Past Results
Past Results
Eighty-six students comprising 42 teams representing Alabama, California, Iowa, Massachusetts, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Washington.
Those teams which submitted at least one correct solution are recognized below. The order of the listings indicates the chronological order of when the solutions were submitted.
Congratulations to all!
Master Codebreakers are those who solved all three challenges and are recognized as achieving the TURING level of achievement:
From Linfield University: (First Place Team)
Brendan Perez
Gabrielle Stephens
Jayden Taylor
From Eastern Mennonite University: (Second Place Team)
Laura Benner
Renae Benner
Iris Anderson
From University of Alabama:
Quade Mainzer
Aaron Silvis
Naomi Lisko
From Gannon University:
Garrett Takei
Jesse Wright
Youssef Elsayed
From Willamette University:
Amelia DeSentis
Mica Goldstein
From Western New England University:
Abigail Free
Kirsten Ash
Gavin Scannapieco
Proficient Codebreakers are those who solved two challenges and are recognized as achieving the BABBAGE level of achievement:
From Willamette University:
Ash Kiel
Colin Davis
Mitch Septoff
From Eastern Oregon University:
R. Graham Preston
Mary Qazizada
Levi Pringle
From Pacific University:
Nathaniel Jett
Andrew Zinn
Christian Flores
From Pacific Lutheran University:
Matthew Helmer
Joshua Davis
Jack Helt
From Gannon University
Khang Phuc Mai
Omer Fehmi Aykan
Luca Raichle
Amateur Codebreakers are those who solved one of the challenges and are recognized as achieving a PRETTY GOOD level of achievement:
From Central Washington University:
Isaac Darlington
Benjamin Breslich
From Torrance High School: (First Place Individual)
Molly Chen
From Western New England University:
Safia Muftic
Emily Fountain
Rachel Brenzel
One hundred and forty-four students formed 70 teams representing Alabama, California, Idaho, Maryland, Massachussets, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, the United Kingdom, Utah, Virginia, and Washington.
Those teams which submitted at least one correct solution are recognized below. The order of the listings indicates the chronological order of when the solutions were submitted.
Congratulations to all!
Master Codebreakers are those who solved all three challenges and are recognized as achieving theTURING level of achievement:
From Eastern Mennonite University (First Place Team!):
Caleb Hostetler
Mana Acosta
Laura Benner
From University of Dayton (Second Place Team!):
Aaron Boulanger
Aidan Hackett
From Furman University (First Place Individual!):
Emmanuel Skora
From Worcester Polytechnic Institute:
John Muirhead
Brandon Voci
Andrew Adiletta
From Hofstra University:
Evan Lopes
Emilio Cruz
From Linfield University:
Brendan Perez
Gabrielle Stephens
From Worcester Polytechnic Institute:
Ben Gobler
Jessica Wang
From California State University Channel Islands:
Carmen Day
Jasmine Torres
Eric Strauss
From Willamette University:
Asher Kiel
Colin M Davis
From Pacific University:
Michael Sentman
Nathan Jett
From Furman University:
Jordan Hembree
Hunter Mitten
From Gannon University:
Kaisamusa M. Kamara
Julia Takagi
Proficient Codebreakers are those who solved two challenges and are recognized as achieving the BABBAGE level of achievement:
From Central Washington University:
Ethan Davis
James Mathis
Alice Williams
From University of Alabama:
Quade Mainzer
Cara Cannarozzi
Aaron Silvis
From Pacific University:
Sophia Otsuka
Molly Brocious
From Western Oregon University:
Rayme McCallan
Hunter Hall
Avery Hiebert
From Wheaton College:
Jeffrey Stewart
Anthony Gatti
Amateur Codebreakers are those who solved one of the challenges and are recognized as achieving a PRETTY GOOD level of achievement:
From Eastern Oregon University:
Robert Graham Preston
Hailey Hochhalter
Alan Humphrey
From Weber State University:
Joseph Markin
Henry Hall
From Southern Nazarene University:
Jaime Acre
Keaton Crooks
David Morales
From Torrance High School (2nd Place Individual!):
Molly Chen
From Furman University:
Morgan Carns
Alyssa Pate
From Central Washington University:
Ashlyn Huber
From Wheaton College:
Nikola Szymanska
Megan Simeone
From Western Oregon University:
Samuel Herford
Megan Philip
From Southern Nazarene University:
Andrew Kinnamon
Glen Schouweiler
From University of Washington Bothell:
Steven Suarez
Han Pham
David Woo
One hundred and sixty two students formed 77 teams representing colleges, universities, and high schools from Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, England, France, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Indonesia, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Wales, and Washington.
Those teams which submitted at least one correct solution are recognized below. The order of the listings indicates the chronological order of when the solutions were submitted.
Congratulations to all!
Master Codebreakers are those who solved all three challenges and are recognized as achieving theTURING level of achievement:
From Eastern Mennonite University (First Place Team!):
Hannah Leaman
Mana Acosta
Caleb Hostetler
From the University of Georgia (First Place Individual!):
Liza Shakhmatova
From Oklahoma Baptist University: (Second Place Individual!):
Jaxon King
From University of Dayton: (Second Place Team!)
