T1A
Presents
Hackathon
Cyprus Odyssey
Fall 2026
Enter eventFive acts of
your odyssey
Follow the hackathon from the first gathering of the crew to the final celebration.
Explore the timelineThe timeline
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Act ITeaming Up
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Find collaborators, balance skills, and register the crew.
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Act IIIdeation
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Select a problem, pressure-test the premise, and define success.
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Act IIICoding
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Turn the chosen idea into a working project during the build window.
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Act IVJudging
Present the project and answer questions against the published criteria.
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Act VAwarding
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Present at the corporate event and celebrate the winners.
Three Worlds
Every project belongs to exactly one category. Where will your Odyssey take you?
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Everyday Odyssey
Tools for everyday life: learning, creativity, hobbies, or personal organization.
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Inside the Crew
Better onboarding, knowledge sharing, collaboration, and delivery inside T1A.
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Beyond the Horizon
Applications and services that solve problems in client industries.
Rules
Divide, prompt, and conquer. Explore agentic development, build a new idea, and learn together across T1A. Engineers and non-engineers are equally welcome.
Based on The 100% Vibe-Coding Playbook, with the Fall 2026 schedule and three project categories. Individual demo slots, corporate-event session times, the submission channel, and the final submission deadline will be announced.
Questions about the event? Ask in #hackathon-cyprus-odyssey-2026 (opens in a new tab).
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Form & register your team
- Teams must have 2–3 people; solo participation is not allowed. Everyone at T1A can join.
- Self-organize in Slack and register in the team spreadsheet (opens in a new tab) during – . Registration closes October 9 at / . Organizers will help match anyone still looking for teammates before kickoff ends.
- Cross-time-zone teams are encouraged, not required.
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What you can build
- Every project must fit exactly one hackathon category. Choose from Everyday Odyssey, Inside the Crew, or Beyond the Horizon.
- Within your chosen category, internal tools, prototypes, experiments, and useful or playful utilities are all welcome.
- Use any programming language, framework, or provider.
- Explore agentic tools such as Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode: plan, develop, evaluate, and iterate.
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Fair play & preparation
- Build the project during the coding window, –, starting with the virtual kickoff on October 15 at / . See all stages in the timeline.
- Before kickoff, form your team, brainstorm, read documentation, and set up your environment. Do not implement core functionality in advance.
- A token will be announced at kickoff. Include it in your first meaningful commit message or README.
- Disclose any pre-built work. Undisclosed pre-built work may make a project ineligible for awards.
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Data & safety
- Do not use client data.
- Follow standard safety practices for internet-facing deployments.
- Keep your project and use of tools compliant with T1A company policies.
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Demo & deliverables
- A live demo is mandatory on the second day of coding, : 10 minutes to present, followed by 5 minutes of Q&A. The demo window is – / – (ending October 17 in CET). A recorded demo is optional and recommended as a backup.
- Submit a repository or shared code link, the project branch, and a short build log.
- Include “How to Run” instructions and a short write-up covering the problem, what you built, how it works, what is working, and what comes next.
- Individual demo slots, the submission channel, and the final deadline will be announced in the event Slack channel.
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One project, one category
Each project will enter exactly one of the three categories: Everyday Odyssey, Inside the Crew, or Beyond the Horizon. Further assignment details are still to be announced.
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Judging & awards
Judging takes place on .
Judges select one first-place team in each of the three categories. Every member of a category-winning team receives $500, either gross in cash or added to their device budget.
Three human judges score three criteria from 0–10 each, for a maximum of 30 points per judge.
- Solution quality: completeness, robustness, and how close the project is to a working solution.
- Innovation & real-world usefulness: strength, originality, and clarity of the idea, combined with its practical value for real problems or our work at T1A.
- Presentation: clarity, demo quality, time management, and answers to questions.
Ties are broken by the combined innovation and real-world usefulness score, then solution quality, then a quick judge vote. See the category awards and Grand Prix.
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Corporate event & audience vote
Teams will present their projects to the audience at the corporate event on –. Everyone at T1A will be able to cast one vote for one project.
The team whose project receives the most audience votes wins the Grand Prix. Every member receives an extra $500, either gross in cash or added to their device budget, on top of any category prize. Winning both awards means $1,000 per team member in total.
Meet the judges
Three perspectives. One Odyssey.
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Poseidon Mike-seidon
Keeps demos afloat and sends scope creep to the bottom of the sea.
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Zeus Alexeus
Ships features like he wields lightning, from Olympus to production.
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Hades Mikeades
Makes dying programming languages even deader and ensures they never return from the underworld.
Claim the laurels
Awards
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Category winners: $500 per member
Judges select one first-place team in each of the three categories. Every member of that team receives $500, either gross in cash or added to their device budget. -
Grand Prix: extra $500 per member
The project with the most audience votes wins. Every member of the winning team receives another $500, either gross in cash or added to their device budget. Everyone at T1A gets one vote at the corporate event on –.
Win both awards
$1,000 per team member in total. The Grand Prix prize is added to the category prize.
Teams
Meet the crews of Cyprus Odyssey.
Hover to bring a crew into the light. Tap a vase to keep it lit.
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Polako
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Test Team
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Malina
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Ship Happens
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Out Of Scope
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The Suitors
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AMAteurs
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Biedronka AI
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Team [REDACTED]
Join the Odyssey
Form your crew during the teaming-up stage, – . Every team must register to participate. Registration closes October 9 at / .
Build a team of 2–3 people and add it to the registration spreadsheet. Need teammates or have a question? Join #hackathon-cyprus-odyssey-2026 (opens in a new tab).