Tea set #168
Medium brew · three games · about 4 minutes
Cups in this set
Each cup counts when you play it at the level shown here.
Set #168 sits between the gentle and the strong sets, a good everyday cup.
In this pot: hold it in mind, a steady eye. It opens with Step Back and finishes with Light Trail.
What is in the pot
| Cup | Game | Level | First task | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Step Back | Letter · 2 back | 22 letters | about 1 min |
| 2 | Ink & Word | Medium | ‘red’ in green | about 1 min |
| 3 | Light Trail | Medium | 3 steps, 6 panels | about 2 min |
The three cups
Cup 1: Step Back
Step Back, Letter · 2 back: keeping a short list moving through your mind. 22 letters, 6 of them matches; letters used: C, F, H, K, L, N, R, T.
Tip: Say the last items under your breath and drop the oldest each time: ‘K, R’ becomes ‘R, T’.
Cup 2: Ink & Word
Ink & Word, Medium: keeping your eye on the ink while the word pulls the other way. Forty-five seconds with 6 colours; the first card is the word ‘red’ in green ink.
Tip: A wrong tap costs a full second, so a calm correct tap beats a quick wrong one.
Cup 3: Light Trail
Light Trail, Medium: keeping an order of shapes and notes. The first trail is 3 steps long on 6 panels; each panel glows for 0.44 s.
Tip: Group long trails into twos and threes, the way you would remember a phone number.
Every cup in set #168 has a fixed seed, so anyone who opens this set gets the same patterns, trails, sums and waits. Your own ticks and results are kept only in this browser.