Motion
Motion puzzles keep the shape of one or more objects constant while their position inside the cell changes at each step — typically travelling one corner around the cell per step, clockwise or counter-clockwise. The hardest versions place two independent objects in the same cell, each following its own movement rule (often in opposite directions), which means you have to track both paths separately rather than looking for one combined pattern.
Because position is the whole puzzle here, resist the urge to look at the cell as a whole — instead follow a single object across the row (or column) step by step, note the corner it occupies at each stage, and extrapolate one more step for the missing cell. Do this separately for every object before checking the answer options.
How to spot it
- •Follow one object at a time — don't try to read the whole cell's motion in one glance if there are multiple moving parts.
- •Note whether the object moves clockwise or counter-clockwise, and whether that direction is consistent for the whole puzzle.
- •Check whether each row starts a fresh path or continues where the previous row's motion left off.
- •With two independent objects, verify both corners in the answer separately — an option that gets only one right is still wrong.