Girls in CTF 2026

✨ the evolvement : October 2026
GCTF community
🤝 GCTF2026

Sponsors:

    ✨ RE:HACK
    ✨ Hack the Box Kuala Lumpur
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Overview

✨ tl'dr

• 2 rounds: Qualifying Round and Final Round

• Open only to women/girls

• Open to students and professionals in Malaysia

• International participants are welcome for the Qualifying Round

• Final Round exclusively for top-ranking Malaysian finalists qualifying from the Prelim round

• Qualifying round: 2 October 2026 – 3 October 2026, 9:00 PM – 3:00 PM (GMT+8)

• Qualifying round duration: 18 hours

• Final round: 3 October 2026, 9:00 PM – 3:00 AM (GMT+8)

• Final round duration: 6 hours

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Gameplay

✨ what you can expect for GCTF2026

💻 GCTF (First round - Jeopardy): 2 October 2026 – 3 October 2026 (9 PM – 3 PM GMT+8)

⏳ GCTF Qualification Duration: 18 hours

• Qualifying round: Classic Jeopardy-style CTF with limitation in AI usage

💻 GCTF (Final - Team vs Team): 3 October 2026 (9 PM – 3 AM GMT+8)

⏳ GCTF Final Duration: 6 hours

🇲🇾 Exclusively for top-ranking Malaysian finalists qualifying from the Prelim round!

• Final round : Top 8 teams

• Final round : Head-to-head (Team vs Team)

• Final round : Maximum 30 minutes per match

• Final round : Double-elimination bracket (Winners Bracket & Losers Bracket)

✨ Final Round Match Rules

• Before each match, each team may ban one challenge category.

• The opposing team will only know the banned category when the match begins.

• Each match consists of two challenges.

• The winner is determined by: Solving all challenges first, or If neither team completes all challenges, the team with the fastest completion time wins.

Experiment for the Final Round

✨ For the final round, we will experimenting the following

• Live match broadcast

• Recorded Team vs Team matches

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