College Puzzle Challenge

College Puzzle Challenge is an annual puzzlehunt hosted by Microsoft, inspired by the Microsoft Puzzle Hunt or the MIT Mystery Hunt. However, several key features differentiate College Puzzle Challenge from these events. College Puzzle Challenge is a timed event, and while it does have a meta-puzzle, if no team has solved the meta-puzzle at the end of the allotted time, the event is declared over and alternate means are used to determine winners. Registration is limited to current undergraduate and graduate students and those who have graduated in the last year before the event, and team size is strictly regulated to four students. Instead of the winning team hosting the next event as with the Microsoft and MIT hunts, the event is always hosted by Microsoft employees. Since College Puzzle Challenge takes place at multiple locations simultaneously, events are coordinated by a puzzle control team at Microsoft's corporate campus in Redmond, Washington. Ground teams consisting of school alumni who are now Microsoft employees manage on-site issues such as holding opening and closing ceremonies and distributing puzzles. During the event, participants work on a number of puzzles and submit the answer to each one. The solutions to these puzzles are fed into a meta-puzzle, and the first to solve that is determined to be the winner.

College Puzzle Challenge 2003: An All-Night Affair
  • Date: November 15–16, 2003
  • Start Time: 12:00 Noon, EST
  • Length: 24 hours
  • Theme: Not strongly themed
  • Participating Universities: University of Michigan

College Puzzle Challenge 2004: Casino Royale

College Puzzle Challenge 2005: Wonders of the World

College Puzzle Challenge 2006: Special Operations for Location, Verification, and Extraction

College Puzzle Challenge 2007: Regional Executive Department for Taxation of Assets, Property, and Equity (R.E.D.T.A.P.E)
  • Date: November 10, 2007
  • Start Time: 12:00 Noon, EST
  • Length: 12 hours
  • Theme: Auditing the estate of Professor Solvem to explore its mysterious financial state.
  • Participating Universities: University of Michigan, University of Toronto, Carnegie Mellon University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Texas, Stanford University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Washington
  • Grand Prize winner: Stanford University (Team: Tyrannosaurus PAX)

College Puzzle Challenge 2008: The Heist

College Puzzle Challenge 2009: Making a movie

College Puzzle Challenge 2010: Apocalypse

College Puzzle Challenge 2012: The Diner Near the Edge of the Galaxy

College Puzzle Challenge 2013: Corrupted Literature

College Puzzle Challenge 2014: Seattle Seattle

College Puzzle Challenge 2015: CPC Air

College Puzzle Challenge 2016: CPC Air Express
  • Date: April 9th, 2016
  • Start Time: 12:00 PM
  • Length: 12 hours
  • Theme: Time Travel
  • Participating Universities: Boston College, Boston University, Brown University, California Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Harvey Mudd College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northeastern University, Olin College, Rochester Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Tufts University, University of California at Berkeley, University of California at Los Angeles, University of Central Florida, University of Illinois, University of Maryland, University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, University of Southern California, University of Texas at Austin, University of Toronto, University of Washington, University of Waterloo
  • Grand Prize Winner: Carnegie Mellon University (Team: TN: keikaku means plan)

College Puzzle Challenge 2017: Under The Sea
  • Date: April 8, 2017
  • Start Time: 9:00 AM
  • Length: 10 hours
  • Theme: Undersea exploration
  • Participating Universities: Brown University, California Institute Of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, Georgia Institute Of Technology, Harvard University, Harvey Mudd College, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Northeastern University, Olin College, Rochester Institute Of Technology, Stanford University, Tufts University, University Of California At Berkeley, University Of California At Los Angeles, University Of Illinois, University Of Michigan, University Of Southern California, University Of Texas At Austin, University Of Washington
  • Grand Prize Winner: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (Team: SETH easiness)

College Puzzle Challenge 2018: CPC Magic
  • Date: April 14, 2018
  • Start Time: 9:00 AM
  • Length: 9 hours
  • Theme: Magic spells
  • Participating Universities: Boston University, Brown, California Institute Of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, Georgia Institute Of Technology, Harvard, Harvey Mudd College, MIT, Northeastern University, Rochester Institute Of Technology, Stanford, University Of California at Berkeley, University Of California at Los Angeles, University Of Illinois, University Of Maryland, University Of Michigan, University Of Southern California, University Of Texas At Austin, University Of Washington
  • Grand Prize Winner: MIT (Team: Pseudodeterministic Generators)
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