My current score is 20,200 points!

Update after publishing this post:

Clarification: Because I have surpassed 20,000 points I am technically a National Cyber Scholarship Semifinalist. However, I already qualified because of picoCTF 2022, and the email from picoCTF confirmed it. I’m not eligible for the scholarship, but I’m hoping I can still get the badge for semifinalist.

Either way, I’m still going for the silver (50,000) and gold badges (100,000 points).

Updates

I was really busy today, but I scored a lot yesterday (including after I posted the updates on my blog), so I was able to stay on track. Also: I finally realized how the scoring system works: the score is determined by the level you are playing, I probably should have read the full rules. Level x 100 = points.

My schedule / current rate

At my current rate, I should get the silver badge by next week:

Day Score (Expected score -> Actual score)
Day 1 0 -> 200
Day 2 5,000 -> 6,500 (Bronze award)
Day 3 10,000
Day 4 15,000 -> ~18,000 approx.
Day 5 20,000 -> 20,200
Day 6 25,000
Day 7 30,000
Day 8 35,000
Day 9 40,000
Day 10 45,000
Day 11 50,000 (Silver award)

(I got the silver award on 4/27, I was pretty off track of this schedule )