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Organizer of an online machine-learning hackathon
MLX Hackathon
I created and ran MLX (Machine Learning Xtreme), an online machine-learning hackathon for students on Devpost in February 2025, with three co-managers. The public page showed 255 participants in November 2026, and its gallery holds 31 submitted projects.
- When
- Feb 2025
- Team
- A four-person organizing team.
- Role
- Creator and host of the event on Devpost, with three co-managers.
Progress
Progress80%
The event ran from registration to winners, announced on 1 March 2025. The organizer's report still has an unfinished winners table.
What comes next
- Finish the organizer's report, including its table of winners.
255
participants
As the public Devpost page showed on 10 November 2026. The organizer's export of 27 February 2025 counted 259 registrants.
Devpost public page, 10 November 2026Verified. Backed by a file or public page that has been checked.Devpost public page, 10 November 2026 — The public page names the organizer as the MLX hackathon team, not Adithya. A screenshot of his organizer dashboard is on file.31
project submissions
Devpost project galleryVerified. Backed by a file or public page that has been checked.Devpost project gallery28
countries among the registrants
The organizer's own record, an export of 27 February 2025. Not shown on the public page.
Organizer's country export, 27 February 2025Verified. Backed by a file or public page that has been checked.Organizer's country export, 27 February 2025 — Read in the project audit of 13 November 2026. The file is on the owner's external drive.Exhibit 01 · Scorecard
The event in numbers, each with its date
The participant count depends on the day you read it. Every figure here says where and when it was read.
| Measure | Result | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Participants on the public page | 255 | On 10 November 2026. | Devpost public page |
| Registrants at the close | 259 | The organizer's export of 27 February 2025. Later captures of the public page show 258 and, on 13 April 2025, 257. | Organizer's export; captures of the Devpost page |
| Countries | 28 | India 142, United States 39. The organizer's own record, not a public page. | Organizer's export, 27 February 2025 |
| Project submissions | 31 | Devpost project gallery; organizer's report | |
| Winning projects | 7 | Projects with a winner ribbon in the public gallery. | Devpost project gallery |
| Organizing team | 4 | A creator and three co-managers. | Organizer's report and dashboard |
| Prize money | $0 | As the Devpost page states. The event was for students. | Capture of the Devpost page |
01
What it is
MLX, short for Machine Learning Xtreme, was an online machine-learning hackathon for students, with the tagline "Code, Train, Deploy!". It ran on Devpost from 1 to 26 February 2025, and the winners were announced on 1 March. I created it and hosted it, with three co-managers. It is the one entry in this line-up where I was not the one building: the participants were.
02
What I did
I set the event up on Devpost and wrote its rules and its challenge brief. I produced the artwork: logo, banners and header. With the organizing team I ran four weeks of registration, submissions and judging, then designed and issued certificates to participants and winners. There was no prize money.
03
What the numbers say
The participant count depends on the day you read it, so each figure here carries its date. My own export of 27 February 2025, the day after the event closed, lists 259 registrants from 28 countries, most of them in India (142) and the United States (39). The public page showed 257 participants on 13 April 2025 and 255 on 10 November 2026. Its gallery holds 31 submitted projects, 7 of them marked as winners.
04
What I'd change
The organizer's report was never finished: its table of winners still has blanks. I would complete it and publish it, so that the event has a record beyond its Devpost page.
One question
The answer is on this page. Get it right and it goes in your passport on the map.
Challenge· stamped
MLX ran online for four weeks. From how many countries did people register?
The organizer's export of 27 February 2025 lists 259 registrants from 28 countries, most of them in India (142) and the United States (39). It is his own record, not a public page.
Show the answer
28. The organizer's export of 27 February 2025 lists 259 registrants from 28 countries, most of them in India (142) and the United States (39). It is his own record, not a public page.
- Stack
- Devpost
- Rules and challenge brief
- Judging
- Certificates