5 hour scores:


Date Time Score Lvl PlaceII Hours
01.05.00 22:20 15633 17 58 10
03.05.00 19:05 23563 26 57 15
04.05.00 22:45 29782 33 54 20
06.05.00 21:45 31537 35 53 25
07.05.00 17:45 32389 36 53 30
09.05.00 22:40 34837 39 54 35
12.05.00 18:55 35521 40 53 40
13.05.00 13:05 36556 41 47 45
14.05.00 11:45 36681 41 46 50
14.05.00 17:50 36913 41 46 55
15.05.00 22:55 38231 43 43 60
17.05.00 11:50 39181 44 40 65
17.05.00 20:05 39404 44 40 70
20.05.00 10:40 40342 45 38 75
21.05.00 12:20 40499 45 36 80
25.05.00 20:10 40553 45 36 85
03.06.00 00:40 40633 45 36 90
04.06.00 20:30 40913 45 36 95
10.06.00 12:25 40995 45 36 100
12.06.00 13:00 41035 45 36 105
13.06.00 20:50 41079 45 36 110
15.06.00 19:55 41124 45 37 115
17.06.00 21:00 41149 45 37 120
18.06.00 22:55 42086 46 36 125
22.06.00 21:25 42145 46 35 130
24.06.00 16:45 42173 46 35 135
25.06.00 16:50 42711 47 33 140
26.06.00 22:45 43024 47 31 145
28.06.00 22:25 43079 47 30 150
03.07.00 22:35 43137 47 29 155
06.07.00   43148 47 29 160
10.07.00   43172 47 28 165
12.07.00   43703 48 19 170
16.07.00 16:10 43913 48 16 175
18.07.00   44011 48 15 180
25.07.00   44026 48 14 185
29.07.00   44054 48 14 188

Daily scores and diary:


