Run: jump the hurdles, reach the line first
A runner crosses a course of hurdles, gaps and low bars. Tap to hop, hold to jump further, and reach the line before the runner in the next lane.
How to play
- Tap anywhere on the game for a short hop that clears a low hurdle: a finger, a click or the space bar.
- Hold a little longer to jump higher and further over a gap. A low bar needs no jump at all, so stay on the ground for those.
- Clean clears build your pace, a clipped obstacle drops you to your slowest. The other runner is in the next lane, and passing them is the moment of the game.
How the score works
This is the one game here where a lower score is better: your score is your time to the line. Every clean clear adds a little speed up to a top pace, and clipping a hurdle or a bar takes all of it away. Falling into a gap sends you back to the start, and the clock keeps running with a second added. If you do not reach the line inside 30 seconds, what is left of the course is added to your time.
Tips
- The smallest jump that clears keeps the most speed. A huge safe jump leaves you hanging in the air.
- Stay down for the low bars. Jumping for one is the commonest way to stumble.
- Take off a touch earlier as your pace builds, because obstacles arrive sooner at top speed.
- After a stumble, think only about the next clear. Your pace comes back faster than it feels.
Questions
Do I need to download anything?
No. It plays in your browser, on a phone or a computer, and there is nothing to install or sign up for before your first game.
Why does a lower score win here?
Your score is the time you took. In every other game here a higher number is better, and each game page says which way its score runs.
Is the course the same for everyone?
Yes, for the whole hour. The order and spacing of the obstacles change on the hour, for everybody at once.