Plain tips that stay inside the rules

1. Compare by ratio. The score uses the log of answer ÷ target. Double and half are the same miss. Ask “what is half of this, and what is double?” before you hunt a name.
2. Spend the free seconds on the fence. The first three seconds do not drop you. Use them to read limits such as a year range or “this menu only.” Speed after that costs 4 m/s, capped at 108 m.
3. Accuracy outranks a fast Close. Dialed is 98–100 plus 25. A rushed Warm cannot make that bonus back. The Golden Round doubles the points and the bonus, so accuracy matters on every round; its identity is hidden until after the answer.
4. Trust the first good lock. The first accepted answer sticks. Extra tries after a refusal still burn the clock. If the list rejects you, change the name, do not mash the same spelling.
5. Learn the refusal reasons. Not in the list, outside the category, only part of a name, or too many attempts. Each one is a different repair.
6. On number rounds, write the figure you mean. 2.5k and 1.2 million are accepted forms. Year questions: three years off is Close, and only the exact year is Dialed.
7. Use a physical anchor you already know. The how-to-play page itself offers ratio hints in the style of “about 19 Eiffel Towers.” One anchor, applied twice, beats a cloud of half-remembered records.
8. Read the reveal. After the day, the archive shows the real value and the best answers. That is the textbook. It is not a second scored attempt.
9. Do not assume two number rounds. The how-to-play sentence says two. Archive days #1 through #16 run from zero number rounds to six. Prepare for both shapes. The counts are on the archive.
10. Keep the streak rule literal. One freeze every seven days, two held at most, spent automatically, and the warning appears only in the last three hours if you have none.

The formula those habits sit on is written out on scoring. The official 6,200 m mountain example is on how to play: Denali is Dialed, Ben Nevis is a Miss. Reset times and streak questions are in the FAQ.