Aaron Boulanger
Payton Reaver
Erin Millhouse
From Linfield University:
Garrett Crouch
Abby Ross
From Central Washington University:
James Mathis
Ethan Davis
Kieran Cook
From Worcester Polytechnic Institute:
Jessica Wang
Benjamin Gobler
From Pacific University:
Doan Pham
Michael Sentman
Xallan Wilson
From Central Connecticut State University:
A.B.M. Imran Haydar
Kyle Guarco
Proficient Codebreakers are those who solved two challenges and are recognized as achieving the BABBAGE level of achievement:
From Penn State and Carnegie Mellon University:
Wayne Zhao
Thomas Wang
Evelyn Kuo
From Western Governors University:
Michael Klapper
From University of Washington - Seattle:
Adam Fountain
From Gannon University:
Timothy Edwards
Joshua Hicks
Zack Dickinson
From University of Alaska Anchorage:
Eric Rangel
Kyle Walker
From Texas A&M University:
Samuel McCaulley
Alex Gonce
Zachary Swanson
From Rose-Hulman:
Alyssa Pinkston
Omar Roth
Tom Kirchoffer
From Gannon University:
Michael Dobrzynski
Bilal Bas
Andrew Didycz
From Furman University:
Louisa Brown
Lily Feingold
Michael Bowling
From Linfield University:
Brendan Perez
From Western New England University:
Taryn Padilla
Megan McGuinness
From Western New England University:
Julia Hart
Owen Boyns
From Western New England University:
Cole Lynch
Cole Randt
From Gannon University :
Alyssa MacLefko
Amateur Codebreakers are those who solved one of the challenges and are recognized as achieving a PRETTY GOOD level of achievement:
From Mount Saint Mary's College:
Angelica Puig
Angelina Lopez
From Mount Saint Mary's College:
Bridget Tasker
From Mount Saint Mary's College:
Darren Gonzalez
Kaitlyn Sorto
Philip Dever
From Mount Saint Mary's College:
Adam Leone
Brandon Nolasco
Christopher Ernissee
From Eastern Mennonite University:
Ike Esh
Jonathan Reimer-Berg
From Mount Saint Mary's College:
Cole Horos
Jadien Figueroa
Anthony Diedzic
From Mount Saint Mary's College:
John D. Mann III
From Mount Saint Mary's College:
Jameson Thomas Suraci
Xavier Rodriguez
From Central Washington University:
Ariel Shani
From California State University Channel Islands:
Jasmine Torres
Joel Alferes
From Gannon University:
Abigail Palotas
Devin Williams
From Mount Saint Mary College:
Grace Baisley
From Mount Saint Mary College :
Kelsey Cueto
Dan Mowat
From Gannon University:
Sydney Bongiorno
Niky Dos Santos
Jacob Rudy
From Mount Saint Mary College:
Jillian Swiderski
Tia Delseni
Kate McCann
From Mount Saint Mary College:
Joshua Summers
From University of Alabama:
Quade Mainzer
Cara Cannarozzi
Kayleigh Little
From Gannon University:
Thomas Albert
Paul Kruszka
John Little
One hundred and twenty eight students formed 65 teams representing colleges, universities, and high schools from British Columbia, California, Connecticut, France, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, Ontario, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennslyvania, Virginia, Netherlands, and Washington. Our first place finisher solved all three Challenges in just over four and a half hours. Our first place individual finished just after midnight on Friday morning. Thirty teams finished at least one of the Challenges and ten completed all three. The Kryptos CodeMasters appreciate all the hard work teams and individuals put into working on these challenging ciphers.
Those teams which submitted at least one correct solution are recognized below. The order of the listings indicates the chronological order of when the solutions were submitted.
* [Succesfully unlocked the freezer and saved the day!]
Congratulations to all!
Master Codebreakers are those who solved all three challenges and are recognized as achieving theTURING level of achievement:
From Northern Kentucky University: [First Place Team!]
Will St. Onge
Shawn Huesman
Wie Sie
From The University of Indianapolis: [First Place Individual!]
Katherine Osadczuk
From Linfield University: [Second Place Individual!]
