6th Grade · Ages 11–12
The Doubt Year
Eleven is the year to find out that your gut is confidently, repeatably wrong — and that thirty tally marks settle an argument faster than an hour of shouting.
- 1 Hard Thing
- 5 days · 105 minutes
- 3 unmarkable questions
Ready?
6th Grade · Three Doors
Eleven is the year to find out that your gut is confidently, repeatably wrong — and that thirty tally marks settle an argument faster than an hour of shouting.
Full screen — no distractions
Where this goes
The ladder
The same idea, three times, roughly a year apart. This is what depth looks like from the outside.
This year
Three doors, played thirty times.
Next year
A hundred doors, where the host opens ninety-eight. The same puzzle with the fog removed.
The year after
Conditional probability — the grown-up name for who knew what, and when.
What lives on the desk this year
- Three cups and something worth hiding
- A tally sheet
- A partner who will argue with you
- A notebook for predictions written before the result
- One rule: the guess goes down on paper first
The rest of 6th Grade
One hard thing a day is the sharp end. It sits on top of an ordinary year.
Last updated: September 2026