IQ Test for Beginners

If this is your first IQ test, start here: 25 visual puzzles, about 12 minutes, no sign-up to start, and no preparation needed.

What's your IQ?

Take the IQ test

25 questions · about 12 minutes

What would you score? Try question 1.

Which option completes the grid? One tap, no sign-up.

The test at a glance

Questions: 25 visual puzzles
Question types: 5 sets, each easy to hard
Time: 12-minute timer
Scoring: Same for every age, not age-adjusted
Cost: No sign-up to start. When you finish, you choose a report to see your result.

Scores are not age-normed, and this is not a clinical or diagnostic test.

A first IQ test can feel like a bigger deal than it is.

Here is exactly what happens, so there are no surprises.

What happens, step by step

You press start and question 1 appears straight away. There is no sign-up form first.
A 12-minute timer starts and stays visible at the top of the screen.
You work through five sets of five puzzles: patterns, spatial reasoning, sequences, analogies and rules. Each set starts easy and gets harder.
You can go back to change an answer. If the timer runs out, the test ends with the answers you have given.
After the last question you can choose to unlock your score and report. That part is paid; answering the questions needs no sign-up or payment.

How this test works for beginners

You do not need maths formulas, vocabulary or general knowledge. Every question is a diagram with five options, and one of them follows the rule.

Find a quiet 15 minutes.
Use a laptop or tablet if you have one.
Do not look things up or ask for help. The result is only useful if it is yours.

Should you practise first?

No. People do score higher on second attempts: a 2007 meta-analysis by John Hausknecht and colleagues found retest gains of about a quarter of a standard deviation on cognitive ability tests, roughly 4 IQ points.

Those gains are mostly familiarity, not a change in ability, so your first attempt is usually the most honest one.

What your first score means

85 to 115: average. About 68% of people land here.
115 to 130: above average.
130 and above: very high, roughly the top 2%.
Below 85: below average. It is common to score lower than hoped the first time, especially if you felt rushed.