Garrett Crouch
From ISEN LILLE: [Second Place Team]
Christophe Hugueny
Hugo Derave
Florent Descamps
From Erasmus University Rotterdam:
Alexandre Nelva-Pasqual
From Nipissing University *:
Cole Maddin
David Haighton
From Kutztown University of Pennsylvania *:
Isaac Reiter
From Corban University *:
Jonathan Howe
Declan Ritter
Tyson Stover
From The Pennsylvania State University and Carnegie Mellon University:
Wayne Zhao
Thomas Wang
Evelyn Kuo
From Eastern Mennonite University *:
Caleb Hostetler
Cameron Byer
Noah Swartzentruber
Proficient Codebreakers are those who solved two challenges and are recognized as achieving the BABBAGE level of achievement:
From Eastern Mennonite University *:
Hannah Leaman
Ike Esh
Silas Clymer
From Pacific University:
Michael Sentman
From Corban University:
Sara Thomas
Ally Tow
Lacey Gilmore
From Worcester Polytechnic Institute:
Frederick Miller
Avery Smith
From ISEN Lille:
Charles Mayeur
Maximilien Walbecq
From HEI:
Mathis Langrand
Olivier Bossavit
From Gannon University:
Victoria Bartlett
From University of Maryland Baltimore County:
Alex Zabriskie
Robert Roibu
From The University of Washington, Bothell:
Lisa Waranowitz
Aika Usui
River Hill
From Western Carolina University:
Storme Adkins
William Zielinski
Victoria Kimball
From Mount Saint Mary College:
Arianna Martuscello
Kelsey Farrell
Matthew Kozireski
From Mount Saint Mary College:
Devin Kelley
James Farrell
Dennis Rodriguez
Amateur Codebreakers are those who solved one of the challenges and are recognized as achieving a PRETTY GOOD level of achievement:
From Pacific University:
Matthias Gutzmann
From University of Southern Mississippi *:
Minh Nguyen
Barbara Jones
From Central Washington University:
Kimberly Wiles
Kieran Cook
Adara Andonie
From The University of Washington *:
Adam Fountain
From JUNIA ISEN Lille:
Corentin Delhon-Bugard
Nicolas Bouillet
Benjamin Delattre
From ISEN Lille:
Mathieu SELLIER
From Quest University Canada:
Neoprana Jawinara Soemardjan
From Wheaton College (MA):
Zachary Heineman
Nate Oehler
One hundred and sixteen students formed 49 teams representing colleges, universities, and high schools from California, France, Hong Kong, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Netherlands, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington.
Our first place finisher completed all three Challenges in five hours and 22 minutes. Eighteen teams finished at least one of the Challenges and eight completed all three. The Kryptos CodeMasters (Stuart and Cheryl) appreciate all the hard work the teams and individuals put into solving these challenging ciphers during these challenging times.
Those teams which submitted at least one correct solution are recognized below. The order of the listings withing each category indicates the chronological order of when the final solution was submitted.
Congratulations to all!
Master Codebreakers are those who solved all three challenges and are recognized as achieving theTURING level of achievement:
From Eastern Mennonite University: [First Place Team!]
Cameron Byer
Ben Stutzman
Hannah Leaman
From Wheaton College: [Second Place Team!]
Alvaro Guerra
Jill van der Schaaf
Jackson Reed
From Central Washington University
Michael Klapper (not competing for prize)
From ISEN - Lille (France):
Arbache Rémi
Delarue Paul
Mourier Julia
From The Pennsylvania State University and Carnegie Mellon University:
Wayne Zhao (PSU)
Thomas Wang (PSU)
Evelyn Kuo (CMU)
From Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands):
Alexandre Nelva-Pasqual
Natalia Kutina
From ISEN Lille (France):
Christophe Hugueny
Hugo Derave
Florent Descamps
From Appalachian State University:
Zachary Dove
Lindsey Wise
Brennan Stride
Proficient Codebreakers are those who solved two challenges and are recognized as achieving the BABBAGE level of achievement:
From Eastern Mennonite University:
Caleb Hostetler
Laura Troyer
Seth Andreas
From Eastern Oregon University:
Jazmine Juarez
Caden Ricker
Darin Hauner
From Central Washington University:
Kyle Brown
Dustin Hayes
Tyler Bunnell
From The University of Wisconsin Stout:
Hannah Baker
Nate Geschwill
Erin O'Brien
From ISEN Lille (France):
Nicolas Bouillet
Marie Pivette
Amateur Codebreakers are those who solved one of the challenges and are recognized as achieving a PRETTY GOOD level of achievement:
From The University of Washington, Bothell: (First Place Individual!)
Vivek Gandhi
From Corban University:
Tucker McNie
Kathleen Hiller
Jonathan Howe
From Eastern Mennonite University:
Silas Clymer
Isaac Andreas
Jonathan Reimer-Berg
From Linfield College: (Second Place Individual!)
Garrett Crouch
From Mount Saint Mary College:
Clint Enright
Lynsey Quackenbush
Michael Parker
One hundred and forty nine students formed 62 teams representing colleges, universities, and high schools from France, Idaho, Illonois, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennslyvania, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
Our first place finisher solved the first Challenge within six minutes and completed all three Challenges in just under three and a half hours. Thirty-six teams finished at least one of the Challenges and 15 completed all three. The Kryptos CodeMasters appreciate all the hard work teams and individuals put into working on these challenging ciphers.
Those teams which submitted at least one correct solution are recognized below. The order of the listings indicates the chronological order of when the solutions were submitted.
Congratulations to all!
Master Codebreakers are those who solved all three challenges and are recognized as achieving theTURING level of achievement:
From The University of Washington: [First Place Individual!]
Shine Sun
From Linfield College: [First Place Team!]
Carmen Hoffbeck
William Shannon
Ryan O'Dowd
From Eastern Mennonite University: [Second Place Team!]
