MIT Mystery Hunt 2011
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MIT Mystery Hunt 2011 | |
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Running Team | Metaphysical Plant |
Winning Team | Codex |
Timeframe and Location | |
Location | MIT (Cambridge, MA) |
Links | |
Hunt Link | Link |
MIT Mystery Hunt Chronology | |
MIT Mystery Hunt 2011 was the 31st iteration of the MIT Mystery Hunt. It was run by Metaphysical Plant, the winners of the 2010 Mystery Hunt. The theme of the hunt was video games, beginning with a wedding between Mario and Peach at kickoff, when Peach is kidnapped by Bowser. Mario has to traverse through several different video game worlds in order to rescue Princess Peach. Codex was the first team to find the coin.
TO DO
List of Rounds[edit | edit source]
Round Title | Number of Feeder Puzzles | Number of Metapuzzles |
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Mario | 21 | 4 |
Mega Man | 30 | 7 |
Zelda | 9 Click to revealEach puzzle has 3 answers, for a total of 27 answers | 4 |
Civilization | 24 | 7 |
Katamari Damacy | 20 | 3 |
Endgame |
Mentions in Other Media[edit | edit source]
- The Tech - Codex wins Hunt in 42 hours
- Boston Globe - Aha!
Reviews and Write Ups[edit | edit source]
From Metaphysical Plant[edit | edit source]
- dr_whom - We had a Mystery Hunt - I wrote some puzzles - Other people wrote some puzzles
- mystery_fish - And all of next year's Hunt is still unsolved
- noahspuzzlelj - How Codex won hunt
- okosut - Hunt Write-Up
- redcat9 - Made it to January 17
- Ricky Liu - Ricky Liu's post-Hunt thoughts, part I - part II
Others[edit | edit source]
- 530nm330hz - My stery Hunt 2011
- Alex Calhoun - Your Princess Is in Another Game: The 2011 MIT Mystery Hunt
- Andrew Plotkin - Puzzle structure in 2015
- brokenwndw - Another Review
- cesium12 - Walkthrough
- colossusofrhode - MH2K11
- cougarfang - I hope this fits in the entry box o_o;;
- dalryaug - Hunt 2011: Our princess is... somewhere else
- Dan Katz - Hunt Report (better late than never)
- devjoe - Mystery Hunt 2011
- Eric Berlin - This Magic Moment
- Eric Prestemon - 2011 Mystery Hunt - Squared Key, from MIT Mystery Hunt 2011
- foggyb - (no subject)
- motris - What a Wedding! - 2011 Mystery Hunt Report
- qaqaq - 2011 Mystery Hunt - Part II
- rhysara - (no subject)
- snowspinner - Wrap-Up - Wrap-Up Part Deux: The Puzzles
- sniffnoy - Mystery hunt roundup
- tablesaw - Mystery Hunt Recs
- tacotortoise - Yet another Hunt recap
- tahnan - 2011 Mystery Hunt
- Tanya Khovanova - A Math Guide to the MIT Mystery Hunt 2011
- Tyler Hinman - Peachy keen
- Yan Z. - Mr. E. Hunt
Leaderboard[edit | edit source]
Data taken from the solve log provided in this link. Finishers are ranked by the last meta solve. Other teams are ranked by number of solves.
Rank | Team | Solves | Finish Time |
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1 | Codex Alimentarius | 104 | 2011-01-16 3:09:40 AM |
2 | Manic Sages | 106 | 2011-01-16 5:26:06 AM |
3 | The Team Your Team Could Smell Like | 106 | 2011-01-16 6:17:47 AM |
4 | Luck, Luck, Goose | 102 | 2011-01-16 1:35:42 PM |
5 | Random Answer Generator | 95 | |
6 | Immoral, Illegal, and Fattening | 85 | |
7 | Left Out | 85 | |
8 | Setec Astronomy | 82 | |
9 | Palindrome (Stacy's Super-Aware Pussycats) | 75 | |
10 | The Silly Hat Brigade | 65 | |
11 | Death From Above | 62 | |
12 | Project Electric Mayhem | 60 | |
13 | Battlestar Electronica | 58 | |
14 | Central Services | 55 | |
15 | Up Late | 42 |