By the ARealMe Team

Some AREALME challenges have been part of people’s bookmarks, friendly rivalries, and practice routines for years. APM, Color Hue, Escapa, Mouse Tracking Accuracy, Short-Term Memory, Cannon Defense, and Time Perception have all built large communities of players who keep coming back for another attempt.

Most of these individual tests now attract around one million unique visitors a year across their language versions. That is a remarkable audience for challenges built around a few numbers, colors, moving shapes, or a person’s sense of time. Thank you to everyone who has played, shared a score, reported a problem, or sent us a recording over the years.

This update gives those old favorites a cleaner interface and better ways to share the final result. It also introduces something for the competitive side of that community: a new world-record submission system, with a clear path from recording a run to having it reviewed.

Years of “One More Try”

Our APM Test launched on November 14, 2018, drawing on our background as StarCraft players. Its countdown from 50 to 1 has been a familiar challenge ever since. The Color Hue Test reached its 16-row version in September 2022, and players have spent years chasing the perfect arrangement in less time.

The record pages preserve some extraordinary performances. They include KURAI’s 844 APM run from May 2026 and Nighten檬虎’s 100-point Color Hue result in 49 seconds from August 2024. Behind those numbers are real players, recordings, and a great deal of practice.

That history matters to us. The new interface gives these well-loved tests more room to show what happened in a run, while the new submission system makes it easier for the next player to add their name.

A New Way to Submit Your World Record

If you have a run you want us to review, open the World Record Application. You can also use Submit your record in a test’s World Records section.

The form takes you through the process one step at a time:

  1. Choose your challenge and category. Read the recording rules before you play. Different devices or conditions can belong to different categories.
  2. Record the complete attempt. Keep the run unedited, from the start screen through the final result, with everything that your category’s rules ask to see.
  3. Enter your result and share the original recording. Provide a Google Drive link to a single video file, with viewing access enabled for anyone who has the link.
  4. Send your application and save your private status link. You can follow the review and answer questions on that page.

The AREALME World Record Application showing challenge choices and the six steps from selecting a challenge to sending a record application

The new record application brings the challenge, its rules, your result, and your recording into one process.

Every application is reviewed by a person. If we need a clearer view or an explanation, we can ask through your status page, and you can reply there. Your email address and Google Drive link stay private. Approved recordings are published on AREALME’s YouTube channel with your name; you can also provide your own channel for a credit line. The verified record can then be added to the test page in a subsequent update.

Read the recording rules before starting an attempt you hope to submit. A little preparation makes a great run much easier to verify.

A Refresh for the Tests You Already Play

The changes focus on the experience around those familiar challenges: a clearer playing area, more useful result reports, and easier access to runs saved on your browser and device.

Sharing now gives your score a clean card of its own. The number is large, the picture identifies the challenge, and friends can see the result without a long report squeezed into a tiny preview. A card is ready to go with your link, and its simple numbers and graphics are easy to compare across languages.

Here is how the refreshed results look across the seven tests. The cards below show illustrative scores, not verified player records. Their graphics are simple score summaries; the detailed reports on the tests describe your actual run.

APM

The APM Test keeps its familiar purple score blocks and colorful speed meter. The fuller result also lets you look at click timings and pointer movement, so returning players can examine the rhythm behind their score.

Example APM score card showing 350 APM on a dark background with a multicolored speed meter underneath

Example share card: 350 APM.

Color Hue

The Color Hue Test now brings all 16 finished rows together in its result, with details about correctly placed boxes and perfect rows. During the test, you can go back to an earlier row for another look.

Example Color Hue Test score card showing 98 beside rows of colored squares

Example share card: 98 points. Higher scores mean more accurate color ordering.

Escapa

Longtime Escapa players know how much one extra second can mean. The updated result shows the final positions, which block caught you, and your distance from the obstacles over time, giving those tense moments more context.

Example Escapa score card showing 23.4 seconds with a red square and blue obstacles

Example share card: 23.4 seconds survived.

Mouse Tracking Accuracy

The Mouse Tracking Accuracy Test gives returning players a closer look at their paths, accuracy, and penalties. The report compares stronger and weaker traces, helping you spot where a steadier hand could improve your next attempt.

Example Mouse Efficiency Test score card showing 560 points with a curved tracking path

Example share card: 560 points.

Short-Term Memory

The refreshed Short-Term Memory Test lets you revisit every round, compare the digits shown with the answer you entered, and see how the attempts contributed to your score. A finished run is easier to understand and compare with your earlier ones.

Example Short Term Memory Test score card showing 123.4 above a teal bell curve with a red score marker

Example share card: 123.4 on this test’s score scale.

Cannon Defense

The new Cannon Defense report follows how your score grew, alongside shots, misses, accuracy, and your best combo. Your biggest streak gets more context, and the large score card makes it easy to send the final number to a friend.

Example Cannon Defense score card showing 98,300 points with a cannon and approaching balls

Example share card: 98,300 points.

Time Perception

The updated Time Perception Test pairs your overall percentage with each interval’s target and your actual timing. It is easier to see where you stopped early, waited too long, or matched the target almost exactly.

Example Time Perception Test score card showing 89.57 percent inside a gold circular gauge

Example share card: 89.57% timing accuracy.

Come Back for Your Next Attempt

These tests have lasted because people keep finding a reason to return: a personal best to improve, a friend’s score to chase, or a record they would love to reach. This refresh is for that community, in every existing language version of the seven tests.

Revisit your favorite, enjoy the new result report, and share a score you are proud of. When you have a run ready for review, submit your record. We would love to see a new name on the board.