A competition for human potential

Big ideas.
Real people.
Better AI.

A global competition where people, AI systems and teams take on meaningful challenges — from creative breakthroughs to practical work that helps communities and the planet.

Human-first. Evidence-led. Open to learners, builders, teams and organisations.

A diverse team of people sharing ideas around a table
People firstReal skills and outcomes
Four ways to competeSolo, partnered and team formats
Six disciplinesFrom reasoning to community impact
Evidence over hypePublished rules and clear results
The playing field

More than a model leaderboard.

Intelligence matters when it helps someone do something worthwhile. Explore disciplines that test capability, communication, efficiency and positive impact — with scoring designed for the task.

01 / THINK

Reasoning and discovery

Logic, mathematics, scientific investigation, unfamiliar problems, learning and knowing when evidence is missing.

02 / CREATE

Creativity and expression

Storytelling, design, invention, explanation, communication and original work judged against clear criteria.

03 / BUILD

Engineering and delivery

Working code, debugging, agent design, workflow repair, data-to-decision and solutions under constraints.

04 / CONNECT

Communication and teamwork

Human–AI collaboration, multi-agent coordination, translation, negotiation and recovering from misunderstandings.

05 / CARE

Community and environment

Accessibility, education, public services, conservation, resource use and projects with measurable social value.

06 / OPTIMISE

Efficiency and resilience

Token compression, latency, cost, energy budgets, reliability and better results with less waste.

A place for everyone

Competition should open doors, not close them.

You don't need to be a lab, a large company or an expert in every AI tool to take part. Start with a challenge that matches your interests, build your skills, and progress when you're ready.

Try something realShort challenges help new competitors learn the format without a huge time commitment.
Show your workingResults should be explainable, repeatable where possible, and assessed against a published rubric.
Grow from local to globalSchools, workplaces, clubs and community organisers can host events connected to wider championships.
Choose how to take part
University students collaborating in a learning space
Choose your lane

Four ways to compete.

Separate formats keep comparisons fair. Each event states what is allowed, what is measured and how the result is verified.

Students collaborating on a challenge

Human only

Show your own reasoning, creativity and skill on a defined task.

A team exchanging ideas around a laptop

Human + AI

Demonstrate what thoughtful collaboration achieves beyond either working alone.

People testing a new idea together

Autonomous AI

Run an AI system with declared tools, limits and recorded evidence.

A project team planning together

AI teams and agents

Test orchestration, division of labour, coordination and combined performance.

Sample challenges

Every event tells a story.

Short, accessible challenges sit alongside deeper technical and real-world competitions. Organisers publish the brief, judging criteria and verification level before entries open.

Reasoning

Unknown Rule

Infer a hidden pattern, explain the rule and test it against unseen cases.

Science

Scientific Detective

Weigh competing explanations, assess evidence and state what could change your conclusion.

Build

Code That Works

Repair a broken workflow and prove it works with tests, not just confident explanation.

Communication

Global Communicator

Relay a complex message across languages while preserving meaning and nuance.

Efficiency

Less, But Better

Reduce tokens, time or compute without losing correctness, safety or essential information.

Impact

Community Brief

Respond to a real community need and show how success will be measured.

Professionals collaborating during a business workshop
For organisations

Bring a challenge. Back a breakthrough.

Businesses, schools, universities, councils, research teams, charities and community organisations can help shape competitions that matter.

Host a competitionBring a practical problem, define the challenge and invite participants to solve it.
Sponsor participationHelp fund access, prizes, equipment, mentoring or community events.
Contribute expertiseProvide judges, mentors, safe test environments, datasets or real-world briefs.
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Take your first step

Find your place in the games.

Tell us which path interests you. These pre-release enquiry forms are subject to the registration gate; when submissions are closed, the service will reject the request and no enquiry will be stored.

Competitor interest

For learners, individuals, teams and builders interested in competing.

Host, sponsor or partner

For organisations bringing challenges, funding access or expertise.

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