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Arctic Shores Predict Game Practice: The Day and Night Task

Practise the Arctic Shores Predict game, also called the day and night game: learn which icon pairs usually lead to Night or Day, with 3 seconds per round.

Practice: 8 practice + 80 rounds, about 10 minutes (training: 8 + 40)Also called “day and night game”Also called “night and day game”

How the practice task works

  1. 01Each round shows a pair of icons. Predict whether it leads to Night (left) or Day (right).
  2. 02You have 3 seconds and can change your mind until time runs out. Then the actual outcome appears.
  3. 03A pair does not always lead to the same outcome: choose the one it leads to most often.
  4. 04The first 8 rounds are practice. Near the end you will be asked how confident you are.

Controls

  • Click or tap the Night (left) or Day (right) half
  • Keys: ← or A for Night, → or D for Day
  • Confidence slider: ← → and Enter

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Task
Predict Night or Day from a pair of abstract icons, then see the actual outcome
What it reportedly measures
Learning from feedback under uncertainty (likely Arctic Shores’ learning agility task)
Reported length
About 10 minutes: 8 practice rounds and about 80 scored rounds
Practice version
8 practice + 80 rounds at 3 seconds, or a 40-round training mode
Controls
Click or tap a half of the screen; ← and → also work

What the Predict task tests

Predict, widely searched as the Arctic Shores day and night game, is a learning task. A candidate’s screen recording from September 2026 shows the screen split into Night on the left and Day on the right, with a card of two abstract icons at the top. You have 3 seconds to pick the half you think the pair leads to, and then the actual outcome fills the screen. The instructions say the same pairs keep coming back, and that a pair does not always lead to the same outcome, so you should choose the more likely one.

Arctic Shores launched a task-based learning agility assessment in November 2025, and its announcement shows the same Night and Day screen. It describes learning agility as how quickly people learn, use feedback and apply what they learn to new problems. On some late rounds the recording also shows a 0 to 10 confidence question. Arctic Shores does not publish the real probabilities or how the task is scored.

How the Predict practice works

  1. Choose the realistic run (8 practice rounds, then 80 rounds at 3 seconds each) or training (40 rounds at 5 seconds, with an optional tally).
  2. Look at the pair of icons on the card. The same eight pairs repeat throughout, always in the same order.
  3. Click, tap or press an arrow key for Night (left) or Day (right). You can change your mind until the ring runs out.
  4. Watch the actual outcome that follows and update your sense of what that pair usually does.
  5. On a few rounds near the end, rate how confident you are from 0 to 10 and confirm.
  6. Review how often you picked the likelier outcome, how that changed across the run, and how your confidence matched your accuracy.

Predict tips

  • Keep a rough mental tally for each pair during the practice rounds, such as “dots and rings: mostly Day”.
  • Once you know a pair’s tendency, always pick it, even straight after a surprise. Mixing your answers to match the odds lowers your hit rate.
  • Expect to be wrong sometimes even with the best choice. In our simulation the best possible accuracy is around 80%.
  • Answer every round. A late choice still counts in the 3 seconds; no choice counts for nothing.
  • Give confidence ratings that reflect how sure you really are rather than always choosing the top of the scale.

Common Predict mistakes

  • Switching a pair’s answer after one unexpected outcome.
  • Treating the left and right icon separately: the pair is what matters.
  • Running out of time while deliberating on early rounds, when guessing is expected.
  • Rating every prediction 10 out of 10 regardless of how well you know the pair.

A short Predict practice routine

  1. Do one training run with the tally on to see how quickly the tendencies emerge.
  2. Do a realistic run without the tally and check your rate in the second half.
  3. Compare your confidence ratings with your accuracy and adjust next time.
  4. Before the real assessment, read the task instructions carefully; Arctic Shores reportedly does not let you return to them.

Predict FAQ

Is there an answer key for the Arctic Shores day and night game?

No. Each pair leads to an outcome only most of the time, and the pairs and their tendencies are not published. In Candidate Falcon’s practice the pairs and their tendencies change every session, so the skill is learning them quickly rather than memorising answers.

Is Predict the same as Arctic Shores’ learning agility assessment?

Very likely. Arctic Shores’ November 2025 learning agility announcement shows the same Night and Day screen, though the article does not name the task.

How many rounds does Predict have?

Candidate reports point to 88 rounds in total: 8 practice rounds and about 80 scored ones, with 3 seconds to answer and a few seconds to see each outcome. Some prep sites say 60 rounds, which may describe an older version.

Should you practise for Arctic Shores?

Arctic Shores says you do not need to practise and should respond naturally. Practice can make the format and the 3-second pace familiar. Candidate Falcon does not claim it changes your Arctic Shores results.

How are Predict results reported?

Arctic Shores does not publish task-level scoring. If your employer shares feedback, it shows behaviours on a 1 to 10 spectrum compared with a norm group. Candidate Falcon’s summary shows only your own practice figures.

Practise other Arctic Shores tasks

Arctic Shores does not publish its task list, so task names and mechanics on this page come from candidate reports. Candidate Falcon is not affiliated with Arctic Shores, and practice results are not Arctic Shores scores. For the official facts on results, devices and adjustments, read the Arctic Shores assessment guide.