Play one puzzle. See everything it moves.

Everyone gets the same daily puzzle. Solve it and coins, XP and streaks start adding up. Sign in and your solve is ranked. Add friends and a team and you play together. Every number on this page is the one the game uses.

One solve, everything it feeds

Finish today's daily and it fans out. What happens depends on whether you are signed in and whether the game is ranked.

You finish the daily

Same puzzle for every player, every UTC day.

Every signed-in solve

Ranked or not.

Coins: 10 plus 5 for each streak day after the first, up to 60.
XP: about 15 on easy, 20 on medium, 26 on hard.
Streak: your game streak and your portal-wide streak move up.
Mystery box: a 5% chance every solve, and a sure rare box at streak 7, 30 and 100.
Badges are checked.
Your team's pace for the day counts your time.

Ranked solves only

Signed in, a ranked game, and the server confirms your moves.

The day board: fastest time wins.
Season points, if a season is running.
Week points, which place you in your ring.
Your speed rating and the skill part of Smart Power.
Two badges: No Help Needed and Top Ten.

Practice, duels and live matches never pay coins or points. Practice and verified duels pay a little XP, capped each day.

Guests can play the daily. Coins, ranked boards, teams and friends need an account.

How you earn

Coins are yours to spend. XP builds your level. Team coins belong to the team.

Coins

Source	You get	When
Signing in	5	Once per UTC day.
A daily solve	10 to 60	Once per game per day. 10 on streak day 1, then 5 more each day, capped at 60. Three games in a day pays three times.
Common mystery box	20 coins in 60% of boxes	5% chance on any daily solve. The other prizes are 15 XP (30%) and a Coral name colour (10%).
Rare mystery box	100 coins in 40% of boxes	When your streak reaches 7, 30 or 100 days in a row, any daily. The other prizes are a Gold frame (40%) and an Emerald frame (20%).
A duplicate prize	The item's price	If a box gives you a cosmetic you already own.
Bonus events	Up to ×5	A live event can multiply solve coins and XP, for one game or every game. It never multiplies ranked points.

XP and level

Source	You get	When
A daily solve	15 · 20 · 26	Easy, medium, hard. Multiplied by any bonus event and team boost.
Common mystery box	15	One possible prize.
A practice solve	5	Up to 4 a day (20 XP).
A verified duel	27 · 35 · 46	Easy, medium, hard, when you win. Losing or tying pays 18 · 23 · 31. Up to 3 duels paid a day.
A Course leg	15 · 20 · 26	Easy, medium, hard. Once per leg.
A friend quest	40	For each seat.

Level 2: 120
Level 5: 572
Level 10: 1,767
Level 20: 7,600
Level 30: 25,735
Level 50: 256,975

Level 1 costs 120 XP and every level after it costs 12% more, up to level 200. Levels never drop, and they unlock nothing. They are a record of how long you have played.

Team coins

Source	You get	When
Beat the app	100	At least 2 teammates played and the team's pace was under the day's median.
Team ladder, top 3	300 · 200 · 100	For 1st, 2nd and 3rd on the day's pace ladder.
Payout	Next morning	Paid at 04:15 UTC for the day before. A team can earn both awards on the same day.

Team coins are a separate wallet. They never come out of your own coins.

How you spend

Only a few things cost coins. Everything competitive is free to enter.

Item	Price	What it does
Streak shield	50 coins	Bought ahead, up to 2 held at a time. Covers a day you miss on your streak, automatically.
Streak repair, 1 missed day	75 coins	Buy back a streak whose last solve was 2 days ago.
Streak repair, 2 missed days	175 coins	Last solve 3 days ago. Longer gaps cannot be bought back.
Gold or Emerald frame	250 coins	A frame around your avatar.
Coral or Violet name colour	150 coins	Colours your name on boards.
Team boost, 24 hours	1200 team coins	Every teammate's solve coins and XP ×1.25 for 24 hours. Captain or officer buys it with team coins. One purchase per team.

Always free

Hints, practice, duels, matchmaking, events, tournaments and rings cost nothing to enter. Hints do not reduce your ranked points.

Ways to play

Pick the ones that suit you. Only the daily, a season and rings touch your ranking.

Counts toward your ranking

The daily

How: Open any game and play. Signed in on a ranked game, it is ranked automatically. There is no separate ranked mode.
Scored by: Fastest time, measured by the server, not your stopwatch.
You get: Coins, XP, streaks, boxes, and a place on the boards.

Season

How: Play ranked dailies while a season is running. Seasons are set by the team running the site, so check the season page.
Scored by: Points per solve: 10, 20 or 35 for easy, medium, hard. Beat the day's median time for up to ×1.5, and keep a streak for up to ×1.6.
You get: A place on the season ladder and the Top Ten badge. No coin prizes.

Rings

How: Play ranked dailies. You are placed in a weekly group of up to 20 players on your first ranked solve of the week. It appears in the menu when it is switched on for you.
Scored by: Week points: the same points as the season, Monday to Sunday.
You get: A move up a ring, and the Noon badge for finishing a week in Noon.

On your own or against others

Practice

How: Open a game's practice page for a fresh board whenever you like.
Scored by: Not scored.
You get: 5 XP a solve, up to 4 a day (20 XP). Nothing else except the puzzle, and 100 solves earn a badge.

Duels

How: Challenge a friend to a board, or beat a practice board and send it on. You each play once, whenever suits you, within 7 days.
Scored by: Lowest time wins. You report your own time, so duels stay social.
You get: A private duel rating that moves each result. A duel with a self-reported time pays no coins, XP or points; a verified duel pays a little XP.

Matchmaking

How: Choose games and difficulties in the queue. When another player waits on the same board, you are matched.
Scored by: Same as a duel. Chess and Wall Race become live matches.
You get: A duel against someone new.

Live chess and Wall Race

How: Join from matchmaking. Moves arrive in real time.
Scored by: Checkmate wins in chess, and the first to the far row wins in Wall Race.
You get: The match. Nothing is recorded on any board. Chess has resign; Wall Race matches only end when someone finishes.

Events

How: Open the calendar. Anyone can look. You take part by playing the dailies in the window.
Scored by: Bonus events multiply coins and XP. Tournaments rank each player's best time on one game. Team seasons rank teams by coins their members earned.
You get: Bonus rewards, or a place on the event standings. No prizes are paid.

Headline

How: One game is featured for everyone each day. Solve it to keep your headline streak.
Scored by: Consecutive days you solved the featured game.
You get: A streak on the lobby card. No extra coins.

With your team

Team vs the app

How: Just play your daily. It starts by itself when a teammate plays.
Scored by: Each teammate's time against the day's median for that game and difficulty. The team's score is the average, so under 1.00 beats the app. It needs 2 players.
You get: 100 team coins when it beats the app.

Team vs team

How: Automatic. Every team with 2 or more players today is on the ladder.
Scored by: The same team pace, lowest first. It resets every day.
You get: 300, 200 or 100 team coins for the top three.

Leaderboards and how they connect

Each board ranks one thing over one period. Most are fed by a ranked solve, and a few take any solve.

Board	Ranks by	Period	Fed by	Who you can compare with
Day board	Fastest verified time (score for LUMEN)	One UTC day	Ranked solve	Everyone, friends, your teams
All-time best	Your single best verified solve per game and difficulty	Never resets	Ranked solve	Everyone
Season ladder	Season points, then fewer solves	One season	Ranked solve	Everyone, friends, your teams
Ring cohort	Week points, then fewer solves	Monday to Sunday	Ranked solve	Your group of up to 20
Most active	Number of solves, ever	All time	Any daily solve	Everyone
Team pace ladder	Team pace, lowest first	One UTC day	Any daily solve	All teams
Event standings	Best time, or team coins earned	The event window	Any daily solve, or coins	Everyone, or teams

Turn on anonymous in your settings and boards show you as Anonymous. Your rank and score still count.

A solve that used hints still ranks. It carries a hint mark, and it does not count for your rating or the hint-free badge.

Guests see the public boards. Friends and team views need an account.

Speed rating and Smart Power live on your profile. There is no board for them.

Progress

Streaks, power, rings and badges are how the platform remembers you.

Streaks

Game streak

Consecutive UTC days you solved one game. It sets your coin bonus and your season multiplier.

Portal streak

Consecutive days you solved any game. This is the number on the season ladder, and it unlocks three badges.

Headline streak

Consecutive days you solved the featured game. It cannot be covered by a shield or repaired.

Miss a day and the streak restarts at 1, unless a shield covers it or you repair it within 2 missed days. The lobby warns you when a streak is at risk.

Smart Power

A score from 0 to 1000. It shows on your profile and feeds your team. It unlocks nothing and cannot be bought.

Skill 400: Your speed rating. Neutral until you have 10 rated solves.
Consistency 300: Days you solved, out of days since your first solve.
Difficulty 200: How much of your play is medium and hard.
Momentum 100: Days you solved in the last 7.

Settling 0+
Steady 400+
Sharp 560+
Bright 700+
Peak 840+

Rings

Each week you play in a group of up to 20. Move up by ranking high or by showing up. Weeks run Monday to Sunday, and results land Monday morning.

Ring	Move up if	Move down if
Dusk	You finish in the top 50%, or you solved on 3 days.	Never
Dawn	You finish in the top 40%, or you solved on 4 days.	Never
Sunrise	You finish in the top 30%, or you solved on 5 days.	Never
Morning	You finish in the top 20%.	You finish in the bottom 15% and played fewer than 4 days.
Noon	Top of the ladder.	You finish in the bottom 20% and played fewer than 4 days.

Zones need a group of at least 5. Play 4 days in a week and you cannot drop. Miss two weeks in a row in Morning or Noon and you drop one ring. You can opt out in settings.

Badges

Badges are yours for good and pay no coins.

First Solve
Solve your first daily.
Week One
7 days in a row, any daily.
Habit
30 days in a row, any daily.
Centurion
100 days in a row, any daily.
Fast Hands
Solve a hard puzzle in under 60 seconds.
No Help Needed
A ranked solve with no hints on 7 days in a row.
Practice Makes
100 practice solves.
Top Ten
Reach the top 10 of a season ladder.
Noon
Finish a week in the Noon ring.
Clear Run
Solve a ranked puzzle without taking a hint.
Finisher
Finish every leg of a competition.
Iron Order
Finish ten competitions.
Clear Course
Finish a competition without taking a hint on any leg that offers one.
Record Breaker
Hold a platform record.

Teams

A team is up to 50 players who share one wallet, one pace and one chat. You can be in up to 3 teams.

Getting in

Create a team from the Teams page. Pick a name, a short tag of 2 to 6 letters and digits, and whether it is open or invite-only.
Open teams: anyone can join from the team list.
Invite-only teams: an officer or captain sends you a link or an email, or invites you by name.
Invite links work once and expire in 1, 7 or 30 days. Opening one asks you to sign in first.

Roles

Can	Member	Officer	Captain
Invite people to an open team	Yes	Yes	Yes
Invite people to an invite-only team	No	Yes	Yes
Spend team coins and start the boost	No	Yes	Yes
Promote or demote teammates	No	No	Yes
Change the team's name, icon and photo	No	No	Yes

What a team earns and does

Team coins from beating the app and from the daily ladder. See Earn above.
The team boost: 1.25× coins and XP for every teammate for 24 hours.
Team Smart Power: the best 8 members, lifted by covering all 7 days and all 3 difficulties. It drops if teammates go quiet, so one star cannot carry a team that stopped playing.
A Team view on the day boards and the season ladder, across all your teams.
A team chat room, and direct messages between teammates.
Optional team reports. They only use members who opt in, and need at least 2 of them.

What you can do for your team

Play your daily. Your best time that day is your share of the team pace, and your solves keep the team's power up. You never pay the team anything, and it never takes coins from you.

How do I…

Real goals, with the steps that get you there.

Get onto the season ladder

1Sign in.
2Play a game that supports ranked play. Chess, Wall Race and Picture Grid do not.
3Solve it while signed in. The server checks your moves.
4Check the season page. If no season is running, points are not counted yet.

Reach the Noon ring

1Play a ranked daily. Your first one of the week places you in a group.
2Play on 3 days in Dusk, 4 in Dawn and 5 in Sunrise, or finish near the top, to move up.
3In Morning, finish in the top 20% to reach Noon.
4In Noon, play at least 4 days a week to stay.

Keep a streak alive

1Solve the game once per UTC day.
2Might miss a day? Hold a shield for 50 coins — it covers the day automatically.
3Already missed one or two? Repair it for 75 or 175 coins.
4Longer than that, the streak restarts at 1.

Get a rare mystery box

1Build a streak, any daily.
2Reach day 7, day 30 and day 100.
3A rare box arrives when your streak first reaches 7, 30 or 100 days — on a solve, a shield or a repair.

Beat the app with your team

1At least 2 teammates solve the same day.
2Each teammate's time is compared to that day's median for the game.
3If the team's average is under 1.00, it wins 100 team coins the next morning.

Challenge a friend

1Add them from the Friends page.
2Start a challenge from Duels, or beat a practice board and send it.
3They have 7 days to play it. You can nudge them once a day.

Raise my Smart Power

1Solve most days. Consistency and momentum are 40% of the score.
2Play medium and hard, not only easy.
3Get to 10 ranked, hint-free solves so your skill part is measured.

Plans and limits

Limits count games you start each day. Everyone gets the same puzzle, and nothing buys an easier one.

Limit	Guest	Free	Premium
Different games a day	3	No limit	No limit
Tries per game	1	No limit	No limit
Practice rounds a day	5	No limit	No limit
History	None	30 days	Full

Today's headline game does not count towards the games limit. Limits are kept in your browser as pacing. Upgrades are being given out by hand while we test, and nothing is charged.

Fine print

What time does the day change?

At 00:00 UTC for everyone. Streaks, boards, seasons and rings all use UTC days.

Why was my solve not ranked?

The server replays your moves and measures the time itself. If the check fails, the solve still counts for coins, XP and streaks but not for rank, and you are only told it was unranked. Guest history you merge at sign-in never ranks.

What is the day's median?

The middle time for that game and difficulty. Points and team pace compare you against it. The first player of the day has nothing to compare with and scores ×1.0.

Why does my Smart Power move when I do nothing?

Consistency divides by days since your first solve and momentum looks at the last 7 days, so idle days lower it. Your skill only changes when you solve.

How do several teams affect me?

Your power is split between your teams, and your solves count for each of them.

Where is Rings?

Rings appears in the menu once it is switched on for your account. Until then you play the season as usual.