u/Final_Spork

[2][3][4] Spork Daily #113: May 18th, 2026 (Series 4 Results + NEW SERIES)

[2][3][4] Spork Daily #113: May 18th, 2026 (Series 4 Results + NEW SERIES)

Today's Challenges:

Mode Map Link
Moving (3 min) An Extra Informed World Challenge Link
No Move (1 min) An Arbitrary Asia Challenge Link
NMPZ (30 sec) 500 000 lieux en France métropolitaine ! Challenge Link

Yesterday's Winners:

Mode 1st Place (5 pts) 2nd Place (3 pts) 3rd Place (1 pt)
Moving 🥇 Ruffinnen 🥈 EniJ 🥉 Gronoob
No Move 🥇 FinalSpork 🥈 Voro 🥉 Ruffinnen
NMPZ 🥇 Angoose52 🥈 FinalSpork 🥉 plouky

Round by Round

Series 4 Results

Congratulations again to Angoose52 for being the overall winner of Series 4, with a record 155 series points. In addition, below are the winners for each gamemode:

Moving: FinalSpork

No Move: Angoose52

NMPZ: Angoose52

Thank you to all that have played this series, especially to those that tune in regularly. Below is the final standings:

https://preview.redd.it/wnwtarp3js1h1.png?width=749&format=png&auto=webp&s=d26ae225e1116a011b83cd54a87b2a62a8568e39

As for the pinpointing, we have a Spork Daily first: a tie for 1st place. Congratuations to FinalSpork and Ruffinnen for being co-winners of the pinpointing challenge. It's a bit of a mickey mouse victory for me, as Ruffinnen missed a decent number of games at the end, including some very 5kable NM rounds. But this will probably be the closest I get so we take those. Plouky was once again not far behind, missing some games at the beginning of the series themselves. Below is the final 5k table:

https://preview.redd.it/8az7wg7uls1h1.png?width=751&format=png&auto=webp&s=202035b70804dd2e343471116a225af86746515e

Series 5

Can't believe we finished another series. Feels like we just started Series 4, and now we are saying goodbye to it. Series 5 will last from today until June 14th. As of today, everyone's score is reset back to zero, as usual. There will be a couple minor changes for the upcoming series. First, most importantly, there will be a 3 point bonus for moving 25k's in the pinpointing challenge. This will add some extra pressure to 5k each round, and give extra reward to those that do. For NM and NMPZ 25k's, you will be banned for cheating. In addition to this bonus, there will be a small change regarding the region map rotation. Playing the challenge, I feel like most of the time we are playing an Americas map, as half of the region maps are related to North and/or South America. So, I will be replacing one of the Americas map with a Eurasia map. Hopefully this will balance things out a bit more, as I feel like Asia is a bit underrepresented in this regard. If anyone has any other map suggestions, please let me know and I will consider them.

How it works

Each day there will be a set of 3 challenge links, one for each game mode (Move, NM, NMPZ). There will be a world map, region map, and country map. Each day the map and game mode will rotate. Moving modes will be 3 min, NM will be 1 min, and NMPZ will be 30 sec, unless noted otherwise. On the weekend, I will post more unique/challenging maps. For each challenge link, 1st place is worth 5 points, 2nd place is worth 3 points, and 3rd place is worth 1 point. In the case of a tie, the tie will be settled by distance and then time. 5ks will also be tracked separately and are worth 1 point in moving, 3 points in NM, and 5 points in NMPZ. Updated scoring tables are posted after each week. No external assistance allowed. If you wish to talk about any of the rounds or locations in the comments, feel free to do so with a spoiler tag. Also, if you have any comments or suggestions, please let me know.

More About Today's Maps

Below are the links to the maps featured in today's challenges if you wish to read more about them or play them yourself:

An Extra Informed World
An Arbitrary Asia
500 000 lieux en France métropolitaine !

reddit.com
u/Final_Spork — 5 days ago

[2][3][4] Spork Daily #106: May 11th, 2026 (Week 3 Results)

Today's Challenges:

Mode Map Link
Moving (3 min) Supersonic Challenge Link
No Move (1 min) An Arbitrary Rural Southeast Asia Challenge Link
NMPZ (30 sec) AI Gen South Africa Challenge Link

Yesterday's Winners:

Mode 1st Place (5 pts) 2nd Place (3 pts) 3rd Place (1 pt)
Moving 🥇 plouky 🥈 d1e5el 🥉 EniJ
No Move 🥇 FR-TR 🥈 Indacobalto 🥉 plouky
NMPZ 🥇 lennyh 🥈 Angoose52 🥉 plouky

