05 / Competitive cybersecurity
THE SALT CROWN
Tyler Seder’s first cybersecurity hackathon and CTF competition: Hack The Box Cyber Apocalypse CTF 2026.
Open official Hack The Box event ↗01 / Final result
A two-person team against a global field.
Obsidian Sentinel completed the competition at rank 192 with 123 team flags and 56,775 points. Tyler’s individual contribution under the handle Ty6 was 115 flags and 49,675 points.
PLAYER PROFILE
49,675 INDIVIDUAL POINTSTyler Seder · Ty6
Team captain and hands-on competitor across technical challenge categories.
02 / Competition
Five days of practical problem solving under pressure.
The event combined very easy through insane challenges in a global jeopardy-style format. Working in a two-person team required rapid research, disciplined testing, documentation, and prioritization across many domains.
FORENSICSWEBOSINTPWNCODINGREVERSINGCRYPTOBLOCKCHAINCLOUDICSHARDWARESECURE CODINGAI / MLMOBILE
Find the weakness. Prove the path. Capture the flag.
The competition reinforced a repeatable workflow: understand the system, form a hypothesis, test safely, inspect the evidence, automate where useful, and document the result.
LinuxPythonBurp SuiteGhidraWiresharkDocker
03 / What it demonstrated
Persistence, adaptability, and technical range.
The value was not limited to the scoreboard. The event demanded the ability to move between unfamiliar codebases, network services, binary behavior, logs, mobile applications, cloud configurations, and cryptographic systems.
Learn quickly
Challenge categories changed constantly, requiring rapid context switching and focused research.
Work from evidence
Progress depended on inspecting code, traffic, memory, files, and system behavior rather than guessing.
Keep moving
When one path stalled, the team reprioritized and returned with a stronger hypothesis.
04 / Takeaway
A first competition that became real proof of capability.
Finishing in the top 200 with 123 team flags gave Tyler a concrete benchmark for his cybersecurity skills and a clear foundation for future competitive events, deeper specialization, and continued authorized security testing.
All challenge activity was performed inside Hack The Box’s authorized competition environment.