Season 6

Code Battle 2026: Season 6

The UAE's free inter-school hackathon for Grades 1–12. Online eliminator from 10 to 15 November, then a live Grand Finale at Heriot-Watt University Dubai on 21 November.

Go to the competition platform → Register your school

Online eliminator

Eliminator themes

Each division gets its own theme for the online eliminator. The themes are announced live at the launch webinar, then posted here.

Coming soon

Themes unveiling Tuesday 10 November, 11:00 AM

Join the launch webinar to hear the eliminator themes first. They'll appear on this page straight after.

Students presenting their project to judges at Code Battle 2025

How to compete

Compete in the online eliminator

Teams build from school or home on Compete, a collaborative platform with Bloqi Studio, Bloqi Jr and a text-based IDE.

Log in to CompeteUse your team's ticket code from iHatch at compete.icodejr.com. Keep it private: anyone with your code can get into your project.
Build your project togetherAll team members can work on the project at the same time, and Compete's built-in AI assistant can help along the way. The code must be your own.
Record your pitch and submitRecord on Compete's built-in recorder, then press final submit by 11:59 PM on 15 November. There's no going back after that.

Go to the competition platform →Full rules and format

Pitch format

Your pitch: 2 to 3 minutes

Record it on Compete's built-in recorder. You can record as many versions as you like before you submit.

Introduce yourselvesSay who you are and introduce your team.
Show your finished projectTalk through your thinking and how you adapted the theme.
Show your codeWalk the judges through how you built it.
Wrap upFinish with a thank you.

Before you press final submit