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Expand Up @@ -4,177 +4,177 @@ title: "AlgoHunt"
category: "Gamified Algorithmic Event"
status: "Flagship Contest"
cadence: "Campus-scale hunt"
description: "A physical-digital contest where algorithms unlock checkpoints, clues, and leaderboard momentum across campus."
description: "A campus-scale algorithmic challenge that combines competitive programming, problem solving, and real-world exploration into a single gamified experience. Participants solve progressively challenging algorithmic tasks to unlock checkpoints, discover clues, and advance through the hunt, with performance, speed, and strategic thinking shaping their position on the leaderboard."
highlights:
- "Puzzle-backed routes"
- "Live scoring"
- "Team-based solving"
accent: "03"
image: "/events/algohunt.jpg"
image: "/events/algohunt3.webp"
gallery:
- src: "/events/algohunt.jpg"
caption: "Campus checkpoints and clue drops"
- src: "/dev-team.jpg"
caption: "Team solving under live pressure"
- src: "/dev-team.jpg"
caption: "Leaderboard-driven finale"
- src: "/events/algohunt1.webp"
caption: "The Arena"
- src: "/events/algohunt2.webp"
caption: "Team solving under pressure"
- src: "/events/algohunt3.webp"
caption: "The team"
href: "/initiatives/algohunt"
timeline:
- date: "09:00 AM"
title: "Check-in & Breakfast"
tag: "Registration"
description: "Participants arrive, verify their registration, collect their badges, and get energized with a hearty breakfast before the intense competition begins."
stats:
- label: "Expected Arrival"
value: "800+"
- label: "Duration"
value: "60 mins"
features:
- "QR Code quick scanning"
- "Swag bag distribution"

- date: "10:00 AM"
title: "Opening Ceremony & Problem Release"
tag: "Ceremony"
description: "The official kickoff. We will explain the rules, introduce the judges, and reveal the primary encrypted problem statement that unlocks the first physical checkpoint."
image: "/dev-team.jpg"
stats:
- label: "Venue"
value: "Main Auditorium"
features:
- "Keynote by Lead Architect"
- "Live demonstration of the leaderboard platform"

- date: "10:30 AM"
title: "Checkpoint 1: The Cryptography Node"
tag: "Hacking"
description: "Teams disperse across campus to their first physical node. They must decrypt a cipher to unlock the next GPS coordinates."
stats:
- label: "Difficulty"
value: "Medium"
features:
- "RSA decryption puzzles"
- "Physical lock boxes"

- date: "01:00 PM"
title: "Lunch & Networking"
tag: "Break"
description: "A mandatory cool-down period where teams can refuel, discuss strategies with mentors, and check the global standings."

- date: "02:00 PM"
title: "Checkpoint 2: The Hardware Node"
tag: "Hacking"
description: "The final sprint. Teams must interface their laptops with custom ESP32 hardware modules placed around the campus to execute their final algorithms."
image: "/dev-team.jpg"
stats:
- label: "Elimination"
value: "Bottom 50%"
features:
- "Arduino / ESP32 interfacing"
- "Reverse engineering binaries"

- date: "05:00 PM"
title: "Closing Ceremony & Winners"
tag: "Ceremony"
description: "The leaderboard freezes. We announce the top 3 teams, distribute prizes, and conclude the event with closing remarks from our sponsors."
stats:
- label: "Prize Pool"
value: "$5,000"

mentors:
- name: "Aditya Raj"
role: "Lead Architect"
photo: "/dev-team.jpg"
linkedin: "https://linkedin.com"
- name: "Aniket Barun"
role: "Problem Setter"
photo: "/dev-team.jpg"
linkedin: "https://linkedin.com"
- name: "Shivansh"
role: "Platform Engineer"
photo: "/dev-team.jpg"
linkedin: "https://linkedin.com"

winners:
# ==========================================
# 🟢 EASY TRACK (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
# ==========================================
- team: "Binary Beasts"
# ============================================================
# EASY TRACK
# ============================================================

- team: "Venkata Srivaibhav Nukaraju, Kritheesh N V, Maaya Mohan, Krish Arun"
track: "Easy Track"
badge: "Easy Track Champions"
achievement: "1st Place Champions"
heroImage: "/dev-team.jpg"
heroImage: "/events/algohunt-winner-eas.webp"
members:
- name: "Aarav Sharma"
linkedin: "https://linkedin.com"
- name: "Tanvi Rao"
linkedin: "https://linkedin.com"
- name: "Kavya Nair"
linkedin: "https://linkedin.com"
experience: "As freshers, navigating the checkpoints while writing clean Python scripts was an adrenaline rush. Winning the Easy Track boosted our confidence tremendously!"

