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Misc CTF challenges

3,995 Misc CTF challenges from 420 CTFs (2011–2026), 705 with writeups.

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Challenge CTF Weight Has
Rohald Crypto 2021 36.00 files wu 1
trustedhash R3CTF 2026 35.95 files wu 1
null N1CTF 2018 24.41 files wu 1
Tons_of_Fun BuckeyeCTF 2025 – files wu 1
timemachine rgbCTF 2020 19.74 files wu 1
NetFS_2 zer0pts 2023 52.62 files wu 1
Secret_Service InCTF 2020 53.95 files wu 1
Baby_Tcache BackdoorCTF 2019 56.00 files wu 1
USER-ADMINISTRATION Rooters 2019 24.23 files wu 1
EasyWrite N1CTF 2020 36.00 files wu 1
card GACTF 2020 – files wu 1
studysim HSCTF 2020 – files wu 1
toddler_cache HackPack 2020 – files wu 1
Aria_Writer HSCTF 2019 – files wu 1
Aria_Writer_v3 HSCTF 2019 – files wu 1
Ramen Harekaze 2019 23.87 files wu 1
babyheap FireShell 2019 24.49 files wu 1
schmaltz InCTF 2019 37.00 files wu 1
SecureMessage MeePwn 2018 Quals 24.59 files wu 1
slot_machine Hack.lu 2018 72.75 files wu 1
Heap-Heap-Hooray kksctf 2019 – files wu 1
vi-deteriorated TokyoWesterns 2020 – files wu 1
OK_BOOMER SunshineCTF 2025 51.65 files wu 1
no_write RCTF 2020 – files wu 1
syscall_kit zer0pts 2020 24.56 files wu 1
Subarray_Sums_101 TeamItaly 2023 24.88 files wu 1
Ace_of_Spades PwnThyBytes 2019 25.00 files wu 1
Meeting RaziCTF 2020 21.91 files wu 1
Tribble_with_my_Skin SunshineCTF 2025 51.65 files wu 1
Oversized_Downlink Starpwn 2026 – files wu 1
Baby_two Securinets 2019 Quals 22.72 files wu 1
syrup NahamCon 2020 23.72 files wu 1
tokenizer ISITDTU 2019 Quals 23.38 files wu 1
ByteCafe ByteCTF 2020 – files wu 1
babystack BambooFox 2021 24.15 files wu 1
WelcomeToPwn boot2root 2020 24.93 files wu 1
binary-exploitation-is-ez COMPFEST 2020 – files wu 1
shellCode boot2root 2020 24.93 files wu 1
baby-pwn CyberSecurityRumble 2020 28.00 files wu 1
Mini-Game SPbCTF 2021 Quals – files wu 1