SUMS Puzzle Hunt 2018
| SUMS Puzzle Hunt 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Running Team | Sydney University Maths Society |
| No. of Registered Teams | 304 |
| Winning Team | Synod |
| No. of Rounds | 1 |
| No. of Puzzles (Feeders and Metas) | 20 |
| Timeframe and Location | |
| Location | Online |
| Start Time | 12:00 PM AEST, 2 July, 2018 |
| Finishing Time (Winning Team) | 2:42 PM AEST, 7 July, 2018 |
| Official End Time | 12:00 PM AEST, 10 July, 2018 |
| Links | |
| Hunt Link | Link |
| Leaderboard Link | Link |
| SUMS Puzzle Hunt Chronology | |
The SUMS Puzzle Hunt 2018 was the 9th 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 involved a movie watching party. Synod was the overall winning team, as the first team to finish all 20 regular puzzles with a score of 99 (meaning that all puzzles but one were solved within 24 hours). Plugh (Pronounced Pluff) was the top team among those with an Australian member. The team Can's Film Festival won the meta prize, for being the first team to solve the meta puzzle at 9:31 AM AEST, 9 July, 2018.
List of Puzzles
Act I
Released 12:00 PM AEST 2 July 2018
- I-1: A Strange Introduction
- I-2: Bad Maths
- I-3: A Mess of Sage
- I-4: Average Reservers
Act II
Released 12:00 PM AEST 3 July 2018
- II-1: Constant Memorisation
- II-2: The Head Explodes
- II-3: Made out of Music and Machine
- II-4: Difference of Opinion
Act III
Released 12:00 PM AEST 4 July 2018
- III-1: Blockhouse Blackness
- III-2: 'Ncryption Files
- III-3: United Nations
- III-4: On the Twelfth Day of Christ-masyu
Act IV
Released 12:00 PM AEST 5 July 2018
- IV-1: Play it Out
- IV-2: Roll it Out
- IV-3: Sound it Out
- IV-4: Cross it Out
Act V
Released 12:00 PM AEST 6 July 2018
- V-1: Doubleter
- V-2: Time Travel
- V-3: Faces
- V-4: Pixel Art Gallery
Meta Puzzle
Released 12:00 PM AEST 6 July 2018
- M-1: Roll Credits
