TETRIS GLOSSARY
Cheese Race
Also called Dig race · Garbage race
A race to remove a target amount of garbage. Efficiency matters as well as speed: adding avoidable blocks above the next gap makes the route longer.
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Cheese →
Garbage whose gaps move between rows, forcing you to navigate through multiple columns. Compare clean garbage, where several aligned gaps can be cleared together.
Downstacking →
Clearing down through an existing stack or garbage to reach lower gaps. Look at the gap below your next clear and avoid covering it with blocks that survive the clear.