Cameron Byer
Daniel Harder
Hannah Leaman
From Western Carolina University:
Adam Gregory
Peter Gardner
Wesley Rogers
From Pacific University:
Hannah Newby-Smith
Mariah Jacobs
Sarah Amano
From Pacific University:
Dannie Wright
Adrian Martin
Sophia Bonar
From Western Carolina University:
Colin Whiteley
Garion Schneider
Marshall Murphy
From Carnegie-Mellon and North Carolina University:
Sahil Patel
Zack Lee
From ISEN Lille:
Christophe Hugueny
Hugo Derave
Florent Descamps
From ISEN Lille:
Paul Delarue
Julia Mourier
From Whitworth University:
Breeann Wilson
Jude Batista
Robert Rutherford
From Norwich University:
Isabelle Moss
Jared Neprud
Annabell Davis
From Norwich University:
Wesley Notter
Jared Duhaime
Tyler Locke
From Central Washington University:
Daniel Reed
Makani Mafua
Michael Solwold
From Norwich University:
Alexis Julian
Paul Biello
Owen Martinez
Proficient Codebreakers are those who solved two challenges and are recognized as achieving the BABBAGE level of achievement:
From Central Washington University:
Henry Reinhardt
Joshua Petersen
From Linfield College:
Garrett Crouch
Ruben Cruz
From Wheaton College (MA):
Jackson Reed
Fariq Sazuki
From Central Washington University:
Elisabeth Jenkins
Andrew Struthers
Austin Holloway
From Eastern Oregon University:
Darin Hauner
Caden Ricker
Jessie Cimon
From University of Washington, Bothell: [2nd Place Individual!]
Vivek Gandhi
From Wheaton College:
Phuntsho Norbu
Alvaro Guerra
From Furman University:
Michael Bowling
Noah Johnson
Duncan Hayslett
University of Wisconsin Stout:
Derek Johnson
Andrew Nelson
Caleb Rudoph
Amateur Codebreakers are those who solved one of the challenges and are recognized as achieving a PRETTY GOOD level of achievement:
From Eastern Oregon University:
An Dinh
Heath Sell
From Wheaton College:
Benjamin Malz
Jacob Kydd
Nathan Hodgson
From Kutztown University:
Grant Fickes
Jacob McCann
Micah Ulicny
From Western Carolina University:
Will Stiles
Ethan Stiles
Duncan Stiles
From Whitworth University:
Sabin Sapkota
Amon Ratna Sthapit
Novel Poudel
From Pacific University:
David Wright
From Mount Saint Mary College:
Charles Benfer
Vita Bosco
Sophia Reinhardt
From Western Carolina University:
Storme Adkins
Haneed Alajaj
Emmie Lucas
From Pacific University:
Aubrey Kimmel
Sagnik Bhadra
Kim Tran
From Corban University:
Halden Jensen
Karly Easterday
Bronson Knight
From Wheaton College:
Nellie Boling
Noah Cowie
Amelia Dunn
From Wheaton College
Krissa Cusanelli
Jill van der Schaaf
One hundred and forty three students formed 61 teams representing colleges, universities, and schools from Alberta, Arizona, California, Florida, France, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington.
Our first place team finished in just under 20 hours, so this year's competition proved quite challenging for everyone. The Kryptos CodeMasters must have turned things up a notch this year. The CodeMasters appreciate all the hard work teams and individuals put into working on these challenging ciphers.
Those teams which submitted at least one correct solution are recognized below. The order of the listings indicates the chronological order of when the solutions were submitted.
Congratulations to all!
Master Codebreakers are those who solved all three challenges and are recognized as achieving theTURING level of achievement:
From Eastern Mennonite University: [First Place Team!]
Cameron Byer
Daniel Harder
Ben Stutzman
From Linfield College: [Second Place Team!]
William Shannon
Carmen Hoffbeck
From Western Carolina University:
Peter Gardner
Wesley Roger
Adam Gregory
From Western Carolina University:
Marshall Murphy
Garion Schneider
Colin Whiteley
Proficient Codebreakers are those who solved two challenges and are recognized as achieving the BABBAGE level of achievement:
From The University of Washington: [First Place Individual!]
Shine Sun
From The University of Washington at Bothell: [Second Place Individual!]
John Bush
From Norwich University:
Da Lei
John Rotter
Sean Courtney
From Linfield College:
Ruben Cruz
Jennifer Moranchel
From Pacific University:
Mariah Jacobs
Hannah Newby-Smith
Sarah Amano
From Whitworth University:
Breeann Wilson
Luke Lattig
From Western New England University:
Erin Granger
Emma Armfield
Alyssa Stefanelli
From Western New England University:
Ali Johnstone
Amateur Codebreakers are those who solved one of the challenges and are recognized as achieving a PRETTY GOOD level of achievement:
From Norwich University:
Alexis Julian
Paul Biello
From Appalachian State University:
Lindsey Wise
Matt Hefner
Will Dulaney
From The College of Idaho:
Leonardo Trujillo
Florence Wavreil
Erik Nordquist
From Western Oregon University:
Rahevin Slade
Nathan Stark
Dakota Winslow
From Pacific University:
Adrian Martin
Sophia Bonar
Dannie Wright
From Pacific University:
Brenna Calmer
Ryan Estes
Clio Skevington
From Linfield College:
Shelby DeRocher
From Linfield College:
Trevor Gourley
Natalie Hight
Chelsea Horita
From The King's University:
Joemy Joseph
Mark Wilkinson
Benjamin Bachman
From Norwich University:
Owen Martinez
Wesley Notter
One hundred and thirty one students formed 65 teams representing colleges, universities, and schools from California, Canada, Connecticut, France, Idaho, India, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont, and Washington.
