diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6623f89..cd35e31 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "criterion",
  "enum-iterator",
  "env_logger",
+ "float-ord",
  "log",
  "rand",
  "serde",
@@ -469,6 +470,12 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5443807d6dff69373d433ab9ef5378ad8df50ca6298caf15de6e52e24aaf54d5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "float-ord"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8ce81f49ae8a0482e4c55ea62ebbd7e5a686af544c00b9d090bba3ff9be97b3d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fnv"
 version = "1.0.7"
diff --git a/battlesnake/Cargo.toml b/battlesnake/Cargo.toml
index 9d68f27..31b4c35 100644
--- a/battlesnake/Cargo.toml
+++ b/battlesnake/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ env_logger = "0.11"
 bitvec = "1.0"
 enum-iterator = "2.1"
 rand = "0.8"
+float-ord = "0.3"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = "0.5"
diff --git a/battlesnake/src/main.rs b/battlesnake/src/main.rs
index 2fb265f..a806d24 100644
--- a/battlesnake/src/main.rs
+++ b/battlesnake/src/main.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ use battlesnake::types::{
     wire::{Request, Response},
     Direction,
 };
-use log::{debug, error, info, warn};
+use float_ord::FloatOrd;
+use log::{debug, error, info, trace, warn};
 use rand::prelude::*;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use tokio::{
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ async fn get_move(request: Json<Request>) -> response::Json<Response> {
         let end_condition: &dyn Fn(&Board) -> Option<u32> = match &*request.game.ruleset.name {
             "solo" => &|board: &Board| {
                 if board.num_snakes() == 0
-                    || board.turn() > base_turns + u32::from(request.you.length) * 3
+                    || board.turn() > base_turns + (u32::from(request.you.length) * 3).min(32)
                 {
                     Some(board.turn())
                 } else {
@@ -95,7 +96,8 @@ async fn get_move(request: Json<Request>) -> response::Json<Response> {
                 }
             },
             _ => &|board: &Board| {
-                if board.num_snakes() <= 1 || board.turn() > base_turns + u32::from(request.you.length) * 3
+                if board.num_snakes() <= 1
+                    || board.turn() > base_turns + (u32::from(request.you.length) * 3).min(32)
                 {
                     Some(u32::from(board.alive(id)))
                 } else {
@@ -104,30 +106,58 @@ async fn get_move(request: Json<Request>) -> response::Json<Response> {
             },
         };
 
-        let mut action_data = [(0, 0); 4];
-        let mut total_simulations = 0;
-        while start.elapsed() < Duration::from_millis(250) {
+        let mut mcts_manager = MctsManager::new(id);
+        let c = f32::sqrt(2.0);
+        'outer: while start.elapsed() < Duration::from_millis(250) {
             let mut board = board.clone();
-            let action = *actions.choose(&mut thread_rng()).unwrap_or(&Direction::Up);
-            board.next_turn(&[(id, action)]);
+            while let Some(action) = mcts_manager.next_action(&board, c) {
+                board.next_turn(&[(id, action)]);
+                if let Some(score) = end_condition(&board) {
+                    mcts_manager.apply_score(score);
+                    continue 'outer;
+                }
+            }
             let score = board.simulate_random(end_condition);
-            let action_data = &mut action_data[usize::from(action)];
-            action_data.0 += score;
-            action_data.1 += 1;
-            total_simulations += 1;
+            mcts_manager.apply_score(score);
+        }
+        for action in actions {
+            let score = mcts_manager.base.next[usize::from(action)]
+                .as_ref()
+                .map(|info| info.score as f32 / info.played as f32);
+            if let Some(score) = score {
+                info!("{action:?} -> {score}");
+            } else {
+                info!("{action:?} -> None");
+            }
         }
-        debug!("action data: {action_data:?}");
 
