CISRA Puzzle Competition 2008 - Medal Details
This is the archive of the 2008 Puzzle Competition. Please visit the current competition site for information about the latest Puzzle Competition.
We award virtual medals to teams who complete all the puzzles in a Group. These are shown as small icons in the team ranking page, and at a larger size on each individual team's page. Teams who have won medals can also access larger, downloadable versions of the medals, suitable for printing and displaying as bragging rights. Access your large medals by logging in to your team page.
The basic medals are awarded for completing a puzzle Group. If a team completes a Group before the final hints are revealed, the medal comes adorned with additional ribbons indicating a higher "rank" in the order. The most prestigious ribbon is of course reserved for teams who score maximum points for an entire Group.
Medals do not affect any team's total score or ranking in the competition in any way. They are merely an extra visual reward for teams who have completed all the puzzles in a Group.
| The Savage Intercranial Battles of Group 1 |
Ranks
Imperial Admiral
Fleet Commander
Starship Captain
Combat Veteran |
| The Vicious Brainiac Blitzkrieg of Group 2 | |
| The Relentless Mental Onslaught of Group 3 | |
| The Unforgiving Synaptical Hostilities of Group 4 | |
| The Baffling Einsteinesque Barrage of Group 5 |
2008 Medal backgrounds are public domain images, as follows:
- Group 1: Star-Forming Region LH95 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration.
- Group 2: Hubble Refines Distance to the Pleiades Star Cluster. NASA/ESA/AURA/Caltech.
- Group 3: Timeless Beauty. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Harvard-Smithsonian CfA.
- Group 4: Dwarf Galaxies in the Coma Cluster. NASA, JPL-Caltech, SDSS, Leigh Jenkins, Ann Hornschemeier (Goddard Space Flight Center) et al.
- Group 5: Mysterious Galaxy. Image Credit: Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/M. West; X-ray: NASA/CXC/Penn State/G. Garmire.
- Metapuzzle: Bow Shock Around LL Orionis. NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA).
