Intermediate Minesweeper Leaderboard
Classements compétitifs par nombre de trophées
Minesweeper world rankings compare the fastest ranked clears by time, 3BV/s, and efficiency. Filter by difficulty and season to study top Standard-mode results, or switch to the No-Guessing rankings for the logic-only pool. The current Intermediate record in this category is 35.140s, set by 1761723, and the 11 fastest ranked players average 169.3s.
This leaderboard covers the middle classic board - 16x16 with 40 mines, about 15.6 percent density - where the puzzle is large enough to reward technique but still small enough to hold in your head. Each row shows a player's best ranked time next to the 3BV/s that produced it.
| # | Joueur | Temps | 3BV/s | Efficacité | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
1
1761723
|
35.140s | 1.37 | 76.2% | 2026-05-14 |
| 2 |
R
rtrvt
|
37.797s | 1.35 | 76.1% | 2026-07-02 |
| 3 |
B
Bo_L_Gia
|
78.015s | 1.00 | 70.3% | 2026-05-01 |
| 4 |
D
Danial_Khan
|
81.272s | 0.58 | 46.5% | 2026-07-24 |
| 5 |
B
Bamboozed
|
103.029s | 0.51 | 48.1% | 2026-05-14 |
| 6 |
C
c_V_Minh
|
121.285s | 0.61 | 78.7% | 2026-05-10 |
| 7 |
M
Mou
|
128.773s | 0.33 | 43.0% | 2026-05-15 |
| 8 |
W
Willp
|
224.739s | 0.31 | 90.9% | 2026-06-08 |
| 9 |
M
milaa019
|
257.544s | 0.26 | 56.3% | 2026-04-17 |
| 10 |
S
Suvania_Nadasen
|
377.363s | 0.15 | 50.9% | 2026-04-21 |
| 11 |
L
Laybit
|
417.535s | 0.12 | 51.5% | 2026-05-21 |
What Counts as a Good Intermediate Time
Intermediate benchmarks are wider apart than Beginner ones because there is room for technique to compound. Sub-60 seconds is a solid result and the usual sign that chording has become automatic rather than something you remember to do. Sub-40 seconds is competitive; at that pace you are no longer solving one clue at a time but reading several linked numbers in a single glance. Sub-10 seconds is elite territory that very few players reach on any board draw.
For scale, the fastest Intermediate solve on the externally verified record lists sits at about 7.05 seconds. That record belongs to the global verification authorities outside this site and is not a time you will find in the table above.
Something worth knowing before you compare: Intermediate rewards consistency more than the other difficulties. A player who posts 45 seconds every game is usually further along than one whose average is a minute with a single lucky 30.
Reading 3BV and 3BV/s on the 16x16 Board
Intermediate boards typically carry something in the region of 40 to 70 3BV. That is the minimum click count needed to clear them, and the difference between the two ends of the range is close to a factor of two - enough that time alone tells you very little about who played better.
3BV/s fixes that. It normalises the result by the work the board actually contained, which is why competitive players quote it before they quote seconds. On Intermediate, 2.0 3BV/s is a decent working rate, 3.0 is high, and 4.0 is very high. If your times are stuck but your 3BV/s is still rising, you are improving - the boards have simply been generous or stingy in ways the clock cannot separate.
How to Climb the Intermediate Leaderboard
The players at the top of this table are not clicking faster than you by much; they are clicking fewer times. At 15.6 percent density a satisfied number sits next to several unopened cells, so every chord you take replaces three or four separate reveals. Skipping chords is the single most common reason an Intermediate run stalls around the minute mark.
Flag discipline is the other half. A flag has no ranked value in itself - it only matters when it completes a number you are about to chord, and any flag that does not do that is wasted travel that drags your efficiency down. The habit to build is to place a flag and take the chord it unlocks as one motion, without moving the cursor away in between, then let that chord's new numbers feed the next pair.
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Points Clés
- Les classements sont triés par meilleur temps de complétion pour chaque combinaison de difficulté et de mode. Seule votre meilleure résolution unique compte.
- 3BV/s (valeur 3BV par seconde) mesure combien de groupes de cellules logiques vous avez nettoyés par seconde — c'est la métrique d'efficacité standard dans le démineur compétitif.
- L'efficacité est le pourcentage de vos clics qui étaient nécessaires — une efficacité plus élevée signifie moins de clics inutiles sur le marquage ou le nettoyage par accord.
- Le classement Standard autorise tous les styles de jeu légaux. Sans-Devinette est une catégorie séparée pour les plateaux entièrement résolvables sans deviner.
- Les classements se réinitialisent chaque saison — le classement affiche uniquement les meilleurs temps de cette saison. Les résultats des saisons passées sont archivés.
How to Improve Your Minesweeper Rank
Want to climb faster? Study the Minesweeper patterns guide and the efficiency & 3BV/s guide, then put it into practice on the Expert Minesweeper board.
- Une haute efficacité compte plus que la vitesse brute au sommet. Les joueurs les plus rapides ont généralement une efficacité de 90 %+ — chaque clic compte.
- Vérifiez les onglets Standard et Sans-Devinette pour votre rang. De nombreux joueurs se classent bien mieux dans un mode — connaître votre force comparative vous aide à décider où concourir pour les récompenses de saison.
- Soumettez un temps avant la fin de la saison. Les récompenses de saison vont aux joueurs les mieux classés à la coupure — une seule résolution classée sécurise votre placement de saison même si ce n'est pas un record personnel.