The scene
Toy Museum · Gift collectionA reserved spinning top ended up in the package given to the first person in a queue. Before the guard photographed the three participants, they swapped positions twice.
The photograph shows the final order. An assistant remembers exactly which swaps took place, so you can reconstruct who was first when the packages were handed out.
What we know for certain
One of these people received and kept the spinning top while in the original first position. Afterwards they changed places only, never packages. Exactly the two described swaps occurred, in the stated order. All records are reliable.
The three accounts
Fara Sol
Collector«I am on the left in the photograph.»
Guillem Roca
Activity leader«I ended up in the middle.»
Hilda Costa
Illustrator«I finished on the right of the other two.»
Examine the evidence
0 of 5 openedOpening these five clues does not cost points.
01The photographed queue
From left to right, which here means first to third, the final order is Fara, Guillem, Hilda.
02The first swap
After receiving their packages, the people in first and second place swapped positions.
03The second swap
Then the people occupying second and third place swapped positions. These are the positions they held at that moment.
04The reserved package
The initial recording shows the spinning top going into the package of the person who was first before either swap.
05No change of hands
Each participant held the same package throughout both moves. Nobody put theirs on the floor or handed it to anyone else.