A new Kryptos time record was set, with the fastest team completing in one hour and 25 minutes, four minutes faster than last year! Cheryl and I promise to make things more challenging next year.
Those teams which submitted at least one correct solution are recognized below. The order of the listings indicates the chronological order of when the solutions were submitted.
Congratulations to all!
Master Codebreakers are those who solved all three challenges and are recognized as achieving theTURING level of achievement:
From Western Washington University: [First Place Team!]
Jeff Katen
Jack Kovacich [from San Francisco State University]
Zoe Pollard
From ISEN Lille (France): [Second Place Team!]
Louis Delarue
Simon Lecoq
Adrien Martinez
From the University of Waterloo:
Reyno Tilikaynen
Lily Wang
From Western Washington University:
Daniel Tarnu
Aaron Robinett
Abe Nurkiewicz
From Central Washington University: [First Place Individual!]
Shine Sun
From Eastern Oregon University:
Ryan Blanchard
Mico Murphy
An Dinh
From Seattle University:
Sean Bassler
Ethan Hunt
Jacob Wydick
From Northern Kentucky University: [Second Place Individual]
Nathan Dasenbrock-Gammon
From Hofstra Universitiy:
Grainne O'Neill
From Ed. W. Clark High School:
Vincent Pan
Nikolay Tranakiev
Jay Desai
From ISEN Lille (France):
Axel Leloup
Jérémy Boissel
From Western Carolina University:
Peter Gardner
Wesley Rogers
Adam Gregory
From CUNY College of Staten Island:
Rayan Ibrahim
Mathew Buono
Binghui Jiang
From The College of Idaho:
Will Callahan
Sam Chandler
From Whitworth University:
Amon Ratna Sthapit
From Mount Saint Mary College:
Danielle Morrison
Ulises Marmol
Conor Solner
Proficient Codebreakers are those who solved two challenges and are recognized as achieving the BABBAGE level of achievement:
From Norwich University:
Alexis Julian
Paul Biello
From Quest University (Canada):
Peter Walters
Reuven White
John Kern
From Western New England University:
Jordon Lane
From Cornell College:
Sommer Ward
Xi Ren
Collin Smith
From The College of Idaho:
Florence Wavreil
Leo Trujillo
Erik Nordquist
From Western Washington University:
Rex Olson
Adam Helm
From University of Massachusetts Amherst:
Chenhao Huang
Lynn Samson
Michael Sadler
From Pacific University:
Brenna Calmer
Kierstin Evenson
Clio Skevington
From Quest University:
Kevin Rosenthal
Anita Doglioni Majer
Monique Beaulieu
From Wheaton College:
Kathleen Orechia
From Cornell College:
Nathan Dwyer
Orgho Neogi
Paul DeMange
From Pacific University:
Dannie Wright
Adrian Martin
Sophia Bonar
From Linfield College:
William Shannon
From Western New England University:
Patrick O'Brien
From Grand Valley State University:
Daniel Schroeder
Justin Johns
From Wheaton College:
Scott Ogle
Caleb Wastler
Can Emirli
From ISEN Lille (France):
Thibault Desprez
Joffrey Paprocki
Pierre Marez
From Mount Saint Mary College:
Katie Corry
Nick Laffin
Allan Smith
From Quest University (Canada):
Nora Aydinyan
Esteban Cruz
Patricio Gonzalez-Marquez
Amateur Codebreakers are those who solved one of the challenges and are recognized as achieving a PRETTY GOOD level of achievement:
From ISEN Lille (France):
Gary Host
From Norwich University:
Audrey Wyman
From Western Washington University:
Kimmy Taft
Robyn Ijima
From ISEN Lille (France):
Clément BRASIER
From Carnegie Mellon University:
Liza Sulkin
Ian Griswold
From Basis Independent Sillicon Valley:
Albert Tam
From Wheaton College:
Raymond Bortolot
From Wheaton College:
Fiona Xi Xu
Weiqi Feng
hundred and five students formed 92 teams representing colleges, universities, academies, institutes, and high schools from California, Canada, Connecticut, France, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indonesia, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, United Kingdom, Virginia, Washington.
Many records were set this year: the most teams, the most students, and the fastest time to complete all three challenges -- just under an hour and a half!
Those teams which submitted at least one correct solution are recognized below. The order of the listings indicates the chronological order of when the solutions were submitted.
Congratulations to all!
Scoring Note: To receive credit for Challenge 1, teams needed to correctly identify the location and time of the meeting. This necessitated providing a rough English translation of the encrypted Spanish text.
