Tip the ScalesToday's five · Top score · All-time

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Ranks 1–34 of 34

Every ranked score here was verified by replay.

  1. Rank 01FizzyHare55guest4,003
  2. Rank 02wanghaf3,440
  3. Rank 03SpryBunny52guest3,110
  4. Rank 04ProudCamel59guest2,940
  5. Rank 05KindZebra71guest2,910
  6. Rank 06SolarFinch55guest2,850
  7. Rank 07Anch2,840
  8. Rank 08DapperLion28guest2,682
  9. Rank 09LunarOrca37guest2,660
  10. Rank 09FancyGecko83guest2,660
  11. Rank 11GlossyFalcon85guest2,560
  12. Rank 12ShinyRobin32guest2,470
  13. Rank 13JumpySwan46guest2,460
  14. Rank 14JumpyImpala51guest2,450
  15. Rank 15SolarIbis30guest2,370
  16. Rank 16SpryDingo66guest2,250
  17. Rank 17ShinyLion84guest2,210
  18. Rank 18ZippyPuffin78guest2,190
  19. Rank 19Smart2,141
  20. Rank 20SpryOcelot23guest2,101
  21. Rank 21SwiftQuokka14guest2,081
  22. Rank 22SnappyLynx23guest2,070
  23. Rank 22LivelyCrane62guest2,070
  24. Rank 24RapidSeal28guest2,030
  25. Rank 25GrumpyCat852,011
  26. Rank 26ProudTurtle16guest1,893
  27. Rank 27MrTrickySr1,883
  28. Rank 27KeenOwl36guest1,883
  29. Rank 29HappyNewt72guest1,882
  30. Rank 30KeenToucan89guest1,820
  31. Rank 31Cin1,700
  32. Rank 32eccofan1,660
  33. Rank 33Zombie1,140
  34. Rank 34MerryJaguar73guest1,105

About the Tip the Scales leaderboard

Five odd loads, one brass balance, one weighing each and no clock: set an anvil, a rubber duck or a watermelon on the beam's notches, press WEIGH and score by how level real physics lets it rest.

This board ranks every signed-in player’s best verified score in Tip the Scales of all time. Each player is listed once, with their best run: a better run replaces it, a worse one leaves it where it is.

How a run scores

  • Press WEIGH. You get one weighing per puzzle: if the beam comes to rest level with nothing fallen off it is BALANCED and scores 1,000; every degree off level costs 100, and anything that falls off scores nothing.
  • The verdict is final and the next puzzle comes. There is no clock: take as long as you like over each one, and level all five for the full 5,000.

How to climb the board

  • Do the sum before you weigh: add up weight × notch on each side. A 3 lb brick at notch 4 is 12, exactly a 4 lb stack of books at notch 3.
  • Put heavy things near the pivot and light things far out. The anvil weighs 12, so even notch 2 is 24; a 1 lb duck at notch 6 makes up the last few.
  • You only get one weighing, so check the sum on both sides before you press WEIGH. A near miss still pays: a beam 1° off level keeps 900 of its 1,000 points, but a melon that rolls off scores nothing.

Periods, ties and checks

All-time keeps each player’s best since the board opened. This week starts again every Monday at midnight New York time. Today starts again every midnight New York time, with one ranked attempt a day.

Equal scores share a place, and the run finished first is listed first.

A run records only your inputs. Our server plays them again with the same game code, and only a score the replay matches is verified. A person also checks the top 10 scores.

The board lists every player, guests under their generated name. Sign in with Google or Apple from a result to keep your scores and pick your own name. Bots, scripts and other automated or assisted play are not allowed (see our terms of use).

The full rules, the controls and more tips are on the game’s page: how to play Tip the Scales. Ready? Play Tip the Scales.