The catalogue
Pick something to find out about yourself.
Every one of these is free, and takes under a minute. Nothing is self-reported, so there is nothing to fudge.
Free will
Things you think you chose. You did not.
- Free will
Think of a vegetable
Keep it in your head. We already know what it is.
6 responses Name a playing card.
- Free will
Name a colour
The first one that comes to mind. Six in ten people say the same one.
6 responses - Free will
Be random
Nobody can fake randomness. The interesting part is which way you fail.
3 responsesearly - Free will
Scatter twenty dots
Place them at random. Real randomness clumps far more than feels right.
2 responsesearly - Free will
Think of a piece of furniture
Another free choice that turns out not to be free. Two answers take seven in ten.
7 responses Pick a shape, first one that comes to mind.
Name an animal.
- Free will
Finish the sentence
One word, freely chosen, and four in ten people choose the same one.
3 responses
Your senses
Decisions your eyes and ears make before you get a vote.
- Your senses
Where does 7 go?
You will put it in the wrong place. Everyone does, by a measurable amount.
4 responsesearly - Your senses
How much do illusions fool you?
You have seen this illusion before. You have never been told your number.
4 responsesearly - Your senses
Sixty seconds
Most people lose several seconds. Find out which way you drift.
3 responsesearly - Your senses
Where blue becomes green
There is a point where green becomes blue, and no two people agree on it.
3 responsesearly - Your senses
Cut it in half
One click. Your eye is measurably worse at this than you believe.
3 responsesearly - Your senses
Your natural tempo
Everyone has a tempo they reach for unprompted. Almost nobody knows theirs.
2 responsesearly - Your senses
How many dots
Under a second on screen, far too many to count. Guess anyway.
2 responsesearly - Your senses
How fine is your ear?
Two tones, closer and closer together. Most people give up around a fifth of a semitone.
1 response - Your senses
Draw a perfect circle
One stroke, no lifting. Almost nobody gets above 90.
3 responsesearly - Your senses
Spot the odd colour
Four patches, one is different. It gets harder every time you are right.
3 responsesearly - Your senses
The ugliest rectangle
Ten shapes, same area, asked in 1876. Half of everyone picks one of the same two.
Be the first - Your senses
Order the blues and greens
Eight hues in a narrow band. Sorting them is harder than it looks, and the score is real.
1 responseearly - Your senses
Which centre is larger?
The circles around an object change how large it looks. Adjust one centre until your eyes say the two match.
1 responseearly
How you think
You would swear you reasoned this through.
- How you think
Two thirds of the average
Your answer reveals exactly how many steps ahead you were thinking.
4 responsesearly - How you think
The least you would accept
Refuse and you both get nothing. Where you draw the line says a lot.
2 responsesearly - How you think
How sure are you?
Six questions, and a range you are 90% sure about. Most people are far too confident.
1 responseearly - How you think
Leave it alone for twenty years
£100 at 10% a year. Almost everyone answers as if interest never earns interest.
Be the first - How you think
Two people, one birthday
How big does a room have to get? The real answer is far smaller than it feels.
1 response - How you think
A thousand coin flips
Large samples cling to the middle far harder than anyone expects.
1 responseearly - How you think
Now or later
What a year of waiting is worth to you, found by narrowing it down four times.
2 responsesearly - How you think
Are you above average?
Five questions about yourself. The arithmetic will not let all of us be right.
1 responseearly - How you think
Split the windfall
Free money, and a stranger who will never know what you did. Most people keep it all.
Be the first - How you think
Three trick questions
Each one has an answer that leaps out at you. Each one is wrong.
1 response - How you think
Which is more likely?
One of these cannot be likelier than the other. Most people pick it anyway.
1 response - How you think
Six hundred lives
Two programs, the same expected outcome. Almost nobody is indifferent.
From published data - How you think
What you would give a stranger
Six splits between you and someone you will never meet. They add up to one number.
1 responseearly - How you think
Which cards must turn over?
Four cards and one simple rule. Pick only the cards that can prove the rule wrong.
1 responseearly
Your memory
Things you would swear you remember.
- Your memory
Where is the K?
You type on it every day. Point at one key without looking.
3 responsesearly - Your memory
Which bicycle would work?
You have ridden one for years. Most people still cannot pick the one that functions.
1 responseearly - Your memory
Do you remember this word?
Read fifteen words. Then answer one question about a word that was never there.
Be the first - Your memory
The other number pad
Two layouts, mirror images, both in daily use. You know one far better than you think.
2 responsesearly - Your memory
How far north is Rome?
Mental maps quietly slide continents around. This one is off by more than you would guess.
3 responsesearly - Your memory
Which g is real?
You have read this letter a million times. Almost nobody can pick it out of four.
3 responsesearly - Your memory
Where does Q sit?
You know the alphabet as a song, not as twenty-six positions. It shows.
2 responsesearly - Your memory
Pairs
Twelve cards, six pairs, five seconds to remember where they are. How many misses will it take to clear the board?
1 responseearly - Your memory
Follow the path
Nine tiles, one path, and no clues once it disappears. How long a sequence can you put back?
1 responseearly - Your memory
The disappearing number
A number appears, vanishes, and grows by one digit each round. How many digits stay in your head?
1 responseearly - Your memory
Word partners
Six unrelated word pairs, a short distraction, then one half goes missing. How many partners can you recover?
1 responseearly
Instinct
Faster than thought, and completely out of your hands.
- Instinct
Reaction time
The number everyone thinks they already know about themselves.
2 responses - Instinct
Your own pulse
Guess how fast your heart is going, then find it and count. Almost nobody is close.
Be the first - Instinct
Snap
Two symbols appear. React only when they match. This is recognition speed, not merely clicking when a light changes.
1 responseearly - Instinct
Finger sprint
Alternate between two targets for 20 seconds. Speed only counts while the rhythm stays accurate.
1 responseearly
Sides
The arguments everyone has already had.
Is cereal a soup?
Toilet paper: over the roll, or under?
Is a hot dog a sandwich?
Is pineapple on pizza good?
Sock shoe sock shoe, or sock sock shoe shoe?
- Sides
Your favourite topping
Twenty-three to choose from. A quarter of people reach for the same one.
1 response How do you feel about ketchup on eggs?
Is chili more of a soup, or a stew?
Do you cut a sandwich in half vertically, or diagonally?
Do you eat the crust of your pizza?
Is a hamburger a sandwich?
Is cole slaw a salad?
Brownie from the edge of the pan, or the middle?
Should you rinse rice before cooking it?
Does cilantro taste like soap to you?
How the scoring works
- 01
Answer it. Under a minute, no account, no setup. Most are measured while you play. The short ones are a single question, tapped straight from this list.
- 02
See the whole crowd.Your result plotted against everyone else’s, with the number of responses behind it stated plainly.
- 03
Watch your Averageness move. One score across everything you have played, updated after each one.