McKinsey Sea Wolf
Clean the shelf. Follow the rule. Do not invent biology.
Kestrel Shelf spill. Reject toxins or energy of 5 or less. Keep the rest, then pick three for treatment. Seven-minute clock. Independent. Not affiliated with McKinsey.
How to structure the sort
Write the rule once. Apply it to every name. Do not invent a story about the spill.
- The rule. Reject toxins, or energy of 5 or less. Energy is P + M + E.
- Site 1. Everything that survives the rule goes here. No extras.
- Treatment. The three highest-energy names still on Site 1. Stop.
“Reject Nimbus and Sable — toxins — and Orion and Quill, energy 5 or less. Treatment from Site 1 is Kestrel, Pebble, Ridge.”
Usual miss. Keeping a toxin because the energy looked high, or picking a treatment from the reject pile.
Timed sampler
Kestrel Shelf spill
Reject toxins or energy of 5 or less. Keep the rest on Site 1. Then pick a 3-microbe treatment.
7:00 left
Aurelia
P2 M3 E1 · energy 6
Kestrel
P3 M2 E2 · energy 7
Nimbus
P1 M1 E3 · energy 5 · toxin
Orion
P3 M1 E1 · energy 5
Pebble
P2 M3 E2 · energy 7
Quill
P1 M2 E2 · energy 5
Ridge
P3 M3 E1 · energy 7
Sable
P2 M1 E3 · energy 6 · toxin
Site 1: —
Reject: —
Treatment (pick 3 from Site 1)
What this sampler is
Practice for the “read the constraint, sort the set” feel. Solve is three named games. The others are Red Rock and SFL.
FAQ
Is this the real McKinsey Sea Wolf game?
No. Original independent practice. You sort microbes by a written rule, then pick a treatment. No biology knowledge required.
What is the scoring rule here?
Reject toxins and anything with energy of 5 or less. Treatment is the three highest-energy names left on Site 1. The live game will not use these names.