LinkedIn Zip
What does “cracked Zip” mean on LinkedIn?
Cracked means solved. When LinkedIn shows “You cracked the Zip in X seconds”, you finished that day's Zip: one path through every number in order, every cell filled, no wall crossed. The number is your time, and it is what ranks you on the leaderboards.
- Cracked = solved
- The number is your time
- “Your move” is a challenge
What cracked Zip means
You cracked the Zip
The message LinkedIn shows the moment your path reaches the last number with no cell left empty, with your time.
Your move
Share your result and it reads “I cracked the Zip, your move”: a dare to a connection to beat your time on the same puzzle. Received one? It works like an invite: what “You've got an invite” means on LinkedIn, and so does the notice that a connection finished Zip.
Your place on the leaderboard
Your time is set against your connections who played the same puzzle that day; LinkedIn also keeps leaderboards for larger companies and schools. Faster is higher.
Cracked, solved, completed: the same thing
LinkedIn says "cracked" in the game and in the share text. It means one valid path, start to finish. Stuck on today's? The rules and the tips are in how to play Zip on LinkedIn, and today's path is on LinkedIn Zip answer today.