Master Codebreakers are those who solved all three challenges and are recognized as achieving theTURING level of achievement:
From Western Washington University:
Jeff Katen
Jack Kovacich [from San Francisco State University]
Zoe Pollard
From The University of Central Missouri:
Anthony Willett
Luke Menges
Jordon White
From The University of Massachusetts Amherst:
Chenhao Huang
Lynn Samson
Michael Sadler
From ISEN Lille (France):
Evrard Alex
d'Hondt Pierre
Joulia Jean
From ISEN Lille (France):
Kieffer Sarah
Martinez Adrien
Gallet Gérald
From Eastern Oregon University:
Dean Ricker
Mico Murphy
Ryan Blanchard
From ISEN Lille (France):
Louis Delarue
Milan Fertin
Simon Lecoq
From ISEN Lille (France):
Belletoile Benjamin
Barre Pierre
François Edorh
From University of Massachusetts Amherst:
Corwin Burdick
Joe Lew
Mike Amirault
From Mount Saint Mary College:
Ryan Seifts
Katie Corry
Jonathan Garofalo
From the University of Massachusetts Amherst:
Monark Modi
Rachit Nigam
From Norwich University:
Josh Hartley
Ben Jones
Audrey Wyman
From Maggie L. Walker Governor's School:
Collin Thomas
Jake Morris
Elijah Trexler
From Northern Kentucky University:
Jason Garner
From Northern Kentucky University:
Nathan Dasenbrock-Gammon
From ISEN Lille (France):
Latour Geoffroy
Defrance Baptiste
Gruez Thibault
From Kutztown University of Pennsylvania:
Kevin Ruppert
Nathaniel Benjamin
From Maggie L. Walker Governor's School:
Gaby Monasterio
David Normansell
Robin Donne
Proficient Codebreakers are those who solved two challenges and are recognized as achieving the
BABBAGE level of achievement:
From Kutztown University of Pennsylvania:
Tom Kratz
Bill Schilling
From Western Washington University:
Madison Dyckman
Marley Medema
From Western Washington University:
Kelsey Jewell
Maureen Sturgeon
Wesley Boyett
From Mount Saint Mary College:
Toni Navarro
Heather Polgrean
Cassandra Behre
From Hofstra University:
Grainne O'Neill
From Eastern Oregon University:
Kenzie Garlock
Alannah Jones
Travis Lowe
From Seattle University:
Daniel Ferguson
Louis Ash-Kaufman
Andrew Torres
From The College of Idaho:
Sam Chandler
From Western Washington University:
Daniel Tarnu
Andrew Caughell
Abe Nurkiewicz
From Pacific University:
Mariah Jacobs
Adrian Martin
Hannah Newby-Smith
From Illinois Institute of Technology:
Tianci Zhu
Meng Wang
Xintong Li
From The College of Idaho:
Leonardo Trujillo
Erik Nordquist
Will Callahan
From Maggie L. Walker Governor's School:
Ryan Masak
Eric Duong
From Oxford Brookes University:
Meena Bansal
Adam Mason
Teena Rai
From University of Washington Bothell:
Wendy Coll
Sam Williams
Keith McAfee
From The King's University:
Alexander Shmakov
Erik Haugrud
From The King's University:
Ryan Noort
Mahlet Negussie
Ashley Ritter
From The King's University:
David Fountain
Shardul Shah
Zack Baker
Amateur Codebreakers are those who solved one of the challenges and are recognized as achieving a
PRETTY GOOD level of achievement:
From University of Massachusetts Amherst:
Austin Suszek
Nick Delfino
Phil Scarfi
From Western Washington University:
Makayla Henry
Isabelle Muth
Misha Klassen
From Northern Kentucky University:
Keegan Hodge
From Cornell College:
Nathan Dwyer
Dillon Pape
Eric Andow
From Jesuit High School:
Max Howard
Andrew Bai
Robert Marksthaler
From ISEN Lille (France):
Florian Desrousseaux
Adrien Guillerme
Kévin Hérissé
From University of California, Irvine:
Alexander Wong
Yu Zhang
Sam Huang
From Ed. W. Clark High School:
Vincent Pan
Vincent Tang
Jay Desai
From ISEN Lille (France):
Adrien GEORGES
Guillaume Vandierdonck
Maxime Talbot
From University of Washington Bothell:
Caleb Yang
Megan Bean
From The King's University:
Bryan Alfaro
Tyler Kuipers
From The Loomis Chaffee School:
Joseph Lee
James Koh
Louisa Gao
One hundred and fifty three students formed 67 teams representing colleges, universities, academies, institutes, and high schools from Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, France, Kentucky, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.
Those teams which submitted at least one correct solution are recognized below. The order of the listings indicates the chronological order of when the solutions were submitted.
Congratulations to all!
Note: This year's competition had a Hidden Challenge! The plaintext associated with Challenge #3 contained a NULL cipher. Teams which discovered (and solved) this hidden challenge are indicated with an "*".
