Pattern Recall
LiveNine pads light up in order. Repeat them and one more step is added. One wrong tap ends the run — your score is the longest sequence you held cleanly.
Solo run
How long a pattern can you hold?
Nine pads light up in order. Repeat the order and one more step is added. One wrong tap ends the run.
No personal best saved yet — this run can set one.
How to play
- 1
Watch the pads
A 3×3 grid of nine pads. They light up one at a time, in order — slowly at first, one step per level.
- 2
Repeat the order
When the pads stop, tap them back in the same sequence. Every correct tap stays lit as you go.
- 3
It keeps growing
Clear a sequence and one more step is added to the next one. There is no ceiling worth worrying about.
- 4
One wrong tap ends it
Your score is the longest sequence you repeated cleanly. Chunk the pattern into pairs or runs — that is how the good ones do it.
Works with a mouse, a touchscreen or a keyboard. Tap or click a pad, or Tab to one and press Space or Enter. Taps are ignored while the sequence is playing.
How long is good?
Most people hold five to seven steps on a first attempt. Short-term memory only keeps around four separate things at once, so the ones who go further are not remembering nine taps — they are remembering three groups of three.
3 stepsWarming up
Short and nervous — most first runs land here.
6 stepsSolid
A normal, focused run.
9 stepsSharp
You are grouping the pattern, not just tapping.
12+Ridiculous
Rare. Genuinely worth sharing.
The sequence always starts at one step, so everybody warms up at the same pace. Say the direction out loud as it flashes — "top, centre, bottom right" — and it sticks far better than watching silently.
Why a grid?
Nine pads give the same nine positions every run, so your score measures memory rather than luck at reading a crowded screen. Nothing moves, nothing is timed, and there is no way to be quick-fingered about it — you either remembered the order or you did not.
Play it with a group
In Tournament mode everyone takes one run and passes the device on, with a handover screen before each turn so nobody plays cold. Standings rank the longest sequence, and ties are split by how far the failed sequence got. Your personal best lives in this browser only — no account needed.
Scores are saved on this device, in this browser. Clearing site data clears them — and a memory run on a phone in the sun is a fair contest, not a laboratory measurement.
Tip: keep a steady rhythm in your taps. Reproducing the timing helps as much as the order.