Puzzle Hunt Calendar

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Sep 3-Nov 20

Road Trip Puzzle 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdXenX6w6-4

I would like to announce a YouTube-based online/remote Puzzle Hunt. It is called 'Road Trip Puzzle 2026' and is published on the YouTube channel 'Explore and Decode Puzzles'. It is a serial puzzle, published in twelve weekly episodes: the first one will air on September 3 2026 and the finale will air on November 19 2026.

Oct 1-Nov 30

NOVA Loop Trail Puzzle Hunt Fairfax County, VA

https://www.solvingfun.com/nova

The Solving Fun Puzzle Pals are busy creating puzzles for the 2026 hunt. It is brought to you by Fairfax County, VA, and the Department of Transportation. They're excited for the community to explore the NOVA Loop Trail! The hunt is free and filled with puzzles for you and your family and friends to solve together. Solve one segment's puzzles or solve all nine. Each puzzle leads to a different location along the NOVA Loop Trail. Solve the puzzles to find clue locations. Go there to find clues for a final puzzle. Happy solving!

Nov 6-11

Ocarina of Time Fanfic but with Puzzles

https://rcveeder.net/oot/

Ryan and Sarah invite you to a puzzle hunt inspired by "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time".

Nov 7

Spiderman: Grand New Way (road rallye) Mountain View, CA

https://therallyeclub.org/ https://fb.com/groups/therallyeclub https://therallyeclub.org/rallyes/2026-11-07-Flyer-Spiderman.pdf TRC Presents a Q/A In-Person Car Rallye Spiderman: Grand New Way A fun car-based game for all of you puzzle enthusiasts No experience necessary - All cars welcome

Nov 7-8

MIT Mystery FrHUNTier

https://www.mitmysteryfrhuntier.com/

MIT Mystery FrHUNTier, written by the Nebula Explorers Society (NES), is a prequel to the 2027 MIT Mystery Hunt by Providence. FrHUNTier consists of two rounds plus a metameta, for a total of ~15 puzzles, and is designed to be accessible to newer puzzlers. It was run in-person at MIT on Sunday, October 18, and will be released online to all solvers on Saturday, November 7.

Nov 8

MoMath Annual Puzzle-hunt Series (MAPS) New York, NY

https://momath.org/maps/ Once upon a time, there was a perfectly normal place far, far away. But lately, things have been going wrong in this otherwise nondescript wonderland. Someone mysterious and sinister has been twisting things really out of proportion. You (and the rest of your team) have been called in to investigate. Can you spot the patterns and nab the culprit? The third iteration of MAPS, the MoMath Annual Puzzle-hunt Series, will be held on Sunday, November 8, 2026, from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. The event will start at the Museum, and involve some amount of walking, rain or shine. Interested participants should form teams of 3-6 and register for the hunt. Each individual has to register individually. The registration price includes a visit to the Museum for the day; the event is free for Museum members.

Nov 13-15

glyph 8

https://g8.glyph.wtf/

glyph is an online puzzle hunt! It consists of a series of puzzles of varying difficulty. It takes place over two days, but you’ll have time to sleep in between! Outside of the event, our previous puzzles are still able to be viewed, so feel free to get stuck in!

Nov 14

Puzzle Boat 13

https://www.pandamagazine.com/island13/

Nov 21-22

Puzzlethon Providence, RI (writing, Brown/RISD students) and online (solving, everyone!)

https://brownpuzzleclub.com/puzzlethon/ Puzzlethon is an event where we write, test, and publish an entire puzzlehunt in 24 hours. Writing will start on November 21st, at noon ET. Puzzles will be released on November 22nd, at noon ET. We'll be live streaming our writing process, so check out our site for more details, or solve our finished hunt when it drops online on 11/22.

Nov 27-29

CMU Fall 2026 Hunt

https://puzzlehunt.club.cc.cmu.edu/hunt/current/info/

Solve puzzles with your friends! Current CMU students from top-performing teams can also win prizes (so long as they are registered with their andrew email).

Dec 4-14

ECPH3: Escape Characters

https://ecph.site/

Dec 12

Rallyeists in Toyland (online road rallye)

https://therallyeclub.org/
https://fb.com/groups/therallyeclub

Join us from your comfy chair for an online road rallye. Instructions are available from 11a (Pacific), with Rallye School on Zoom for newcomers at 12p. Finish by 6p with a Zoom gathering for results and discussion.

Dec 12-13

Leo's 20th Birthday Bash (requires programming, cash prizes)

https://dmoj.ca/contest/leo20

Leo's 20th Birthday Bash is a 24-hour online team contest that's competitive-programming-ish, CTF-ish, math-olympiad-ish, and puzzle-hunt-ish, all wrapped into one.

It'd be very useful to have a team member who's familiar with programming, but rest assured, there's something for everyone.

The top three teams win USD 512, USD 256, and USD 128, and there's also a USD 64 bounty on one of the problems. Interactive generative AI is not allowed.

Dec 26-31

Holiday Hoopla

https://vitamincsquad.com/ Holiday Hoopla is a casual puzzlehunt open to solvers of all experience levels. Take a break this holiday season and join us for some puzzling fun!

Dec 31, 2026-Jan 7, 2027

NYE 2026: Alphabet Soup

https://puzzlehunt.azurewebsites.net/nye26/play

Use your noodle for Alphabet Soup at 12:31:26 PM (PST) on 12/31/26!

Celebrate the end of ’26 with 26 of your nearest and dearest friends - the letters of the alphabet! This is an online-only event. Teams of 1-4 players are recommended, but there is no upper limit. Register, then create or join a team!

Jan 14, 2027

Puzzpourri Boston, MA

https://puzzpourri.com/ A one-day festival with live puzzle games and more!

Jan 15-18, 2027

MIT Mystery Hunt 2027 Cambridge, MA and online

https://www.mitmh2027.com/ The MIT Mystery Hunt is a puzzlehunt competition that takes place on the MIT campus every year during Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, a student tradition dating back more than 40 years. Teams of intrepid adventurers solve puzzles all weekend long in a race to find a coin hidden on campus. To learn more about the tradition and see previous events, check out the MIT Puzzle Club's website at https://puzzles.mit.edu.

Mar 20, 2027

WTJU Puzzle Hunt Charlottesville, VA

https://wtjupuzzlehunt.com/

The 6th annual WTJU Puzzle Hunt is a citywide cerebral puzzle for you and your friends to solve. Assemble a team of friends for this FREE event.

Apr 24, 2027

Princeton Puzzle Hunt 2027 Princeton, NJ and online

https://puzzles.princeton.edu/ (site to be updated) Princeton Puzzle Hunt is an annual team competition for puzzle-enthusiasts and those who enjoy solving logic puzzles, brain teasers, and word games Our hunt is created to test creativity and interdisciplinary thinking -- from math and the sciences to the humanities. Importantly, our puzzles are designed to be accessible to everyone. Any team from anywhere with access to the internet is welcome to compete!

Apr 24, 2027

Puzzled Pitcher

https://puzzledpint.org/puzzled-pitcher/

Save the date! Puzzled Pitcher is a free, extended daytime Puzzled Pint event taking place in many cities worldwide.

More details coming soon.

https://bsky.app/profile/puzzledpint.bsky.social