Grand Hunt
| Grand Hunt | |
|---|---|
 Logo of Grand Hunt | |
| Running Team | Constructed Adventures |
| No. of Registered Teams | 921 |
| Winning Team | Chitty Chitty ‼️ |
| No. of Rounds | 3 |
| No. of Puzzles (Feeders and Metas) | 33 |
| Timeframe and Location | |
| Location | Online |
| Start Time | February 10, 2023 at 12:00 PM EST |
| Finishing Time (Winning Team) | February 10, 2023 at 4:43 PM EST |
| Official End Time | February 12, 2023 at 12:00 PM |
| Links | |
| Hunt Link | Link |
| Grand Hunt Chronology | |
Grand Hunt was a puzzle hunt that ran from Feb 10 to Feb 12 2023. It was billed as an event built to be solved by brand new puzzlers, with three modules of increasing difficulty, with a difficulty comparable to Paradox Puzzle Hunt or Hunt20 2.1 Puzzle Hunt.[1]
History[edit | edit source]
The Grand Hunt was created by "The Architect" of Constructed Adventures for his birthday. Initially, it was run as an annual live event in San Diego. These live events lasted about three hours and focused more on social challenges instead of just puzzles. In its fourth year, an additional online event was created, sometimes referred to as Grand Hunt Digital.[2]
Structure[edit | edit source]
The hunt is divided into three rounds of increasing difficulty, each with 10 feeder puzzles and 1 meta puzzle, for a total of 33 puzzles.
| Round | Number of Feeder Puzzles | Number of Metapuzzles | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 1 | Intro round, designed to be completable by brand new puzzle hunters |
| 2 | 10 | 1 | A step up in difficulty from round 1. |
| 3 | 10 | 1 | Final round, and another step up in difficulty from round 2. |
List of Puzzles[edit | edit source]
Round 1[edit | edit source]
- Super Secret Spy Training
- Roamin' Around
- Spell Chek
- Red Sky in Morning
- The ABCs of Building Adventures
- Blind Deliveries
- This Little Piggy Stayed Home
- The Oracle Speaks
- Country Codes
- Painting By Number
- I Spy (Meta)
Round 2[edit | edit source]
- Unfriendly Skies
- A Day at the Races
- Clouds
- Injury Codification Department
- RT Poetry
- Journey
- Opposites Attract
- Library
- I Put a Spell on You
- Questionable Science
- Pirate Map (Meta)
Round 3[edit | edit source]
- Hears The Order
- Siren Song
- Pie Puzzle
- Construction Mat
- Snap Decisions
- Alien Mixtape
- Reel-to-Reel Cinematography
- Sea Debris
- Happy New Year
- Plot Pickle
- Reddit Or Not (Meta)
Writeups[edit | edit source]
From the organizers[edit | edit source]
- /u/ChrispyK - Digital Grand Hunt Recap
Leaderboard[edit | edit source]
| Rank | Team | Solves | Finish Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chitty Chitty ‼️ | 33 | 2023-02-10 4:57:00 PM |
| 2 | ↷ MotionPortrayedHere | 31 | 2023-02-10 5:23:00 PM |
| 3 | Pepsimen | 30 | 2023-02-10 5:24:00 PM |
| 4 | Look, I'm Not Saying It's Projectyl, But Let's Be Honest Here, It's Probably Projectyl | 31 | 2023-02-10 5:30:00 PM |
| 5 | Have you tried hunting at lunch time? | 33 | 2023-02-10 5:34:00 PM |
| 6 | Mobius Strippers | 31 | 2023-02-10 5:36:00 PM |
| 7 | Deusovi | 31 | 2023-02-10 5:36:00 PM |
| 8 | weeklies.enigmatics.org | 31 | 2023-02-10 5:39:00 PM |
| 9 | Just Cameron | 27 | 2023-02-10 5:45:00 PM |
| 10 | Plughed in | 32 | 2023-02-10 5:46:00 PM |
| 11 | e[pi]c | 33 | 2023-02-10 5:51:00 PM |
| 12 | The C@r@line Syzygy | 33 | 2023-02-10 5:58:00 PM |
| 13 | ProJackL | 32 | 2023-02-10 6:00:00 PM |
| 14 | 🚗🤖🥞🎃🙃🐥 | 33 | 2023-02-10 6:02:00 PM |
| 15 | Mom, Jimothy's Out Here Jimmin' Again | 33 | 2023-02-10 6:18:00 PM |
| 16 | Treasures (Scattered) Bearing Insignias | 31 | 2023-02-10 6:42:00 PM |
| 17 | I'll be honest here all of us didn't realize that this hunt was coming up so soon and we had all forgotten about it until yesterday so I guess we have nobody here who's actually ready to solve oops | 31 | 2023-02-10 6:43:00 PM |
| 18 | Team Without An Intentionally Obvious Handle | 31 | 2023-02-10 6:48:00 PM |
| 19 | barbara kingsolver | 33 | 2023-02-10 7:27:00 PM |
| 20 | ✈ | 31 | 2023-02-10 7:29:00 PM |
| 21 | Noble Electronic Scavengers | 32 | 2023-02-10 7:32:00 PM |
| 22 | SOY BOYS | 29 | 2023-02-10 7:38:00 PM |
| 23 | Ok Poodle | 30 | 2023-02-10 7:59:00 PM |
| 24 | Canyon Maybe, Unsure | 28 | 2023-02-10 8:06:00 PM |
| 25 | kcaze | 30 | 2023-02-10 8:17:00 PM |
| 26 | Dogs Bound By Rules | 33 | 2023-02-10 8:42:00 PM |
| 27 | Time Vultures | 33 | 2023-02-10 8:56:00 PM |
| 28 | Llamaha Pianos | 33 | 2023-02-10 9:26:00 PM |
| 29 | If It Walks Like Projectyl and Talks Like Projectyl PSYCH! It's Dan Katz | 31 | 2023-02-10 9:29:00 PM |
| 30 | Les Gaulois | 31 | 2023-02-10 9:30:00 PM |
