Castaway Gauntlet
Run every Survivor puzzle on the site back to back and earn a castaway rating.
- Answer: four instinct questions set your player archetype.
- Run: six puzzles back to back, each against a par clock.
- Score: earn a shareable castaway rating out of 100.
About this puzzle
The six challenges run in a fixed order, word scramble through tilt maze, each with a par time shown up front; the clock starts on your first move in each event. Beat par for a perfect event score of 100, slower finishes scale down, and skipping is always allowed but scores zero. Your castaway rating is the average across all six, broken into puzzle sense, wordcraft, steady hands, and patience.
The archetype from the opening questions (strategist, social player, provider, or wildcard) flavors your result screen and share line. It is a fun score from one puzzle run, not a real casting verdict.
Warm up first in the puzzle collection, see how a whole season could play out in the season simulator, or find your castaway twin in the which Survivor are you quiz.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Castaway Gauntlet?
A guided run through every puzzle on the site: the word scramble, the Survivor 48 number puzzle, the Tower of Hanoi, the South Pacific slide puzzle, the standing tree puzzle, and the 3D tilt maze, each against a par time. Four quick questions first give you a player archetype, and your times roll up into a rating out of 100 with stat bars for puzzle sense, wordcraft, steady hands, and patience.
How is the rating calculated?
Each challenge scores up to 100 based on your time against a par target: beat par and you take the full hundred, and slower runs scale down proportionally. Skipped challenges score zero. Your rating is the average across all six events. It is a fun model of one puzzle run, not a verdict on how anyone would actually do on Survivor.
How long does a full run take?
Most runs land between ten and twenty five minutes depending on how the slide puzzle and the standing tree treat you. There is no pause button within a challenge, but nothing stops you stretching between events, and you can skip any challenge you want.
Can I share or compare results?
Yes. The result screen builds a share line with your rating, archetype, and best event. Each individual puzzle also has daily boards and challenge links if you want head to head comparisons on identical boards.