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3BV measures a Minesweeper board's minimum left-click workload. 3BV/s divides that value by solve time so different layouts can be compared with context.

Plain-language definitions of Minesweeper rules, patterns, metrics and competitive terms.

Understand Minesweeper efficiency and 3BV/s: what 3BV measures, how chording boosts it, and how to clear boards in fewer clicks.

Expert Minesweeper has 99 mines on a 30x16 board - 480 cells at 20.6% density. Here is how that compares to Beginner and Intermediate, and why it matters.

There is no universal timeline for getting good at Minesweeper. Use consistent wins, fewer pauses, efficiency, 3BV/s and live percentiles to measure progress.

Right-click a cell to flag it, right-click again to remove. On mobile, long-press. Flag deliberately - flags exist to enable chording, not to decorate mines.

Expert is the largest standard board at 30x16. Custom boards here reach 50x50, which is 2,500 cells - about five Expert boards end to end.

Minesweeper efficiency is 3BV divided by recorded actions. Learn what 100% and scores above 100% mean without unsupported universal cutoffs.

Minesweeper uses both deduction and chance: logic resolves provable cells, while Standard mode can produce forced guesses. No-Guessing removes them.

Minesweeper records vary by board, client and verification rules. Learn how to verify a current record and compare live Minesweeper.now results.