MIT Mystery Hunt 2023
| MIT Mystery Hunt 2023 | |
|---|---|
 Logo of the 2023 MIT Mystery Hunt | |
| Running Team | teammate |
| Winning Team | The Team Formerly Known as the Team Formerly Known as the Team Formerly Known as the Team Formerly Known as the Team Formerly Known as the Team to Be Named Later |
| Timeframe and Location | |
| Location | MIT (Cambridge, MA) |
| Start Time | January 13, 2023 |
| Finishing Time (Winning Team) | 7:23AM EST, January 16, 2022? |
| Official End Time | 6:00PM EST, January 15, 2022 |
| Links | |
| Hunt Link | Link |
| Kickoff Link | Link |
| Wrapup Link | Link |
| MIT Mystery Hunt Chronology | |
MIT Mystery Hunt 2023 was the 43rd iteration of the MIT Mystery Hunt, with kickoff occurring on Friday, January 13th, 2023 and wrapup on Monday, January 16th. The coin was found at 7:23 am on Monday by Team to Be Named Later.[1] Run by teammate, the hunt's initial website is modeled to resemble the website of a museum, drawing attention to exhibits and inviting people to celebrate a 'grand opening'.
During kick-off, teammate introduced AI companion named MATE. AI companion integrated answer checker and few decipher tool. They also promised Merch including T-shirt and MATE pin comes after hunt.
Plot
General theme of museums and archives is present in pre-hunt media. First few rounds were also themed in said way, but after breakout it depicts everyone were in puzzle factory at all...
See wrap-up video for more information.
List of Rounds
| Round Title | Number of Feeder Puzzles | Number of Metapuzzles |
|---|---|---|
| Atrium | 9 | 1 |
| Science | 9 | 1 |
| Natural History | 8 | 1 |
| Art | 7 | 1 |
| World History | 7 | 1 |
| Innovation | 7 | 1 |
| Basement | 14 | 1 |
| Office | 16 | 1 |
| The Factory Floor | 10 | 1 |
| The Wyrmhole | 22[3] | 5 |
| Admiral Boötes' Cosmic Discovery Expedition | 6 | 1 |
| Ascent | 9 | 1 |
| Conjuri's Quest | 14 | 1 |
Write Ups
This is a list of write ups about Mystery Hunt 2023.
- Dan Katz - 2023 Mystery Hunt, Part 1: Less is More
- pichusuperlover - Pichu’s 2023 mystery hunt adventures
Trivia
- This hunt is the first hunt to have a team size soft cap of 60 people, with all previous team size soft caps (between 2018-2022) being stated as 75.
- This hunt will be the first edition of the MIT Mystery Hunt to take place on-campus since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, after two hunts taking place entirely online.
- As a result, this is also the first edition of the MITMH to utilize the TIM Ticket system of accessing campus.
- This is the first edition of the MITMH to disallow the presence of any team members in classrooms/on campus outside of dorms from the hours of 1AM to 6AM.
Notes
- ↑ The full name of the team is The Team Formerly Known as the Team Formerly Known as the Team Formerly Known as the Team Formerly Known as the Team Formerly Known as the Team to Be Named Later. They were the first team to finish all of the metas needed to reach endgame at around 4:22am. However, due to MIT campus restrictions they were unable to do the endgame until several hours later.
- ↑ Only 3/4 out of MATE's META, Basement, Office, and The Factory Floor metas are required to unlock this puzzle.
- ↑ Count includes duplicated puzzles from the Museum rounds and blank puzzles.