Date Score Lvl PlaceII Hours Improvements Diary entry
01.05.00 16565 18 58 10:50 Monkshood(52), Jasmin(68), Water Lily(78), First Aid(106), Pathfinder(164), Sunrise(68), Bridge(40), Target(54), Repulsion(89), Valentine(76), Master Magnet(32), Deimos(39), Phobos(72), Rush Hour(47), Ganymed(170), Twig(147), Soccer(77), Four Seasons(56) O boy is it difficult. Worse than Bricks II for the first time. Monkshood, Target, Deimos, Valentine, Rush Hour and Four Seasons perfect?
02.05.00 21828 24 57 13:25 Jasmin(67), Oberon(120), Najer(139), Arrow(127), Ali Baba(165), Suitcase(103), Elder(84) What a surprise on Ali Baba!!! I shouted in surprise when discovering it, even though I was sitting for myself.
03.05.00 28073 31 55 18:25 Chair(67), Suitcase(102), Bridge(35), Maze(185), Ali Baba(135), Random(60), Rhea(107), Side Door(82), Nereid(81), Triton(209) YIPPEE! Triton completed, that one really appeared to be impossible. Bridge better than my "Thread-o-matic" record (37)!
04.05.00 29782 33 54 20:05 Triton(135), Peter(195), Waterloo(170) I HATE TRAPS (Waterloo & Omega & Wedge)!
05.05.00 29848 33 53 21:35 Waterloo(105), Najer(138)  
06.05.00 31551 35 53 26:40 Prison(150), Soccer(76), Titania(154), Nereid(78), Twig(145), Side Door(81) The difficult levels are so... difficult! Spent much time on HRS, but stuck near the end... I want prison and all levels under 150... Soccer is perfect, I think.
07.05.00 33318 37 55 31:45 Waterloo(98), Maze(161), Twig(137), Oberon(118), Fishbone(178), Tetris(96) Fishbone completed, what a struggle. Tetris finally done! Waterloo must be pretty close to perfect...
08.05.00 34068 38 55 34:20 Rhea(106), Zigzag(251) My first "TOO MANY STEPS", it happened on Zigzag! I thought I had a breakthrough on Callisto, but I'm ONE square away from completing it... Ultra-aaaaaaargh!!
09.05.00 34837 39 54 35:25 Callisto(234), Random(57) Callisto done, YEAH! I now want to just complete the levels, instead of optimizing them to begin with. Will be a major letdown if I don't complete them all.
10.05.00 34846 39 54 37:10 Tetris(89), Master Magnet(30) Great solution on Master Magnet, another perfect one?
11.05.00 34894 39 54 38:25 Water Lily(64), First Aid(105), Pathfinder(137), Prison(147), Suitcase(99) I want Prison under 150, uhuu! And I did it 10 minutes later, hihihi! Suitcase under 100, fantastic! I want all under 150, and with Prison done, I can make it!
12.05.00 35694 40 53 43:35 First Aid(97), Pathfinder(129), Suitcase(96), Repulsion(86), Bermuda(395), Phobos(66), Maze(153), Callisto(101), Arrow(115). Random(48), Ganymed(165) First Aid under 100. Yippee! Another one bites the dust (Bermuda)! Think some of the recent improvements are mega-great and might be the standing records :-). Great new route on Random!!
13.05.00 36642 41 46 49:50 Ganymed(155), Nautilus(332), Bermuda(211), Callisto(89), Rhea(60), Side Door(77), Najer(114) Submarine go home - Nautilus is ten times more impossible - and I solved it! Lotus is irritating - my second "Too many moves"! Stupid move on my 101 solution on Callisto, improved to 100. I want one more, I don't like to be above a barrier! Callisto further improved, great new route!
14.05.00 38230 43 43 58:35 Nautilus(171), Repulsion(68), Bermuda(197), Ali Baba(130), Najer(91), Triton(118), Titania(121), Umbriel(210), Lotus(473) Umbriel completed (my first was 302), YEEAHHH! Phew! Lotus done in the Thread-O-Matic, what a lame solution. Down from over 600 from my unfinished "too many steps"-solution :-)
15.05.00 38231 43 43 60:35 Umbriel(209) Stamp: &%¤&#/("#&/¤#"
16.05.00 39147 44 40 63:40 Nautilus(132), Stamp(123) Stamp: No longer &%¤&#/("#&/¤#"
17.05.00 40207 45 38 72:10 Stamp(118), Lotus(444), First Aid(96), Sunrise(50), Nautilus(129), Repulsion(64), Umbriel(95), Zig Zag(178), Triton(99), Hrs(243), Jasmin(63), Fishbone(176), Elder(81), Peter(182), Titania(119), Najer(82), Bermuda(193) At last, breakthrough on Sunrise. Never settle with a "solid" score from the first day. Finally, Hrs completed! What a super-tricky one!
18.05.00 40328 45 38 73:10 Hrs(122)  
19.05.00 40342 45 38 74:55 Hrs(110), Umbriel(93)  
20.05.00 40499 45 36 79:40 Zig Zag(151), Four Seasons(55), Peter(99), Fishbone(130) Just some late level optimizing. Four Seasons got to be perfect! I feel Zig Zag at 151 isn't good enough...
21.05.00 40503 45 36 81:50 Fishbone(126)  
22.05.00           My first day without playing Bricks III!!! What a disaster. Too little sleep, too much overtime. Played some Bricks I without success (as usual).
23.05.00 40526 45 36 82:50 Hrs(104), Four Seasons(54), Fishbone(110) Great improvement on Hrs! If I can get under 100 I will definitely be the record holder. I can't believe I overlooked that obvious move saver in Four Seasons. This is a bad sign, there might be many lost points for me.
24.05.00 40531 45 36 83:25 Hrs(99) Oh yeah, the score speaks for itself!
25.05.00 40553 45 36 85:15 Fishbone(94), Peter(96), Titania(116) Fishbone: Just fantastic! This level reminded me a bit about Madness to begin with. A hopeless case of stuck bricks, which needed a large amount of moves. And now, another one under 100...
26.05.00 40558 45 36 85:35 Soccer(71) Soccer perfect?? No level is perfect, this is THE lesson!!
27.05.00 40588 45 36 86:05 Stamp(88) Stamp is not a level I dig, but nevertheless it gave me 30 new points.
