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Tea set #68

Light brew · three games · about 4 minutes

Cups in this set

Each cup counts when you play it at the level shown here.

A light brew to start with. All three cups are poured at gentle levels, so this set is about settling in rather than stretching.

In this pot: hold it in mind, a steady eye, quick hands. It opens with Step Back and finishes with Light Trail.

What is in the pot

CupGameLevelFirst taskTime
1Step BackLetter · 1 back21 lettersabout 1 min
2Reaction TimeSimplewaits 1.48–3.11 sabout 1 min
3Light TrailEasy3 steps, 4 panelsabout 2 min

The three cups

Cup 1: Step Back

Step Back, Letter · 1 back: keeping a short list moving through your mind. 21 letters, 6 of them matches; letters used: C, F, H, 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: Reaction Time

Reaction Time, Simple: waiting calmly and moving the instant something changes. The first eight waits fall between 1.48 and 3.11 s.

Tip: Play several rounds in a row on the same device before you judge a result; single rounds vary.

Cup 3: Light Trail

Light Trail, Easy: keeping an order of shapes and notes. The first trail is 3 steps long on 4 panels; each panel glows for 0.52 s.

Tip: Group long trails into twos and threes, the way you would remember a phone number.

Every cup in set #68 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.

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