Board facts
- Rocks
- 48
- Rock clumps
- 29
- Open cells
- 384
- Rock-free rows
- 6
- Fruit to clear
- 12
- Start speed
- 12.4 cells/s
Score to beat: 3,542
Trail #40 is built from single stones scattered in a mirror pattern: 48 rocks in 29 clumps, mirrored across both middle lines of the 18 × 24 board. That leaves 384 cells open, and 6 rows run from edge to edge without a single rock.
This is a Walls trail, so the border is solid. The snake starts at 12.4 cells per second and speeds up with every fruit, reaching about 13.7 cells per second by the 12th fruit that clears the stage.
Test run
In our test run, a simple path-finding player cleared this trail in 15 seconds, scoring 3,542 points. It plays safe rather than fast, so a confident human can beat that time.
How to approach it
Single stones barely block anything, but they break up long straight runs. Swing wide around them so the body does not snag on a stone later.