Issue №381 ⋅ 😱 hard game, draw 1️⃣ ⋅ #PuzzlingDeck #Draw1 Can you get through deck #30417? It’s tough. FreeSolitaire.win/turn-one#30417 Our algorithm can’t make it. An exhaustive search found a way in 6 seconds.

Daily challenge №380 ⋅ 🏁 time trial, draw 3️⃣ ⋅ #KlondikeRush #Draw3 As fast as you can, finish deck 1562: FreeSolitaire.win/turn-three#1562 🥇: 1min 20s, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🥈: 1min 23s, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🥉: 1min 26s, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Average is 3min 56s.

Challenge №379: 🥵 hard game, draw 1️⃣ ⋅ #PuzzlingDeck #Draw1 Are you good enough to clear deal 81527? FreeSolitaire.win/turn-one#81527 Our smart-ass algorithm cannot solve it. Brute force cracked it.

Issue №378 ⋅ 🥵 hard game, draw 3️⃣ ⋅ #PuzzlingDeck #Draw3 Can you get through deck #7495? It’s tough. FreeSolitaire.win/turn-three#7495 To this day, three players could make it 👯 Their average time: 9min 10s, moves: 113.

Daily challenge №377 ⋅ 🌚 hard deal, turn 1️⃣ ⋅ #PuzzlingDeck #Draw1 Try to finish deal #42628: FreeSolitaire.win/turn-one#42628 Exhaustive search (aka brute force) could find a solution in 556ms. Merry Friday! New moon at noon.

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Challenge №376 ⋅ ⛳️ short run, draw 3️⃣ ⋅ #Golfitaire #Draw3 How many moves do you need to end deal #3423? FreeSolitaire.win/turn-three#3423 Current champions: 🥇: 119 moves, 🇮🇱 Israel 🥈: 120 moves, 🇫🇮 Finland 🥉: 121 moves, 🇺🇸 USA Average: 127. Computer: 126.

Issue №375 ⋅ 🥵 hard deal, draw 1️⃣ ⋅ #PuzzlingDeck #Draw1 Deal 93770 is difficult. Win if you can: FreeSolitaire.win/turn-one#93770 Our algorithm cannot finish it, but exhaustive search found a way.

Daily challenge №374 ⋅ 😱 hard game, draw 3️⃣ ⋅ #PuzzlingDeck #Draw3 Can you get through deck #9354? It’s tough. FreeSolitaire.win/turn-three#9354 Our smart-ass algorithm cannot solve it. Brute force cracked it in 308 milliseconds. 🍌🌼🍋 புத்தாண்டு வாழ்த்துகள்

Challenge №373: 🏁 speedrun, draw 1️⃣ ⋅ #KlondikeRush #Draw1 How long does it take you to clear #54889? FreeSolitaire.win/turn-one#54889 Top records: 🥇: 2min 09s, 🇵🇱 Poland 🥈: 2min 10s, 🇺🇸 USA 🥉: 2min 11s, 🇭🇰 Hong Kong Average: 4min 32s.

Issue №372 ⋅ 🙀 hard deal, draw 3️⃣ ⋅ #PuzzlingDeck #Draw3 Deal 5294 is difficult. Win if you can: FreeSolitaire.win/turn-three#5294 Exhaustive search (aka brute force) could find a solution in 32 milliseconds.

Daily challenge №371 ⋅ ⛳️ stroke play, draw 1️⃣ ⋅ #Golfitaire #Draw1 How many moves do you need to end deal #16015? FreeSolitaire.win/turn-one#16015 🥇: 123 moves, 🇺🇸 US 🤖: 124 moves, computer 🥈: 128 moves, 🇬🇧 UK 🥉: 134 moves, 🇭🇰 HK Have a ☦️ Good Friday.

[Special Easter Challenge; bsky.app/profile/free... ] 📬 The postal cards to @comeonpeopl.bsky.social, @noshins81.bsky.social, and @rporrini.bsky.social have been sent! 👌 💁‍♀️ The challenge is still on for 🌎 South America, 🌍 Africa, and 🌏 Asia. 😜

Challenge №370 ⋅ 🥵 hard deal, draw 3️⃣ ⋅ #PuzzlingDeck #Draw3 Try to finish deal #1195: FreeSolitaire.win/turn-three#1195 To this day, six players could make it 👯 Their average time: 3min 50s, moves: 113.

Issue №369 ⋅ 😱 hard game, draw 1️⃣ ⋅ #PuzzlingDeck #Draw1 Are 🫵 you good enough to clear deal 67214? FreeSolitaire.win/turn-one#67214 Our smart-ass algorithm cannot solve it. Brute force cracked it in 478ms.

Daily challenge №368 ⋅ 🏁 time trial, draw 3️⃣ ⋅ #KlondikeRush #Draw3 As fast as you can, finish deck 7109: FreeSolitaire.win/turn-three#7109 Top records: 🥇: 1min 38s, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🥈: 1min 44s, 🇺🇸 USA 🥉: 1min 49s, 🇺🇸 USA Average is 3min 35s.