02.06.00 40662 45 36 90:35 Target(46), Suitcase(87), Sunrise(47), Chair(65), Prison(140), First Aid(81), Tetris(88), Ganymed(126) Another improvement on a first day "perfect" score, Target! Suitcase! Some level scores are bottomless... Sunrise is finally perfect. 68, perfect? Pah... Quite good on First Aid! Soon To Be Perfect? Many very large improvements today!
03.06.00 40670 45 36 93:55 Ganymed(124), Maze(149), Zigzag(149) Got all of'em under 150, at last.
04.06.00 40918 45 36 96:30 Suitcase(80), Lotus(208), Jasmin(59), Arrow(114) No end to Suitcase. I finally braved Lotus!!
05.06.00 40937 45 36 97:15 Elder(74), Water Lily(52)  
07.06.00 40939 45 36 97:25 Jasmin(57)  
08.06.00 40960 45 36 98:20 Lotus(205), Pathfinder(111)  
09.06.00 40973 45 36 99:05 Pathfinder(98)  
10.06.00 41027 45 36 102:55 Lotus(174), Bermuda(170)  
11.06.00 41029 45 36 104:00 Bermuda(168)  
12.06.00 41072 45 35 109:20 Ganymed(112), Rush Hour(28), Rhea(54), Bermuda(164), Monkshood(51), Oberon(117) What a breakthrough on Rush Hour, I'm left totally awestruck!!!! What's the next? Has Alan found all of these? Why can't I instead solve the three impossible levels? Monkshood: How can it be that none of my levels are perfect????
13.06.00 41092 45 35 111:55 Oberon(112), Triton(97), Titania(106), Side Door(74)  
14.06.00 41112 45 37 113:20 Ali Baba(112), Nereid(77), Valentine(75) Valentine:: Now it's only ONE unimproved level from the first day - Deimos. Let's call it the easiest level to get perfect.
15.06.00 41133 45 37 115:35 Suitcase(77), Ali Baba(103), Monkshood(50), Nautilus(125), Deimos(35) Suitcase must now be perfect?!? Deimos improved!!!!!
Second half
17.06.00 41149 45 37 121:00 Sunrise(44). Deimos(33), Jasmin(53), Nereid(73), Master Magnet(27) I can't believe that none of my levels are perfect, among the 7-8 I was really satisfied with. Not even my previous super-brilliant Mole-similar solution on Sunrise was perfect. Now it's time to replay all those levels.
18.06.00 42089 46 36 125:10 Nautilus(124), Side Door(72), Omega(97/64), Suitcase(76) Omega finally completed and perfected.
19.06.00 42099 46 35 125:40 Elder(66), Water Lily(50)  
20.06.00 42111 46 35 127:05 Tetris(78), Najer(80)  
21.06.00 42134 46 35 128:40 Rhea(53), Nautilus(102)  
22.06.00 42157 46 35 131:15 Elder(54), Lotus(173), Pathfinder(88)  
23.06.00 42164 46 35 132:50 Titania(99)  
24.06.00 42188 46 35 137:20 Hrs(98), Nautilus(97), Bermuda(162), Stamp(87), Ali Baba(94), Arrow(108) NOW! Do I finally have all possible <100 levels under 100? Time will show... What could Alan's 99 level be? Could it possibly be Arrow? I'm impressed...
25.06.00 43006 47 31 142:10 Arrow(104), Callisto(88), Hyperion(479/188), Nautilus(96) HYPERION COMPLETED!!!! Yippee!!! Whoopie-twing-twong! Eki-eki-eki-tapang! Celebrity whoooop! Huuuray! Paint the roof black!! There's hope for me! I'm even with Alan! I'm going to win this competition!!!! I have 47 levels! I have soon 48 levels!!! Alan is not better than me (hmm)! The solvers can go to bed, because I'm around!! (I wish Notepad had colours and large fonts.) This is the longest diary entry so far!
26.06.00 43024 47 31 145:00 Prison(133), Repulsion(60), Valentine(68)  
27.06.00 43053 47 30 146:55 Waterloo(69)  
28.06.00 43079 47 30 150:10 Waterloo(67), Oberon(108), Titania(98), Four Seasons(53), Zig Zag(148), Peter(79)  
29.06.00 43123 47 29 152:35 Titania(91), Fish Bone(93), Bermuda(136), Waterloo(66), Peter(77), Water Lily(48), Target(45), Valentine(66), Master Magnet(25)  
30.06.00 43126 47 29 153:00 Najer(77)  
01.07.00 43127 47 29 153:15 Twig(136)  
02.07.00 43135 47 29 154:20 Umbriel(85)  
03.07.00 43138 47 29 156:00 Target(43), Peter(76)  
04.07.00 43140 47 29 156:20 Peter(74)  
05.07.00 43142 47 29 157:00 Twig(135), Valentine(65)  
06.07.00 43148 47 29 160:00 Valentine(64), Master Magnet(24), Arrow(103), Four Seasons(52), Pathfinder(87), Phobos(65)  
07.07.00 43149 47 29 161:00 Chair(64)  
08.07.00 43171 47 28 163:30 Nereid(60), Pathfinder(78)  
09.07.00 43172 47 28 164:30 Bermuda(135)  
10.07.00       166:00   No improvements. But I'm closer on Isolation. Overlooked a move leading to a large, new thread, which I believe holds the solution (good enough news to shout Yippee in the forum). This is my last chance to save my image. I MUST complete this level!!
12.07.00 43882 48 16 171:30 Isolation(469/290) I'm not lame any longer!
13.07.00 43892 48 16 173:00 Repulsion(51), Sunrise(43) My plan Y is ready: Improve on Isolation, Hyperion, Lotus and Bermuda. This is where I can get the largest bonuses AND reduce penalties! An increase on Sunrise, how unexpected!
14.07.00 43896 48 16 174:00 Repulsion(47)  
16.07.00 44001 48 15 178:00 Isolation(185)  
17.07.00 44004 48 15 178:30 Hrs(95)  
18.07.00 44011 48 15 180:00 Four Seasons(45)  
19.07.00 44021 48 15 182:00 Hrs(94), Stamp(78)  
20.07.00 44024 48 15 183:30 Sunrise(41), Stamp(77)  
23.07.00 44025 48 14 184:00 Callisto(87)  
25.07.00 44037 48 14 185:00 Lotus(161)  
26.07.00 44041 48 14 187:00 Lotus(157) Finally Lotus bows after and lets me improve... But I want to go under 150...
29.07.00 44054 48 14 188:00 Lotus(144) Finally under 150! An era is over... When will I dare to play Hyperion?
Gain since half-time (on 45 levels): 358 points

