Wins.

I don’t enter to take part. Every CTF, hackathon, research prize, and debate title, ranked.

Greatest hits.

The ones I bring up at dinner.

27honors on the record, and counting.

Research2026
Best Student Paper Award
HackEd, Smart Technologies & Education
Hacking & building2024
1st place, BEST Hackathon
BEST Brașov
Debate & stage2021
1st place and Best Speaker
DEBATTLE X
Debate & stage2026
Delegate, European Student Assembly
European Parliament, Strasbourg. The recommendation passed.

Somebody has to. It might as well be the one on the podium.

19 podium finishes. Plus 7 prizes and honors that don’t come with a place.

1stBEST BrașovBEST HackathonHacking & building2024
1stCTFescuHacking & building2023
1stDEBATTLE XBest SpeakerDebate & stage2021
2ndStudent Scientific Communications SessionResearch2025
2ndCTFescuHacking & building2024
2ndEDUTechHacking & building2024
2ndDefCampDevOps NinjaHacking & building2023
2ndBrașov CyberARENAHacking & building2022
2nd ×2UNbreakable RomaniaTwo silver medals, individualHacking & building2021
2ndTinerii DezbatIndividualDebate & stage2019
3rdStudent Scientific Communications SessionResearch on exploiting LLMsResearch2024
3rdCyberHub CTFHacking & building2024
3rdArena UrsilorHacking & building2023
3rdUNbreakable RomaniaBronze medal, teamHacking & building2021
3rdMegaDebateTeamsDebate & stage2019
3rd ×3National IT&C OlympiadThree bronze medalsHacking & building2016 to 2018
HonorBest Student Paper AwardHackEd, Smart Technologies & EducationResearch2026
HonorDelegate, European Student AssemblyEuropean Parliament, Strasbourg. The recommendation passed.Debate & stage2026
HonorSpeaker on AI systems securityBIT, BEST BrașovDebate & stage2026
HonorXperi Prize for hardware-accelerated SHA crackingStudent Scientific Communications SessionResearch2023
HonorAFCO AwardTransilvania University of BrașovResearch2023
HonorTranslator, Recommendation on the Ethics of AIUNESCODebate & stage2022
5th5th place, national stageAcadnetHacking & building2019