Guide

Tips to remember longer sequences

Six habits that help you go further. None of them is a trick: they are how memory works best.

Remembering a long sequence is less about effort than about method. These tips work in every mode.

1. Group the colors

Do not hold twelve separate colors. Hold three groups of four. Groups are easier to keep than single items.

2. Name them in your head

Say the colors silently as they light up: "red, blue, blue, green". Sound gives your memory a second track.

3. Follow the rhythm

Each color has its own tone. The sequence becomes a little tune, and a tune is easier to remember than a list.

4. Use the positions

Notice the path the lights draw on the board: up, right, down. In Shuffle the buttons move, so switch back to the colors.

5. Start at the right length

If the first rounds feel too easy, raise the starting length to 3, 4 or 5 colors. You reach the hard part sooner and play more of it.

6. Stay calm on the last colors

The end of a sequence is fresh. The start is the part that fades: go over it once more in your head before you tap.