About the challenge

The Helyx Initiative is back for the fourth Helyx Hacks challenge, where high school students around the world innovate impactful software relating to the secret theme. The theme will be released at the opening ceremony that will be posted on our Youtube channel. Students team up in groups of 2 to 4 or work alone to build an app, game, program, or website. Competitors will have 4 weeks, from January 14th, 2023 at 10 AM PST to February 12th, 2023 at 11:45 PM PST to create an amazing product and submit it to compete. 

Get Started

  • Join our Discord server for updates or to find team members
  • Refine your coding

 

Requirements

What to Build

  • The secret theme will be announced at the opening ceremony (you will get bonus points for adhering to the theme)

What to Submit

  • Runnable software (if applicable)
  • Description of software and how to run it
  • 2-5 minute video describing your software and demo

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Prizes

4 non-cash prizes
Best Overall
1 winner

All members of the winning team will receive a 1-year subscription to Wolfram|One Personal Edition and Wolfram|Alpha Pro (Value of $375.00 per person).

Best Design
1 winner

Most Impactful
1 winner

All members of the winning team will receive a 1-year subscription to Wolfram|One Personal Edition and Wolfram|Alpha Pro (Value of $375.00 per person).

Most Innovative
1 winner

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Chris Jung
The Helyx Initiative

Valentin Shkulov

Valentin Shkulov

Dmitry Khorev

Dmitry Khorev
Senior Software Engineer at Mero

Veronika Golubeva
Datrics

Judging Criteria

  • General Judge
    Will judge the content based on the appeal to a layperson, overall creativity, and adherence to the theme

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