List of Teams
Teams, as they appear in puzzle hunts, are groups of solvers working together to complete a hunt. Below is a list of teams that are known to either be active, or that have been active in the past.
Some teams have achieved notoriety within the puzzling community from writing one or more major hunts, by performing well in hunt leader-boards, by representing a specific university or location, or by having a unique gimmick. However, there is no notability requirement for teams to be listed here.
Since team sizes for MIT Mystery Hunt are typically an order of magnitude larger than those for any other recurring hunt, large Mystery Hunt teams often divide into subteams for other hunts. Subteams and naming conventions for subteams should be listed in the "notes" column where relevant.
Active teams[edit | edit source]
| Team Name | Year of Formation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 17th Shard | 2019 | |
| Ange Management | 2018 | Result of a split from Palindrome |
| Blob Wizards | late 2019 - early 2020 | |
| Cardinality | 2020 (for MITMH) | |
| Central Services | 2008 | For smaller hunts, makes splinter teams with anagram names like "Scenic Travelers" |
| Codex | 2002-2003? | Team changes name to various different Codices |
| Death and Mayhem | 2013 (in current form) | Result of a merger of Death From Above and Project Electric Mayhem |
| Duck Soup | 2008 | |
| Eggplant Parms | 2018 | |
| Frumious Bandersnatch | 2007 | |
| ✈✈✈ Galactic Trendsetters ✈✈✈ | 2011 | Airplanes are pronounced "Whoooosh" and "Nyeoooow", respectively |
| Ghostbloods | 2021 | |
| Halibut That Bass | 2008 | |
| Have you tried | 2018 | |
| Herrings | ||
| Hunches in Bunches | 2015 | Split-off from Random Hall team |
| Immoral, Illegal, and Fattening | 2004 | Split-off from ACME, competed as "JMac's Birthday Party" for first year |
| Inert Oaken Heron | 2021 | Single person team |
| Keep Puzzling | ||
| Killer Chicken Bones | 2009 | |
| Left Out | 2005 | Team mostly from USA's Pacific "Left" coast |
| Les Gaulois | 2013 | French team (pronounced /lɛ ɡo.lwa/) |
| Literally Animal Farm | 2023 | Split off from Duck Soup |
| Metaphysical Plant | 2003 or earlier | Original Random Hall team |
| MiaoMiaoMiao | 2020 | Mystical Illusion And Originality |
| Mobius Strippers | ||
| NES | 2019 | |
| Pluru | ||
| Palindrome | 1995 | Team changes name to various different palindromes |
| Please Clap | ||
| Plugh | 2006 | |
| Pusheen Appreciation Society | 2015 or earlier | |
| Rage | 2014 | Team changes name to various puns on the word "rage" |
| Random | 2010 | Newer Random Hall team, formed after Metaphysical Plant |
| r/PictureGame | 2017 | |
| Setec Astronomy | 1996 | |
| Small Llama Malls | 2018 | |
| Super Team Awesome | 2007 | |
| Synod | ||
| Team Eagle Time | 2013 | |
| Team To Be Named Later | 2018 | Name has gradually grown longer over time; abbreviated as TTBNL |
| Team Copypasta | 2021 | |
| Team_Underscore | ||
| Teammate | 2015 (for online hunts), 2018 (for MITMH) | Often uses anagrams of TEAM in their team names |
| Test Solution Bees Ignore | 2019 (in current form) | Result of merger of Test Solution Please Ignore and Aviation Laws |
| The C@r@line Syzygy | 2019; 2021 | Originally a two-person Mystery Hunt team in 2019; reformed as an open team for smaller hunts in 2021 |
| The Mathemagicians | 2021 | Team previously known as Team Arithmancy, which evolved from /r/Arithmancy, a Harry Potter puzzle subreddit |
| The MIT Mystery Hunt ✅ | 1996 | Team completely changes names for every MITMH; best known for writing the 2014 Mystery Hunt. "The MIT Mystery Hunt ✅" was their name for MITMH 2023. |
| The Providence Transplantations | 2011 | |
| The Puzzle Potluck Crew | 2016; 2018 | |
| Time Vultures | 2011 | |
| Track: Coconut Pizza Hut | 2020 | |
| ⛎ UNICODE EQUIVALENCE | 2021 | Often fields smaller teams named for misinterpretations of Unicode characters |
| Up Late | 2000 | |
| [URGENT] | 2019 | |
| Vehemence | 2022 | team of ARG/unfiction enthusiasts |
| Weird Lex and the Aladdin Chickenshackers | 2020 | Pandemic team from the Broken Buzzer and Liquid Kourage trivia communities |
| weeklies.enigmatics.org | 2021 | Small team born from a discord community about online riddles |
| Wafflehaüs | 2004 |
