The Mathemagicians

The Mathemagicians
The logo of the team
Year founded2021

The Mathemagicians is a Discord-based online Team that usually participates in Mystery Hunts as well as smaller online hunts. The team is considered open to new members joining it.

The team relies heavily on bots, automation and spreadsheeting functions, and has a publicly linked team bot as well as public team invites. The team also frequently archive-solves older hunts, including MIT Mystery Hunts.

History[edit | edit source]

It started in 2021, shortly before MIT Mystery Hunt 2021. The team originated as Team Arithmancy, offshooting from /r/Arithmancy, a Harry Potter themed subreddit that solves non-hunt puzzles.

The team logo is derived from the original colours and logo of r/Arithmancy. The logo featured the Golden Egg, a mechanical dragon egg from the Harry Potter series. This was a reference to "Dragon Eggs", the name of the r/harrypotter contest that led to the formation of r/Arithmancy.

In 2022, the team changed its name to The Mathemagicians and hunts under that name since.

For MIT Mystery Hunt 2022, Spin My Hovercraft hunted as part of the team. For MIT Mystery Hunt 2023, Vehemence and Cheatahs hunted with the team. For MIT Mystery Hunt 2024, Cheatahs, Team Madness, and QUWUbits hunted with the team.

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Past Team Performances[edit | edit source]

As The Mathemagicians:

Date Hunt Rank Notes
2023-12-01 Huntinality 3 8 as Mathemagicians YOLOing The Hunt
2023-12-01 Huntinality 3 22 as Giants' Realm Inhabited by Massive Mathemagicians
2023-12-01 Huntinality 3 61 as Mathemagicians Yearning To Help Outcasted Sprites
2023-12-01 Huntinality 3 80 as Mathemagicians Unwavering, Figuring Fairytales' Epic Teasers
2023-12-01 Huntinality 3 119 as Mathemagicians Enthusiastically Retelling Legendary Imaginative Narratives
2023-12-01 Huntinality 3 184 as Mathemagicians Excitingly Reached Metas Although Incredibly Deprived-of-Sleep
2023-12-01 Huntinality 3 319 as Oh nice, Cardinality expertly uncorks puzzles, oughta number about thirty-ish. Mathemagicians eager!
2023-07-28 Shardhunt 11 as Crew Of Seven-ish Mathemagicians Extensively Researching Everything
2023-07-28 Shardhunt 18 as Mathemagicians Extracting Mystierious Or Intriguing Riddle Solutions
2023-07-28 Shardhunt 28 as Mathemagicians lost in the Palanaeum
2023-07-28 Shardhunt 51 as Mathemagicians Assisting Nameless Unseen Secretary, Creating Reorganization In-way-of Puzzling Team
2023-06-02 ABCDEFG 11
2023-05-06 Microsoft Puzzlehunt 2023 11 as Mathemagicians’ Seminars Prioritise Hex
2023-05-06 Microsoft Puzzlehunt 2023 22 as Mathemagicians Attend Graduation in Capes
2023-02-10 Grand Hunt 104 as Mathemagicians making a grand entrance
2021-01-30 Inexact Puzzle Hunt 81 as Hogwarts_Arithmancy


As Team Arithmancy:

Date Hunt Rank Notes
2022-10-08 EC Puzzle Hunt 2022 32 as Arithmancers Voyaging Comfortably
2022-10-08 EC Puzzle Hunt 2022 37 as Arithmancers Eating Coconut Pizza Hut
2022-10-08 EC Puzzle Hunt 2022 38 as Arithmancers Extracting Coordinates
2022-10-08 EC Puzzle Hunt 2022 41 as Arithmancers Locating Picturesque Scenery
2022-10-08 EC Puzzle Hunt 2022 73 as Arithmancers Embarking on a Cruise
2022-08-26 Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2022 19 as Arithmancers Necessarily Incompletely Marking Everything
2022-08-26 Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2022 49 as Arithmancers Sneaking in Mechanical Pencils
2022-06-18 Huntinality 2022 26 as Arithmancers Incorporated LLC
2022-04-15 Quantum Online Puzzle Hunt 35 as Arithmancers Making Waves
2022-04-15 Quantum Online Puzzle Hunt 41 as Arithmancers Destroying Particles
2022-01-14 MIT Mystery Hunt 2022 43
2021-12-18 Puzzle Rojak 1 33 as Arithmancers Consuming Indonesian Dishes
2021-12-18 Puzzle Rojak 1 34 as Arithmancers Eating Their Vegetables
2021-12-04 Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021 41 as Arithmancers Catching 'Em All (Team ⚡)
2021-12-04 Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021 44 as Arithmancers Battling Rocket Affiliates (Team 🔥)
2021-12-04 Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021 118 as Arithmancy's School of Mysticism and Puzzledry (Team ❄️)
2021-10-01 Teammate Hunt 2021 33 as Arithmancers Playing Gobstones
2021-10-01 Teammate Hunt 2021 35 as Arithmancers Playing Exploding Snap
2021-09-10 QoDE Puzzle Hunt 23 as A Tiny Meta Charm
2021-09-10 QoDE Puzzle Hunt 77 as Batmancy
2021-08-21 Puzzle Potluck 4 208 as Tom Arithmancy
2021-07-23 Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020 49
2021-07-16 Hunt20 2.1 Puzzle Hunt 57 as Day Jog
2021-07-16 Hunt20 2.1 Puzzle Hunt 78 as Origin of Absolution
2021-07-16 Hunt20 2.1 Puzzle Hunt 92 as Heroines Resolving Conundrums
2021-07-16 Hunt20 2.1 Puzzle Hunt 103 as Team Crania Myth
2021-07-16 Hunt20 2.1 Puzzle Hunt 113 as Red Giselle
2021-07-16 Hunt20 2.1 Puzzle Hunt 249 as Arcane Lenders
2021-05-08 Paradox Puzzle Hunt 2021 52 as TeamArithman3
2021-05-08 Paradox Puzzle Hunt 2021 54 as Busy Bees With Lots of Cheese
2021-01-15 MIT Mystery Hunt 2021 79 as /r/Arithmancy