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Hacker Challenge

2007 Hacker Challenge Results

400 individuals registered to participate in the first phase of the 2007 Hacker Challenge, with 50 people submitting either a solution or a report. Phase 1 was evaluated against two criteria: speed of a full defeat and quality of report. The winners in each of these categories, with the associated payment they received, are listed below (using given pseudonyms):

Phase 1, Speed of full* defeat (top 3)

1. smps (time, 1:20:02) $4000
2. kao (time, 2:49:25) $2000
3. morel (time, 3:17:14) $1000

Phase 1: Quality of report (top 3)

1. dm $4000
2. Gynvael $2000
3. billdoor $1000

Phase 2 Market Winners (total payout includes $100 base)

Puffin $2597
dm $2497
jb $1830
GiM $1480
ReWolf $941
RacerX $932
adam $809
Int13 $730
kao $726
Gynvael $693
Syd $681
p_z $469
n02p!r!t $400
avicenna $398
morel $232
thug4lif3 $223
smps $100
baguette $100
EiNSTeiN_ $100
j00ru $100
billdoor $100
OT $100
damiiw $100
Bad.B $100
tnagareshwar $100
dspa $100
BlankNullNill $100
cyber_eagle $100
gssincla $100
trufae $100
Tomasz Smolarek $100
forswitch $100
Dark Link $100
Omega Red $100
JGS $100

Phase 3 Completions

  1. smps (time after code release - 4:40) $4,000 prize
  2. dspa (time after code release - 4:57) $2,000 prize
  3. baguette (time after code release - 5:23) $1,000 prize
  4. kao
  5. ReWolf
  6. EiNSTeiN_
  7. n02p!r!t
  8. Int13
  9. ZhimingTang
  10. slpwlkr
  11. RacerX
  12. BlankNullNill
  13. cameron
  14. GiM
  15. cyber_eagle
  16. morel
  17. OT
  18. Gynvael
  19. tnagareshwar
  20. adam
  21. msuiche
  22. Omega Red
  23. j00ru
  24. forswitch
  25. ved
* While there were some submissions that came in faster than some of the top three, these submissions were deemed either partially correct or they did not include a report and are not eligible as one of the three fastest.