-        let action = actions.into_iter().max_by(|lhs, rhs| {
-            let lhs_data = action_data[usize::from(*lhs)];
-            let rhs_data = action_data[usize::from(*rhs)];
-            (u64::from(lhs_data.0) * u64::from(rhs_data.1)).cmp(&(u64::from(rhs_data.0) * u64::from(lhs_data.1)))
-        });
+        let action = mcts_manager
+            .base
+            .next
+            .iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .filter_map(|(index, info)| {
+                info.as_ref().map(|info| {
+                    (
+                        match index {
+                            0 => Direction::Up,
+                            1 => Direction::Down,
+                            2 => Direction::Left,
+                            3 => Direction::Right,
+                            _ => unreachable!(),
+                        },
+                        info,
+                    )
+                })
+            })
+            .max_by_key(|(_, info)| FloatOrd(info.score as f32 / info.played as f32))
+            .map(|(action, _)| action);
 
         if let Some(action) = action {
-            let action_data = action_data[usize::from(action)];
-            let avg_turns = action_data.0 / action_data.1;
-            info!("found action {action:?} after {total_simulations} simulations with an average of {avg_turns} turns.");
+            info!(
+                "found action {action:?} after {} simulations.",
+                mcts_manager.base.played
+            );
         } else {
             warn!("unable to find a valid action");
         }
@@ -136,10 +166,119 @@ async fn get_move(request: Json<Request>) -> response::Json<Response> {
             direction: action.unwrap_or(Direction::Up),
             shout: None,
         })
-    }).await.unwrap()
+    })
+    .await
+    .unwrap()
 }
 
 async fn end(request: Json<Request>) {
     let board = Board::from(&*request);
     info!("got end request: {board}");
 }
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct ActionInfo {
+    score: u32,
+    played: u32,
+    next: Box<[Option<ActionInfo>; 4]>,
+}
+
+impl ActionInfo {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            score: 0,
+            played: 0,
+            next: Box::new([None, None, None, None]),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn uct(&self, c: f32) -> [Option<f32>; 4] {
+        let mut ucts = [None; 4];
+        for (action, uct) in self.next.iter().zip(ucts.iter_mut()) {
+            if let Some(action) = action {
+                let exploitation = action.score as f32 / action.played as f32;
+                let exploration = f32::sqrt(f32::ln(self.played as f32) / action.played as f32);
+                uct.replace(c.mul_add(exploration, exploitation));
+            }
+        }
+        ucts
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct MctsManager {
+    base: ActionInfo,
+    actions: Vec<Direction>,
+    expanded: bool,
+    snake: u8,
+}
+
+impl MctsManager {
+    fn new(snake: u8) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            base: ActionInfo::new(),
+            actions: Vec::new(),
+            expanded: false,
+            snake,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn apply_score(&mut self, score: u32) {
+        self.base.played += 1;
+        self.base.score += score;
+        let mut current = &mut self.base;
+        for action in &self.actions {
+            let Some(ref mut new_current) = &mut current.next[usize::from(*action)] else {
+                error!("got action without actioninfo");
+                break;
+            };
+            current = new_current;
+            current.played += 1;
+            current.score += score;
+        }
+        self.actions.clear();
+        self.expanded = false;
+    }
+
+    fn next_action(&mut self, board: &Board, c: f32) -> Option<Direction> {
+        if self.expanded {
+            return None;
+        }
+
+        let mut current = &mut self.base;
+        for action in &self.actions {
+            let Some(ref mut new_current) = &mut current.next[usize::from(*action)] else {
+                error!("got action without actioninfo");
+                return None;
+            };
+            current = new_current;
+        }
+
+        let ucts = current.uct(c);
+        let valid_actions = board.valid_actions(self.snake);
+        let ucts: Vec<_> = valid_actions
+            .map(|action| (action, ucts[usize::from(action)]))
+            .collect();
+        trace!("got actions: {ucts:?}");
+        if ucts.iter().any(|(_, uct)| uct.is_none()) {
+            let action = ucts
+                .iter()
+                .filter(|(_, uct)| uct.is_none())
+                .choose(&mut thread_rng())?
+                .0;
+            self.expanded = true;
+            current.next[usize::from(action)].replace(ActionInfo::new());
+            self.actions.push(action);
+            return Some(action);
+        }
+
+        let action = ucts
+            .iter()
+            .max_by_key(|(_, uct)| FloatOrd(uct.unwrap_or(f32::NEG_INFINITY)))
+            .map(|(action, _)| *action);
+        if let Some(action) = action {
+            self.actions.push(action);
+        }
+        action
+    }
+}