Cryptex Hunt 2022/Are you smarter than a robot?

Are you smarter than a robot?
Cryptex Hunt 2022
Author(s)	Darren Miller
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Are you smarter than a robot? is a maze-based spatial puzzle and the second puzzle of the 2022 Cryptex Hunt. It's presented as a black and blue maze filled with letters, accompanied by the text "Can you help this little lost robot find a route through the maze?"

Solve Paths

As the text implies, solvers should attempt to solve the maze. If done correctly, the most direct route takes the robot through five letters, which spell the final answer.

Part 1 Final Answer: Click to revealASIMO.

Keeping the maze in a solved state, solvers may notice that the remaining letters do seem to spell partial words in place (such as NOBLE going down the first column). The trick is to start in the top left corner and read the letters in a counterclockwise spiral. This is also clued by the spiral above the robot's head in the lower left corner. Doing this results in the final clue phrase of NOBLE GAS OF ATOMIC NUMBER FIFTY FOUR.

Part 2 Final Answer: Click to revealXENON.

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