Well, I guess it's official. I'm pretty much the most unlucky SGS cruncher on PrimeGrid.

Today I just surpassed stevmcn in terms of SGS credit with no SGS prime find (neither primary nor double-check). He had 522,629, and I'm now at 525,328.37 and counting. No one has more SGS credit than that with no prime find.

stevmcn is also the current leader in terms of WUs crunched with no prime find, having completed an astounding 37,563 WUs to date with not a single prime find! I've only got 20,560, so it'll be a while until I can beat that. There are also several other PG users ahead of me in the race for that dubious distinction.

As an aside, I even crunched 1,056 SGS WUs over on PRPNet during the SGS downtime on PG between ranges. No prime finds there either. Maybe I did something to offend the ghost of Sophie Germain?
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Proud member of Team Aggie the Pew

"Wir müssen wissen. Wir werden wissen."
"We must know, we shall know."
- David Hilbert, 1930

And I thought I was having a bad time with 12.2k WUs done and no luck.

It seems that I'm hot on your tails...time will tell how it turns out. I'm not changing projects until I find one.

Well, I guess I'm out of the race!

Just got this one in: 113.105.840.787*2^1290000-1 is a prime!

It took only about 14k workunits...

There are also several other PG users ahead of me in the race for that dubious distinction.

Reached the Top 3...

Regards Odi
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I have managed my second SGS double checker, and fourth PG double checker with "only" 10k on SGS, but over 400k on PG and still no prime of my own.

I'll keep looking and hope for a change in luck.
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Member team AUSTRALIA
My lucky number is 9291*2^1085585+1

PrimeGrid now shows a prime found for me. Not sure if it is 1st or 2nd checker yet.
So I'm bowing out of the race at 29,270 WUs and 870,539 SGS points.

Odicin still has no prime finds at 34,594 WUs and 1,002,396 SGS points!
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Proud member of Team Aggie the Pew

"Wir müssen wissen. Wir werden wissen."
"We must know, we shall know."
- David Hilbert, 1930

I went from silver to gold badge in SGS without an extra prime. They are getting rare, I guess.

Now I'm going for my Cullen gold badge. I would be amazed if that would get me a new prime. They're even more rare...

9100 WU for me and also no prime. Perhaps it's better to switch to Proth Prime Search tasks? I've got 5k WU of those and also no prize :(
Still, when i read the posts above i think i still have no real reason to complain.

Was having plenty of troubles but suddenly at around 20k workunits I found two more :)

Yes, I did finally get not just one, but two SGS primes plus a double-check in rapid succession.

I'd say, "good luck," but this is a math project. We know that luck is really just probabilities. So instead I'll say, "Keep crunching and, odds are, you'll get a prime too!"

"Keep crunching and, odds are, you'll get a prime too!"

Look like I found one! I am happily bowing out of the race at 12,615 WU:
http://www.primegrid.com/primes/?section=primelist&userid=120786

I'm also out of race after 40600 WU's ;)
http://www.primegrid.com/primes/?section=primelist&userid=61485

Regards Odi
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I'm also out of race after 40600 WU's ;)
http://www.primegrid.com/primes/?section=primelist&userid=61485