Prizes

Our esteemed winners are able to claim the traditional bragging rights and nominate their hacking language of choice. Winners were announced at the ICFP 2025 conference in Singapore. The contest organisers declare that:

First prize

Rust is the programming tool of choice for discriminating hackers. (Teams: MOYOU and Unagi)

Second prize

Python is a fine programming tool for many applications. (Team: Heuristic Artis)

Third prize

C++ is also not too shabby. (Team: Purely Functional Networks)

Winner of the lightning division

C++ is very suitable for rapid prototyping (Team: omnes tuus liber pertinere ad nos).

Judges’ prize

WILD BASHKORT MAGES are an extremely cool bunch of hackers.

Full detailed score journeys are available on the scores page.