--- title: "Beat the Box" url: "https://www.teamchallenge-company.co.uk/experiences/beat-the-box/" description: "This challenge is about utilising every team member. Teams must combine their skills to unlock the puzzles and crack the codes required to beat the box." updated: 2026-10-27 section: "Experiences" --- # Beat the Box > This challenge is about utilising every team member. Teams must combine their skills to unlock the puzzles and crack the codes required to beat the box. - **Experience Format:** Hybrid, In Person - **Group Size:** 15 - Unlimited Guests - **Duration:** 1.5 - 2 Hours - **Key Benefits:** Change & growth, Collaboration, Leadership ## How it works Teams view a short film that lays out the challenge ahead and ramps up the tension in the room. Each team is then invited to open their own unique metal box, revealing a series of sealed puzzles to solve and a further combination-locked box. Each puzzle requires a different form of logic to find the correct numbers and letters, which will reveal a code to crack the combination. The experience is time-sensitive, so your teams will have to communicate quickly, clearly, and collaboratively to problem-solve their way to success. Observing, listening, and speaking up when you have something to contribute all play a crucial role in conquering the challenges posed. A successful team will have worked together in a time-pressured environment, drawing on individual skills and the ability to communicate. This taxing mental exercise is a creative way of addressing everyday scenarios in the workplace, and teams will leave with an enhanced understanding of working collaboratively and communicating effectively. ## Learning Outcomes ### Change & growth The effectiveness of teams is always in a constant state of flux. Teams grow, they shrink, the dynamics change. To keep teams moving towards their optimal state, we have devised a set of experiences that helps manage their performance. We draw on the power of leadership, empathy, cooperation, and problem-solving to help deliver change. ### Collaboration Improving collaboration across a team is probably the number one way we can help to improve a team’s performance. If you don’t communicate, you can’t collaborate. We start with communication and get it flowing, then get everyone working together. We have found that creating long-term change in the way teams collaborate can be as simple as getting them into a creative frame of mind. Whether the team task is to work together or compete is up to you. ### Leadership Our experiences to identify and bring out leadership qualities revolve around either creative and collaborative practices or competitive challenges. These tried and tested techniques delve deep into team dynamics and how individuals respond to them. We have also developed a core set of highly effective interactive business games. Our interactive games mimic real-world scenarios but with a bit of fun thrown in for good measure. **Call us on** [03300 040903](tel:03300040903) **Send us an email** [info@teamchallenge-company.co.uk](mailto:info@teamchallenge-company.co.uk) **Follow us on social** ## Related Experiences Take a scroll through our latest and most popular experiences to inspire your next team building session. - [Commercial Break](https://www.teamchallenge-company.co.uk/experiences/commercial-break.md): Explore the world of advertising and let your teams try their hand at creating an award-winning advertisement, from an initial brief to final screening. - [Escape the Mob](https://www.teamchallenge-company.co.uk/experiences/escape-the-mob.md): Tablet-based escape room style experience where teams think laterally to solve puzzles, helping create an alibi to prove they didn’t steal the jewels. - [Knowing Me, Knowing You](https://www.teamchallenge-company.co.uk/experiences/knowing-me-knowing-you.md): This experience is a quick ice-breaker where participants race to discover commonalities between themselves and others to win points for their team. ## Next steps - [Contact us](https://www.teamchallenge-company.co.uk/contact-us/) - Phone: [03300 040903](tel:03300040903) - Email: [info@teamchallenge-company.co.uk](mailto:info@teamchallenge-company.co.uk) ## Related - [Santa's Toy Factory](https://www.teamchallenge-company.co.uk/experiences/santas-toy-factory.md): Teams are challenged to combine a selection of wooden parts and components to produce a range of high-quality children’s toys to help Santa get ready for Christmas. - [City Build](https://www.teamchallenge-company.co.uk/experiences/city-build.md): Teams must collaborate to design and build a (strategically planned) giant city with interconnecting zones from the provided materials. - [Race Around the World - Festive Edition](https://www.teamchallenge-company.co.uk/experiences/race-around-the-world-festive-edition.md): Enjoy a globe-trotting experience with a festive twist to engage and motivate remote-working teams. Guide your ‘Santa’ around our themed digital map. - [The Big Christmas Quiz](https://www.teamchallenge-company.co.uk/experiences/the-big-christmas-quiz-live.md): Enjoy a professionally-hosted festive quiz. Pit your knowledge against colleagues in both traditional and Christmas rounds. Fully compered and live instant leaderboards all Ipads provided - [Animate](https://www.teamchallenge-company.co.uk/experiences/animate.md): Teams must come up with and shoot a short, animated film. Using stop-motion and a mini studio, they compete to tell the best story around a given subject. This is the Markdown version of https://www.teamchallenge-company.co.uk/experiences/beat-the-box/. Site index: https://www.teamchallenge-company.co.uk/llms.txt