Kryptos Results from 2014


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

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