In Côte d'Ivoire, as if the old record hadn't been sick enough. 89/204 (-4 moves) by RnB

Only one (1) day to go until B7 is here. Good luck everybody, remember to write meaty diaries, and don't be too discouraged by the shock when you see all the levels! Sadly, Boris will probably be silent during the comp.

Beginning 112 and Axe Club 145, by myself...

...and Canada 57/557 (-14!!), still by myself. Now it's someone else's turn to be driven nuts by this level *evil laugh*

Updated Bricks IV and V top4 tables again. Jyrki makes his top4 debut thanks to an amazing score of 65 in Werft, the only B5 level where neither of the top teams has +0.

One month and a bit to go. To celebrate this our beloved hero Boris the Bricksomaniac finally gets on a regular weekly schedule again, appearing every Thursday until Bricks VII starts.

Updated Bricks IV and V top4 statistics (available at the usual locations) over the last couple of days. Thanks to Johan and especially Andreas for clearing up the ??? (with the help of Andreas, I managed to get rid of two unknowns in B4 statistics that had persisted since Nolan's version last updated four and a half years ago!)

I know better by now than promise regular updates even for a month or so... but he's back for at least this one strip

Oh and by the way, stole Poland from RnB by 1 step. 43/236 now.

Mexico is now 40/392 (-3 moves) by myself Previous record was 43/341 by the team of Eckhard and Robert. Also improved my own record in Iran by 1 move, it's now 132/646.

My Bricks VI scoreboard can now be seen here. (Be awed, people. Except the one person who actually just might really pop by and look, as he still happens to be 111 points ahead.)

 A year and a half has passed since the previous entry. That was when I accomplished a major goal, solving the last remaining regular Bricks level (which happened to be Octo Vortex, in which I subsequently gained the record and then lost it again to an amazing score by Eckhard&Fabrice).

The next major goal was becoming a Super Genius in Bricks VI, thereby completing my full set of Super Genius titles in regular Bricks. I had to hurry with this one since if the normal three-year cycle is kept up (which of course is far from certain) Bricks VII will be here in a year, quite possibly killing any chance to get a full set of Super Genius titles.

I've worked on Bricks VI quite a lot these past couple of days, gaining 132 moves in 27 hours (mostly from my own level, Lemmings). In fact, Lemmings was the level I gained the decisive improvement from (11 moves at once, from 39989 to 40000 precisely). This is the second consecutive time Lemmings is the level helping me to a goal, since a few months ago it was my last red regular Bricks level to be turned blue. (Waiting for somebody to turn one of my blue levels red again...)

Octo Vortex has been solved!!!!!! All the hard work pays off in the end. I'm not about to quit Bricksing (i.e. living) just yet, though; there are too many things left to do. Opting Octo Vortex, to begin with. Aim for this week: push Alan off the #1 spot on the individual list.

Have fun!

Yesterday, in the 11th IAAF Athletics World Championships at Osaka, Japan, Finland's eight years' no-gold streak ended as Tero Pitkämäki emerged as a national hero in men's javelin throw competition. As a salute to this phenomenal achievement six Bricks levels were designed by me. Anyone interested in playing them can contact me.

1. Tero Pitkämäki  90.33
2. Andreas Thorkildsen  88.61
3. Breaux Greer  86.21