TRAINING EVENTS
EVENT | DATES AND TIMES (EASTERN TIME)
| DESCRIPTION |
Exhibition Round 1
| May 18 - June 17, 2022
Start: May 18 @ 5:00 PM ET
End: June 17 @ 11:59 PM ET
| Practice and Recruiting. Images and download instructions emailed to coaches of registered teams at 5:00 PM ET on the round start date. |
| Exhibition Round 2 | July 20 - August 21, 2022
Start: July 20 @ 5:00 PM ET
End: August 21 @ 11:59 PM ET | Practice and Recruiting. Images and download instructions emailed to coaches of registered teams at 5:00 PM ET on the round start date.
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Training Round
| September 08 - October 02, 2022
Start: September 8 @ 5:00 PM ET
End: October 2 @ 11:59 PM ET
| Training images with answer keys available. |
| Sneak Preview | September 22, 2022
Start: 9:00 AM ET
End: 9:00 PM ET
| Practice/Test New Software
One Day - No Alternate Dates
Scores do not count toward competition. |
Practice Round
| September 29 - October 07, 2022
Start: September 29 @ 5:00 PM ET
End: October 07 @ 11:59 PM ET | Re-release of training images with answer keys available.
Scores do not count toward competition. |
Competition Dates and times
(dates are Tentative - May be subject to change)
Teams may compete during the following times on competition weekends. All times are US Eastern Time.
Friday, 9:00 AM - Saturday, 3:00 AM ET
Saturday, 8:00 AM - Saturday, 11:59 PM ET
Sunday, 10:00 AM - Sunday, 10:00 PM ET
Other Competition Days, 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM ET
Please refer to Chapter 4 of the CYBERPATRIOT RULES BOOK for procedures concerning severe weather and emergencies.
(NOTE: Scheduling conflicts are not considered emergencies)
ROUND | Dates | Description |
Round 1
(All teams participate) | October 14 - October 16, 2022 & October 20 – 22, 2022 (Thursday - Saturday)*
This season only -- Because of Fall Break for many teams, Round 1 will have additional competition windows during Oct. 20-22. Teams may choose their competition period from any of the competition windows for Round 1. TEAMS MAY COMPETE ONLY ONCE IN ROUND 1. The Download instructions will be the same for all Round 1 dates. Sneak Peeks or Premature image openings will result in penalties for teams. Image download instructions and links are sent to Coaches at 5 PM ET, on or before the Monday prior to the competition round. The StartEx email with the password to the images is sent to teams at 9 AM ET the Friday of the competition round.
| All teams may compete. Tests basics of cybersecurity skills.
*Competition instructions will be issued only on Friday, October 14, and will not be re-issued for the competition period.
There are no emergency competition dates after Saturday, October 22. |
Round 2
(All teams participate) | November 4 - November 6, 2022
Image download instructions and links are sent to Coaches at 5 PM Eastern, on or before the Monday prior to the competition round. The StartEx email with the password to the images is sent to teams at 9 AM Eastern the Friday of the competition round.
| All teams may compete even if they did not compete in Round 1 or had a low score. More difficult than Round 1, to allow teams to be divided into skill-level tiers for the State Round. |
State Round
(All teams participate) | December 9 - December 11, 2022
Image download instructions and links are sent to Coaches at 5 PM Eastern, on or before the Monday prior to the competition round. The StartEx email with the password to the images is sent to teams at 9 AM Eastern the Friday of the competition round.
| All teams may compete with a clean slate. Past performance or participation in Rounds 1 and 2 do not count toward placement. Teams compete against other teams based on skill level for State Awards and Tier Awards. |
Semifinals
| January 20 - January 21, 2023
(Two Days only)
Image download instructions and links are sent to Coaches at 5 PM Eastern, on or before the Monday prior to the competition round. The StartEx email with the password to the images is sent to teams at 9 AM Eastern the Friday of the competition round. | |