Runner

Jump late, not early

The most common way to crash is to jump too soon and land on the obstacle rather than past it. Wait until the obstacle is close, then jump. As the world speeds up the right moment arrives sooner, but it is still later than it feels.

Match the jump to the obstacle

A light tap gives a short hop; holding gives a full jump. Low obstacles only need a hop, and a hop gets you back on the ground sooner, ready for whatever comes next. Save the full jump for tall obstacles and for pairs close together.

Sometimes the best move is nothing

Some obstacles fly at head height. Jumping into them is a crash; staying on the ground lets them pass over. Look at the height of an obstacle before reacting to it.

Watch further ahead as it speeds up

At higher speeds, reacting to what is right in front of you is too late. Shift your eyes further ahead, towards where obstacles appear, so you see each one coming and have your timing ready. Every gap is clearable, so a collision is always timing rather than bad luck.

Choosing a speed

The four tiers change how fast the run starts, how quickly it accelerates and how often the head-height obstacles appear — on the slowest tier they are occasional, on the fastest nearly half of what comes at you. If your runs keep ending in the first few seconds, drop a tier: the timing you learn there carries straight over, and a longer run teaches more than a quick crash.

A good way to practise is to pick one tier and stay on it until your best score stops improving, then move up. Jumping between tiers resets your sense of timing every time.

Think in rhythms

Obstacles come in patterns — a single low block, a pair close together, something overhead. Rather than reacting to each one separately, start to recognise the pattern as it arrives: a pair wants one full jump rather than two hops, and an overhead obstacle straight after a low one wants a hop and then a quick return to the ground.