1st place
Sponsor cash prize, full merch box, profile feature on the site and across our socials.
// Event window
Friday 20:00
→ Saturday 23:59.
Twenty-eight hours of capture-the-flag, played as a single overnight sprint. No multi-weekend stamina test, no surprise pauses, no mid-event balance patches.
29 — 30 May 2026 Date
28 hours Duration
CEST · UTC+2 Time zone
Online · Jeopardy Format
Solo or up to 4 Teams
How the weekend unfolds.
- Fri 29 May 19:45
Final briefing
Rules recap, scoring walkthrough, infrastructure status check.
- Fri 29 May 20:00
Gates open
All challenges unlock simultaneously across the five categories. The first-blood ping starts firing in Discord almost immediately.
- Sat 30 May 09:00
Morning broadcast
A fifteen-minute organiser stream covering clarifications, public hint reveals where appropriate, and a quick leaderboard recap.
- Sat 30 May 18:00
Hint cascade
Tiered hints unlock for unsolved challenges at a fixed point cost. Designed to keep momentum without spoiling the intended insight.
- Sat 30 May 23:59
Submission closes
The submission window ends. Final scoring is computed and the leaderboard freezes within minutes of the cut-off.
- Sun 31 May 18:00
Awards stream
Winners announced, prizes awarded, and authors begin publishing the official writeup series throughout the following week.
What you can take home.
2nd place
Sponsor cash prize and a full merch box.
3rd place
Sponsor cash prize, sticker pack and a competition tee.
First blood
Per-category badge and a permanent shout-out in the official writeups.
Best writeup
Voted by the community after the event. Featured spot on the homepage and in the recap newsletter.
Top newcomer
Highest-scoring team or solo player who has never participated in a previous edition.
Final cash amounts depend on the sponsor pool and are published in Discord seven days before kickoff.
Reminders
Set the date.
Add the event to your calendar so you do not show up at challenge release with a half-charged laptop. The Discord server posts a structured countdown reminder on the morning of kickoff.