Topodle #3 · 26 October 2026
It was Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
Round #3 of Topodle, the daily map puzzle, showed a slice of Baikonur, Kazakhstan with every name stripped off. Players had six guesses on a world map to find it.
The map players saw
Zoom out as the hints did:
What gave it away: Grid town on the Syr Darya.
See the real map: Baikonur, Kazakhstan on OpenStreetMap.
How everyone did
5 players finished the round. 20% found the place, taking 6.0 guesses on average.
Where everyone looked first
The biggest cluster of first guesses was near Nampula, 7,100 km (4,410 mi) from the answer. 0% of first guesses landed within 1,000 km (621 mi) of Baikonur.
Homing in
How far off the typical guess was at each step. Every miss gives a distance band and a direction, and the map zooms out.
- The closest miss was 93 km (57 mi) off.
- By solve rate this was the 2nd hardest of the 10 rounds so far.
Play it yourself
Rounds are the same for everyone and a new one starts every day at midnight, your time. Signed-in players can replay this one at topodle.com/play/2026-10-26.