Frontier AI has broken the open CTF format

Opinion / May 1, 2026 The CTF scene is dead. Frontier AI has broken the open CTF format. The scoreboard does not measure human skill cleanly anymore, and the old game is not coming back. What makes me qualified to say this? I started playing CTFs in 2021, the same year I started university. My first CTF was HCKSYD, a 48-hour solo CTF. I full solved it and won in 2 hours. I was completely hooked. T...