- team: "Syntax Strikers"
- name: "Venkata Srivaibhav Nukaraju"
- name: "Kritheesh N V"
- name: "Maaya Mohan"
- name: "Krish Arun"
experience: "procure this"

- team: "Sreehaas Vangara, Rithvik R, Sahil Shirish Badgujar, Yashas C Sathal"
track: "Easy Track"
achievement: "2nd Place Runner-Up"
heroImage: "/dev-team.jpg"
members:
- name: "Rohan Gupta"
linkedin: "https://linkedin.com"
- name: "Meera Iyer"
linkedin: "https://linkedin.com"
experience: "We were neck-and-neck until the final checkpoint puzzle. A memorable 2nd place finish!"
- name: "Sreehaas Vangara"
- name: "Rithvik R"
- name: "Sahil Shirish Badgujar"
- name: "Yashas C Sathal"

- team: "Bug Squishers"
- team: "Achyuth Jois M, Suchita R Reddy, Greeshma N Shetty, Charan Reddy K N"
track: "Easy Track"
achievement: "3rd Place Podium"
heroImage: "/dev-team.jpg"
members:
- name: "Arjun Verma"
linkedin: "https://linkedin.com"
- name: "Sneha Reddy"
linkedin: "https://linkedin.com"
experience: "Cracking the sliding window problem under time pressure was electric. So proud of our podium spot!"

# ==========================================
# ⚡ TOUGH TRACK (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
# ==========================================
- team: "Team Enigma"
track: "Tough Track"
badge: "Tough Track Champions"
- name: "Achyuth Jois M"
- name: "Suchita R Reddy"
- name: "Greeshma N Shetty"
- name: "Charan Reddy K N"

# ============================================================
# ADVANCED TRACK
# ============================================================

- team: "Sriniket Deeduvanu, Sushant Hiremath, Surya R Naik, Arpan Gupta"
track: "Advanced Track"
badge: "Advanced Track Champions"
achievement: "1st Place Champions"
heroImage: "/dev-team.jpg"
heroImage: "/events/algohunt-winner-adv.webp"
members:
- name: "Alex Chen"
linkedin: "https://linkedin.com"
- name: "Sarah Jenkins"
linkedin: "https://linkedin.com"
- name: "Rahul Patel"
linkedin: "https://linkedin.com"
experience: "The combination of advanced graph algorithms and sprinting across campus in the rain was unparalleled. It pushed our debugging limits to the extreme!"

- team: "Circuit Breakers"
track: "Tough Track"
- name: "Sriniket Deeduvanu"
- name: "Sushant Hiremath"
- name: "Surya R Naik"
- name: "Arpan Gupta"
experience: "procure this"

- team: "Ayush, Bismun, Kishan, Mayank"
track: "Advanced Track"
achievement: "2nd Place Runner-Up"
heroImage: "/dev-team.jpg"
members:
- name: "David Kim"
linkedin: "https://linkedin.com"
- name: "Priya Singh"
linkedin: "https://linkedin.com"
experience: "Reverse-engineering the physical ESP32 node while decoding ciphertexts was hands-down the coolest challenge we have ever tackled."