Round by Round

Week 3 Results

Just like that, we are already on our last week of Series 4. Here are the current standings:

https://preview.redd.it/rpbkk5j2re0h1.png?width=750&format=png&auto=webp&s=66e95e4663cf2be143be6d9bda4f1eed4bf67690

As for the pinpointing challenge, the race has gotten close, thanks to an aptly timed break from Ruffinnen the past couple days. In addition, this past week as given me a lot to think about for a 25k bonus. First of all, I was able to get a 25k on Chile, so it can't be that difficult. While this is only the 3rd official 25k of the entire challenge series, I also wanted to shoutout EniJ and Laban Greb this week. I noticed going back to an older challenge link that EniJ had 25k'd the Moving World seed in under 7 minutes. Unfortunately the deadline for that challenge had already passed, so I cannot award any points for it, but the least I could do was give a shoutout, GG. Lastly, Laban Greb had four 5k's on the Denmark seed yesterday, and timed out on R3 after what appeared to be some technical issues. This was especially unfortunate as this round appeared to be the easiest of the five based on the number of 5k's, so I don't have any doubts they would have also 25k'd that seed. All in all, this would bring us up to an (unofficial/headcanon) five 25k's, and with the addition of IntersectionGuessr countries maps, I only anticipate more will happen. I think for next series I will make a 25k worth an extra 3 points, as they're not as rare anymore. In addition, you do also have to consider they are receiving 5 points already for all the other rounds, so it would be worth 8 points total, which I think is plenty. Anyway, yap over. Here is the pinpointing standings with one week left to play.

https://preview.redd.it/8gs89n74te0h1.png?width=749&format=png&auto=webp&s=455c4ab060688976f4001f7a42b1d1b008c7708a

How it works

Each day there will be a set of 3 challenge links, one for each game mode (Move, NM, NMPZ). There will be a world map, region map, and country map. Each day the map and game mode will rotate. Moving modes will be 3 min, NM will be 1 min, and NMPZ will be 30 sec, unless noted otherwise. On the weekend, I will post more unique/challenging maps. For each challenge link, 1st place is worth 5 points, 2nd place is worth 3 points, and 3rd place is worth 1 point. In the case of a tie, the tie will be settled by distance and then time. 5ks will also be tracked separately and are worth 1 point in moving, 3 points in NM, and 5 points in NMPZ. Updated scoring tables are posted after each week. No external assistance allowed. If you wish to talk about any of the rounds or locations in the comments, feel free to do so with a spoiler tag. Also, if you have any comments or suggestions, please let me know.

More About Today's Maps

Below are the links to the maps featured in today's challenges if you wish to read more about them or play them yourself:

Supersonic
An Arbitrary Rural Southeast Asia
AI Gen South Africa

reddit.com
u/Final_Spork — 12 days ago

Today's Challenges:

Mode Map Link
Moving (3 min) A Competitive World Challenge Link
No Move (1 min) An Arbitrary North America Challenge Link
NMPZ (30 sec) An Arbitrary Kazakhstan Challenge Link

Yesterday's Winners:

Mode 1st Place (5 pts) 2nd Place (3 pts) 3rd Place (1 pt)
Moving 🥇 plouky 🥈 Laban Greb 🥉 maxermax2
No Move 🥇 FinalSpork 🥈 adaisyx 🥉 Angoose52
NMPZ 🥇 Angoose52 🥈 FinalSpork 🥉 Ruffinnen

Round by Round

Week 2 Results

Below are the standings midway through Series 4. Closer race than last series, but Angoose52 still has a solid lead.

https://preview.redd.it/lzccaut4n0zg1.png?width=749&format=png&auto=webp&s=e8088f338b7d5a0284bc5ac7318e476ec5f23483

And below is the 5k table. Big shoutout to plouky for getting Spork Daily's second ever 25k this weekend on Netherlands, after Ruffinnen did it back in Series 3. Next series I will definitely implement bonus points for 25k games, would welcome feedback on how much seems appropriate. Is 5 points too much? Its definitely harder than a NM 5k so it should be more than 3, but no one has yet to 5k an NMPZ round, so maybe 5 is too much. If only there was a perfect middle ground between 3 and 5. As for now, Ruffinnen is in good position to take the 5k crown for a third time in a row. Someone please step up and stop them.

https://preview.redd.it/9ro4x1won0zg1.png?width=750&format=png&auto=webp&s=1870afa4891a6f2cbfcdb7807a194edbe567ba0d

How it works

Each day there will be a set of 3 challenge links, one for each game mode (Move, NM, NMPZ). There will be a world map, region map, and country map. Each day the map and game mode will rotate. Moving modes will be 3 min, NM will be 1 min, and NMPZ will be 30 sec, unless noted otherwise. On the weekend, I will post more unique/challenging maps. For each challenge link, 1st place is worth 5 points, 2nd place is worth 3 points, and 3rd place is worth 1 point. In the case of a tie, the tie will be settled by distance and then time. 5ks will also be tracked separately and are worth 1 point in moving, 3 points in NM, and 5 points in NMPZ. Updated scoring tables are posted after each week. No external assistance allowed. If you wish to talk about any of the rounds or locations in the comments, feel free to do so with a spoiler tag. Also, if you have any comments or suggestions, please let me know.

