Last Month's Solution - February 2026
Here's the maze given for last month's Mazelog competition, together with the solution and details of the correct entries.
Shark Island (medium)
This a new type of Jumping Maze (see Jumping Mazes). Start from the 1 on the pink square in the centre of the island. Go one step in a straight line in any one of the four directions: north, south, east, or west. You will reach a square with a number on it. You can now move this number of steps in a straight line in any one of the four directions.
Continue in this way to find the shortest route to the safety of a square on the beach, shown in yellow. But be careful that you don't overshoot into the sea where you will be eaten by sharks!
- Congratulations! Maze completed in %n steps and %s seconds.
Click to trace the route and solve the maze.
Shark Island Solution
This maze was inspired by the puzzle "Back from the Klondike" by the great American game and puzzle inventor Sam Loyd. Here's the 21-step solution:
The sequence of cells is as follows:
61 50 49 71 73 40 38 37 81 85 30 25 91 97 20 13 68 101 105 109 32 10
Correct Entries
Correct entries were received from: Lion Goikhman and skeeto.