TRAINING EVENTS
EVENT | DATES AND TIMES (EASTERN TIME)
| DESCRIPTION |
Exhibition Round 1
| May 15 - June 14, 2019
5 PM ET 11:59 PM ET
| Practice and Recruiting. Images and download instructions emailed to coaches of registered teams no later than 5pm on round start date. |
| Exhibition Round 2 | July 17 - August 16, 2019
5 PM ET 11:59 PM ET | Practice and Recruiting. Images and download instructions emailed to coaches of registered teams no later than 5pm on round start date.
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Training Round
| September 5 - October 1, 2019
5 PM ET 11:59 PM ET
| Training images with answer keys available for new team or refresher training. |
| Sneak Preview | September 28th, 2019
12 PM ET 4:00 PM ET
| Practice/Test New Software
One Day - No Alternate Dates
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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
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 25-27, 2019
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. Tests basic of cybersecurity skills. |
Round 2
(All teams participate) | November 15-17, 2019
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 / eliminations occur after State Round) | December 6-8, 2019
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. |
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Semifinals | January 24-25, 2020
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.
| Top teams compete for Tier Awards. Platinum Tier and top Middle School Division teams compete for advancement to the National Finals Competition. |