[Special Easter Challenge; bsky.app/profile/free... ] Europe: over 👌💌👍

Challenge №367: 🐰 hard game, draw 1️⃣ ⋅ #PuzzlingDeck #Draw1 Can you get through deck 28369? FreeSolitaire.win/turn-one#28369 👎 Our algorithm can’t do it. ✌️ Three humans succeeded. 🤞 The Easter bunny brings luck!

[Special Easter challenge] Oceania: over. ✔️💌👏

Merry 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿! 🔔🐇✝️ A 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 for the occasion, running until there’s a winner: Finish 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭 in 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲. 👉 freesolitaire.win/turn-three#1 It’s a hard one; no joke, no Easter eggs. The first player able to get through it will get, as 𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱, a handwritten postal card from me ✍️💌🫦

Issue №366 ⋅ 🥵 hard game, draw 3️⃣ ⋅ #PuzzlingDeck #Draw3 Are 🫵 you good enough to clear deal 3055? FreeSolitaire.win/turn-three#3055 Computer can’t solve it. A human could: 5min 44s, 141 moves (+20 backtracked; 0 hinted).

Daily challenge №365 ⋅ 😰 hard day, draw 1️⃣ ⋅ #PuzzlingDeck #Draw1 Deal 79479 is difficult. Win if you can: FreeSolitaire.win/turn-one#79479 Have a ✝️ Good Friday.

Hi folks! 👋 I’m out until Easter or Easter Monday. Reason: painful period; religious fever. Challenges will be automatically posted. Wishing y’all a Good Friday & weekend 😘

Challenge №364 ⋅ ⛳️ short run, draw 3️⃣ ⋅ #Golfitaire #Draw3 🌝 Full moon. ✡️ Passover. Find a short path through deal #8953: FreeSolitaire.win/turn-three#8953 Best recorded: 🥇: 99 moves, 🇲🇽 Mexico 🥈: 101 moves, 🇺🇸 USA 🥉: 102 moves, 🇺🇸 USA Average: 116. Computer: 112.

Issue №363 ⋅ 🤡 hard deal, draw 1️⃣ ⋅ #PuzzlingDeck #Draw1 Try to finish deal #0: FreeSolitaire.win/turn-one#0 Be wary, it’s incredibly nasty! 🎏 You better than a computer?! 🏳

Daily challenge №362 ⋅ 😱 hard deal, draw 3️⃣ ⋅ #PuzzlingDeck #Draw3 Deal 4906 is difficult. Win if you can: FreeSolitaire.win/turn-three#4906 Exhaustive search (aka brute force) could find a solution in 53 milliseconds.

Challenge №361: 🏁 speedrun, draw 1️⃣ ⋅ #KlondikeRush #Draw1 How long does it take you to clear #91629? FreeSolitaire.win/turn-one#91629 Current champions: 🥇: 1min 57s, 🇩🇪 Germany 🥈: 2min 21s, 🇺🇸 USA 🥉: 2min 33s, 🇳🇱 Netherlands Average: 4min 09s.

“Solitaire”, oil on canvas by 👨‍🎨🇺🇸 Norman Rockwell, 1950. #ArtfulSunday #Regionalism

🌞 It’s Sunday = no challenge. 💉 For the “addicts” out there: [Old challenge, draw 1️⃣, 🏃] 🐢 Best times on №171 (7mo ago) weren’t good… 👉 bsky.app/profile/free... [Random deal, draw 3️⃣, 🏌️] 🥇 ComeOnPeople yesterday became champion of #28584 with 112 moves. Can you do better? 👉 bsky.app/profile/come...

ICYMI: link preview image is discreetly themed today (March 28) in support of the ❌👑 #NoKings protests on-going in 🇺🇸✊ www.nokings.org From 🇪🇺, with ♥️ & 🤝

Issue №360 ⋅ 🙀 hard game, draw 3️⃣ ⋅ #PuzzlingDeck #Draw3 Are you good enough to clear deal 818? FreeSolitaire.win/turn-three#818 It’s really nasty. Our algorithm can’t do it. An exhaustive search did, in 4 seconds. Good luck & patience 🤞🤌

Daily challenge №359 ⋅ ⛳️ stroke play, draw 1️⃣ ⋅ #Golfitaire #Draw1 Finish deck 52852 using the fewest moves: FreeSolitaire.win/turn-one#52852 Best recorded: 🥇: 130 moves, 🇨🇿 Czechia 🥈: 131 moves, 🇦🇹 Austria 🥉: 132 moves, 🇿🇦 South Africa Average: 142. Computer: 131.

Challenge №358 ⋅ 🥵 hard game, draw 3️⃣ ⋅ #PuzzlingDeck #Draw3 Can you get through deck #6744? It’s tough. FreeSolitaire.win/turn-three#6744 Our algorithm can’t make it, but a solution was found using brute force.

Issue №357 ⋅ 😱 hard deal, draw 1️⃣ ⋅ #PuzzlingDeck #Draw1 Try to finish deal #13916: FreeSolitaire.win/turn-one#13916 Exhaustive search (aka brute force) could find a solution in 2 seconds.