More About Today's Maps

Below are the links to the maps featured in today's challenges if you wish to read more about them or play them yourself:

A Competitive World
An Arbitrary North America
An Arbitrary Kazakhstan

reddit.com
u/Final_Spork — 19 days ago

Today's Challenges:

Mode Map Link
Moving (3 min) An Informed World Challenge Link
No Move (1 min) An Arbitrary Rural Latin America Challenge Link
NMPZ (30 sec) An Arbitrary United States Challenge Link

Yesterday's Winners:

Mode 1st Place (5 pts) 2nd Place (3 pts) 3rd Place (1 pt)
Moving 🥇 FinalSpork 🥈 Ruffinnen 🥉 plouky
No Move 🥇 plouky 🥈 Ruffinnen 🥉 stokeeri
NMPZ 🥇 Angoose52 🥈 FinalSpork 🥉 plouky

Round by Round

Week 1 Results

Below is the points table for the first week:

https://preview.redd.it/4msja08vjmxg1.png?width=751&format=png&auto=webp&s=1c79bf92c068339fac90ec947ef93231e39d0006

And here are the 5k points:

https://preview.redd.it/9sys2q69kmxg1.png?width=749&format=png&auto=webp&s=594b4ee65fdc7e65dd8fae55dda5a11087eb59d7

How it works

Each day there will be a set of 3 challenge links, one for each game mode (Move, NM, NMPZ). There will be a world map, region map, and country map. Each day the map and game mode will rotate. Moving modes will be 3 min, NM will be 1 min, and NMPZ will be 30 sec, unless noted otherwise. On the weekend, I will post more unique/challenging maps. For each challenge link, 1st place is worth 5 points, 2nd place is worth 3 points, and 3rd place is worth 1 point. In the case of a tie, the tie will be settled by distance and then time. 5ks will also be tracked separately and are worth 1 point in moving, 3 points in NM, and 5 points in NMPZ. Updated scoring tables are posted after each week. No external assistance allowed. If you wish to talk about any of the rounds or locations in the comments, feel free to do so with a spoiler tag. Also, if you have any comments or suggestions, please let me know.

More About Today's Maps

Below are the links to the maps featured in today's challenges if you wish to read more about them or play them yourself:

An Informed World
An Arbitrary Rural Latin America
An Arbitrary United States

reddit.com
u/Final_Spork — 26 days ago

Today's Challenges:

Mode Map Link
Moving (3 min) A Community World Challenge Link
No Move (1 min) An Arbitrary Americas Challenge Link
NMPZ (30 sec) A Balanced Russia Challenge Link

Yesterday's Winners:

Mode 1st Place (5 pts) 2nd Place (3 pts) 3rd Place (1 pt)
Moving 🥇 FinalSpork 🥈 Dr. Niamor 🥉 derPate
No Move 🥇 Angoose52 🥈 Dr. Niamor 🥉 FinalSpork
NMPZ 🥇 Erwan C 🥈 devox 🥉 adaisyx

Round by Round

How it works

Each day there will be a set of 3 challenge links, one for each game mode (Move, NM, NMPZ). There will be a world map, region map, and country map. Each day the map and game mode will rotate. Moving modes will be 3 min, NM will be 1 min, and NMPZ will be 30 sec, unless noted otherwise. On the weekend, I will post more unique/challenging maps. For each challenge link, 1st place is worth 5 points, 2nd place is worth 3 points, and 3rd place is worth 1 point. In the case of a tie, the tie will be settled by distance and then time. 5ks will also be tracked separately and are worth 1 point in moving, 3 points in NM, and 5 points in NMPZ. Updated scoring tables are posted after each week. No external assistance allowed. If you wish to talk about any of the rounds or locations in the comments, feel free to do so with a spoiler tag. Also, if you have any comments or suggestions, please let me know.

More About Today's Maps

Below are the links to the maps featured in today's challenges if you wish to read more about them or play them yourself:

A Community World
An Arbitrary Americas
A Balanced Russia

u/Final_Spork — 1 month ago