Event Details

The 2025 eCitadel Open will be held May 30 - June 1, 2025. The competition runs from 8 AM Central time on May 30th through 11:59 PM Central time on June 1st.

Competition Window

Teams have a 6 hour competition window to work on the provided virtual machines and challenges. Teams choose when their 6 hour window begins, but they must complete all their efforts by 11:59 PM Central time on June 1. There is no pausing/stopping of the 6 hour window - once you start competing you have a total of 6 hours to work on ALL the provided virtual machines and challenges.

Prizes

Prizes will be awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams.

Practice Round

A practice round will be available to each fully registered team roughly a week prior to the competition.

Scoring

The winner will be determined by the highest cumulative score at the end of competition. Accumulated point values are broken down as follows:

• Finding and fixing vulnerabilities accounts for roughly 40 percent of the possible points
• Successful completion of injects accounts for roughly 40 percent of the possible points (awarded points will vary by task, but will be part of a cumulative total)
• Critical services account for roughly 20 percent of the possible points (based on a random polling interval of core services)

Successful Red Team persistence will result in point deductions from a team's total score based on the level of access maintained.