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
A branch near the right edge explains much of this honeycomb's potential for backtracking. It leaves the answer at row 11, column 22 and can end 58 moves away, despite the whole shortest route being only 193 moves. The solution turns 151 times, never following one direction for more than 3 moves. Its 26 junctions are distinct from those bends: most changes of direction still leave only one forward passage.
This 22-by-16 page is useful for comparing the cost of two different wrong guesses. A shallow dead end may be inexpensive, while the long branch requires 116 extra moves if explored fully and retraced. Keep the entry to a rejected branch marked, then check whether another opening remains at the same junction. The lower dead-end count of this board, 46, does not by itself establish that it will take less time than another maze with the same dimensions.
Maze facts
- Shortest route
- 193 steps
- Dead-end cells
- 46
- Junctions
- 44
- 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.