No. Pattern Sequence is a single 45-second game, and its score only describes how many puzzles you solved in this round. The score is not converted to an IQ and cannot be read as one.

Is there always exactly one right answer?

Yes. Each wrong option differs from the right one on exactly one property. And when a property runs through all its values and starts over, the row shows that restart before you have to continue it, so the rule can always be read from the row itself.

No. A single round on this page stores no score and asks for no account. We only count that a round was played, without knowing who played it. The full Brain Check gives you a result page with all five games.

Brain test: which shape comes next in the pattern?

You see a row of shapes that follows a pattern. Choose the shape that comes next. Get as many right as you can.

45 seconds. Your score is the number of correct answers.

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You see a row of four shapes that follows a rule. From four options, pick the shape that continues the row. Right or wrong, the next puzzle follows at once. Your result is the number of puzzles you got right in 45 seconds.

How this brain test works

The game above is called Pattern Sequence. Each shape in the row has four properties: its form (circle, square or triangle), how many of them there are (one to four), which way a small pointer faces, and whether it is open or filled. From one shape to the next, some of those properties move one step along, and the rest stay put. You work out which ones move and pick the shape that comes next.

The puzzles get harder as you go. In the first three only one property changes. Up to the eighth puzzle two change at the same time, and from the ninth on there are three. A property can also run backward, so a pointer may turn counterclockwise instead of clockwise.

After a right answer the check mark stays up for less than half a second. After a wrong one the game shows the right shape for a full second, so you can see what you missed. That second comes out of your 45.

How the puzzles become a game score

Your result is the number of puzzles you got right, and it goes onto a fixed curve from 0 to 100. Two right scores 20, four scores 50, seven scores 80 and ten scores 95. We set those anchor points before anyone had played, on what seemed within reach in 45 seconds. The method is on our scoring reference.

We show typical scores once enough people have played. For now you see your own count and where it sits on the curve.

A game score is about one round of one game. It changes with your device, the time of day and how often you have played before. It is not an IQ score and it says nothing about your health.

The full Brain Check: five games in about five minutes

Pattern Sequence is one of five games in the free Brain Check. The other four are Memory Grid, Quick Tap, Spot the Difference and Math Sprint. Each takes 45 seconds, and with the short instructions between them you are done in about five minutes, without an account.

At the end you see a game score for each of the five and a Brain Check score, which is the average of the five game scores. Once fifty people have completed the Brain Check, you also see how your score compares with other players, within your age group if you give one and enough people in it have played.

Other single games: the reaction time test, the memory test, the attention test, and all five brain games on one page.

Frequently asked questions

Is this an IQ test?: No. Pattern Sequence is a single 45-second game, and its score only describes how many puzzles you solved in this round. The score is not converted to an IQ and cannot be read as one.
Is there always exactly one right answer?: Yes. Each wrong option differs from the right one on exactly one property. And when a property runs through all its values and starts over, the row shows that restart before you have to continue it, so the rule can always be read from the row itself.
Is my score saved?: No. A single round on this page stores no score and asks for no account. We only count that a round was played, without knowing who played it. The full Brain Check gives you a result page with all five games.