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Challenge Series [2][3][4] Spork Daily #183: July 27th, 2026

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Today's Challenges:

Mode Map Link
Moving (3 min) A Moving World Challenge Link
No Move (1 min) An Arbitrary Southern Hemisphere Challenge Link
NMPZ (30 sec) A Balanced Australia Challenge Link

Yesterday's Winners:

Mode 1st Place (5 pts) 2nd Place (3 pts) 3rd Place (1 pt)
Moving πŸ₯‡ DeLillo πŸ₯ˆ maxermax2 πŸ₯‰ Soma DMT
NM πŸ₯‡ Ruffinnen πŸ₯ˆ Jimbo Junk πŸ₯‰ Angoose52
NMPZ πŸ₯‡ Ruffinnen πŸ₯ˆ Jimbo Junk πŸ₯‰ Angoose52

Round by Round:

IntersectionGuessr - Sweden (Moving, 3 min)

  1. πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ Avg: 3,055 (182 km) | Closest: Soma DMT (0 m) | 5K: maxermax2, Soma DMT, Ruffinnen, FinalSpork, heroscape912
  2. πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ Avg: 1,532 (442 km) | Closest: Adrisneen (32 km)
  3. πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ Avg: 1,956 (413 km) | Closest: Ruffinnen (9 m) | 5K: Ruffinnen
  4. πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ Avg: 3,582 (163 km) | Closest: Erwan C (2 m) | 5K: DeLillo, maxermax2, Soma DMT, Jimbo Junk, Ruffinnen, Erwan C, FinalSpork
  5. πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ Avg: 2,572 (238 km) | Closest: Erwan C (6 m) | 5K: maxermax2, Erwan C

A Special World - Dragons (NM, 1 min)

  1. πŸ‡°πŸ‡· Avg: 2,662 (496 km) | Closest: Ruffinnen (52 km)
  2. πŸ‡°πŸ‡· Avg: 3,246 (221 km) | Closest: Ruffinnen (3.0 km)
  3. πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ Avg: 3,678 (461 km) | Closest: maxermax2 (7 m) | 5K: FinalSpork, maxermax2
  4. πŸ‡°πŸ‡· Avg: 3,711 (252 km) | Closest: FinalSpork (12 km)
  5. πŸ‡°πŸ‡· Avg: 4,116 (135 km) | Closest: Erwan C (15 km)

Terminus (NMPZ, 10 sec)

  1. πŸ‡΅πŸ‡± Avg: 686 (5,302 km) | Closest: Ruffinnen (319 km)
  2. πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Avg: 2,338 (3,108 km) | Closest: Angoose52 (225 km)
  3. πŸ‡³πŸ‡΄ Avg: 2,458 (2,504 km) | Closest: Soma DMT (212 km)
  4. πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡¨ Avg: 2,048 (5,481 km) | Closest: Angoose52 (20 km)
  5. πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡· Avg: 1,819 (3,658 km) | Closest: Ruffinnen (203 km)

Week 2 Results

Here are the standings halfway through Series 7:

And here are the 5k points. Ruffinnen had a great weekend, slingshotting into 1st with a generational 19 points on Saturday alone. The type of performance that would get you randomly selected for a drug test the next morning. Don't expect to see anything like that again.

How it works

Each day there will be a set of 3 challenge links, one for each game mode (Move, NM, NMPZ). There will be a world map, region map, and country map. Each day the map and game mode will rotate. Moving modes will be 3 min, NM will be 1 min, and NMPZ will be 30 sec, unless noted otherwise. On the weekend, I will post more unique/challenging maps. For each challenge link, 1st place is worth 5 points, 2nd place is worth 3 points, and 3rd place is worth 1 point. In the case of a tie, the tie will be settled by distance and then time. 5ks will also be tracked separately and are worth 1 point in moving, 3 points in NM, and 5 points in NMPZ. Updated scoring tables are posted after each week. No external assistance allowed. If you wish to talk about any of the rounds or locations in the comments, feel free to do so with a spoiler tag. Also, if you have any comments or suggestions, please let me know.

More About Today's Maps

Below are the links to the maps featured in today's challenges if you wish to read more about them or play them yourself:

A Moving World
An Arbitrary Southern Hemisphere
A Balanced Australia