Please read these rules carefully (the “Rules”). If you enter our RP2350 Challenge we will assume you have read these Rules and agree to them. If you are under eighteen please make sure you have the permission of your parent or guardian to enter.
We have updated these Rules to extend the Closing Date to midnight UK time on 31 December 2024 and increase the prize money to $20,000 — see below
1. The RP2350 Challenge (the “Challenge”) is a competition organised and operated by Raspberry Pi Ltd (“Raspberry Pi”, “us”, “we”, “our”) of 194 Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, England, CB4 0AB.
2. The challenge requires you to circumvent the signed boot process present in the A2 revision of RP2350, allowing the processors to execute unsigned code, and using that access to read secrets from the on-chip OTP. Once you think you have discovered a break, please email us at [email protected] with details and we’ll be in contact.
3. We reserve the right to cancel or amend the Challenge or these Rules at any time without prior notice. Any changes will be posted on this page.
4. How to enter
4.1 The Challenge will run from 4pm UK time on 8 August 2024 (the “Opening Date”) to midnight UK time on 31 December 2024 (the “Closing Date”) inclusive.
4.2 All entries must be received by us by no later than midnight UK time on the Closing Date. All Challenge entries received after this time on the Closing Date are automatically disqualified. We may extend the Closing Date at our sole discretion. Any extension will be posted on this page.
4.3 Technical details of how to enter the Challenge can be found here.
4.4 There is no fee to take part in the Challenge.
4.5 We will not accept entries that are incomplete, unlawful, fraudulent, submitted incorrectly, lost, mislaid, damaged or delayed in submission, regardless of cause, including, for example, as a result of any equipment failure, technical malfunction, systems, satellite, network, server, computer hardware or software failure of any kind.
4.6 By submitting a Challenge entry, you are agreeing to be bound by these Rules.
4.7 For help with entries, please contact [email protected].
4.8 The Challenge entries will be judged by a panel of three judges (one of whom will be independent). The independent judge will have the deciding vote in the event of any disagreement as to whether an entry is successful and/or, if multiple entries are deemed successful by the panel, the independent judge shall have sole discretion as to which entry is the winner. The decision of the panel of judges will be final.
4.9 A list of names of the judges will be displayed on this page on the Closing Date.
5. Eligibility
5.1 The Challenge is open to everyone, except for: (i) residents of Belarus, Crimea, Cuba, Donetsk People’s Republic, Luhansk People’s Republic, Iran, Russia, Syria, North Korea; (ii) individuals restricted by applicable export controls and/or sanctions programs; and (iii) employees and contractors of Raspberry Pi or its holding or subsidiary companies and their immediate families or households.
5.2 Anyone under eighteen must have parent or guardian approval to enter the Challenge. Parents and guardians are responsible for their minor’s participation in the Challenge.
5.3 In entering the Challenge, you confirm that you are eligible to do so and eligible to claim the prize. We may require you to provide proof that you are eligible to enter the Challenge.
5.4 There is a limit of one entry to the Challenge per person. Entries on behalf of another person will not be accepted other than parent or guardian’s entry on behalf of their minor.
5.5 We reserve all rights to disqualify you if your conduct is contrary to the spirit or intention of the Challenge or we believe you are in breach of the Rules.
6. The prize
6.1 There is one prize of $20,000 in cash. There are no other prizes.
6.2 The prize is not negotiable or transferable.
7. Winner
7.1 If more than one valid submission is received, the judges will determine which submission is the winner. The decision of the judges is final and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into.
7.2 We will contact the winner personally as soon as practicable after the Closing Date, using the telephone number or email address provided with the Challenge entry.
7.3 Raspberry Pi will publish or make available information that indicates that a valid award took place. To comply with this obligation, we will publish the name and country of major prize winners and, if applicable, their winning entries on the raspberrypi.com blog.
7.4 If you want to remain anonymous to the public, or otherwise object to any or all of your surname, country, and winning entry being published or made available, please state this when you contact us to disclose the details of the suspected break. In such circumstances, we must still provide the information and winning entry to the Advertising Standards Authority in the UK on request.
8. Claiming the prize
8.1 If you win the prize, you will have 30 days from being notified that you are the winner to claim the prize. If you do not claim the prize by this date, your claim will become invalid.
8.2 The prize may not be claimed by a third party on your behalf unless it is your parent or guardian.
8.3 We will make all reasonable efforts to contact the winner. If the winner cannot be contacted or is not available, or has not claimed their prize within 30 of days of notification, we reserve the right to offer the prize to the next eligible entrant selected from any successful entries that were received before the Closing Date.
8.4 We do not accept any responsibility if you are not able to take up the prize.
9. Limitation of liability
9.1 Insofar as is permitted by law, we, our agents or distributors will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate the winner or any participant or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of taking up the prize or taking part in the Challenge except where it is caused by the negligence of us or, our agents or distributors or that of their employees. Your statutory rights are not affected.
10. Intellectual property rights
10.1 We do not claim ownership of the materials you submit; however, by submitting your Challenge entry and any accompanying material, you agree that you are not infringing third party intellectual property rights, and you agree to grant Raspberry Pi a non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable licence to use, publish, transmit, copy, edit, alter, store, re-format and sub-licence the intellectual property rights in the Challenge entry and any accompanying materials in connection with running the Challenge and publishing the results of the Challenge, and to make changes to fix bugs in and/or improve the security or features of RP2350, and other products.
11. Data protection and publicity
11.1 We will only process your personal information as set out in accordance with applicable data protection legislation and our Privacy Policy. See also condition 7.3 and condition 7.4, with regard to the announcement of winners.
12. General
12.1 These Rules are governed by English law. If any entrants to this Challenge wish to take court proceedings, then they must do this within the courts in England and Wales.