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Introduction
This year Hack the North released a capture the flag similar to HackMIT. The puzzles do not guarantee admission, but do help with the application.
Accessing Puzzles
While scrolling through the site, I noticed three board with sets of three coloured shapes.
Also on the page were interactable crystals which made a sound when you clicked on them. In order of the boards, I ended up going through all the permutations of the combinations based on the shapes.
On my final permutation, I got access to the puzzle. It was only after the fact that I realized I it was based on colour and not shape.
Accessed puzzle on July 9, 2025.
Conclusion
Due to time constraints, I wasn’t able to attempt the puzzles this year, especially when HackMIT had one going on at the same time.