Eligibility and key facts
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- Who may be interested
- University students, 研究生, Developers
- Team size
- AI/Software: 2–4; Hardware: 3–5. Each member registers individually; official channels support team finding.
- Location
- Warsaw, Poland; The Tides, subject to official updates
- Eligible regions
- To be confirmed; online does not imply worldwide eligibility
- Entry fee
- Free
- Prizes and support
- Primarily physical prizes; sponsored cash is possible. Values and pool unannounced.
All deadlines
Original date: Regulamin §2.4: Zapisy ... od 6 października do 14 listopada. Official 12th edition, 2026; deadline time and timezone not specified.
The time is unconfirmed or the event is cancelled and cannot be added.
Original date: §1.3: 5–6 grudnia 2026; §3.1: 24 hours from official start. Exact schedule to be published later; this node is not a submission deadline.
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About this opportunity
Organized by Stowarzyszenie Studentów BEST. AI covers models and prototypes. The current website names The Tides; exact schedule, challenges and scoring weights follow later. Edition rules: https://besthackingleague.pl/files/Regulamin%2012.%20BEST%20Hacking%20League.pdf.
Rules and deliverables
Participation rules
- Age 18+ by the event; current undergraduate, master's or doctoral status at any university. Warsaw University of Technology BEST members excluded. Capacity 180, selection applies; bring identity/student proof.
- Free entry; bring a computer and fund paid APIs/cloud. Polish is official; English finals require prior jury consent.
- Build during 24 hours. Licensed public components and generative AI allowed; understand/verify outputs. Declare prior public work; prebuilt private project-specific models/data forbidden.
- One edition, including its AI track. Hardware has additional equipment/material limits. Detailed challenges, weights and exact hours remain unannounced.
- Creators retain ownership; five-year publicity permissions apply. Commercial transfers require separate agreements.
What to prepare
- Individual form and required consents; CV optional. Registration deadline November 14, 2026: date only, time/zone unknown.
- Repository link within two hours of start; final code/docs at the 24-hour cutoff, with later changes ignored.
- Finalists present for up to five minutes and answer questions. Hardware follows additional official technical/material requirements.
Sources
- Source platform
- BEST Hacking League website
- Source domain
- pl.linkedin.com
The organizer’s published schedule and rules take precedence.