Santabalt -- A Free Christmas Rooftop Runner Inspired by Canabalt, Playable in Your Browser

Reviewed by BooBoo editorial team on April 20, 2026 -- Developer: Pierpaolo Tausani (PitiGameDev)

The Short Version

Santabalt is a free HTML5 one-button endless runner by Italian solo indie developer Pierpaolo Tausani (handle: PitiGameDev), first released on Kongregate on December 4, 2019 under the alias "cgevo2dev" and later distributed through GamePix on November 17, 2021 (last updated July 24, 2024). The game is a Christmas-themed tribute to Canabalt, Adam Saltsman's seminal 2009 endless runner that the Museum of Modern Art added to its permanent collection in 2012. In Santabalt, you play as Santa Claus sprinting automatically across pixel-art rooftops in a muted gray-purple cityscape. Your sole input is pressing Space, ArrowUp, clicking, tapping, or pressing the gamepad A button to jump across gaps between buildings. Fall between buildings and the run ends. Distance is measured in meters and tracked as your high score.

Important disambiguation: Santabalt is not Canabalt. Canabalt (2009) is Adam Saltsman's original Flash endless runner -- a landmark title credited by The New Yorker with popularizing the endless runner subgenre, open-sourced under MIT License in 2010, and inducted into the Museum of Modern Art's permanent collection in November 2012. Santabalt (2019) is an independent Christmas reskin by PitiGameDev that adapts the Canabalt formula -- one-button rooftop runner with distance scoring -- into a Santa-themed pixel-art setting. The name "Santabalt" is a deliberate portmanteau of "Santa" and "Canabalt," openly signaling its inspiration. No other game uses the title "Santabalt." Do not confuse it with "Santa Run," "Santa Parkour," "Santa Rooftop Runner," or "SantaBanta" (an Indian entertainment brand).

Our April 20, 2026 playtest used agent-browser Playwright in headed Chromium mode at the native 800x600 landscape viewport. We confirmed the auto-run mechanic, Space/ArrowUp jump controls, the distance-in-meters scoring, the "Max Distance" persistent tracker, the pixel-art rooftop cityscape, and the aggressive ad behavior (video interstitial on every retry). Full playtest details are in the Hands-On section below.

External ratings show strong approval where the game has been rated. GamePix shows 9/10 from 258 votes (246 positive, 12 downvotes) -- a 95.3% approval rate. Kongregate shows 3.0/5 from 68 ratings -- an average score on a platform with a more critical audience. PacoGames lists a 90% positive rating within the broader PitiGameDev portfolio.

Quick specs:

• Controls: Space / ArrowUp / click / tap / gamepad A button to jump; auto-runner, player controls only vertical
• Core mechanic: jump across rooftop gaps; miss a jump and fall to game over
• Scoring: distance in meters; "Max Distance" high-score tracker
• Mode: single endless mode, infinite retries
• Engine: custom PiTi Dev engine (not Unity, Construct, or GDevelop)
• Dimensions: 800x600 landscape; first released December 4, 2019 on Kongregate; GamePix listing November 17, 2021
• Ads: video interstitial (~5s) before first play and on every retry; bottom banner on embed wrapper

Hands-On: What It Actually Feels Like to Play

The following is based on our editorial team's firsthand playtest on April 20, 2026 using agent-browser Playwright in headed Chromium mode. We played through multiple runs, observed the load sequence, tested both Space and ArrowUp inputs, and recorded distance scores between 17 and 19 meters across our sessions. Our automation limitation was the jump timing precision required to clear progressively wider gaps at higher speeds.

The Santabalt load sequence is notably slow. From iframe load to playable state takes approximately 18 seconds: a GamePix consent dialog (~3 seconds), a PiTi Dev developer splash screen (~5 seconds), and asset loading (~10 seconds). This is on the slower side for a pixel-art 2D game and reflects the custom engine's initialization overhead rather than heavy asset downloads.

The menu screen presents the game title "SANTABALT" in large text, a "Max Distance" counter in the top-left corner tracking your all-time best run, sound icons in the top-right for mute control, and the instruction "Press Jump Key To Go Start." The visual style is immediately distinctive: a dark atmospheric pixel-art cityscape rendered in muted grays and purples, with rooftop silhouettes forming the skyline. This is not the bright, cheerful Christmas aesthetic you might expect from a Santa game -- it is closer to a noir Christmas, with the red-and-white Santa sprite providing the only warm color against the cool urban backdrop.