- team: "O(1) Braincells"
track: "Tough Track"
- name: "Ayush"
- name: "Bismun"
- name: "Kishan"
- name: "Mayank"

- team: "Sai Jaswanth Akula, Jeel Nada"
track: "Advanced Track"
achievement: "3rd Place Podium"
heroImage: "/dev-team.jpg"
members:
- name: "Michael Chang"
linkedin: "https://linkedin.com"
- name: "Emily Watson"
linkedin: "https://linkedin.com"
- name: "Zack Taylor"
linkedin: "https://linkedin.com"
experience: "Standing on the Tough Track podium against the sharpest minds on campus was incredible. Worth every drop of sweat!"
- name: "Sai Jaswanth Akula"
- name: "Jeel Nada"
---

AlgoHunt transforms competitive programming into a high-octane physical reality. It demands a unique hybrid of rapid code execution, team communication under pressure, and physical stamina. AlgoHunt tests not just how well you know Dijkstra's algorithm, but how fast your team can debug it while racing against the clock to the next checkpoint.
# AlgoHunt

**AlgoHunt transforms competitive programming into a high-octane physical reality.**

AlgoHunt was conducted by **CodeChef PESU-ECC** as part of **MAAYA, the official fest of PES University, Electronic City Campus**. The event combined competitive programming with a campus-wide treasure hunt, creating a format where solving code was only half the challenge.

## What Is AlgoHunt?

What happens when **logic meets chaos, speed meets strategy, and code meets the thrill of a treasure hunt?**

You get **AlgoHunt** — MAAYA's most electrifying tech event.

Held on **11th October 2024** at **PES University, Electronic City Campus**, AlgoHunt brought together **100+ passionate coders and explorers** for a competition that demanded both technical ability and teamwork.

The event was structured across **two competitive tracks**:

- **Easy Track** — designed for beginners and participants taking their first steps into competitive programming.
- **Advanced Track** — designed for experienced competitive programmers looking for a more challenging contest.

## Coding Meets the Treasure Hunt

AlgoHunt was built around a simple idea: **the entire team could not rely on just one kind of skill.**

During the event, teams split their efforts between two parallel challenges. **Half of the team searched for a key hidden somewhere around the campus, while the remaining members worked on a competitive programming problem.**

This combination meant that teams had to continuously balance:

- **Problem-solving**
- **Speed**
- **Exploration**
- **Team coordination**
- **Creative thinking**

A strong performance required more than writing correct code. Teams had to communicate quickly, divide responsibilities effectively, and make decisions under pressure.

## The Hunt

Across **7 intense rounds**, participants moved between programming challenges and physical clues spread throughout the competition.

The rounds brought together:

> **Cryptic clues + Competitive programming + Campus exploration + Teamwork**

Participants decoded riddles, solved programming challenges, searched for clues, and raced against the clock as they attempted to stay ahead of the competition.

Every round introduced another opportunity to gain an advantage — but also another opportunity to fall behind.

## Two Tracks, One Challenge

### Easy Track

The **Easy Track** gave beginners an opportunity to experience competitive programming in a more accessible and engaging format.

Rather than being limited to a conventional coding contest, participants were introduced to programming challenges alongside the excitement of the physical hunt.

### Advanced Track

The **Advanced Track** pushed experienced competitive programmers further, combining more demanding programming problems with the same fast-paced treasure-hunt format.

For these teams, technical proficiency had to be matched with speed and coordination.

## Beyond Competitive Programming

AlgoHunt was designed to test skills that extend beyond solving a programming problem.

Participants had to constantly adapt to changing situations, communicate with teammates, and decide how to divide their time and effort between the coding challenge and the physical hunt.

The event encouraged participants to:

- **Think differently** when approaching problems.
- **Collaborate creatively** under time pressure.
- **Adapt quickly** as new clues and challenges appeared.
- **Balance strategy and execution** throughout the competition.

## The Experience

With **100+ participants**, **7 rounds**, **two competitive tracks**, and a **₹15,000 prize pool**, AlgoHunt created an atmosphere that was as competitive as it was energetic.

From cryptic clues to brain-twisting code, every stage demanded a different combination of skills. The campus itself became part of the challenge, turning what would normally be a coding contest into an experience that participants had to physically navigate as a team.

## More Than a Competition

AlgoHunt was more than a competition — it was an experience that blended **coding brilliance with on-ground strategy**.

By bringing competitive programming out of the conventional contest environment and into a physical treasure hunt, AlgoHunt captured the spirit of experimentation, collaboration, and problem-solving that defines **CodeChef PESU-ECC**.

**Code. Hunt. Collaborate. Conquer.**

That was AlgoHunt.

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