Even Distance
Rate itTwo cities are on the map: name a third that sits halfway between them.
Every day: Two shared rounds a day, World and Europe, each with three legs: a pair of cities for which you name one city as close to equally far from both as you can. Every player gets the same pairs and the same distance bar to beat. New puzzle: Midnight UTC.
Even Distance is a daily geography puzzle from Ten Minute Games. Each day you get three pairs of cities, in a World round and a Europe round, and for each pair you name one city that is as near as you can get to the same distance from both. A leg counts as solved when the gap between the two distances is under the day's bar.
About Even Distance
Even Distance is one of the small daily geography games on Ten Minute Games, a site made by Istvan Kreisz. It asks one thing: given two cities, which city lies about as far from the first as from the second? On the board the two cities sit on either side of a dashed line, and you type your answer into a box beside it.
A day's round has three legs. Each leg shows a new pair, such as Mexico City and Boston, and you get one answer per leg: picking a city from the suggestion list submits it. Any recognised city is allowed, so there is no single right answer. What matters is the difference between your city's two distances, and the game sets a bar for the day (700 km on the day we looked); a difference under it solves the leg. You can also skip a leg.
There are two rounds a day: World, with pairs from anywhere, and Europe, with pairs such as Gibraltar and Edinburgh. Both reset at midnight UTC, and a Day menu lets you go back and play any earlier day for free.
There is no sign-up. Results and streaks are kept only in your browser, so clearing its storage or changing devices starts them again. It suits players who like map puzzles where you reason about distance and direction rather than recall a fact, and a round takes a few minutes.
How to play Even Distance
- Open the game and choose the World round or the Europe round.
- Read the two cities shown for the leg.
- Think of a city that lies about as far from the first city as from the second, roughly along the line halfway between them.
- Type its name and pick it from the list; that submits your one answer for the leg.
- The leg is solved if the difference between your city's two distances is under the day's bar.
- Play all three legs, then come back after midnight UTC for the next pair of rounds, or open an earlier day from the Day menu.
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Tips
- The cities that work lie along the perpendicular bisector of the two places, so picture the midpoint and then slide north or south along that line to find a city you know.
- A city far off to one side of the pair can still be equally distant, so you are not limited to cities between them.
- Big cities near the midpoint are the safe choice; check the map in your head for which country the midpoint falls in.
Questions
What time does Even Distance reset?
A new round starts every day at midnight UTC, for both the World and the Europe rounds.
Is there only one correct answer?
No. Any recognised city counts, and the leg is solved when the difference between its distances to the two given cities is under the day's bar.
Can I play earlier days?
Yes. The Day menu opens past rounds, and every past day stays free to play.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no sign-up; your results and streaks are kept in your browser only.
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