Press Space and a 5-second video ad plays before the run begins. Then Santa starts running rightward automatically across rooftop platforms. The rooftops are gray with visible chimneys, pipes, and antennas creating visual variety. Gaps between buildings are the primary hazard -- miss a jump and Santa falls into the void between rooftops with a brief animation, followed by the game-over screen reading "You ran for N meters" and the prompt "Press Up To Retry."

The jump mechanic is pure one-button design. Press Space or ArrowUp and Santa leaps. There is no double jump, no air control, no variable jump height based on hold duration (at least none we could detect in our testing). The timing window for each gap depends on the gap width and Santa's running speed, which increases over time. Early gaps are forgiving -- a tap anywhere within a generous window clears them. Later gaps demand precise timing as the speed ramps up, and the margin between a successful landing and a fatal fall shrinks to fractions of a second.

Ad behavior deserves specific criticism. A video interstitial plays not only before the first run but on every single retry. In a game where runs last between 10 and 30 seconds for most players, this means you spend roughly equal time watching ads and playing the game. The canvas also loses focus after ad overlays, requiring you to re-click the game area before keyboard inputs register. This is the most aggressive ad cadence we have observed among PitiGameDev's titles on BooBoo, and it meaningfully degrades the retry-loop experience that defines endless runners.

There are no coins, no power-ups, no unlockables, no alternative modes. Santabalt is a single-mechanic, single-mode game: run, jump, measure distance, try again. The entire progression system is the "Max Distance" counter on the menu screen. This is both the game's greatest strength (zero friction, immediate comprehension) and its most obvious limitation (no secondary engagement hooks).

How Santabalt Connects to Canabalt

Understanding Santabalt requires understanding what it pays tribute to. Canabalt is a 2009 Flash game by Adam Saltsman, created for the Experimental Gameplay Project. It is widely credited -- including by The New Yorker -- with popularizing the endless runner subgenre that would later produce Temple Run, Subway Surfers, and hundreds of mobile-first derivatives. In Canabalt, a suited businessman runs automatically across gray rooftops, and the player presses a single button to jump. Distance is the score. The Museum of Modern Art added Canabalt to its permanent collection in November 2012, and Saltsman open-sourced the engine under MIT License in 2010. A HaxeFlixel HTML5 port arrived in 2024.

Santabalt preserves every core Canabalt mechanic: auto-running character, single-button jump, rooftop setting, distance scoring in meters, speed that increases over time, and game-over-on-fall. What it changes is the theme: the suited businessman becomes Santa Claus, and the gritty urban setting gains a Christmas overlay with the Santa sprite's red-white color breaking the gray palette. The name "Santabalt" is itself the clearest possible attribution -- a portmanteau that literally embeds the source game's name.

This is not a clone in the pejorative sense. Canabalt's mechanics were open-sourced, and the endless runner formula is a public design pattern used by thousands of games. Santabalt is better understood as a seasonal reskin -- the Christmas equivalent of a Halloween-themed Tetris or a Valentine's Day Bejeweled. The value proposition is the seasonal context, not mechanical innovation. Whether that value proposition appeals to you depends entirely on whether you want a Christmas-flavored version of the Canabalt experience, which leads us to the question of who this game is actually for.

Strategy Tips

These tips draw on our firsthand playtest observations and the game's core mechanics. Santabalt's simplicity means there is no hidden depth -- but there are specific habits that separate 15-meter runs from 50-meter runs.

1. Jump at the last possible moment, not the earliest safe moment. (Source: our observation of gap-clearing arcs across multiple runs.) Santa's jump arc covers a fixed horizontal distance. If you jump too early, you peak over the middle of the gap and begin descending before reaching the far rooftop -- which often means landing on the very edge or falling short entirely. Jumping late gives you a rising arc that carries you onto the far platform with altitude to spare. The counterintuitive truth is that later jumps are safer jumps, up to the point where you run off the edge without jumping at all.

2. Listen for the rhythm, not just the visual gaps. (Source: our observation of the game's audio cues and running cadence.) The rooftop running produces a consistent audio rhythm. Gaps break that rhythm. If you are relying solely on visual gap detection, your reaction time includes the time it takes your eyes to process the approaching gap edge. Audio cues arrive earlier because the sound pattern changes the moment the rooftop tile pattern ends. Use the audio channel to prime your jump timing, then confirm visually.

