Tap or click and drag from the start to draw your path through the maze. On touch, you can lift and continue.
Inside this maze
Reaching the outside is not the same as reaching the exit here. FINISH occupies an outer-ring cell with three open connections; the puzzle ends at the marker, not at a dead end. The 823-step answer crosses inward 191 times and outward 218 times before arriving there. Those inward moves are necessary parts of this route, not evidence that the solver has taken a wrong turn. Across its ring and sector movements, the answer changes direction 531 times.
A 56-sector circle divides each ring into narrow wedges, especially near the center. Keep this 28-ring worksheet at full-page size and test whether your pencil line leaves the walls visible in the innermost cells. It is a useful challenge for someone who habitually chooses the passage closest to the rim. After solving, compare the inward and outward moves: their difference is only 27, even though the journey between the first and last rings takes hundreds of steps.
Maze facts
- Shortest route
- 823 steps
- Dead-end cells
- 166
- Junctions
- 159
- Braid setting
- 0%
Answer key
The solution SVG traces the single route from START to FINISH. Use the unmarked PDF for your attempt and keep the answer separate.