Clock Work

How to play

Read both hands. Pick the time shown by the analog clock.

Controls

Tap the board · Tab + Enter · Answer keys 1–4 where shown

A few ways to improve

• Read the minute hand first and convert its numeral into five-minute units. Then inspect which hour the short hand has already passed. At half past eight, for example, the short hand belongs between eight and nine.
• Check whether an answer is one hour too late. Near the end of an hour, the hour hand approaches the next numeral, but it has not reached that hour until the minute hand returns to twelve.

Difficulty and daily progress

A round lasts 45 seconds. Every three starts of Clock Work raise its daily difficulty, up to difficulty 10. Your count resets at 00:00 UTC, so tomorrow begins with the starting challenge again. The clock continues if you switch tabs, and leaving ends the attempt.

Scores and rewards

The score measures this game’s performance. Reward points are a separate account balance. Practice rounds earn no points or XP and do not enter the rewarded leaderboard. Rewarded rounds require sign-in, human verification, active play, and live gameplay checks before a result is saved. Idle or abandoned rounds do not earn rewards.

After an eligible rewarded round, keep its sponsored claim page focused for 12 seconds and complete a fresh hCaptcha. Then select Claim reward to add the pending points and XP to your account. No advertisement click or purchase is needed. You can return to an unfinished claim from the arcade; another rewarded round becomes available after that claim is collected or skipped.

Account points currently unlock site cosmetics. Each player level after level 1 adds a 0.1% bonus to points earned from games. Read the fair-play rules or visit Support if a round needs help.