Master Codebreakers are those who solved all three challenges and are recognized as achieving theTURING level of achievement:
From Western Washington University *:
Jeff Katen
Jack Kovacich [from San Francisco State University]
Zoe Pollard
From Central Washington University:
Spencer Shuford
Stacey Yesiki
Doug DePrekel
From Wheaton College:
Amelia Jackson
Sarah Varney
Henry Arsenault
From Grand Valley State University:
Gina Sietz
From Jesuit High School *:
Madison Bozich
Uma Doshi
From Jesuit High School *:
Megan Lim
Carson Shaar
Rohan Moore
From University of Central Missouri *:
Anthony Willett
Luke Menges
Jordon White
From Pacific University:
Victor Rielly
Tony Jaeger
Bridget Daly
From University of Central Missouri *:
Amos Bailey
Joshua Covey
Joanna Gossell
From Oregon Episcopal School:
Chandler Watson
Vikul Gupta
From Appalachian State University:
Elisabeth Moore
Joseph Linnartz
Josh Carr
From Northern Kentucky University:
Paul Sparks
Alexander Fish
Daniel Stine
From Northern Kentucky University:
Nathan Dasenbrock-Gammon
From Wheaton College:
Michelle Beauvais
Kristina Reddy
Yun Meng
From Northern Kentucky University:
Jason Garner
From Jesuit High School *:
Christopher Goodman
Peter Cowal
Amita Kashyap
Proficient Codebreakers are those who solved two challenges and are recognized as achieving the
BABBAGE level of achievement:
From Western Washington University:
Aidan Knabb
Murray Pendergrass
Maxwell James Millar
From University of Washington *:
Vladimir Korukov
Lev Dubinets
Will Dana
From University of Colorado at Boulder:
Elizabeth Parsons
From University of Alaska Anchorage *:
Kalila Sawyer
Isaac Ahern
Jomar Nillo
From Western Washington University:
Daniel Tarnu
Andrew Caughell
Reilly Ferland
From Eastern Oregon University *:
Mark McDonald
Mico Murphy
Dean Ricker
From Eastern Mennonite University:
Aaron Harder
David Nester
Cameron Byer
From The College of Idaho *:
Rainier Barrett
Erik Nordquist
Leonardo Trujillo
From Idaho State University:
Yun Teck Lee
From Rutgers University - New Brunswick:
Poorva Sampat
Sidharth Ghoshal
Varun Shah
From Wheaton College:
Bryan Jensen
Yunpeng Hou
From Western Washington University:
Kyle Andelin
Kelsey Jewell
Maureen Sturgeon
From Norwich University:
Samuel Bogren
Joshua Hartley
Benjamin Jones
From Wheaton College:
Samantha Yager
Sean Weinstein
From Western Washington University:
David Shorten
Aaron Robinett
Cj Schiller
From Mount Saint Mary College *:
Ryan Seifts
From Norwich University:
Hannah Soper
Amateur Codebreakers are those who solved one of the challenges and are recognized as achieving a
PRETTY GOOD level of achievement:
From Bellevue College:
Jason Wirth
Jason Grills
Christopher Kampas
From Linfield College:
Delaney Aydel
Graham Romero
Alleta Maier
From Illinois Institute of Technology:
Tianci Zhu
Meng Wang
From Northern Kentucky University:
Kyle McCarty
From University of Central Missouri *:
Brandon Burns
Joshua Bounds
James Mixco
From University of Montana Western:
Patricia Forshey
Dalton Heilig
From College of Staten Island:
Jonathan Zacharowicz
From Wheaton College *:
Yue Chen
From Northern Kentucky University:
Trent Turner
From Franklin College:
Tyler Watson
Tyler Wernert
Linsey Harves
From Northern Kentucky University:
Jared Bryant
From Wheaton College:
Yiqing Cao
Yihong Jin
From Tarrant County College:
Briana Hudson
Kevin Castiano
Natalie Nelson
From The University of Puget Sound:
Presley Reed III
Amy Boersma
Jahrme Risner
Ninety one students formed 49 teams representing colleges, universities, academies, and institutes from Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, India, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Mongolia, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming.
Those teams which submitted at least one correct solution are recognized below. The order of the listings indicates the chronological order of when the solutions were submitted.
Congratulations to all!
Master Codebreakers are those who solved all three challenges and are recognized as achieving the
TURING level of achievement:
From Eastern Mennonite University:
Josiah Driver
Aron Harder
Stephen Quenzer
Proficient Codebreakers are those who solved two challenges and are recognized as achieving the
BABBAGE level of achievement:
From Pacific University:
Liam Dalton
Jeff Mintz
Bridget Daly
From Eastern Mennonite University:
Mark Harder
Cameron Byer
From Sarah Lawrence College:
Xueyi Bu
From Central Washington University:
Nathaniel Deardorff
Adam Brand
Jacob Buchanan
From Western Washington University:
Paul Croft
Amateur Codebreakers are those who solved one of the challenges and are recognized as achieving a
PRETTY GOOD level of achievement:
From Eastern Oregon University:
Nam Nguyen
Mark McDonald
Cody Paulson
From Central Washington University:
Spencer Shuford
Stacey Yesiki
From the University of Arizona:
Laura Vonessen
Alex Frank
Chris Temple
From the University of Central Missouri:
Alexander Card
James Mixco
Loren Luther
One hundred and five students formed 47 teams representing colleges, universities, and academies from British Columbia, Kentucky, Idaho, Iowa, Maryland, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming.