[Legend: Level score in bold: My personal best. Level score in yellow bold: Great achievement, might be perfect score and/or record. Level name in bold: First time completion.]

Scoreboard:


Level Half-time Full-time
1 MONKSHOOD 50 50
2 JASMIN 57 53
3 ELDER 74 54
4 WATER LILY 52 48
5 LOTUS 174 144
6 FIRST AID 81 81
7 PATHFINDER 98 78
8 PRISON 140 133
9 CHAIR 65 64
10 STAMP 88 77
11 SUNRISE 47 41
12 SUITCASE 77 76
13 BRIDGE 35 35
14 NAUTILUS 125 96
15 TARGET 46 43
16 REPULSION 64 47
17 OMEGA - 64
18 BERMUDA 164 135
19 VALENTINE 75 64
20 MASTER MAGNET 30 24
21 DEIMOS 35 33
22 PHOBOS 66 65
23 WATERLOO 98 66
24 MAZE 149 149
25 CALLISTO 89 87
26 ALI BABA 103 94
27 ARROW 114 103
28 RANDOM 48 48
29 RUSH HOUR 28 28
30 GANYMED 112 112
31 RHEA 54 53
32 ISOLATION - 185
33 SIDE DOOR 74 72
34 TWIG 137 135
35 TETRIS 88 78
36 HYPERION - 188
37 NAJER 82 77
38 NEREID 77 60
39 TRITON 97 97
40 OBERON 112 108
41 TITANIA 106 91
42 SOCCER 71 71
43 FISHBONE 94 93
44 PETER 96 74
45 FOUR SEASONS 54 45
46 ZIGZAG 149 148
47 UBMRIEL 93 85
48 HRS 99 94
Total: 41133 44054

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