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A TIG Hackathon in association with Encode Club 2025
Overview
Welcome to The Innovation Game (TIG) Hackathon
A TIG Hackathon is a unique live algorithmic tournament that is part hackathon, part strategic game. You’ll compete across 24 rounds (2 hours each) to earn the highest total points.
• Compete as an Innovator (coder), a Benchmarker (miner), or both.
• Innovators code in Rust, competing to develop the most efficient algorithm.
• Benchmarkers engage in idle mining, but to be on top, you need to make key strategic choices.
How It Works
Sign up
Sign up for the Hackathon and get your dedicated server.Sign up
Innovator Race
Build, test, and submit algorithms to solve the featured challenges to earn points and compete against other Innovators. Check out the Innovators' Getting Started guide to learn more.Watch a tutorial on how to get started with Innovating.
Benchmarker Race
Continuously test the different algorithms submitted by Innovators over a range of difficulties to inform your benchmarking strategy. Check out the Benchmarkers' Getting Started guide to learn more.Watch a tutorial on how to get started with Benchmarking.
Earn Points
As an Innovator, you earn points based on your algorithm's performance.
As a Benchmarker, you earn points based on the number of solutions you find.