3. Do not fight the speed increase -- adapt your jump timing window. (Source: our observation of speed ramping after the 15-meter mark.) Santabalt's running speed increases over the course of a run. What this means mechanically is that your jump timing window shrinks: at low speed, you have perhaps 300 milliseconds of acceptable jump timing for each gap; at high speed, that window compresses to under 150 milliseconds. Players who develop a fixed timing rhythm at low speed will fail when the speed ramps up. Instead, consciously shorten your anticipation window as the run progresses. The game gets harder not because the gaps get wider but because the time you have to react gets shorter.

4. Re-click the game area after every ad overlay. (Source: our playtest observation of canvas focus loss.) After each retry ad, the game canvas loses keyboard focus. If you press Space immediately after the ad ends, nothing happens -- Santa does not jump because the browser is not sending keyboard events to the game canvas. You must click inside the game area first to restore focus, then use Space/ArrowUp to jump. This is a technical quirk of the PiTi Dev engine's ad integration, not a gameplay design choice, but it will cost you runs if you are not aware of it.

5. Use the Max Distance counter as a progress benchmark, not a ceiling. (Source: game menu observation.) The "Max Distance" counter on the menu screen persists across sessions. Use it as a benchmark: if your max distance is 19 meters, your near-term goal should be 25 meters, not 100 meters. Incremental improvement targets keep the retry loop motivating. Because there are no unlockables or progression systems beyond this counter, the Max Distance number is your entire relationship with the game's progress system -- treat it with intention.

How It Compares

Within the free browser endless runner space, Santabalt occupies a very specific niche: Christmas-themed Canabalt tribute with pixel-art aesthetics and zero feature complexity.

Where Santabalt differentiates: it is the only Christmas-themed Canabalt tribute we have encountered in the free browser game space. The pixel-art rooftop aesthetic with the dark atmospheric palette is visually distinctive -- most Christmas browser games opt for bright, cheerful color schemes. The trade-off is feature depth: compared to its sibling Going Right (4 modes, 20 levels, coin shop), Santabalt offers only a single endless mode with no progression system beyond the Max Distance counter.

Who Made It

Santabalt is the work of Pierpaolo Tausani, an Italian solo indie developer based in Rome, Italy, publishing under the handle PitiGameDev. Unlike most of his other titles, Santabalt uses a custom PiTi Dev engine rather than Construct 3 or another off-the-shelf game framework. The developer has a prolific portfolio: 62+ games listed on PacoGames with over 1,045,339 aggregated plays, and 68 titles indexed on WGPlayground. Pierpaolo publishes across GamePix, Kongregate, itch.io, Google Play, Amazon Appstore, Steam (Pitigamedev Bundle), Y8, AstraGames, and Armor Games.

Santabalt was first published on Kongregate on December 4, 2019 -- making it a Christmas-season release under the alias "cgevo2dev." The Kongregate description is refreshingly direct: "A Christmas endless runner inspired by the famous Canabalt! Help Santa to jump from roof to roof!" The cgevo2dev alias appears to be an early or alternate Kongregate account; all other platforms consistently attribute the game to pitigamedev. The GamePix listing arrived approximately two years later on November 17, 2021, with the most recent update on July 24, 2024.

Cross-link for returning readers: Santabalt is the sixth PitiGameDev title on BooBoo, joining Going Right (one-button pixel bird flyer with 20 levels and 4 modes), Flamit (30-level torch-lighting platformer), Morphit (shape-shifting hyper-casual runner), Gelatino (drag-to-dodge arcade), and Robot Band - Find the Differences (spot-the-difference puzzle). All six are distributed through GamePix and authored by the same solo developer. Together they illustrate the remarkable range of the PitiGameDev catalogue: one-button flyer (Going Right), time-attack platformer (Flamit), shape-matching runner (Morphit), dodge arcade (Gelatino), visual puzzle (Robot Band), and now Canabalt-inspired Christmas runner (Santabalt). If you have played any of the other five and want to see how the same developer handles a seasonal tribute game, Santabalt is a natural next stop.

