Spatial
Hard
ROT
Rotating Cubes (DLR)
Track the cross by ear
DLR Rotating Cubes (ROT): a blue cross is marked on one face of a cube. A spoken instruction gives the starting face, then a run of four to seven tipping commands — left, right, front or back. Track the cross through the rotations in your head and pick the face it finishes on from six cube diagrams.
Duration
~12 min
Length
30 questions
Difficulty
Hard
You're all set — start whenever you're ready.
What to expect
- Every instruction delivered as audio — nothing is written down.
- A starting face for the cross, then 4–7 rotation commands.
- Six answer tiles — Front, Back, Left, Right, Top and Bottom — each showing the blue cross on that face.
- Answers locked until the audio has finished playing.
- Longer command runs as the test goes on.
What it measures
- Mental rotation
- Auditory working memory
- Spatial transformation under load
Instructions
- 1Left tips the cube onto its left edge; Right onto its right edge.
- 2Front tips it forward over its front edge; Back tips it backward over its back edge.
- 3Update the cross's face after each command — don't try to hold the whole sequence and replay it at the end.
- 4Selecting an answer moves you straight on to the next question.
Tips
- Left and Right never move a cross that is on the front or back face; Front and Back never move one on the left or right face. Half the commands are often free.
- Say the current face to yourself after every command — that single word is all you need to carry.
- Headphones make the command run far easier to follow.
Format: Cube rotation · audio-led · 30 questions