Sikorsky CTF 2026 prize-giving

Every moment like this is a great reminder of just how many talented people our competition brings together. Last week was all about pleasant meetings and sending out the gifts.

To be clear from the start: every prize-winning team received a cash reward, personalized certificates, and commemorative award plaques. And on top of that — some seriously cool gadgets from our partners!

University league

We were able to meet the University league winners in person and congratulate them live:

  • KNUIA (the team captain collected the prizes) won 3 Google Pixel 7a smartphones, as well as a CCWD certification from Hack Defender Academy (the team decided that Arsenii Podvalnyi will take it).
  • KSE_CS_1 (collected by the captain and a team member) took home 2 Google Pixel 7a smartphones.
  • LeetSh4dows (the team came in full) received 1 Google Pixel 7a smartphone.
University league
Team KNUIA receiving their Sikorsky CTF 2026 prizes
1st place KNUIA3 × Google Pixel 7aCCWD certification
Team KSE_CS_1 receiving their Sikorsky CTF 2026 prizes
2nd place KSE_CS_12 × Google Pixel 7a
Team LeetSh4d0ws receiving their Sikorsky CTF 2026 certificates
3rd place LeetSh4d0ws1 × Google Pixel 7a

Junior league

Meanwhile, the hardware for the Junior league winners has already gone out by post — the captains have received their packages:

  • KangaROOP won 2 Google Pixel 7a smartphones, plus two Raspberry Pi 4B microcomputers (a 2Gb Desktop kit and a 4Gb ODKO kit).
  • MEGA received 1 Google Pixel 7a smartphone and the same two Raspberry Pi 4B boards (2Gb and 4Gb).
  • Right Version added two Raspberry Pi 4B boards to their arsenal (a 2Gb Desktop kit and a 4Gb ODKO kit).
Junior league
KangaROOP team member with the certificate and prizes received
1st place KangaROOP2 × Google Pixel 7aRaspberry Pi 4B 2Gb + 4Gb
MEGA team captain with the prizes received
2nd place MEGA1 × Google Pixel 7aRaspberry Pi 4B 2Gb + 4Gb
Right Version team captain with the prizes received
3rd place Right VersionRaspberry Pi 4B 2Gb + 4Gb

Our sincere congratulations to the winners! It is incredibly inspiring to see such a strong level of skill and enthusiasm from our young people. Let’s keep growing this community together.

Thanks to our partners

And of course, this competition — and especially a prize fund like this — would not have been possible without the support of our reliable partners. Our huge thanks to:

  • Hack Defender Academy, the USAID project “Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructure of Ukraine”, MUR (The Art of Ukrainian Investigations), and OPT1M1ZE CORPORAT1ON — for the prizes provided and for motivating the participants.
  • Anton Boiko (Microsoft MVP, RD) — for technical support.
  • The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, the National Cybersecurity Coordination Center, and the Department of Counterintelligence Protection of State Interests in the Field of Information Security of the SBU — for their trust and comprehensive assistance.