The developer identity is cross-validated across GamePix (developer field: pitigamedev), Kongregate (alternate alias cgevo2dev for Santabalt, pitigamedev for other titles), PacoGames (62 games, 1M+ plays), Games44, WGPlayground (68 titles), itch.io (pitigamedev.itch.io), Armor Games, and a YouTube channel. Contact: [email protected].

What Players Are Saying

The evidence landscape for Santabalt is thinner than for many browser games, and we present all available signals honestly.

The positive signal -- GamePix:

GamePix: 9/10 from 258 votes (246 positive, 12 downvotes). This represents a 95.3% approval rate -- one of the higher ratios we have seen on GamePix. The play count of only 106 on GamePix is notably low, suggesting that while the game is well-received by those who find it, organic discovery on the platform is minimal. The 258 votes likely reflect cross-portal play where GamePix embeds are syndicated to partner sites (including BooBoo).

The mediocre signal -- Kongregate:

Kongregate: 3.0/5 from 68 ratings. The original release platform's audience rated the game exactly average. A 3.0/5 on Kongregate is not a negative score -- it is squarely in the middle of the scale -- but it indicates that Kongregate's more experienced browser-game audience found Santabalt unremarkable among its peers. With 68 ratings, this is not an insignificant sample.

The portfolio signal -- PacoGames:

PacoGames: 90% positive. This rating appears on the PitiGameDev developer page, which aggregates 62 games and over 1 million total plays. The 90% positive signal is meaningful in context: it places Santabalt among the well-received titles in a large portfolio.

The thin evidence layer:

• itch.io: Santabalt is not listed on the developer's itch.io page -- it is distributed primarily through portal networks, not the developer's direct storefront.
• Reddit and YouTube: Zero indexed content specific to Santabalt. No Let's Play videos, no community discussion threads, no walkthrough guides.
• Y8, AstraGames: Listed and playable on both portals, confirming broad multi-portal distribution, but no user review data available from these sources.

Evidence quality: MEDIUM. Two platform ratings (one high, one average) from a combined 326 votes. One portfolio-level positive signal from PacoGames. No community discussion ecosystem. We will not inflate the reception narrative beyond what these numbers support.

The Christmas Endless Runner Niche

Santabalt sits at the intersection of two well-defined game categories: the one-button endless runner (a genre Canabalt invented and Flappy Bird popularized) and the Christmas-themed browser game (a seasonal category that peaks in November-December search volume and declines through January). This dual identity shapes both its appeal and its limitations.

The seasonal dimension is significant. Christmas browser games experience predictable traffic patterns: searches for "Christmas games" and "Santa games" spike in late November, peak in the third week of December, and drop sharply after January 1. Santabalt's December 4, 2019 Kongregate release date was strategically timed for this window. For players discovering the game in December, the Christmas theme adds contextual delight -- Santa running across snowy rooftops feels appropriate. For players finding it in July, the Christmas wrapper is either neutral or slightly alienating.

The Canabalt connection adds a layer of interest for players familiar with gaming history. Canabalt is not just an old Flash game -- it is a design landmark that established the auto-runner as a viable game format. The New Yorker credited it with popularizing the entire endless runner subgenre. Its MoMA inclusion cemented its cultural status. Players who know this history will recognize Santabalt's tribute immediately from the rooftop setting, one-button jump, and distance scoring. Players who do not know Canabalt will simply experience Santabalt as a competent Christmas runner -- which is fine, but misses the referential layer.

The pixel-art choice is worth noting in context. Canabalt's original visual style used detailed pixel art in muted grays -- office buildings, construction cranes, a dystopian cityscape. Santabalt preserves this muted palette rather than adopting the bright reds and greens typical of Christmas games. The result is a game that feels more atmospheric than festive, more "Christmas in the city at night" than "Christmas morning with presents." This is a deliberate aesthetic choice that distinguishes Santabalt from the dozens of generic bright-and-cheerful Santa runner games on browser game portals.

Disambiguation: Santabalt vs. Canabalt

Because the name "Santabalt" directly derives from "Canabalt," this section provides a clear factual comparison for readers and search engines.

This review covers Santabalt exclusively. For information about the original Canabalt, see the Wikipedia article on Canabalt.

