Preliminary results appear below and are subject to change. If you participated in Kryptos this year and notice any errors, please send an email to Stuart.Boersma@cwu.edu and let me know.
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!):
From the University of Georgia (First Place Individual!):
From Oklahoma Baptist University: (Second Place Individual!):
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:
From University of Washington - Seattle:
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:
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 :
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:
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:
From University of Alabama:
Quade Mainzer
Cara Cannarozzi
Kayleigh Little
From Gannon University:
Thomas Albert
Paul Kruszka
John Little
κρυπτοσ or kryptos, is a contest open to any and all undergraduate students. The theme of the contest is centered around the breaking, or cryptanalysis, of ciphers (secret writing). Each challenge presents contestants with a brief scenario together with some ciphertext (encoded message). The goal is to discover the original English plaintext message!
Clues to help break the cipher may be contained in the actual ciphertext or in the details of the accompanying scenario.
While it is not the intent of this contest to test overly technical aspects of crypanalysis or advanced mathematical algorithms, some familiarity with basic codemaking and codebreaking is certainly helpful. Some useful sources include:
Contestants should also be aware that there are quite a few freely available programs and applets that may aid in some of the more tedious aspects of code breaking (e.g. frequency analysis). However, keep in mind that there are never any guarantees with such software!
Individual undergraduate students, or teams of up to three, are eligible to participate. Each individual or team must have a faculty sponsor in order to register.
Please read the official contest rules and instructions for submitting solutions before the contest begins.
When the contest begins at 4 p.m. PDT on April 21, 2022, the Cipher Challenges will be available at this website. Begin working and have fun! Solutions need to be submitted by 4 p.m. PDT April 25, 2020. All times are Pacific Daylight Time.
Results will be posted here shortly after the end of the contest. As teams finish each challenge, please prepare and submit solutions according to the guidelines.
Please submit your solutions as you solve each challenge as the time taken to solve a challenge will be used to determine final rankings.
Questions or difficulties? Email Stuart Boersma [ Stuart.Boersma@cwu.edu ].
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