QoDE Puzzle Hunt

QoDE Puzzle Hunt
Running Team	QoDE
No. of Registered Teams	380
Winning Team	📜📜📜 Codex Galacticus 📜📜📜
No. of Rounds	2
No. of Puzzles (Feeders and Metas)	48
Timeframe and Location
Location	Online
Start Time	2021-09-10 12:00 PDT
Finishing Time (Winning Team)	2021-09-11 00:19 PDT
Official End Time	2021-09-19 23:59 PDT
Links
Hunt Link	Link
Wrapup Link	Link

The QoDE Puzzle Hunt was a puzzle hunt run in mid-September, 2021. The hunt is Batman-themed, with a story featuring many of Gotham City's familiar faces. Batman and Robin are missing, and teams must overcome the Riddler's many challenges to discover their whereabouts.

Plot

Batman and Robin have been missing for a long time, and the Riddler is responsible for holding them hostage. The Riddler set challenges in the form of puzzles that teams must overcome, and has also assembled a nefarious device with an unknown purpose called the Nygmachine, which teams should deal with before continuing their search. After teams have disarmed the Nygmachine, the Riddler released a large number of villains, with which teams had to deal by solving their puzzles. After taking down the major villains Poison Ivy, Killer Croc, Firefly and Mr. Freeze, teams finally faced the Riddler and found out Batman and Robin's whereabouts.

Structure

Round	Number of Feeder Puzzles	Number of Metapuzzles
1	13	1
2	30	4

Round 1

• Propellerheads
• Contagion
• Batman Smells!
• Syndicate Strife
• Relaying Instructions
• Qatalog
• Ain't By Numbers
• Speed Dial
• The Dark Knight's Patrol
• Dr. Langstrom's Notes
• Gotham's Next Top Henchmen
• Do the Batusi
• A-Sides
• The Nygmachine (Meta)

Round 2

• Secret Sauce
• Motel 6
• All That Zsasz
• Transcosia
• No Man's Land
• The Unusual Suspects
• Pool Cues
• Who?
• Zip It
• Role Call
• Run the Numbers
• Fear of Heights
• Minor Differences
• 50-50
• Before and After
• Mash-Ups
• Method to the Madness
• <3
• Day-jà Vu
• Power Couples
• Reconditioned
• Tailored Rectangles
• Mass Transit
• Ultimate Flunky Championship
• The Gotham Underground
• Pearls of Wisdom
• Pleading the Fifth
• Swiss Cheese
• Multiple Imputation
• General Malpractice
• Poison Ivy (Meta)
• Killer Croc (Meta)
• Firefly & Mr. Freeze (Meta)
• The Riddler (Metameta)

Leaderboard

Rank	Team	Solves	Finish Time
1	📜📜📜 Codex Galacticus 📜📜📜	48	2021-09-11 12:19:00 AM
2	㎁ SQUARE THEMATIC EXTRACTION INDICATOR	48	2021-09-11 3:18:00 AM
3	Qardinality	48	2021-09-11 4:04:00 PM
4	have you tried investing in civic infrastructure instead of depending on billionaire vigilantes?	41	2021-09-12 1:34:00 AM
5	The C@r@line Syzygy	48	2021-09-12 12:45:00 PM
6	Eggplant Parms	46	2021-09-12 1:09:00 PM
7	✹ FIGHT SOUND EFFECT CONTAINER	48	2021-09-12 1:15:00 PM
8	The Luknights Who Say NEEEEEEEEEE~!!	48	2021-09-12 5:16:00 PM
9	bATMEn	41	2021-09-13 1:25:00 AM
10	The Blob Wizards	48	2021-09-13 7:49:00 AM
11	Plugh in next week, same Bat-time, same Bat-channel	48	2021-09-13 1:04:00 PM
12	Eight Herrings in a Wheelbarrow 🎏	47	2021-09-13 4:44:00 PM
13	KaBaL	39	2021-09-13 6:26:00 PM
14	📖 Globglogabgalab Appreciation Society	42	2021-09-13 11:09:00 PM
15	Team Runpeng	41	2021-09-14 2:45:00 AM
16	Please Clap 17 Times	48	2021-09-14 9:04:00 AM
17	Pluru	42	2021-09-14 1:08:00 PM
18	TruFact™	44	2021-09-14 1:41:00 PM
19	☃	44	2021-09-14 5:17:00 PM
20	ClueCurio	48	2021-09-14 6:39:00 PM
21	🌮🌮taquito	45	2021-09-15 10:36:00 AM
22	Extracting CoDE of /r/PictureGame	41	2021-09-15 12:15:00 PM
23	A Tiny Meta Charm	48	2021-09-15 4:29:00 PM
24	There's Somany Bats Inhere!	48	2021-09-15 10:18:00 PM
25	The Mystery Machine	37	2021-09-16 7:03:00 AM
26	Duck Soup	46	2021-09-16 3:06:00 PM
27	Tricky Supervillain? Begin Investigating!	43	2021-09-16 5:07:00 PM
28	Scenic Travelers	42	2021-09-16 7:35:00 PM
29	yomama	45	2021-09-16 7:39:00 PM
30	Needlessly Eating Squirrels	44	2021-09-16 10:04:00 PM

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