Those teams which submitted at least one correct solution are recognized below. The order of the listings indicates the chronological order of when the solutions were submitted.
A team from Pacific University solved all three challenges in 14 hours and 31 minutes.
Congratulations to all!
Master Codebreakers are those who solved all three challenges and are recognized as achieveing the
TURING level of achievement:
From Pacific University:
Stephanie Carter
Liam Dalton
Hanna Landrus
From Western Washington University:
Zac Pontrantolfi
Brian Schiller
Andrew Wray
From Western Washington University:
Paul Croft
Proficient Codebreakers are those who solved two challenges and are recognized as achieving the
BABBAGE level of achievement:
From the University of Washington:
Xiaoxu Li
From Eastern Oregon University:
Timmy Brown
Nam Nguyen
Gage Winde
From Carroll College:
Justin Courville
Matt Heinze
Nate Woods
From University of Louisville:
Taylor Daniels
Suraj Kannan
Adam King
Western Oregon University:
James Dolciamore
From Central Washington University:
Candace Chapelle
John Cox
Nathaniel Deardorff
From Central Washington University:
Raven Dean
Derek Wheel
Amateur Codebreakers are those who solved one of the challenges and are recognized as achieving a
PRETTY GOOD level of achievement:
From University of Oregon:
Jonathan Eskeldson
Raleigh Foster
Alex Kreitzberg
From Central College:
Riley Burkart
Carlin Michalek
Tim Wilson
From Western Washington University:
Daniel Baron
Isaac Boekelheide
Sky Hester
From Carroll College:
Devon Bathon
Jimmy Netz
Colin Willett
From Western Oregon University:
Erin Conant
Debra Virden
From Eastern Wyoming College:
Chad Dubry
Joshua Fellows
From Carroll College:
Tarryn Vavruska
From Carroll College:
Kirsten Querna
James Thomas
From Carroll College:
Alyssa Nugent
From Eastern Wyoming College:
Cabot Peden
Jennifer Rathburn-Eatherton
Sixty students formed 30 teams representing colleges and universities from Alaska, British Columbia, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.
Those teams which submitted at least one correct solution are recognized below. The order of the listings indicates the chronological order of when the solutions were submitted.
The team from the University of Montana Western solved all three challenges in 31 hours and 50 minutes.
Congratulations to all!
Master Codebreakers are those who solved all three challenges and are recognized as achieving the
TURING level of achievement:
From University of Montana Western:
Nathan Boll
Susie Bleken
From Western Washington University:
Brian Schiller
Andrew Wray
Zac Pontrantolfi
From Carroll College:
Jennings Anderson
Nathan Woods
Forrest Laskowski
From Western Washington University:
Austin Brown
Sky Hester
Stuart Tsuchida
Proficient Codebreakers are those who solved two challenges and are recognized as achieving the
BABBAGE level of achievement:
From Eastern Oregon University:
Scott Kausler
Gage Winde
Kyson Lamoreau
From Central Washington University:
Derek Wheel
George David
From Central Washington University:
Ben Livingston
From Pacific University:
Travis White
Hanna Landrus
Liam Dalton
From Western Washington University:
Steven McAlpine
Gage Cosgrove
From Vancouver Island University:
Jeffrey Peters
Amateur Codebreakers are those who solved one of the challenges and are recognized as achieving a
PRETTY GOOD level of achievement:
From Western Oregon University:
James Dolciamore
From Western Oregon University:
Lindsay Callahan
Erin Conant
Debra Virden
From Central Washington University:
Candace Chappelle
Raven Dean
Fritz Vergnani
From Western Oregon University:
Isaiyah Kovachy
From University of Oregon:
Jonathan Eskeldson
From Vancouver Island University:
Larissa Richards
Pearlanne Gray
Simon Trigona
From University of Puget Sound:
Claire Sarff-Foden
From Linfield College:
Kyle Evitts
Thomas Nast
John Portin
Forty-eight students formed 21 teams representing colleges and universities from Montana, Oregon, and Washington.
Those teams which submitted at least one correct solution are recognized below. The order of the listings indicates the chronological order of when the solutions were submitted.
The team from the University of Montana Western solved all three challenges in 7 hours and 45 minutes. Congratulations to all!
Master Codebreakers are those who solved all three challenges and are recognized as achieving the
TURING level of achievement:
From University of Montanta Western:
Nathan Boll
Susie Bleken
Dylan Goheen
From Central Washington University:
Mary Kastning
Natalie Rambish
Proficient Codebreakers are those who solved two challenges and are recognized as achieving the
BABBAGE level of achievement:
From Whitworth University:
Rebecca Meyer
Matt Luttrell
From Central Washington University:
Candace Chapelle
Raven Dean
From Central Washington University:
George David
Amateur Codebreakers are those who solved one of the challenges and are recognized as achieving a
PRETTY GOOD level of achievement:
From Whitworth University:
Stephen Malone
Ian Thompson
Matt Brown
From Western Oregon University:
Jose Tapia
From Whitworth University:
Andrew Ritchie
From Whitworth University:
Shane Shelter
Joel Doehle
Cullen Grow
From Central Washington University:
Noah Andersen
Forrest Williamson
Ben Livingston