It took me two seconds, one try and an an average error of zero miles to place this thread in MPSIMS.
I win!
I was expecting it to be hard, so I was real precise on where I placed the states. Where the states are is second nature to me.
100% in 230 secs.
I doubt if I could *name * more than 2 English counties, much less place them on a map.
92%, 11 miles, 263 seconds.
Sorry, only 78%, 95 miles, 312 seconds. (Bet I coulda gone faster if I wasn’t, uh, working…)
It seems I categorize states more generically ‘north/south’, ‘central farming/east coast’ than I thought.
Having the states rotated to the proper orientation really gives a boost to your time/score. I’ll bet it would take me quite a bit longer if I hadn’t had that extra info.
#3 in size, after Alaska and Texas. #1 in population.
88% for 38 miles, 349 secs with a very dodgy mouse.
First try: 92%, avg error of 17 miles, 191 seconds.
Second try: 96%, avg error of 3 miles, 173 seconds.
86% with an average error of 32 miles, in 457 seconds.
It started me off with all those fiddly little New England states, I was waaay off with Delaware.
I played this earlier today, and did it somewhere in the 350seconds range I think. I got 76%, with 120ish miles off 
Of course, it didn’t help that 3 out of the first 6 or 7 states I got were some of the big square ones (with Florida and Texas being two other of them!) and while I generally know where they are with respect to each other, I tended to simply be off about how far into the continent some are!
Also, I’m Canadian. So, not too bad, I guess! I dare not try to do Africa!
94%, average error of 14 miles, and 169 seconds in time.
Not bad, especially since I started with a number of interior states.
88%, 14 mile error or whatever and 233 seconds.
I had never seen Connecticut isolated (I got that one first) I couldn’t figure out what state it was! The rest were not hard (positioning the NE states is hard).
I wish they had this for other countries! I would tank with most others.
I’m going to have my kids do this.
Just finished it, and on the first try, I took 497 seconds, but scored 90 per cent with an average error of 15 miles. Pretty good for a Canadian. And hey, I started out with North Dakota which isn’t that bad a place to start for a western Canadian.
Woo-hoo! My results:
92%
13 miles
294 seconds
I’d say, not too bad for a non-American. I wonder–how would our American friends do at a similar game about Canadian provinces or Australian states?
92%, Avg error 6 miles, time 267 seconds. All my mistakes were early on states with no natural boundaries.
And I’m English.
Australia has states? 
I could find British Columbia.
96% with an average error of 4 miles in 297 seconds.
Of course, I taught this (plus the capitals) when I taught 5th grade. I’d better know it.
And I’m bitter that I got Tennessee so early–I was the furthest off with it, but damn close considering.
New Mexico has a three step bottom. The lowest step nestles against that ledge just to the west of where Texas goes. I got everything except for Missouri and Nevada. Drat!
And once you’ve got New Mexico or Utah on the map, the other is a gimme because they meet at Four Corners.
98%
Average error: 2 miles.
Time: 156 seconds.
I’d say most wouldn’t do too well, but I can place all of the Canadian provinces correctly. Have no idea on the Australian states–so now you’ve begun yet another addiction…