MIT Mystery Hunt 2016
| MIT Mystery Hunt 2016 | |
|---|---|
| Running Team | Luck |
| Winning Team | Setec Astronomy |
| Timeframe and Location | |
| Location | MIT (Cambridge, MA) |
| Links | |
| Hunt Link | Link |
| MIT Mystery Hunt Chronology | |
MIT Mystery Hunt 2016 was the 36th iteration of the MIT Mystery Hunt. It was run by Luck and themed after the movie Inception and sleep in general.
TO DO
List of Rounds[edit | edit source]
| Round Title | Number of Feeder Puzzles | Number of Metapuzzles |
|---|---|---|
| Dog Show | 20 | 6 |
| Rip Van Winkle | 8 | 1 |
| Sleeping Beauty | 10 | 1 |
| Opus | 13 | 1 |
| King Arthur | 9 | 1 |
| Ysera | 15 | 1 |
| Dreamtime | 20 | 6 |
| Pam Ewing | 7 | 1 |
| Randolph Carter | 8 | 1 |
| Sleeping Gypsy | 9 | 1 |
| Endymion | 12 | 1 |
| Limbo | 10 | 1 |
| Events | 4 | 0 |
Reviews and write-ups[edit | edit source]
From the organizing team[edit | edit source]
- chriswords - 2016 Mystery Hunt - A Midwinter Night's Dream
- Craig Kasper - “So that happened…” – My Musings on the 2016 MIT Mystery Hunt - My 2016 Mystery Hunt Puzzles – Dog Show Round
- devjoe - How the Grinch Almost Stole Mystery Hunt, but I Stopped It, with a Little Help from My Friends - MIT Mystery Hunt 2016, Part 2 - MIT Mystery Hunt 2016, Part 3: My Puzzles - MIT Mystery Hunt 2016, Part 4: The Rest of My Puzzles - MIT Mystery Hunt 2016, Part 5: Other Notable Puzzles
- Tyler Hinman - I dreamed a dream
- jeremiahsjohnson - 2016 Hunt Perspective from a Member of Team Luck (Some Spoilers included)
From solvers[edit | edit source]
- 530nm330hz - MIT Mystery Hunt 2016
- Alex Irpan - Mystery Hunt 2016 Wrap-Up
- betaveros - whoosh
- dr_whom - I dream of puzzles
- dr4b - MIT Mystery Hunt 2016
- extratricky - Mystery Hunt 2016 Review
- Joe Bohanon - Mystery Hunt Wrap-up 2016
- Michael Andersen - Huntception and the Art of the Meta
- mystery_fish - Fever Dreams
- phenomist - Mystery Hunt 2016
- realtimerendering - MIT Mystery Hunt and three.js
- seekingferret - Mystery Hunt 2016 - (no subject)
- sniffnoy - 2016 Mystery Hunt roundup
- tmcay - Boda Borg / 2016 MIT Mystery Hunt
Leaderboard[edit | edit source]
Leaderboard data comes from this spreadsheet. Finish time is when a team submits a correct answer to Limbo. Nonfinishers are ranked by total number of solves, then alphabetically.
| Rank | Team | Solves | Finish Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Setec Astronomy | 158 | 2016-01-17 5:39:05 PM |
| 2 | Left out | 163 | 2016-01-17 5:44:15 PM |
| 3 | Death And Mayhem | 150 | 2016-01-17 8:17:04 PM |
| 4 | Palindrome | 146 | 2016-01-17 8:39:25 PM |
| 5 | Codex Rotundus | 144 | |
| 6 | Metaphysical Plant | 129 | |
| 7 | Knock Knock | 127 | |
| 8 | Immoral, Illegal, and Fattening | 120 | |
| 9 | ✈✈✈ Galactic Trendsetters ✈✈✈ | 116 | |
| 10 | Rage Against the Dying of the Warehouse | 114 | |
| 11 | Hunches in Bunches | 112 | |
| 12 | Up Late | 102 | |
| 13 | Central Services | 92 | |
| 14 | The Providence Transplantations | 89 | |
| 15 | Super Team Awesome | 85 |
