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Sorta Game puzzle #71 · September 19, 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.
Round 1
Order these by top recorded travel speed, from slowest to quickest.
- A garden snail traversing a damp flagstone path
- A wild African cheetah in an all-out hunting sprint
- The uncrewed Voyager 1 space probe cruising through interstellar space
- An Airbus A380 passenger airliner cruising at altitude
- An eight-person collegiate rowing shell at maximum racing sprint
Round 2
Order these by vertical elevation above sea level, from lowest altitude to greatest altitude.
- A scientific helium research weather balloon at maximum float altitude
- The 86th-floor open-air observation deck of the Empire State Building
- The salt flats of Badwater Basin in Death Valley
- A migratory bar-headed goose crossing the Himalayan peaks
- The historic city center of La Paz, Bolivia
Round 3
Order these materials by their ultimate tensile strength, from least stress required to snap to most stress required to snap.
- A standard natural latex office rubber band
- A standard structural carbon-steel rebar
- A single strand of healthy human head hair
- A single strand of cooked semolina spaghetti
- A single strand of golden orb-weaver spider dragline silk