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You left the surface site. Down here is where I keep score: the timed, scored competitions I have entered, what I captured, and what I am training for next. Practice labs live in the homelab. No spoilers for live events. Writeups go up after an event closes, and only where its rules allow.

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Huntress CTF 2026
October 2026 · daily challenge drops · solo run
06DAYS
23HRS
37MIN
39SEC
#malware#forensics#osint#scripting
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rules of engagement house rules

-----BEGIN RULES----- 1. No flags or solutions for live events. 2. Writeups after close, where the event's rules allow. 3. Scores posted as earned, with proof. 4. Rank against the whole field, not a hand-picked number. -----END RULES-----

archive 3 entries

[2026.O] Huntress CTF 2026Huntress · Cybersecurity Awareness Month · October 2026 registered
[2020.S] NCL Individual GameNational Cyber League · Cyber Skyline · Spring 2020 · as Proj3ctL1nux @ WGU #338 of 5,356 · top 6.3%1,755 / 3,000 pts · 79.5% accuracyscorecard
[2019.F] NCL Individual GameNational Cyber League · Cyber Skyline · Fall 2019 · as Proj3ctL1nux @ WGU #463 of 4,147 · top 11.2%1,470 / 3,000 pts · 72.9% accuracyscorecard

signal strength ncl individual game · spring 2020

$ load --event 2 scored · 1 pending
rank#338of 5,356 was #463
percentiletop 6.3%of all players was top 11.2%
points1,755of 3,000 +285 pts
accuracy79.5%of submissions correct +6.6 pts
completion74.8%of all challenges +9.5 pts

module completion, fall 2019 to spring 2020

osint 100% = unchanged since fall 2019
wireless access 92% +15 points since fall 2019, was 77%
network traffic 91% +17 points since fall 2019, was 74%
password cracking 89% +15 points since fall 2019, was 74%
cryptography 81% +4 points since fall 2019, was 77%
log analysis 71% +10 points since fall 2019, was 61%
web app 67% +58 points since fall 2019, was 9%
scanning 18% -29 points since fall 2019, was 47%
exploitation 17% -8 points since fall 2019, was 25%

fall 2019 spring 2020gaineddropped

biggest gainweb app +589% to 67% in one run
heldosint 100%perfect in both runs
field+125 placeswhile 1,209 more players joined

run details

event
NCL Individual Game
season
Spring 2020
platform
Cyber Skyline
crew
solo
handle
Proj3ctL1nux @ WGU
placed
#338 of 5,356 · ahead of 5,018

gaps from fall 2019 · this run

  • web app 9 → 67%improving
  • exploitation 25 → 17%still open
  • scanning 47 → 18%still open
  • log analysis 61 → 71%closed

Challenge sets change from run to run, so module scores compare different problems. Rank against the whole field is the like for like number.

christian carrasco · operator ← return to the surface