Here’s your chance to show off your brainpower and prove you’re a certified genius, and all it takes is nine seconds to crack this puzzle.
According to its creator, only the sharpest minds will be able to figure it out in nine seconds or less.
The puzzle involves spotting a pattern between five numbers to figure out the sixth. As you’d expect, it’s all about numbers and patterns.
The image in question shows six triangular wedges, each arranged in a circle.
Five of the wedges have numbers in them, placed in clockwise order, while the final wedge has a question mark in it.
Challenge yourself and see if you can crack the puzzle before time’s up. Keep your brain sharp, because once those nine seconds pass, well… you’ll just be like the rest of us.
The creator claims that only people with an IQ of 135 or higher will manage to solve it. For context, most people’s IQs fall between 85 and 115.
Without further ado, here’s the puzzle:
Did you get it? Feeling like Einstein or maybe Oppenheimer?
The pattern here has to do with the difference between consecutive numbers, which doubles each time. From 4 to 7, the difference is 3. From 7 to 13, it’s 6. From 13 to 25, it’s 12.
Alternatively, there’s an algebraic way to approach it. You can multiply each number by 2 and subtract 1 to get the next figure.
Mathematically, it’s expressed as 2n-1=x. (Yes, it’s the first time I’ve written algebra since high school.)
In fact, studies by the University of Michigan suggest that just 25 minutes of puzzles a day can actually help increase your IQ over time.
