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Sorta Game puzzle #84 · October 2, 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 events from shortest to longest duration
- A photographer's xenon flash strobe discharge
- The complete rupture and collapse of a punctured latex party balloon
- A full, natural human eye blink
- The time required for light to travel once around Earth's equator
- The snap shut of a spring-loaded wooden mousetrap
Round 2 · 5 Automotive safety features
Order these automotive safety features from shortest to longest activation or deployment time
- Electronic stability control (ESC) intervention
- Autonomous emergency braking (AEB) system
- Frontal driver airbag
- Anti-lock braking system (ABS) pressure cycle
- Pyrotechnic seatbelt pre-tensioner
Round 3
Order these events from shortest to longest duration
- The flight time of a 120-mph tennis serve from baseline to service box
- The ballistic tongue projection of a feeding chameleon
- The mandatory false-start reaction threshold for an Olympic track sprinter
- A single resting human cardiac cycle from beat to beat
- The impact duration of a piano hammer striking an acoustic piano wire