Personal timing tool

Personal Best-Time Stopwatch

Start the stopwatch with your attempt, pause if needed, and keep your own fastest time in this browser. No official timing rules or global rankings are implied.

Quick answer

Time a run and compare your local best

Start and stop the Search For The Needle calculator for an elapsed run time, optionally enter a saved duration, and keep the shortest personal best in this browser.

Local utility

Best-Time Stopwatch

Time a Search For The Needle attempt and compare it with your own best. This is a personal browser timer, not an official leaderboard or in-game record.

Current run00:00.00

Start a run when you enter the haystack.

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