Daily challenge №356 ⋅ 🏁 time trial, draw 3️⃣ ⋅ #KlondikeRush #Draw3 As fast as you can, finish deck 2682: FreeSolitaire.win/turn-three#2682 Current champions: 🥇: 1min 20s, 🇩🇪 Germany 🥈: 1min 55s, 🇺🇸 USA 🥉: 1min 57s, 🇺🇸 USA Average: 4min 25s.

Challenge №355: 🥵 hard deal, draw 1️⃣ ⋅ #PuzzlingDeck #Draw1 Deal 65k is a tad tough. Win if you can: FreeSolitaire.win/turn-one#65000 One player did it, in 3min 39s / 133 moves (+1 backtracked; 0 hinted) 🤸

« Les cartes » (‘The cards’) or « La réussite » (‘The game of Solitaire‘), color aquatint on wove paper by 👨‍🎨🇫🇷 Jacques Villon (real name: Gaston Duchamp), 1903. #ArtfulSunday

Issue №354 ⋅ 🥵 hard deal, draw 3️⃣ ⋅ #PuzzlingDeck #Draw3 Try to finish deal #8583: FreeSolitaire.win/turn-three#8583 To this day, two players could make it 👯 Their average time: 7min 34s, moves: 144.

Daily challenge №353 ⋅ 😱 hard deal, draw 1️⃣ ⋅ #PuzzlingDeck #Draw1 ☪️ Ramadan is over. 🎊 Eid mubarak! Are you good enough to clear deal 26180? FreeSolitaire.win/turn-one#26180 Our algorithm can’t make it, but a solution was found using brute force in 1964ms.

Challenge №352 ⋅ ⛳️ short run, draw 3️⃣ ⋅ #Golfitaire #Draw3 How many moves do you need to end deal #4535? FreeSolitaire.win/turn-three#4535 Best recorded: ①: 126, 🦅 USA ②: 127, 🐓 France, 🤖 computer ③: 128, 🦅 USA Average: 133.

I solved #Solitaire deal #77362 in 4min 9s, 132 moves (0 backtracked; 0 hinted). The computer cannot finish it! Beat me if you can: FreeSolitaire.win/turn-one#77362

Issue №351 ⋅ 🥵 hard game, draw 1️⃣ ⋅ #PuzzlingDeck #Draw1 Can you get through deck #77362? FreeSolitaire.win/turn-one#77362 Good luck 🍀! Our algorithm can’t make it, but an exhaustive search found a way, rather quickly.

I solved #Solitaire deal #448 in 6min 41s, 142 moves (0 backtracked; 0 hinted). The computer cannot finish it! Beat me if you can: FreeSolitaire.win/turn-three#448

Challenge №350 ⋅ 😱 hard deal, turn 3️⃣ ⋅ #PuzzlingDeck #Draw3 Try to finish deal #448: FreeSolitaire.win/turn-three#448 Our algorithm can’t do it. Exhaustive search found a way in 113 milliseconds. 🎩 No tricks up my sleeves! Plain hard. On 🧊, nine ☘️; happy St Patrick’s day!

But, I got a lil’ doubtful. Is it really true, that beating the computer happens more often in draw three than in draw one? What does the data say? 🤔 ✅😌 Well, data confirms: Draw 1️⃣: computer beaten in ~20% of recorded games. Draw 3️⃣: computer beaten in ~31% of recorded games.

Challenge №349: 🏁 speedrun, draw 1️⃣ ⋅ #KlondikeRush #Draw1 How long does it take you to clear #38419? FreeSolitaire.win/turn-one#38419 Best recorded: 🥇: 2min 20s, 🇮🇪 Ireland 🥈: 2min 42s, 🇺🇸 USA 🥉: 2min 48s, 🇿🇦 South Africa Average: 4min 57s.

On Sundays, as you may know, there are no challenges. (NB: on Mondays, the challenge is posted around 01:30am UTC/GMT time 🕐; that’s actually Sunday evening in the Americas 🌎) But here’s a deal, in draw three, you can try your hands on if you feel playful today (thanks Rich for the suggestion! 🫶):

№348 ⋅ 👹 hard game, draw 3️⃣ ⋅ #PuzzlingDeck #Draw3 Can you get through deal 6372? FreeSolitaire.win/turn-three#6372 Our algorithm can’t. Brute force found a way in 8s. Nasty deal… Needs lots of trial & error. Don’t pick from the stock mindlessly. Keep balance in the beginning.

Daily challenge №347 ⋅ ⛳️ stroke play, draw 1️⃣ ⋅ #Golfitaire #Draw1 How many moves do you need to end deal #89525? FreeSolitaire.win/turn-one#89525 🥇: 125 moves, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🥈: 126 moves, 🇿🇦 South Africa 🥉: 128 moves, 🇨🇿 Czechia Average: 141. Computer: 129.

Challenge №346 ⋅ 🥵 hard game, draw 3️⃣ ⋅ #PuzzlingDeck #Draw3 Are 🫵 you good enough to clear deal 2271? FreeSolitaire.win/turn-three#2271 To this day, two players could make it 👯 Their average time: 3min 52s, moves: 105.