What If The Crystal Maze and a Scavenger Hunt Had a Baby? Meet the Greatest Race.

If you've ever watched The Crystal Maze and thought "this would be brilliant for our team" - you're not wrong.

But booking Richard O'Brien for your away day or team social is tricky. And the actual Crystal Maze experience, while brilliant, is fixed. Same zones. Same tasks. Same four categories - Physical, Mental, Skill and Mystery - whether you're a team of architects or a group of accountants. What if you could take everything that makes The Crystal Maze brilliant - the team challenge format, the time pressure, the mix of tasks, the live hosted energy - and combine it with the freedom and city adventure of a scavenger hunt? That's exactly what we did, and the result is The Greatest Race. So What Actually Is It? Think of it like this - The Crystal Maze gives you a series of challenges in different zones, Your team decides who goes in for each one before the clock starts. You watch, you cheer, you hold your breath. A Scavenger Hunt takes your team out into the city, working through challenges together as you go. The Greatest Race is what happens when those two formats have a baby. Your team races through the city - just like a scavenger hunt. But at each stop, there's a specific challenge waiting. And just like the Crystal Maze, you decide who's doing it before you go in. The person you think is best suited. The one with the steadiest hand. The one who knows every tube station on the map. The one who can nail a song in three notes. Everyone has their moment. Nobody coasts - even the quietest team ember gets to shine. What Makes It Different From The Crystal Maze The Crystal Maze has four fixed categories - Physical, Mental, Skill and Mystery. Brilliant on TV, but for a corporate event, you want something that feels relevant to your team and your culture. With the greatest Race, the task categories are whatever you want them to be. Some of our most popular task types; Attention to Detail Spot the difference, identify the deliberate mistakes, find the things that don't belong. The people who never miss anything in a meeting absolutely shine here. Steady Hand Precision challenges that require patience, focus, and a very calm disposition under pressure. The opposite of what most people feel when their team is watching and cheering. Knowledge of the City

How well do you know London? Manchester? Edinburgh? Local knowledge challenges that make the city part of the event, rather than just the backdrop. Speed Against the clock and other teams - pure competitive energy that brings out sides of people you rarely see in a meeting room. Music Name that tune. Who is the artist? Finish the lyric. The ones who've been quietly judging everyone's Spotify playlists for years finally get their moment. General Knowledge Pub Quiz energy, without the pub. Team members who know everything about everything suddenly become the most valuable person in the group. And that's just the beginning. Every Greatest Race is built bespoke - so the task types reflect your team, your industry and your culture. (Almost) nothing is off limits, and we can make anyone's specialist subject come to life. And unlike the Crystal Maze Experience itself - which will set you back a significant amount per person for a fixed format you can't change. -The Greatest Race is fully bespoke, built around your team and considerably more affordable. More personalisation, more flexibility, better value and LESS SCREENS! What Makes It Feel Like A Scavenger Hunt. Unlike the Crystal Maze, which keeps you in one place, The Greatest Race takes your team out into the city. There's a route, and there are checkpoints. Other teams are racing ahead and behind you. Your city becomes the playing field - its streets, its landmarks, its character all woven into the experience. It's the freedom and adventure ofa scavenger hunt combined with the structure and challenge format of The Crystal Maze. The best of both worlds in one event. Why the "Who Goes In" Element Changes Everything. This is the bit that makes The Greatest Race genuinely different from a standard scavenger hunt. In a scavenger hunt, tasks are usually completed as a group. Everyone crowds around. The Loudest person takes over. The quieter ones fade into the background. In The Greatest Race, you decide who does each task before you get there. The decision - made as a team - is half the fun. It forces conversations - it reveals things about your colleagues you didn't know. And when the person you chose absolutely nails it - or spectacularly doesn't - it creates a moment that the team talks about for months.

And we survey your team to make sure those with the same skills aren't together- team-wise, you can create them, we can do it, or a mix of the two - like the rest of the event, it's up to you! The competitive ones get their moment. The creative ones get their moment. The quiet ones who surprise everyone get their moment. Every member of the team matters. And Then There's The Finale Every Greatest Race ends with a live-hosted finale that brings every team member back together. Scores tailored. Winners crowned. Highlights shared. The stories from the day relived in front of everyone. It's the moment that ties the whole day together. -and the one that people remember longest. Not just who won, but the challenges, the decisions, the moments that happened along the way. "But Our Team Just Wants to Go to the Pub" We hear this a lot. And honestly - fair enough. A cold drink with your colleagues is one of life's simple pleasures, and we're not there to take that away. But here's the thing - most teams don't ALL want the pub. Some do. Some don't drink. Some would rather move than sit. Some want both. The Greatest Race gives everyone what they want. Pub stops can be built directly into the route - a natural checkpoint where teams grab a drink, a location where a challenge is completed or somewhere to rehydrate before rejoining the game. It can also be saved for the very end of the day as the celebration after an amazing event or ignored completely - whatever works better for you and your team. You decide how little or how often the pub features - we just make sure that whatever you choose, every single member of your team enjoys the day. Want to see how we can create an event all members can enjoy? Enquire now and I'll come back to you in a few days with some options.