Topodle #8 · 31 October 2026
It was Vladivostok, Russia.
Round #8 of Topodle, the daily map puzzle, showed a slice of Vladivostok, Russia 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: Golden Horn bay.
See the real map: Vladivostok, Russia on OpenStreetMap.
How everyone did
2 players finished the round. 100% found the place, taking 5.5 guesses on average.
Where everyone looked first
The biggest cluster of first guesses was near Port Elizabeth, 13,700 km (8,510 mi) from the answer. 0% of first guesses landed within 1,000 km (621 mi) of Vladivostok.
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 112 km (69 mi) off.
- By solve rate this was the 9th 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/2026-10-31.