Solitaire collection events cheating

...Another observation that I have made is that I am a 'Premium Player' whilst a lot of the 'cheats' are not. Which means they should have adverts breaking into their games while the clock runs

This is an interesting point. That would kind of make "premium" players "pay to win" meaning that premium players are paying for an advantage over non-premium players, who have advertisements slowing us down. 

I think microsoft should  group premium players separately from non premium players. Also- they should group those with similar times together so that cheaters would end up being grouped together. This would give good players who don't cheat a chance at the top 3.

Hi Tom,  A touch screen might be marginally faster but I don't think it allows those times. I can sweep my cursor across my 550mm screen fairly rapidly. The 'click' time would slow me. I have held position 3 and 5 once only, I have reached 3 several times to be pushed down as more people finish. I'm always pleased to be in the 'Top 20'. 

   I often get times of 40-50 seconds for easy Freecell. but expert games can take up to half an hour.

I'm convinced that these cheats are practising on a 2nd account name. Not many have premium edition so are subject to adverts while the clock is still running. Also I can't believe that that get the correct sequence of Tri-peaks first time every time.

'There are strategies for other games, but you will have to figure those out for yourself. ' Yes, I'm quite adept at some.

I have been doing the solitaire events for a while and just cannot believe that people can finish so quickly even if they new the answers in advance. There must be a tool that allow them to control the clock on the event. I honestly dont care much as i do it for fun and those people are only cheating themselves.

Maybe he lives in a different time zone.

So, not sure that I agree.  One thing that I have found is that using a touch screen is a lot faster than dragging a mouse around.  I do have a 3rd place finish and I didn't cheat to get it.  But I do agree that some of these times are ridiculous.  I think some people use two user names, use 1 to figure out the game, and the other to get a good score.  But to me, that takes too much time.

There are some other "tricks" to employ that I have figured out.  For example:

1. In a Klondike game where the goal is not to complete the game but to "play the 7 clubs" or "play 3 fours".  Very quickly go through the deck and assess which cards are already there.  In some cases, all the cards are in the deck and you don't need to play any cards in the field.
2. In Pyramid games, where there is more than 1 deal available and the goal is to "complete 2 boards in 2 deals".  For each hand, assess the field for the presence of all four cards of the same number.  If that occurs and the matching pair is at the top of the pyramid, then the deal can't be solved.  Don't waste time on that. Just click through that game as fast as possible and move on to the next one.

There are strategies for other games, but you will have to figure those out for yourself.