MUMS Puzzle Hunt 2019
| MUMS Puzzle Hunt 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Running Team | Melbourne University Maths Society |
| No. of Registered Teams | 455 |
| Winning Team | AD HOC (Observed) |
| No. of Rounds | 1 |
| No. of Puzzles (Feeders and Metas) | 31 |
| Timeframe and Location | |
| Location | Online |
| Start Time | 12:00 PM AEST, 7th Aug 2019 |
| Finishing Time (Winning Team) | 12:55 PM AEST, 12th Aug 2019 |
| Official End Time | 12:00 PM AEST, 16th Aug 2019 |
| Links | |
| Hunt Link | Link |
| Leaderboard Link | Link |
| MUMS Puzzle Hunt Chronology | |
The SUMS Puzzle Hunt 2018 was the 14th iteration of the MUMS Puzzle Hunt, run by the Melbourne University Maths Society. It follows the Australian hunt format, with five puzzles were released each day for six days, with the metapuzzle also released on the sixth day. The theme of the hunt involved a Rubik's cube, with each day's release corresponding to a face of the cube. AD HOC (Observed) was the overall winning team, with a score of 149 (out of 150), as well as being the first team to solve the metapuzzle.
List of Puzzles
Act I
Released 12:00 PM AEST 7 August 2019
- I-1: Story of a Corsair
- I-2: Divide and Conquer
- I-3: Musical Chairs
- I-4: Central Dogma
- I-S: Letters and Numbers
Act II
Released 12:00 PM AEST 8 August 2019
- II-1: Royal MUMS Hospital
- II-2: Alien Artefacts
- II-3: Throwback Thursday
- II-4: A Sticky Situation
- II-S: Pot Luck
Act III
Released 12:00 PM AEST 9 August 2019
- III-1: Roly Poly
- III-2: A Noteworthy Puzzle
- III-3: Party Time
- III-4: Lottery
- III-S: Killer Cluedoku
Act IV
Released 12:00 PM AEST 10 August 2019
- IV-1: Set
- IV-2: Choices of Images
- IV-3: Mr Brightside
- IV-4: Knitty Gritty
- IV-S: Senbazuru
Act V
Released 12:00 PM AEST 11 August 2019
- V-1: No. 102
- V-2: A Whole New Ball Game
- V-3: Uncle Tobys Roll Ups
- V-4: Chopping Block
- V-S: Fall of Grace
Act VI
Released 12:00 PM AEST 11 August 2019
- VI-1: Bloody Oath
- VI-2: Remix
- VI-3: Under the Sea
- VI-4: Sweet Tooth
- VI-S: Infallible
Meta Puzzle
Released 12:00 PM AEST 11 August 2019
- M-1: Meta³
Leaderboard
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AD HOC (Observed) | 149 |
| 2 | ✈️✈️✈️ Galactic Trendsetters ✈️✈️✈️ | 148 |
| 3 | BoJo Horseman | 146 |
| 4 | Toys Shouldn't Be Illegal | 145 |
| 5 | The Judean GNUs | 145 |
| 6 | Positive Mental Attitude | 144 |
| 7 | 🌻 Flower Power 🌻 | 142 |
| 8 | pluru | 140 |
| 9 | Just Peel the Stickers Off | 139 |
| 10 | S> cuber girl lubed cubes $50@alexahedra | 139 |
| 11 | Not Fussing Around | 138 |
| 12 | Wee Wallaby Warehouse | 137 |
| 13 | plugh (pronounced ploug) | 137 |
| 14 | Synod | 135 |
| 15 | Crossing the Rubikon | 133 |
| 16 | 🎏🎏🎏 Scrambled H³rrings 🎏🎏🎏 | 133 |
| 17 | Exotic Chrysanthemums of /r/PictureGame | 129 |
| 18 | Lesgaulois | 127 |
| 19 | The Elite | 126 |
| 20 | Milk Mojitos | 123 |
| 21 | Duck Gizzards | 122 |
| 22 | Team Eagle Time | 119 |
| 23 | the_underscore_sean_gardiner_fanclub | 117 |
| 24 | Wild Goldfish: do you even go here? | 116 |
| 25 | Twenty-Seven Blocks Interchanging | 116 |
| 26 | Eggplant Parms | 113 |
| 27 | Reveal Peniquillin S3rvice | 111 |
| 28 | Just-Us League | 111 |
| 29 | teammate | 110 |
| 30 | Misremembered Apple | 109 |
