Nerd Cup · Season 1

A preview of what’s coming: weekly challenges, live duels, regional leaderboards, forever badges.

3 challenges · 5 regions

Example challenge (preview)

BUILDUpcoming

Auto-post the day's top arXiv paper to Slack

Wire an n8n workflow that fetches today's top arXiv paper, summarizes in plain English, and posts to Slack — triggered by a daily cron.

28 Aug 2026n8n · arxiv · slack

Prizes

#1Anthropic credits + featured on NLT homepage
#2Vercel Pro 1-year
#3GetNerdo Pro 6 months

EXPLAINUpcoming

Best Egyptian explanation of async/await (90s)

Record a ≤90-second video explaining async/await in Egyptian Arabic. Code-switching is welcome. Best in dialect, best analogy, best clarity wins.

4 Sept 2026arabic · video · javascript

Prizes

#1Featured on NerdLevelTech homepage + AirPods Pro
#2GetNerdo Pro 12 months
#3Founders' "Amm Hassan" mug

DEBUGUpcoming

Find the planted bug in this React form

A React form repo is shared with three planted bugs (race condition, accessibility, validation). First to PR all three with green CI wins. Speed bonus.

11 Sept 2026react · debugging · ci

Prizes

#1Cash prize + featured CI gist
#2GetNerdo Pro 12 months
#3Stickers + LumaByte hoodie

Leaderboard

Sample standings — Season 1 preview

#ParticipantRegionSubmissionsPoints

#1Alia FaroukEgypt3320

#2Omar HassanEgypt3290

#3Lana KhouryLevant2274

#4Fahad Al-HarbiKSA3250

#5Sara AzizUAE2240

#6Kareem GamalEgypt2220

#7Noor SalemLevant2195

#8Rana TarekEgypt2180

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