🏆 Telegram ML Competition, Round 2: Results

We are pleased to announce that 14 of the 62 total contestants in this round have been nominated for prize places. