Pattern Sprint: Quick Reasoning Puzzles
Pattern sprint gives you one reasoning puzzle at a time: a pattern grid with a missing cell, or a number series with a missing term. Solve as many as you can in 90 seconds.
- Each puzzle has one missing piece: a cell of a pattern grid or the next term of a series.
- Pick the answer that fits the rule. Two right in a row make the puzzles harder; a miss makes them easier.
- You have 90 seconds. Solve as many as you can.
Keys: A to F to answer
These are practice puzzles made by the same engine as the test. None of them can appear in a real test.
How does pattern sprint work?
Each puzzle has one answer that fits its rule. Pick it with a tap or with the keys A to F. A right answer moves on at once. A wrong one shows the right answer for a moment, then the next puzzle comes.
The puzzles follow you. Two right answers in a row move you up a level, up to level 4. A miss moves you down one. So the game stays hard enough to be interesting without getting stuck.
Where do the puzzles come from?
They are made by the same engine as our free IQ test, from the half of its puzzles kept for practice. That means no puzzle in this game can ever appear in a real test, so playing here does not give anything away. The practice questions page explains each kind of puzzle with worked answers.
What does my score mean?
Your score is the number of puzzles you solved in the time. Higher is better. The result also shows how many you missed and the highest level you reached.
This is a speed game, not an IQ estimate. The test gives you time to think within one clock and scores which questions you got right, not how fast you were. Our methodology explains how the test score is worked out.
Once this game has enough plays on this site, the result also shows how your score compares with them. Until then, compare with your own earlier games on the same device.
Will playing make me better at the IQ test?
You will get faster at these puzzles, and the test will feel more familiar. A large review of brain-training research found that practice improves the trained task but found little evidence that the gains spread to other abilities. A familiar format can raise a test score a little, which is why we say your first attempt is the fairest read.
What happens if I leave the page?
The clock stops while the page is hidden. Press Resume when you come back and it carries on.
More games for memory, speed and focus are on the brain games page.