2012 Event Archive: The Diner Near the Edge of the Galaxy
Nearly 150 teams participated in the 2012 College Puzzle Challenge, held simultaneously at 7 campuses across North America.
Winners
The top ten teams. Full results are available here. Teams are ranked by how quickly they solved the event's meta-puzzle (highlighted rows), followed by teams with the most non-meta solves. Find out more about how the event works.
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Position
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Team Name
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Score
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School Location
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| 1 | Good Fibrations | 200 | University of Michigan |
| 2 | REREDACTED | 250 | Stanford |
| 3 | Ozok is still in grad school | 200 | Stanford |
| 4 | ILostTheGame | 190 | Stanford |
| 5 | IE6 | 230 | Stanford |
| 6 | Eigensolvers | 180 | University of Washington |
| 7 | Holy crap a talking muffin | 230 | Carnegie Mellon University |
| 8 | Team Umizoomi | 220 | University of Michigan |
| 9 | ...first! | 210 | Stanford |
| 10 | Je ne sais pas! | 210 | Carnegie Mellon University |
Videos
Each year, some teams go the extra mile and create videos during the event. Here's one of our favorites from 2012. It's the epic conclusion to a four-year arc by the Dolphins Attack crew from Carnegie Mellon University.
Puzzles and Solutions
The puzzles and their answers are available as PDFs below. Per-wave puzzle collections may also available.
Pre Event
Wave 1
Wave 2