Reely's all-time leaderboard rewards players who solve more daily puzzles, keep their average score low, and hold active streaks over time. Once the live board loads, this section fills with ranked player rows.

Every solve on the leaderboard is built from the same three components: the number of steps in your final path, a penalty for each submitted guess after your first, and any hint penalties you used. Lower is always better, and a perfect run means finding the shortest possible path on the very first submission without any hints.

Path length is the biggest driver of your score. The optimal path for each puzzle is determined before it goes live, so you always know the minimum possible step count once you have solved it. Saving one extra step shaves more off your score than avoiding a single extra guess, which is why experienced players focus on finding shorter routes before they worry about submission count.

Hints always add score penalties, so they cost you both on the daily leaderboard and on your all-time average. The board shows average score across all solved puzzles, not just your best day, which means consistent clean solves matter more than one exceptional run.

Your current streak counts the number of consecutive days you have solved the daily puzzle. Missing a day resets the streak to zero, so daily play is the primary way to build it. The leaderboard uses your active streak as a secondary tiebreaker after puzzles solved and average score, which means a long streak can separate players who are otherwise nearly identical on raw score.

The all-time board is cumulative — every puzzle you solve adds to your total. Players who started early have an advantage in total puzzles solved, but average score and streak are live metrics that any active player can improve immediately. A new player with a perfect average and a growing streak can rank ahead of a veteran with a sloppy record.

The single most effective thing you can do is find shorter paths. Before you submit, think about whether there is a more direct route between the two actors. Well-connected actors from blockbuster franchises often share a film, or are just one movie apart from someone who bridges the gap cleanly.

Think in both directions simultaneously. If you know an actor who appeared with the start actor, and a different actor who appeared with the end actor, ask whether those two middle actors share a movie. Working inward from both ends often surfaces shorter paths than building left to right.

Use hints only when you are completely stuck. A hint that saves you three wrong guesses still costs you a hint penalty, and the math rarely works in your favor. The best scores come from knowing the connection before you touch the path builder.