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  • Alan Turing Cryptography Competition and Mathsbombe, 2026.

    From David Entwistle@qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz to rec.puzzles on Tue Dec 16 19:33:31 2025
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    The latest Alan Turing Cryptography Competition will start on Monday, 12th January, 2026 and the Mathsbombe challenges will start on Wednesday, 21st January, 2026. Both are organized by the Department of Mathematics at the University of Manchester. Thanks to Manchester University for supporting
    both of these events.

    https://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/cryptography/ https://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/mathsbombe/

    https://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/about/
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    David Entwistle
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  • From David Entwistle@qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz to rec.puzzles on Mon Jan 12 09:13:14 2026
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    On Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:33:31 -0000 (UTC), David Entwistle wrote:

    The latest Alan Turing Cryptography Competition will start on Monday,
    12th January, 2026 and the Mathsbombe challenges will start on
    Wednesday, 21st January, 2026. Both are organized by the Department of Mathematics at the University of Manchester. Thanks to Manchester
    University for supporting both of these events.

    https://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/cryptography/ https://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/mathsbombe/

    https://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/about/

    Alan Turing Cryptography Competition should be up and running later today.
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    David Entwistle
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  • From David Entwistle@qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz to rec.puzzles on Wed Jan 21 09:11:01 2026
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    On Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:33:31 -0000 (UTC), David Entwistle wrote:

    The latest Alan Turing Cryptography Competition will start on Monday,
    12th January, 2026 and the Mathsbombe challenges will start on
    Wednesday, 21st January, 2026. Both are organized by the Department of Mathematics at the University of Manchester. Thanks to Manchester
    University for supporting both of these events.


    https://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/mathsbombe/


    Mathsbombe should be up and running later today.
    --
    David Entwistle
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  • From David Entwistle@qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz to rec.puzzles on Mon Jan 26 17:32:08 2026
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    On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 09:11:01 -0000 (UTC), David Entwistle wrote:

    On Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:33:31 -0000 (UTC), David Entwistle wrote:

    The latest Alan Turing Cryptography Competition will start on Monday,
    12th January, 2026 and the Mathsbombe challenges will start on
    Wednesday, 21st January, 2026. Both are organized by the Department of
    Mathematics at the University of Manchester. Thanks to Manchester
    University for supporting both of these events.


    https://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/mathsbombe/


    Mathsbombe should be up and running later today.

    Regrading Problem 2, Note: we updated the wording of the problem on 26/01/2026. The original wording had a different solution than intended
    which we were not recognizing as correct.
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    David Entwistle
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