SUMS Puzzle Hunt 2012

SUMS Puzzle Hunt 2012
Running Team	Sydney University Maths Society
No. of Registered Teams	162
Winning Team	crackerjacks
No. of Rounds	1
No. of Puzzles (Feeders and Metas)	21
Timeframe and Location
Location	Online
Start Time	12:00 PM AEST, 15 Oct 2012
Finishing Time (Winning Team)	1:58 AM AEST, 23 Oct 2012
Official End Time	12:00 PM AEST, 23 Oct 2012
Links
Hunt Link	Link
Leaderboard Link	Link
SUMS Puzzle Hunt Chronology

The SUMS Puzzle Hunt 2012 was the 4th iteration of the SUMS Puzzle Hunt, run by the Sydney University Maths Society. It follows the Australian hunt format, with four puzzles were released each day for five days, with the metapuzzle also released on the fifth day. The theme of the hunt was the apocalypse. crackerjacks was the top scoring team with a score of 95. Team Plugh (pronounced plug) was the second top scoring team and the highest placing Australian team. Death From Above was the first team to solve the meta, earning the meta prize.

List of Puzzles

Act I

Released 12:00 PM AEST, 15 Oct 2012

• I-1: Double Act
• I-2: Dog Eat Dog
• I-3: Hydra
• I-4: Checking Out

Act II

Released 12:00 PM AEST, 16 Oct 2012

• II-1: An Ordinary Puzzle
• II-2: Translatinate
• II-3: B-Hive
• II-4: The Intersecting Identifiers

Act III

The puzzles on this day were printed on a single sheet, akin to a newspaper puzzle spread.

Released 12:00 PM AEST, 17 Oct 2012

• III-1: Puzzle Page - Part 1
• III-2: Puzzle Page - Part 2
• III-3: Puzzle Page - Part 3
• III-4: Puzzle Page - Part 4

Act IV

Released 12:00 PM AEST, 18 Oct 2012

• IV-1: Shoehorned
• IV-2: Letters And Numbers
• IV-3: DNF
• IV-4: Connect Four

Act V

Released 12:00 PM AEST, 19 Oct 2012

• V-1: Dotty
• V-2: Sets
• V-3: Splice
• V-4: Temple Run

Meta Puzzle

Released 12:00 PM AEST, 19 Oct 2012

• M-1: The Wheel Turns