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Contest Format

The contest is divided into qualifying round and final round with different gameplay, assessing the capabilities of participants’ offence and defence in cybersecurity.

Types of Challenges and Samples

This is a 24-hour online competition conducted in the form of a "game". Participants are required to apply their cybersecurity skills to search for "clues" within the "game" and complete various "missions". Points will be awarded upon successful completion of the missions.

Types of Challenges and Samples

  • Binary Exploitation

  • Cryptography

  • Forensics

  • Reverse Engineering

  • Web Exploitation

  • Miscellaneous

* All the challenges in this contest are in Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and English.

Arrangement

6:00PM (HKT), November 6 – 6:00PM (HKT), November 7, 2026 (24 hours)

Arrangement

Online contest. The participating teams will receive the email from the organiser at least one day before the qualifying round, containing the login account for the platform and the platform link.

Qualification to Final Round

The top 10 teams with the highest scores in secondary school, tertiary institution and open categories of the qualifying round, after reviewed by the organiser (including identity verification and other necessary check), will be qualified to the finals. For  international category, the top 5 teams with the highest scores in the qualifying round, after reviewed by the organiser (including identity verification and other necessary check), will be qualified to the finals.

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* If a team waives their qualification for the finals, fails to pass the review or is disqualified for any other reason, the qualification for the finals will be passed on to the next highest-scoring team in the qualifying round of that group.

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* In the event of a tie in scores, the qualification for advancement will be determined by the time the teams earned their last score in the qualifying round, with the team that scored earlier being given priority.

Types of Challenges and Samples

This is a 1 day daytime physical contest that combines real-world scenario challenges in a simulated environment, participants are scored based on the challenges solved.

Types of Challenges and Samples

Participants are required to utilise any information technology and cybersecurity knowledge.

* All the challenges in this contest are in Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and English.

Time

10:00AM - 17:00PM (HKT), 7 January 2026  

Arrangement

Physical contest, the venue is Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong (tentative)

  1. Secondary School

    • Each participating team must designate a teacher from their school to accompany them to the finals.
       

  2. Tertiary Institution / Open Category

    • Participants who are under the age of 18 on the day of the finals must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to attend the finals.
       

  3. International Category

    • The organiser will provide each participant(note 1) accommodation at a designated hotel and a subsidy of round-trip transportation from their point of departure to Hong Kong. The subsidy amount from different points of departures is shown in Appendix A.

    • Apart from the designated accommodation and the travel subsidy reimbursed by the organiser, all other expenses must be borne by the participants themselves.

    • Additional teams may be invited by the organizing committee to compete at the Final Round of the International Category, at the discretion of the organizing committee and in accordance with the partnership agreements and criteria established for the Tournament. Teams receiving such an invitation will not be eligible for the official ranking and prize in the final.

    • The organiser reserves the final right of interpretation and decision regarding hotel accommodation and travel subsidy arrangements.

 

(Note 1): Only participants who reside outside Hong Kong

Equipment

  • The organiser will provide power (British Style, 220V) and wired Internet services.

  • All participants must bring their own laptops, install the necessary software, bring LAN adaptor, power charger and power cords to the contest. The organiser will not provide any additional equipment or software.

Award Ceremony

Following the finals, the winners of each category will be announced.

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