Test Solution Bees Ignore
Test Solution, Bees Ignore or TSBI is a Team that participates in Puzzle hunts. It started in 2019, as a merger between the teams Test Solution, Please Ignore and Aviation Laws[1] in 2019. Since its formation, it has placed top 10 in four MIT Mystery Hunts. It has been known in the past for its large size, and is best known for its bee theming.
History[edit | edit source]
The name "Test Solution, Bees Ignore" is a thematic combination of the two teams that merged to create it: Aviation Laws and Test Solution, Please Ignore.
Aviation Laws got its name from the opening lines of the 2007 animated film Bee Movie. The film began: "According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly."), and the line has become a meme within the team and parts of the Puzzle Hunt community. TSPI's name was a reference to reference to this reddit post (which was, at one point, the most upvoted post on Reddit).[1]
TSBI has participated in most non-MH hunts under hunt-thematic names, often with the initials 'TSBI' in the team name. Notably, TSBI teams won (or performed in top-3) in a series of non-MH hunts between 2019 and 2021, including GPH19, Teammate 20 and others.
In 2021, some prominent TSBI members joined with members of other teams, including Galactic Trendsetters and teammate, to form Unicode Equivalence. For Mystery Hunts since MH22, the remaining members of TSBI have divided into a casual subteam called the TSBI Hive and a competitive subteam called the TSBI Swarm. During MH23, the TSBI Swarm merged with the C@r@line Syzygy and Team Copypasta.
Mystery Hunt performances[edit | edit source]
See TSPI and Aviation Laws for Hunt placements from 2018 and before.
Hunt | Year | Placement | Comments |
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MIT Mystery Hunt 2023 | 2023 | 9th | as TSBI Swarm (Split teams) |
MIT Mystery Hunt 2023 | 2023 | Top 30 | as TSBI Hive (Split teams) |
MIT Mystery Hunt 2022 | 2022 | 14th | as TSBI Swarm (Split teams) |
MIT Mystery Hunt 2022 | 2022 | Top 40 | as TSBI Hive (Split teams) |
MIT Mystery Hunt 2021 | 2021 | 3rd | - |
MIT Mystery Hunt 2020 | 2020 | 6th | - |
MIT Mystery Hunt 2019 | 2019 | 7th | - |
Other Hunt performances[edit | edit source]
Date | Hunt | Rank | Notes |
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2023-07-28 | Shardhunt | 20 | as Team Sandon Branderson [Invert] |
2023-06-02 | ABCDEFG | 5 | as Touring Space: Beyond Interstellar! |
2023-05-06 | Microsoft Puzzlehunt 2023 | 12 | as Teachers' Salaries Better Increase! |
2023-02-10 | Grand Hunt | 16 | as Treasures (Scattered) Bearing Insignias |
2022-10-08 | EC Puzzle Hunt 2022 | 11 | as Travelers Seeking Best Inn for the Entire Colony |
2022-08-26 | Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2022 | 20 | as The Label On A Drawer Of A Bee Teacher's Desk Before A Big Exam |
2022-06-18 | Huntinality 2022 | 21 | as Tech Startup Beckoning Investors |
2022-04-15 | Quantum Online Puzzle Hunt | 25 | as Technically, Some Buildings *Im*ploded |
2022-01-14 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2022 | 13 | as The TSBI Swarm |
2021-09-10 | QoDE Puzzle Hunt | 24 | as There's Somany Bats Inhere! |
2021-09-10 | QoDE Puzzle Hunt | 27 | as Tricky Supervillain? Begin Investigating! |
2021-07-23 | Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020 | 1 | as This Site's Bloody Illegible |
2021-07-16 | Hunt20 2.1 Puzzle Hunt | 17 | as Triangular Surfaces Building Icosahedra |
2021-07-16 | Hunt20 2.1 Puzzle Hunt | 27 | as Team Sam (Busy, Independent) |
2021-05-29 | Huntinality 2021 | 3 | as Thwarting Sakurai Business Initiative |
2021-05-08 | Paradox Puzzle Hunt 2021 | 2 | as This Sentence Bears Inaccuracy |
2021-01-30 | Inexact Puzzle Hunt | 1 | as Terribly Spooky - Blatant Imprecision! |
2021-01-15 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2021 | 3 | |
2021-01-02 | UMD Puzzle Hunt 2021 | 2 | as Tired Students Battling Insomnia |
2020-12-12 | CRUMS Puzzle Hunt 2020 | 1 | as The Six Bumbling Investigators |
2020-10-23 | Teammate Hunt 2020 | 1 | as Teammate's Sixth Birthday Implementation |
2020-01-17 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2020 | 6 | as ignorethebees |
2019-08-07 | MUMS Puzzle Hunt 2019 | 4 | as Toys Shouldn't Be Illegal |
2019-08-07 | MUMS Puzzle Hunt 2019 | 25 | as Twenty-Seven Blocks Interchanging |
2019-07-20 | Smogon Puzzle Hunt 2019 | 15 | as Typing Snubbed: Bug/Ice |
2019-03-15 | Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2019 | 1 | as Titanic Socials: "Breaking Ice"™ |
2019-03-15 | Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2019 | 16 | as Tee Shirts? Bad Idea. |
2019-01-18 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2019 | 7 | |
2018-11-30 | Caltech Puzzle Hunt 2018 | 2 | |
2018-11-30 | Caltech Puzzle Hunt 2018 | 9 | as A Swarm of Angry Bees |