HackMars — Hackathon
HackMars 3.0: NEON
The third official HackMars hackathon. Build, ship, and compete in a vaporwave-styled online event for students worldwide.
Prize Pool
Non-cash Prize
Location
Online
Duration
24 days
Date
May 16, 2026 - Jun 9, 2026
About the Hackathon
The third official HackMars hackathon. Build, ship, and compete in a vaporwave-styled online event for students worldwide.
About the challengeHackMars 3.0: NEON is the third installment of the HackMars hackathon series, an online event where students build programs that change how people learn. This time, we're back to the core of building something that matters, shipping it on time, and competing across four tracks.Tracks (pick one on submission):Productivity:Create a program that can help students around the world remove distractions, work faster, or "gamify" studying.Real World Problem:Research a real-world issue, and create a program that could contribute to solving it.Career + College:Create a program that can help students with college admissions, research of colleges, or find info regarding careers.Program of your own choosing:If the prior tracks are not of your interest, feel free to make your own program, but it should help others and serve a purpose.Judging criteria:Creativity / InnovationExecutionFunctionalityImpact / PotentialPresentation / PitchGet startedRegister on Devpost[NECESSARY]Join ourDiscord(https://discord.gg/cmAjrXdPCe)Form a teamof 1–5.Build! People in our discord can help you with an questions throughout the event.Submit a3–5 min demo video+ repo before the deadline.
Event Details
Format
Online
Prize Pool
Non-cash Prize
Currency
USD
Start
May 16, 2026
End
Jun 9, 2026
Duration
24 days
Organized by HackMars
Online · Ended
Timeline
May 16, 2026
EVENT STARTS
Hackathon kicks off. Join online and start building.
Jun 9, 2026
EVENT ENDS
Final submissions and judging period begins.