RICRAC

Seven questions a day. Stop the counter as close to the answer as you dare, without going over.

Stop the counter just short of the answer. Go over and you bust.

The idea

Every day, 7 questions with a number for an answer. For each one, a counter shoots up toward the answer.

Stop it as close to the answer as you can, but don’t go over. Go over and you BUST: 0 points.

First tap (or the space bar): the counter slows way down. Second tap: it stops.

Brake too early and the counter crawls. Brake too late and you’re going bust.

CLOSE SHAVE (98% to 100% of the answer): 150 points. Exactly on the answer: SPOT ON, same score.

Below that: 100 × (your stop ÷ answer)², so 81 points at 90%, 25 points at 50%.

Over the answer: BUST, 0 points.

You only get one try at each question. If you reload the page while the counter is running, the question just starts over.

A new RICRAC drops every day at midnight Eastern Time.