Upcoming Competitions 

US Cyber Challenge
February 3rd - March 22nd 2025

Cyber Quests are a series of fun but challenging on-line competitions allowing participants to demonstrate their knowledge in a variety of information security realms. Each quest features an artifact for analysis, along with a series of quiz questions. Some quests focus on a potentially vulnerable sample web server as the artifact, challenging participants to identify its flaws using vulnerability analysis skills. Other quests are focused around forensic analysis, packet capture analysis, and more. The quests have varying levels of difficulty and complexity, with some quests geared toward beginners, while others include more intermediate and ultimately advanced material.

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Hackfinity Battle 2025
March 17 - 20, 2025

A ruthless cyber-villain, Cipher, has stolen the Hackfinity Code, a legendary exploit capable of wiping out half the world’s digital infrastructure with a single command. The only ones standing in his way are the Cyber Avengers, an elite team of hackers with extraordinary skills.

Will they crack the impossible encryption, stop Cipher’s final payload, and restore order to cyberspace? Or will the cyber world be plunged into chaos?

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SANS Offensive Operations CTF
March 18, 2025

Test your offensive capabilities against challenges based on network penetration testing, web, and binary exploitation as well as programming and other skills taught across SANS Offensive Operations.

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National Cyber League Individual Game
April 11-13, 2025

The National Cyber League (NCL) Individual Game is a weekend-long competition where participants solve cybersecurity challenges individually. It tests skills across nine domains and is crucial for generating Scouting Reports, which are valuable for hiring purposes. Participation is required for eligibility for prizes and contributes to a school's Cyber Power Ranking. Players must compete alone, and preparation can be done through the NCL Gymnasium and Practice Game. This event is the main focus of the NCL season, emphasizing personal skill assessment and competition.

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National Cyber League Team Game
April 25-27, 2025

The National Cyber League (NCL) Team Game is a weekend-long competition where teams of up to seven players collaborate to solve cybersecurity challenges. It promotes teamwork and evaluates collective technical skills across various categories, such as enumeration, exploitation, and network traffic analysis. Performance in the Team Game contributes to a school's Cyber Power Ranking and encourages collaboration among team members to solve challenges. Unlike the Individual Game, participants in the Team Game are allowed to assist each other, but not receive help from outside sources.

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Hackreation - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
April 26, 2025

The Hackreation event is a hackathon scheduled for April 26th, 2025, from 9 AM to 5 PM at Penrod. Sponsored by Penrod & Nvisia, it includes breakfast and lunch for attendees. Open to all experience levels, participants will be matched with a team and a team lead upon arrival. Throughout the day, teams will build AI agents or chatbots, either using their own ideas or choosing from provided challenges. The event culminates with teams pitching their projects to judges, with winning teams receiving certificates. It offers a hands-on experience with AI, networking opportunities with experts, and a fun competitive environment. Registration is open for all interested participants.

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Conquer the Hill Reign Addition
July 19, 2025

Welcome to the 2025 Reign! Participants are invited to experience a cybersecurity competition like no other, as this year’s event carries a hint of déjà vu and unfolds within a 2D dungeon crawler platformer game. Competitors will be challenged to piece together a nuclear reactor, hack through server rooms, interact with AI robots, decrypt secret messages, and navigate through multiple levels to fulfill their quest. However, not everything is as it seems; contestants must use their wits and cunning to progress through rooms of increasing difficulty and ultimately unravel the truth. Participants should expect to be tested on their knowledge of cybersecurity, computer science, mathematics, cryptography, and critical thinking skills in general. Is everything as it seems, or are they in a simulation…


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University of Delaware CTF 2025
Nov 14-15, 2025

Annual Jeopardy-style Capture the Flag with cryptography, steganography, binary analysis, reverse engineering, and mobile security.

University of Delaware CTF
Dragos OT Cybersecurity CTF 2025
Oct 29-31, 2025

Virtual OT cybersecurity challenge: phishing email, PCAP/ICS protocol analysis, event log/forensics, engineering network diagrams.

Dragos OT Cybersecurity CTF
IEEE CARS Capture The Flag 2025
Finals: Oct 27, 2025; Qualifiers: Sep 19, 2025

CTF with $10,000+ in prizes, both university and high school.

IEEE CARS CTF
National Cyber League (NCL) Fall 2025
Individual Game: Oct 24-26, 2025; Team Game: Nov 7-9, 2025

Real-world cyber challenges - forensics, pen testing, ransomware recovery.

National Cyber League
CyberPatriot 18 (2025-2026)
Season ongoing (see full schedule; rounds run into 2026)

National Youth Cyber Defense CTF.

CyberPatriot
Lockheed Martin CYBERQUEST 2026
March 28, 2026

High school CTF: intrusion scenarios, steganography, reverse engineering, web exploits. Registration opens Jan 5, 2026.

Lockheed Martin CYBERQUEST
USACO 2025-2026 Season
Upcoming throughout 2025-2026; check official site for next rounds

Top-tier US programming olympiad (divisions Bronze through Platinum).

USACO
Lockheed Martin Code Quest 2026
Feb 28, 2026 (APAC: Mar 28, 2026; registration opens Nov 17, 2025)

High school programming teams solve 20-30 problems.

Lockheed Martin Code Quest
American Computer Science League (ACSL) 2025-2026
Oct 20, 2025 - May 23, 2026

Four rounds + finals for high school students.

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