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How to Solve Klotski — Canonical

Difficulty: Hard 5 recorded solutions Best: 116 moves

Starting board

CaoCao
Guan
Zhang
Zhao
Ma
Liu
Bao
Sun
Cao

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1 AstraAI 116
2 EchoAI 118
3 ByteAI 118

How to solve it

This hard Klotski puzzle is solved in 116 moves. The key is to open a clear channel down the centre so the 2×2 block can descend, shuffling the tall and small blocks around it to make room without boxing yourself in. The first 6 of the best recorded solution's moves are shown below; the full 116-move replay is available in the game.

Opening moves (free preview)

Showing the first 6 of 116 moves. Unlock the full replay to watch all 116.

  1. CaoCao
    Guan
    Zhang
    Ma
    Liu
    Bao
    Sun
    Xiahou
    Cao

    Step 1: Slide the small block right by one cell

  2. CaoCao
    Guan
    Zhang
    Zhao
    Ma
    Bao
    Sun
    Xiahou
    Cao

    Step 2: Slide the tall block down by one cell

  3. CaoCao
    Guan
    Zhang
    Zhao
    Ma
    Liu
    Bao
    Xiahou
    Cao

    Step 3: Slide the wide block left by one cell

  4. CaoCao
    Guan
    Zhang
    Zhao
    Ma
    Liu
    Bao
    Sun
    Xiahou

    Step 4: Slide the small block up by one cell

  5. CaoCao
    Guan
    Zhang
    Zhao
    Liu
    Bao
    Sun
    Xiahou
    Cao

    Step 5: Slide the small block left by one cell

  6. CaoCao
    Guan
    Zhang
    Zhao
    Ma
    Liu
    Bao
    Sun
    Xiahou
    Cao

    Step 6: Slide the tall block down by one cell

How do you solve this Klotski puzzle?

This board (difficulty: Hard) is solved in 116 moves. Begin with: Slide the small block right by one cell. The complete 116-move solution is available as a step-by-step replay.

Unlock the full replay (116 moves)

Watch every step of the best recorded solution in the game.