Developer Portfolio: 6 PitiGameDev Games on BooBoo

Pierpaolo Tausani's six BooBoo-hosted games span six distinct arcade sub-genres, demonstrating the breadth of a solo developer with 62+ published titles:

1. Going Right -- one-button pixel bird flying game. 20 levels, 4 modes, coin-shop skin system. Construct 3 engine.
2. Flamit -- torch-lighting platformer. A flame character with a burn-down timer navigating 30 icy dungeon levels.
3. Morphit -- shape-shifting endless runner. A cube that morphs between forms to fit through approaching barriers.
4. Gelatino -- drag-to-dodge arcade. A bouncing gelatinous blob steered through falling obstacles.
5. Robot Band - Find the Differences -- spot-the-difference visual puzzle. A robot-themed find-it game testing observation rather than reflexes.
6. Santabalt (this game) -- Christmas-themed Canabalt tribute. One-button rooftop runner with distance scoring.

The design philosophy across all six titles is consistent: one core mechanic per game, immediate playability with zero tutorial overhead, and difficulty that emerges from speed or complexity rather than mechanical bloat. PitiGameDev's portfolio is a case study in the "small games, many titles" approach to indie development -- each game explores a single interaction pattern deeply rather than attempting to be a feature-rich product. Players who enjoy one PitiGameDev title will likely appreciate the design sensibility across the others.

FAQ

Is Santabalt free to play in a browser? Yes. Santabalt runs directly on booboo.cc with no download, no account, and no payment required. The game loads in approximately 18 seconds at the native 800x600 landscape resolution. Be aware that video ads play before the first run and on every retry -- the ad frequency is higher than most browser games in this category.

How do I control Santa in Santabalt? Press Space, ArrowUp, click, tap, or press the gamepad A button to jump. That is the only control. Santa runs automatically from left to right across rooftops, and your sole input is timing your jumps to clear the gaps between buildings. There is no crouch, no slide, no double jump, and no air control. Santabalt is a pure one-button game.

Is Santabalt the same as Canabalt? No. Santabalt (2019, PitiGameDev) is a Christmas-themed tribute to Canabalt (2009, Adam Saltsman). Both share the same core mechanic -- one-button auto-runner with rooftop jumping and distance scoring -- but they are independently developed games by different creators. Canabalt is the original, recognized by the Museum of Modern Art and credited with popularizing the endless runner genre. Santabalt is a seasonal reskin that openly acknowledges its inspiration through its portmanteau title.

What is my score measured in? Distance in meters. The in-game counter displays "Height: N" during play (which actually tracks horizontal distance, not vertical height), and the game-over screen shows "You ran for N meters." Your all-time best is saved as "Max Distance" on the menu screen.

Who made Santabalt? Santabalt was created by Pierpaolo Tausani, an Italian solo indie developer based in Rome, publishing as PitiGameDev. He has published 62+ games across multiple platforms. On BooBoo, his other titles include Going Right, Flamit, Morphit, Gelatino, and Robot Band - Find the Differences. The game was first released on Kongregate on December 4, 2019 under the alias cgevo2dev.

Why are there ads on every retry in Santabalt? The aggressive ad cadence -- a video interstitial before the first play and on every subsequent retry -- is a monetization choice by the developer or the GamePix distribution layer. In a game where runs typically last 10 to 30 seconds, this results in roughly equal time spent watching ads and playing. There is no way to skip or reduce the ad frequency within the free version. We consider this the game's most significant quality-of-life issue and note it transparently.

Our Verdict

Santabalt is a clean, focused Christmas-themed tribute to Canabalt that delivers exactly what its portmanteau title promises: Santa doing the Canabalt thing across pixel-art rooftops. The one-button jump mechanic is responsive, the dark atmospheric pixel-art cityscape is visually distinctive compared to generic bright-and-cheerful Christmas games, and the distance-in-meters scoring provides a clear and immediate progression target. The 18-second load time is acceptable. The custom PiTi Dev engine handles the auto-runner loop competently. And the developer's track record of 62+ published games across major browser portals -- including 5 other titles on BooBoo -- confirms this is a deliberate product from a working solo developer.

