HackBelfast is Northern Ireland's largest student-led hackathon, bringing together 175+ students from across Ireland and the UK for a 24-hour overnight hackathon! We offer 3 tracks:
1. Builder Track: For technical teams building software-first products with code. Strong submissions typically combine reliable engineering with clear user value and a credible path to real-world deployment.
2. Non-Builder Track: The Non-Builder Track is a business-focused lane designed for participants with limited coding experience who want to build and ship strong solutions. The goal is simple: by the end of 24 hours, get as close to a paying customer as possible. You'll develop a problem statement, validate it, use Lovable to prototype, and reach out to customers during the hackathon.
3. Quant Track: The Quant Track is a Virtu-led challenge that will be revealed on the day. Teams will receive historic market price data and a real financial-style problem to solve, with an emphasis on machine learning, quantitative thinking, and practical decision making. You will build a model/solution following Virtu's brief and submit it for scoring under a consistent evaluation method. You will also prepare a short write-up and presentation explaining your approach and results.
Requirements
All available tracks/challenges for Builder Track can be found on the devpost!
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
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Every person on your team has to click Registeration for this hackathon as soon as possible (you must all create Devpost accounts).
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Team Submission: One person from each team will enter a submission. When asked to ad your teammates email addresses, make sure to use the same ones they used to create their Devpost accounts.
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Demo Video& Pitch Format: You must include a 2-minute demo video and a link to all your code (eg; GitHub which must be public) with your sbmission. You will have a 4 minute pitch + 1 Q&A infront of the judges.
Note: Devpost is only to be used for Builder track!
Prizes
Grand Winner - Builder Track
Best Use Of Data - Hudson River Trading
£1000 Amazon Voucher - £200 per team member
Best Use Of ElevenLabs - ElevenLabs
ElevenLab Credits (6 Months of Scale Tier) $1980 Worth
AI For Everyday Safety - AllState
£500 in Amazon Voucher
Best Use Of Solana - SuperTeam Ireland $ not £
Experience Design & Usability Engineering - Options IT
£200 Amazon Voucher
Best Use of Adobe
Adobe Swag Bags
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
HackBelfast Judging Panel
Judging Criteria
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Technical Execution
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Innovation & Problem Fit
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Product & UX
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Real-World Potential
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Pitch & Communication
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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