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Sorta Game puzzle #63 · September 11, 2026

Three rounds of five things, each with a hidden scale to sort them by — then one last guess at the theme tying all three together. Here’s what this puzzle asks.

1. Round 1

   Order these guided passenger vehicles by their typical physical length, from shortest to longest.

   • An enclosed cabin on a modern ski resort gondola lift
   • A classic wooden New Orleans St. Charles streetcar
   • A standard six-car Walt Disney World monorail train
   • A full ten-car New York City subway train
   • A single-rider residential motorized stairlift carriage

2. Round 2

   Order these manual pivoting levers by their approximate physical length, from shortest to longest.

   • The physical silent/ring toggle switch on an iPhone
   • A traditional ground-level manual railroad turnout switch lever
   • The turn signal control stalk on a passenger car's steering column
   • The directional thumbstick on a standard video game controller
   • The 'one-armed bandit' pull handle on a vintage casino slot machine

3. Round 3

   Order these physical tracks by their total continuous length, from shortest to longest.

   • The asphalt racing circuit of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
   • A standard high school outdoor athletics running track
   • A single continuous metal caterpillar track on a main battle tank
   • The wooden track of the historic Coney Island Cyclone roller coaster
   • The magnetic levitation track of the Shanghai Maglev commercial line

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