Luogu Puzzle Hunt 1

Luogu Puzzle Hunt 1 (LGPH 1,link) was the first edition of LGPH. This competition was hosted by WYXkk and took place from October 1, 2023, to October 7, 2023. LGPH 1 only allowed individual participation. There were 687 participants in total, and 16 of them successfully completed the competition. Their usernames on Luogu were Lazy_Labs, LILAC04_player, EDPZnCl, Tom22l, SpadeA261, Coffee_zzz, cff_0102, KazamiHina, hhoppitree, gyh20, lvkaiyi0811, Confringo, cyfff, Loser_King, zhjzhmh, ethan0328 (sorted by completion time). They have become a part of the organizers of LGPH 2.

You can see the Chinese solutions of all the puzzles here (all in Chinese, but most of them can be translated).

List of Puzzles in LGPH 1

LGPH 1 consisted of 20 small puzzles, 8 medium puzzles, 2 large puzzles, and a Final Meta.

• Puzzles marked (c) require some Chinese knowledge apart from simple translation.
• Puzzles marked (C) require a lot of Chinese knowledge.

Small Puzzles

This round contains 20 small puzzles without titles.

Medium Puzzles

1. 混沌逆乱 (Chaotic Disorder) (c)
2. 过往之忆 (Memories of the Past)
3. 合而为一 (Unite as One)
4. 后现代诗 (Postmodern Poetry) (c)
5. 语言学竞赛 (Linguistic Competition) (c)
6. 密码破译 (Learning in Cryptanalysis)
7. 光暗之元 (The Meta about Light and Darkness)
8. 立方之星 (Stars on a Cube)

Large Puzzles

• 存在之物 (The Things that Exist)
• 失去之物 (The Things that were Lost)

Final Meta

The Final Meta of LGPH 1 uses answers to all small, medium, and large puzzles, and even the link to them (all the puzzles are published on the cloud clipboard, a built-in feature of Luogu, and the links are completely random).