Can you achieve perfection?
In 1883, a French mathematician introduced the world to a puzzle wrapped in a legend: somewhere in a temple, monks are said to be moving sixty four golden disks between three towers, one at a time, never resting a larger disk on a smaller one. When the last disk settles into place, the legend goes, the world will end. Moving one disk per second, that day is still about 585 billion years away.
You won't need nearly that long. But every level here hides a number of its own: the fewest moves it can possibly take to solve. Most players feel their way to the pattern long before they could explain why it works. Can you find yours?
Read the full story →Three pegs. A stack of disks. One rule: never place a larger disk on a smaller one. Simple to learn. A lifetime to master.
The rules take thirty seconds to learn. Mastering them is another matter. Understand the recursive strategy that unlocks a perfect run on every level — and why returning a disk to its original peg still costs you a move.
Read more →Most people can solve this puzzle within minutes of picking it up. What keeps them coming back is the question that follows. Can you do it in the optimal number of moves? Can you beat your best time? This version was built to challenge you on both.
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