Statistics for the 2010 MIT Mystery Hunt
- First solve was The Internet on Training Exercise at Friday 1:18PM followed shortly by Setec on Training Exercise at 1:19PM
- Training Exercise was solved by every team, last being Raucous Raucous Rhinos at 8:47PM Saturday
- Most common incorrect entries:
- Banner Headline (LAMARSEILLAISE, 21)
- IHOPE (DOUGLASADAMS, 14 + FORTYTWO, 5 + FIFTYTHREE, 6)
- Sorry, I Love These Big Wrong Musical Numbers (PICARD, 14)
- Tower House (HIDDENGEMCRAFTLEVELS, 9)
- Seeking Syren^W Scotchy (GOINGBACKWARDS, 7 + GOINGBACKWARD, 6)
- Puzzles with widest variety of incorrect entries:
- Quick Paws (64 answers including ANTICYCLONE, BARKER, C, CAP, CD, CHANDRABINDU, CHAPEL, CHICKEN, CLOCK, CO, CONDOM, COPTICCROSS, COPYRIGHT, CORNUCOPIA, COURAGE, CUBS, CYBELE, CYCLAND, CYCLOID, CYCLONE, CYCLOPS, DALEK, DC, DOME, E, EYE, EYEBALL, FERMATA, FOCK, GAP, H, HAT, HEART, HOUR, HUB, I, KNEEHIGHSOCKS, LIBERTYCAP, LION, MITTEN, OCO, OIO, P, PAUSEBUTTON, PHRYGIANCAT, POWER, PROPELLOR, REST, RSI, RUG, SCARECROW, SCARECROWSHAT, SEE, SEVEN, SOCK, SORTINGHAT, STATA, TOOL, TORNADO, TWISTER, UFO, VOLCANO, WAIT)
- Hot Ice (51 answers including ABSOLUT, ABSOLUTE, ASH, BC, BFG, CAGO, CIA, CLAY, CO, COO, DIW, DPAW, DRY, EN, ETOH, FCC, FGB, FILLINGIN, FILLINGUP, FUR, G, GLN, GLUTAMINE, H2O, HF, IAP, IAT, ICI, INFILLING, LAB, LUA, MUCK, MUD, OX, OXY, OZ, OZY, PAW, R, RED, RET, RS, RUF, SPORT, T, TOYMAKER, WATER, WEE, WIN, ZERO)
- Banner Headline (30th anniversary version) (49 answers including ARCHOFTRIUMPH, BAREDGED, BLEUBLANCROUGE, BLUEWHITERED, CASABLANCA, DRAPAUXRANCAIS, DRAPEAUTRICOLORE, EXTRATERRESTRIALS, FLEURDELIS, FRENCHANTHEM, FRENCHTOAST, FRENCHTOASTS, FRENCHTRICOLOR, FRENCHTRICOLORE, FRENCHTRICOLOUR, GRAY, GRICOLORE, GUILLOTINE, GUYANAFLAG, LAMARSEILLAISE, LAMARSEILLEISE, LEDRAPEAUFRANCAIS, LESCOLEURS, LETRICOLORE, MARSEILLAISE, MARSEILLE, MARSEILLES, NATIONALANTHEM, OSAYCANYOUSEE, PARTREBS, PINITBLANK, POINTBLANK, POOFTA, PURPLE, RAISEGLASSESANDVOICESTOOURFLAG, REDWHITEBLUE, ROYALSTANDARD, SONGOFMARSEILLE, STOCKCOSTS, TARTREDS, TOARMSCITIZENS, TRES, TRICOLORE, TRICOLORES, TRICOLOURE, TYPEOFTRIANGLE, TYPESOFTRIANGLE, VIVALAREVOLUCION, WEEKEND)
- Tower House (29 answers including 8, AMULET, AMULETS, DENATURE, EASTEREGGS, EIGHT, EPIC, GEMCRAFT, GLOWING, GLOWINGFRAME, GLOWINGFRAMES, GLOWINGRANK, HEROIC, HIDDENGEMCRAFTLEVEL, HIDDENGEMCRAFTLEVELS, HIDDENLEVEL, HIDDENLEVELS, HINTSAT0, HINTSATO, INCHOANT, MONOCHROMATIC, PRISMATICGEM, PURE, REACTANT, REDS, RESTATED, TETRADON, TREES, UNLOCKABLE)
- Making Connections (300th version) (28 answers including ACCLAMATIONPOINT, AMPERSAND, CHECKMARK, COMMERCIALAT, DEBTOR, DEMISEMIQUAVER, GREEKSMALLLETTERPHI, HANSCOMFIELD, HEAVYCHECKMARK, INTERROBANG, LOWERCASEF, MIDCENTRALVOWEL, MUSICALSYMBOLGCLEF, NUMBERFOUR, NUMBERSIGN, NUMBERSIGNKEY, NUMBERSITNKEY, PARAGRAPHMARK, PARAGRAPHSIGN, PARALLELLINES, REVERSEDPILCROW, REVERSEDPILCROWSIGN, REVERSEDVELCROW, SCRIPTSMALLL, SIGNOFTHEFISH, TREBLECLEF, TURNEDAMPERSAND, UNIQUENESSQUANTIFICATION)
- Most persistent attempts (these probably made up most of the above guesses)
- Death From Above - 23 attempts on Hot Ice ending with THISPUZZLESUCKSCOCKS and giving up
- A Random Guess - 20 attempts on Quick Paws without success
- Death From Above - 16 attempts on Tower House and then using the Time Ray on it
- The Internet - 16 attempts on Making Connections (300th version) and eventually getting it
- The Internet's method of solving Fun with Numbers (300th anniversary version): FEEL LIKE A [WOMAN, STRANGER, NUT, NERD, NUMBER, MILLION]
- Some unusual looking answers:
- CREAMYTOEHOLDS (Banner Headlines)
- ISUZJXBADXQCCLX (Fun with Numbers)
- BEGINNERSLUCK (The Obligatory Dance Video Puzzle)
- FUCKITSCOLDANDTHISDOESNTCOVERMYEARS (Quick paws)
- YOURAGECHORDISVIAL (For Whom the Bella Toils, instead of YOUR MAGIC WORD IS VIAL)
Puzzles solved