The Twelve Days of Christmas 2025 Challenge - Double Time

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The Challenge starts in 24 hours!

Follow this page as the first challenge will be posted here on Dec 20, 2025 @ 00:00 UTC.

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Make sure to read through the posts, follow directions, watch for hints, and take notes!

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Challenge Info:
https://forum.hashpwn.net/post/4844

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Challenge Sample Hashes:
https://forum.hashpwn.net/post/7147

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Challenge Submission Info:
https://forum.hashpwn.net/post/7149

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Challenge 01 - HASH
UTC: 2025-12-20T00:00:00Z

Secret:

57bbb659e56913a47fc91718cde35c3a
0ad9112ba115e1fd5be1fc2aff7e7de4
9e150cf81af2b645f02cfaa5655e8ab9
fedb82a5a79ed69b760e118615cd39b5

Word of the Day Challenge URL: https://contest.hashpwn.net/claim/74899148c5ae1382b2376e3e73efdaeb

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Congrats to our first Challenge winner! @petrovivo1234

Everyone else, keep at it! Hints will also be posted later for those who need a nudge.

[penguinkeeper]

Given it's been solved, I'm probably just being silly here but what is the word of the day and/or how do we find it? (if it's not a part of the challenge?)

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Challenge 01 - HINT
UTC: 2025-12-20T04:49:00Z

Spoiler

Santa suggests you use your favorite wordlist on this coMMon algo.

PRO TIP from Santa's helper:

1. When submitting, you must keep the original order and format of hashes exactly as they are posted on the challenge.
2. The first letter of each plaintext will then spell out the Word of the Day... write that down!
3. To keep you from unnecessarily banging your head against the wall on a few challenges, the submitter is not case-sensitive.
4. Take good notes!

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@penguinkeeper Challenge 01 - Hint answers your question.
https://forum.hashpwn.net/post/7664

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Challenge 02 - HASH
UTC: 2025-12-20T12:00:00Z

Secret:

59Qtuu8u5X
4h77ydZDJj
zUMry8be
3x8zW4

Word of the Day Challenge URL: https://contest.hashpwn.net/claim/81b6ba4de79c55d6335c044b7fd0986f

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Challenge 02 - HINT
UTC: 2025-12-20T17:21:47Z

Spoiler

What elf encoded this mess?! It's going to take me 58 minutes to figure this out.

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Congrats to the 8 who have completed Challenge 01 so far!

The Challenge is open to everyone of all skill levels including visitors, members and hashpwn staff.

Word to the wise, if you want a chance at the Grand Prize, you'll need to have completed all previous Challenges!

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Challenge 03 - HASH
UTC: 2025-12-21T00:00:00Z

Secret:

56308234302f9b3bad0e65abceef0946
ea1b08e06e76dad02984f78031ab4eff
d07ff2cc9fb9a48c410f11866d12ff63
f8854b04f0726350310337b83116ba3d

Word of the Day Challenge URL: https://contest.hashpwn.net/claim/205971745068fe769fca97c11e08ad20

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Challenge 03 - HINT
UTC: 2025-12-21T04:50:39Z

Spoiler

Cupid was cheerfully shouting, 'the New Tinsel Looks Marvelous!'... whatever that's supposed to mean.

PRO TIP from Santa's helper:
This list might come in handy over the next few days.
https://hashcat.net/wiki/doku.php?id=example_hashes

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Challenge 04 - HASH
UTC: 2025-12-21T13:00:00Z

Secret:

$HEX[636f6e64756374]
$HEX[617072696c]
$HEX[6b6579]
$HEX[656e74697265]

Word of the Day Challenge URL: https://contest.hashpwn.net/claim/a3bbbbe7eb85d01b462a642c0381c41e

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Way to go everyone!

So far the puzzles have been easy, but don't get too comfortable. Things will get harder, and they seem to be building toward something big! Stay sharp and pay attention...

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Challenge 04 - HINT
UTC: 2025-12-21T16:33:10Z

Spoiler

Rudolph was able to decode these with his favorite tool: https://forum.hashpwn.net/post/89

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Challenge 05 - HASH
UTC: 2025-12-22T00:00:00Z

Secret:

dded9334f7f951835268d3d52295d6da85a5916b236e9aa6a31a0222109c952416e0b9afb8450994fae53e4af3b05771
b080191ba2d998e4ea51b1bec7b4c3d67e7cb135fb1a14b74400f5b9d31b55f2140d3ab86780b7d676347fc936944c70
5587f655617a2b61735a15c350386aacc3d5257f34adfb05c8ff0c0cde206b6bd43ba07bf4822cb6e4b3a6b17eea66c7
1d7f1c9e29bb9bd12fc582f800f5a5a1b10cf85e7e37eaa867dd224569094603e5263685bcc302e86a43e3fa941165c2
f7bbe64643ab62010a51f348750780381b26979e8320fa325c26ea1e23cd0c7dd7da77f921a4b97239a0d04fceb371eb
5c75c48541f9be797f0a952acd8af5abc5529b6f2d88e82030ac57759db1c6c64f00c374c77fed76ad7218b4070bfef0
da465238740fe235d2e96d8af2d9371b1b801b705fc7cff56ee6bfa7892b521963e672c33b9cbae1e66c8651a3cbd228

Word of the Day Challenge URL: https://contest.hashpwn.net/claim/922e0cfb6fdf74f8446917cd3cd6250a

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Challenge 05 - HINT
UTC: 2025-12-22T04:04:29Z

Spoiler

Mrs. Claus is asking if anyone has seen her scarf... or was it her shawl?

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Challenge 06 - HASH
UTC: 2025-12-22T12:00:00Z

Secret:

ef05ea39eca9cc5ab44ba987f89e3e823258a84fc83490c96023b60e1950ff007925c94a17106f1509d12071f5b02fb5
2390f61cf9536e8487292d7debdedb7449b8457a27f0d96c5cf3333dd616d9731bd021eff4d214085d277b9e9e95b5d5
179f9b77ee47d9bda864c34d5a45c4c3d9d8ee1e573cea2581a19246d2fa582a105c1557c2ea55388e43cfea83748153
8eb63ac159dc919ccdf49ea8ab46d5f1dd7016e4c613c63aabc947b3f57c76285e0153406182c2fe43511bad9b9dfd6b
3983f08d6f2ec960acd8574055d087ecd1ac8b71283ed5468011a75f3d9ed0b73b35504b4770b61200160a91f8ac6a76
95e41f2a7f28b58c14b429a1433e3f74c235a4ee5cec2b150d97a865ea18e93dd2c63fdb91dc08c962cf964fb669a1d1
61ff4d590a9ef4c5eeea23ef8f8be1c04395967b3fc1ba1e78f3b9f3fb78352ed1bfd9bce26b163ce75b84efd0ae65bf

Word of the Day Challenge URL: https://contest.hashpwn.net/claim/0207d208f1d572a154232d181408bf57

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Challenge 06 - HINT
UTC: 2025-12-22T16:44:03Z

Spoiler

I'm going to eat some cake while I figure this one out.

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Congrats to everyone who has completed Challenges 01 - 06! Things will start getting harder soon as the Challenges progress, so enjoy the next few "easy" ones.

Also, if you are the winner of a Challenge, as a gentlemen's agreement, consider giving everyone else a 5-10 minute head start for the next few Challenges so others can have a chance at 1st place. UPDATE: https://forum.hashpwn.net/post/7931
Winning 1st on the Daily Challenges won't help your chance at the Grand Prize, but paying attention to the Challenge Hashes and Hints will.