Competitions
(From Newest to Oldest)
(From Newest to Oldest)
BSidesNYC CTF 2025 (OCt 2025) :
An individual CTF, where I ranked 12.
It was hosted by BSidesNYC.
My points were 900 and I solved 6/15 challenges.
Engima Xplore CTF 2025 (Oct 2025) :
Our team ranked 60 globally.
It was hosted by IIIT Nagpur.
Our points were 1050.
SunshineCTF 2025 (Sept 2025) :
Our team ranked 57 globally.
It was hosted by University of New South Wales.
Our points were 3019 and we solved 33 challenges.
K17CTF 2025 (Sept 2025) :
Our team ranked 49 globally.
It was hosted by University of New South Wales.
Our points were 2953.
Nahamcon 2025 (May 2025) :
Our team ranked 118 globally.
It was hosted by NahamSec.
Our points were 4316 and we solved 28/55 Challenges (51%)
It was my first CTF playing from the CTF team of NYU - NYUSEC
IDCSS 2024 (Oct 2024 - Nov 2024):
The Indo Dutch Cyber Security School 2024 was conducted by DSCI, Embassy of India, Embassy of Netherlands and HCSS (Hague Centre for Strategic Studies).
I secured 1st place in the IDCSS2024 Challenge.
GAH 2024 (Aug 2024) :
The Great AppSec Hackathon 2024 was conducted by DSCI (Data Security Council of India).
I was ranked among Top 100 participants nationally.
UTCTF 2024 (Mar 2024) :
Our team ranked 374 globally.
It was hosted by University of Texas, Austin.
picoCTF 2024 (Mar 2024) :
Our team ranked 215 globally out of 7000+ teams.
We solved 41/47 Challenges.
It was hosted by Carnegie Mellon University and picoCTF.
HTB Cyber Apocalypse CTF (Mar 2024) :
Our team, DsUnderdogs ranked Internationally 1422.
Total teams were 6000+ and total players were 13500+, all ranging from beginners to highly experts.
It partially collided with picoCTF 2024, but still managed to get a global rank of 1422.
FetchTheFlag CTF (Nov 2023) :
It was an International Level CTF hosted by SNYK.
There were teams ranging from graduates to professionals.
We ranked 273 Globally.
Apogee BITS Pilani CTF (Apr 2023) :
Our team, d$Und34dog$, represented our college in BITS Pilani Tech Fest.
There were teams of International colleges also.
We ranked 31 out of 412 Teams Nationally and got 2441 points.
We solved 17/30 flags.
HTB Cyber Apocalypse CTF (Mar 2023) :
Our team, DsUnderdogs ranked Internationally 858.
Our total points were 6025/23125 and we could solve 21/74 flags.
Total teams were 6000+ and total players were 12000+, all ranging from beginners to highly experts.
We had the best score and position in our college.
PLINTH's LNMHacks 5.0 (Jan 2023) :
We made our own python based obfuscator, named FyreFli. It can do a variety of tasks from encoding to encryption to obfuscation; from Unicode Character Encoding Methods like utf8, utf16 to Hash Functions like Sha3-256 and MD5.
Our team, DeadSec Underdogs (members Suryansh Arya and Sharvil Bhatt along with me) bagged 2nd Position in Open Innovation in LNMHacks in a total prize pool of $1500.
We won a total team digital bounty of approximately $900 which included various vouchers, subscription, swags, etc.
IIT Jodhpur's Prometeo 2023 CTF (Jan 2023) :
There were total 6 challenges out of which My team (Consisting of Me, Sharvil, Suryansh ) could do 5 of them.
We had an All India Rank (AIR) of 9 out of 110+ teams.
Our total points were 410/610.
Major League Hacking Global Hack Week (GHW) Jan 2023 :
It was an individual cybersecurity related online hackathon. I earned 21 points this time.
I was among Top 9 percent Hackers globally and was selected for various swags and prizes.
Hack Club Sprig Jan 2023 :
I made a 'Mario - based' endless game in pure basic JS. It was approved on GitHub.
I was shipped a INR 10k/- worth Sprig.
It is a customizable not for sale game console.
Sprig is hardware development kit and is powered by a Raspberry Pi Pico.
The link to my game - Link
TryHackMe Advent of Cyber 22 :
It was an individual cybersecurity related online hackathon.
I competed in TryHackMe's Advent Of Cyber (AOC) 2022 which was from 1st - 25th Dec 2022. I was able to complete all 30 tasks out of which first 5 where just introduction to the concept and event - storyline of AOC 2022.
I earned a customized badge and certificate along with great Swags.
My overall TryHackMe platform's rank (Not my AOC 2022 rank) is (On 7 July 2023) 89,445 out of a total TryHackMe users of 20.5 Lac+ i.e. Overall I was ranked in Top 4 % Hackers Globally.
Major League Hacking Global Hack Week (GHW) Dec 2022 :
It was an individual cybersecurity related online hackathon. Out of 13 challenges I was able to complete 10 of them.
I was among Top 12 percent Hackers globally and was selected for various swags and prizes.
Hacker101 CTF
Cleared Hacker101 CTF to get private programs invites.