Schulte Table
Numbers are scattered over a grid. Tap 1, then 2, then 3… all the way to the end. Your time is your score.
What a Schulte table is
A Schulte table is a grid of numbers in random order that you find in sequence as quickly as you can. It's named after the German psychiatrist Walter Schulte and is used as an exercise for visual search and attention, and in speed-reading courses to widen how much you take in at a glance.
How Brainbay's version grows
You start on a 4×4 table, move to the classic 5×5, then to tables where coloured cells try to pull your eye, and on to 6×6. A fast table moves you up a level; a slow one moves you down.
Tips
- Keep your eyes near the centre and let your side vision find the next number.
- Don't hunt cell by cell: glance at the whole grid.
- As you tap one number, already look for the next.
How to play
- Find 1, then 2, then 3… all the way up.
- Try to keep your eyes near the middle and use your side vision.
- Your time is your score.
Scoring and levels
It's one go. Your score is your time in seconds (lower is better), and a good result moves you up a level for next time. Every game shows a short demo before you start, and your last ten scores are on the result screen.
In everyday life
Finding things quickly in a busy scene is useful when you're scanning a timetable, a menu, a crowded shelf or a page of search results.
Questions
What is a good time on a 5×5 Schulte table?
There is no single standard; compare with your own times. Most people get noticeably faster within a few tries.
Why look at the middle?
It trains you to use your side (peripheral) vision instead of scanning cell by cell.
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