However, the limitations are equally clear. Santabalt is a single-mode, single-mechanic game with no levels, no unlockables, no coins, no progression system, and no secondary engagement hooks beyond the Max Distance counter. Compared to PitiGameDev's own Going Right -- which offers 4 modes, 20 levels, and a coin shop built on the same one-button foundation -- Santabalt feels feature-thin. The ad-on-every-retry behavior is the most aggressive monetization pattern we have observed among PitiGameDev's BooBoo titles, and it directly undermines the fast-retry loop that defines endless runners. The Kongregate rating of 3.0/5 from 68 ratings indicates that the original release platform's audience found the game average, not exceptional. And the 106 plays on GamePix suggest minimal organic discovery despite a strong 95.3% approval rate.

Best for: players who want a Christmas-themed browser game with minimal complexity, fans of the original Canabalt who appreciate seasonal tributes, readers who have played other PitiGameDev titles on BooBoo and want to explore the sixth entry in his catalogue, and anyone looking for a 30-second distraction during the holiday season with a clear high-score target. Not for: players expecting mechanical innovation beyond the Canabalt formula, anyone frustrated by aggressive ad frequency during gameplay loops, players who want progression systems or unlockable content, or those who find single-mechanic endless runners repetitive regardless of theming.

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Sources & Attribution

• Gameplay distributed via GamePix partner network -- BooBoo.cc is an authorized GamePix publisher (Property ID: gpx-property-26OO6).
• Canonical source GamePix Santabalt page verified April 15, 2026: 9/10 thumbs ratio from 258 votes (246 positive, 12 downvotes), published November 17, 2021, last updated July 24, 2024, developer pitigamedev. Tags: Christmas, Runner, Platformer, Jumping, Skill. 106 plays.
• Kongregate Santabalt page verified April 15, 2026: 3.0/5 from 68 ratings. First published December 4, 2019. Developer alias: cgevo2dev. Description: "A Christmas endless runner inspired by the famous Canabalt! Help Santa to jump from roof to roof!" Tags: 5 Minute, Action, Christmas, Running, Santa, Controller Support, One Button.
• PacoGames pitigamedev developer page verified April 15, 2026: 62 games, 1,045,339 aggregated plays. Santabalt listed at 90% positive rating.
• Games44 pitigamedev developer page verified April 15, 2026: Santabalt listed under Action category.
• WGPlayground pitigamedev catalogue verified April 15, 2026: 68 total games indexed.
• Y8 Santabalt page verified April 15, 2026: game indexed and playable (desktop only).
• AstraGames Santabalt page verified April 15, 2026: description confirms pixel art style, Christmas theming, and Canabalt inspiration. Tags: Hypercasual, Agility, Kids-friendly, Endless Runner, 2D, Pixel Art, Christmas, Santa Claus.
• Wikipedia: Canabalt referenced for disambiguation: designed by Adam Saltsman (2009), MoMA permanent collection (2012), open-source MIT License (2010), credited by The New Yorker with popularizing the endless runner subgenre. No mention of Santabalt in the Wikipedia article -- confirms no notability conflict.
• Developer identity (Pierpaolo Tausani, Rome, Italy, handle PitiGameDev) cross-verified across GamePix, Kongregate (alternate alias cgevo2dev), PacoGames (62 games), Games44, WGPlayground (68 games), itch.io (pitigamedev.itch.io), Armor Games, and YouTube channel. Contact: [email protected].
• Disambiguation documented: Santabalt (PitiGameDev, 2019, Christmas reskin) is not Canabalt (Adam Saltsman, 2009, original). The portmanteau name signals tribute, not identity. No other game uses the title "Santabalt."
• Cross-links: Going Right, Flamit, Morphit, Gelatino, and Robot Band - Find the Differences -- the same developer's other five BooBoo-hosted titles.
• Evidence quality honestly disclosed: Reddit and YouTube returned zero results for Santabalt. Kongregate rating (3.0/5) is average and presented without minimization. itch.io does not list Santabalt. Evidence rating: MEDIUM -- two platform ratings from 326 combined votes, one portfolio-level PacoGames signal, zero community discussion.
• Firsthand playtest scope disclosed: our April 20, 2026 agent-browser Playwright session in headed Chromium (800x600 landscape viewport) confirmed auto-runner mechanics, Space/ArrowUp jump controls, distance-in-meters scoring, Max Distance tracker, pixel-art rooftop cityscape, aggressive ad-on-every-retry behavior, and canvas focus loss after ad overlays. Session duration approximately 3 minutes. Distance scores observed: 17-19 meters.