Crack the Con - 2026 (Completed - Team Hashmob Wins!)

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Crack the Con hash cracking contest is live over for 2026.

When:
Start: April 01 - 02:00 UTC
End: April 03 - 02:00 UTC

What:
Crack the Con 2026 (CtC) is an annual hash cracking competition held during CypherCon. Teams compete to crack as many hashes as possible within the time window using any tools, strategies, and hardware available.

Where:
CypherCon
Milwaukee, WI

Website:
https://crackthecon.com/

Rules:
https://crackthecon.com/rules.php

Team Registration:
https://crackthecon.com/register.php

Leaderboard:
https://crackthecon.com/leaderboard.php

CtC Submission Client (by winxp5421):
https://github.com/winxp5421/crackthecon_submit

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Crack the Con 2026 is offically over, and great job to everyone who participated!

1st place - HashMob Lite
2nd place - PizzaPlannet (hashcat, is that you?)
3rd place - hash_meltdown 

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Final scoreboad:

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