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Leaderboards, nicknames and saves

Cyber Surfer doesn't ask you to make an account. You can still climb the leaderboards, keep your progress safe and carry it to a new device. Here's how all of that works.

The two leaderboards

• All-time: every player's single best run, ever.
• Weekly: every player's best run since the start of the week, which resets every Monday at 00:00 UTC. A fresh chance to be on top every week.

Each board shows the top 50 players, plus your own row with your rank on that board, wherever you are. After a run, the game-over screen shows your rank worldwide and for the week. A run is sent to the leaderboard when it ends, so you need a connection at that moment; if you're offline, the leaderboard catches up later.

Runs are checked on the server, and impossible ones (a score far too high for the distance and time, or runs submitted seconds apart) are refused, to keep the boards fair.

Your nickname

You don't type a name. The game gives you one built from two word lists and a number, like TurboFalcon42. There are over 92,000 possible names. Don't like it? Tap the pencil next to your name on the Leaderboard screen, shuffle until you find one you like, and press Save. This keeps the boards friendly for younger players and means nobody ever has to put a real name online.

How your progress is saved

Your progress lives in two places: on your device, and in a cloud save on the game's server. The cloud save holds your best score, your coins, the garage items you own and what you have equipped, plus your sound and vibration settings.

When the two copies differ (say you played offline on one device), they're merged rather than overwritten: you never lose a garage item you bought or a best score you set. Your coins and the look you have equipped come from whichever copy is newer.

Reinstalling or getting a new phone

In the apps, your player id is also backed up by your phone: in iCloud Keychain on iPhone and iPad. Install the game on a new device with the same account and your player comes back on its own.

Moving to another device with a code

To carry your progress to another device, or from the website to the app, use a one-time code:

1. On your old device, open the Leaderboard, find Play on another device? and choose Get code.
2. You'll see an eight-character code. It works once and expires after ten minutes.
3. On the new device, open the Leaderboard, choose Enter code, type the code and press Sync.

The codes leave out characters that are easy to mix up, like 0 and O or 1 and I, so you can read them out loud.

Deleting your data

Open the Leaderboard and choose Delete my data. After you confirm, the server deletes your player, nickname, scores, runs and cloud save all at once, and the game on that device starts over as a new guest. It can't be undone. You can also email me to do it for you. The privacy policy lists exactly what's stored and why.

Ready to climb? Start with the high score guide.