What your score means
Read the number before the nickname
The screen leads with a nickname because the check is meant to be easy to share with a friend. The useful part is the split underneath: quiz points, reaction points, and the total. Two people on the same tier can have very different weeks. Someone who rarely opens short-video apps but taps slowly on a laptop is not in the same situation as someone who lives in Reels and taps quickly. The total hides that. The split shows it.
Tier 0 covers totals from 0 to 7. The label is “Clean sigma”. In plain words: your answers and your tap speed sat at the calmer end of this particular check. Tier 1 covers 8 to 15 (“Mildly glazed”): a mix, which is where a lot of ordinary phone use lands. Tier 2 covers 16 to 22 (“Skibidi syndrome”): the answers piled up toward heavier short-form use, harder long video, or a slower tap average. Tier 3 is 23 to 30 (“Full Ohio mode”): most answers were at the top of the scale, or a slow reaction score pushed a high quiz over the line.
What a change from last time means
If you have finished the check before on this browser, the results view can say whether the latest total is better, worse, or the same as the previous visit stored locally. “Better” here only means a lower points total or a lower tier on this site’s scale. It does not measure schoolwork, mood, or sleep.
A single slower reaction day is easy to get: low battery, a cold thumb, notifications arriving mid-round, or playing in bed. If you care about the comparison, retake it in similar conditions rather than treating one noisy round as a trend.
What the arcade does to the tier
The arcade adjustment is optional and one-directional. Until three different games have a saved score, the results tier stays equal to the diagnosis tier. After that, points can lower the tier by one step, or by two steps if both the six-game and 160-point conditions are met. Playing badly does not increase the tier. Reset progress clears these saved scores on this device.
Share cards and challenge links encode a result so a friend can open it. They are a snapshot for that link, not a public profile. You do not get a username.
When not to use the score
Do not use this score to decide whether you or someone else needs professional help. If attention problems are getting in the way of school, work, safety, or relationships, talk to a qualified clinician. Do not use it to rank children, employees, or students. The questions assume a person is describing their own phone and browser habits.
Do not treat a friend’s challenge result as a competition about intelligence. The quiz rewards reporting less short-form video and a faster tap. That is a narrow game. It leaves out reading for work, exercise, conversation, and plenty of screen time that is useful.