-20 minutes.
My times were usually better when I played on my wife’s Surface, where I could tap with my finger, than on the laptop where I had to use a mouse. But it wasn’t that much of a difference.
Yeah, my results are similar to yours. I’m fine with the way I play, I’m just curious how those people are doing it.
Bumping this because something odd happened to me the other day, which may or may not be related to what the OP saw or experienced. Most times when I play the Solitaire Events, I will complete most if not all of the challenges. If I complete the entire event, I can usually get a top 10 ranking or somewhere close. If there are one or two Hard or Expert challenges that I just can’t figure out, my ranking will be down in the 30s or 40s somewhere. And if I have a really bad day, or just never get around to finishing, then I rarely even bother to check my ranking.
One morning last week, while I was sitting in bed drinking my coffee, I picked up my phone and opened Solitaire, and noticed there was still about 15 minutes left in the Event. So I figured what the heck, I’d play what I can, and I blew through about 10 Easy challenges before the clock ran out. (Note, when the Event ends, it ends – you don’t even get to finish the challenge you are in the middle of!)
Later when I went to check my ranking, expecting to be somewhere down in the hundreds or thousands, I was shocked to see that I was ranked 4th, and everyone in the top of the rankings had 1000 points or less. Now, I know there had to be plenty of players who completed the event or at least completed more than 10 challenges that day, but for some reason Microsoft did not show me my actual ranking, but rather grouped me in with a bunch of other players who had similar results. I wonder if something similar may have happened with the OP, where he wasn’t actually seeing the true top of the rankings.