0G HACKATHON TOURNAMENT

ZERO CUP

Builders battle to turn ideas into reality. Judges narrow the field, the community crowns the winner, and one project becomes the Zero Cup Champion.

Registration opens June 15How it works

Submission deadlineJUNE 23

DatesJUN 15 – JUL 19

Format6 rounds · knockout

Prize pool$17,000

JudgingCommunity + judges

Road to the Cup

Open entryJudged roundsLive · community vote

Every project starts in the open. Each round, the field gets cut and your build gets better. Improve and resubmit between rounds, that's the meta.

YOUSUBMIT

Project Submission

Anyone can enter.

Build on 0G and submit before the deadline.

ALLGROUPS

Group Stage

Every project gets reviewed.

Judges select the Top 32.

32TEAMS

Round of 32

The tournament begins.

The best 16 projects advance.

16TEAMS

Round of 16

The final judged round.

The Top 8 reach the knockouts.

8TEAMS

Quarter Finals

Top 8. Head-to-head.

Community voting decides who moves on. Guaranteed $500 per project.

4TEAMS

Semi Finals

Four teams remain.

Public voting picks the finalists. Additional $1,000 per project.

2TEAMS

Final

Two projects. One showdown.

The community crowns the champion. Additional $2,000 per project.

Champion

One winner.

Lift the Zero Cup and claim an additional $5,000 grand prize.

YOUSUBMIT

Project Submission

Anyone can enter.

Build on 0G and submit before the deadline.

ALLGROUPS

Group Stage

Every project gets reviewed.

Judges select the Top 32.

32TEAMS

Round of 32

The tournament begins.

The best 16 projects advance.

16TEAMS

Round of 16

The final judged round.

The Top 8 reach the knockouts.

8TEAMS

Quarter Finals

Top 8. Head-to-head.

Community voting decides who moves on. Guaranteed $500 per project.

4TEAMS

Semi Finals

Four teams remain.

Public voting picks the finalists. Additional $1,000 per project.

2TEAMS

Final

Two projects. One showdown.

The community crowns the champion. Additional $2,000 per project.

Champion

One winner.

Lift the Zero Cup and claim an additional $5,000 grand prize.

Match schedule

Six stages from June 15 to July 19. Mark the dates, every deadline is a cut.

Group stageJUN 15–27

Registration opensJUN 15

Submissions closeJUN 23

Winners announcedJUN 27

Round of 32JUN 28–JUL 3

Submissions closeJUN 28

Winners announcedJUL 3

Round of 16JUL 4–7

Submissions closeJUL 4

Winners announcedJUL 7

Quarter finalsJUL 8–11

Final submissions closeJUL 8

Community votingJUL 8–10

Winners announcedJUL 11

Semi finalsJUL 12–15

Community votingJUL 12–14

Winners announcedJUL 15

FinalsJUL 16–19

Community votingJUL 16–18

Champion crownedJUL 19

Rules

Five rules cover the whole tournament. Read them once, then go build.

Submission criteria ►Competition rules ►

01Anyone can submit a project.

02Judges score the early rounds, from the group stage through the round of 16.

03Teams can improve and update their projects between rounds.

04From the quarter finals, the community decides through public voting.

05The competition then moves into knockout rounds.

Prize pool

$17,000 total — prizes stack as you advance through the bracket.

$500Top 8 projectsGuaranteed, per project

+$1,000Top 4 projectsAdditional, per project

+$2,000Top 2 projectsAdditional, per project

+$5,000Zero Cup ChampionAdditional grand prize

Ready to lift the cup?

Registration opens June 15. Build on 0G's infinite storage and compute.

Registration opens June 15