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Cipher & Code Breaking Competition, often abbreviated as CCBC, is an annual puzzle hunt run by Cipherpuzzles. It is the oldest puzzlehunt in Chinese. The old name for CCBC was Cipher & Code Bar Competition because the first CCBC was run by SEVENKING who was the administrator of Baidu Cipher Bar in 2008. This name was used until CCBC X, the 10th iteration of CCBC. Due to the reduced correlation between CCBC and Baidu Cipher Bar, the name was changed from 'Bar' to 'Breaking'. It is mainly designed for Chinese puzzle solvers but also friendly to non-Chinese puzzle solvers. Like many other hunts, the winning team will be responsible for designing next year’s hunt. It allows a max team size of 5.
(Full article...)Did you know ...
- ...that in-person attendees at kickoffs have been given parts of physical puzzles during both puzzlehunts run by Brown Puzzlehunt?
- ...teams partaking in CMU Hunt Fall 2023 get one more hour to solve puzzles than in CMU Hunt Spring 2024?
- ...that Arroword crosswords are also referred to as Swedish-styled crosswords?
- ...that the title of Puzzle Rojak partially came because the authors liked rojak, a salad dish from Indonesia?
- ...that user CoreyPlover created the initial List of Puzzle Hunts in February 2022?
Upcoming Events
| Month | List of hunts |
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| May 2024 | 14 (Puzzled Pint May-24) · 18 (Rubik's Cube 50th Anniversary Hunt) · 25 (Puzzle Rojak 2) |
| June 2024 | 11 (Puzzled Pint June-24) |
| July 2024 | 9 (Puzzled Pint July-24) · 16 (Edric's 2024 Ptruzzle Hunt) |
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- Community Resources - External resources for connecting with the puzzle hunt community or learning more about puzzle hunts
- Puzzle Media - External publications - blogs, podcasts, streams, etc - from/about the puzzle community
- Puzzle Solving Resources / Puzzle Writing Resources - External resources that are helpful when solving/writing puzzle hunt puzzles
