Kryptos 2022 Results


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

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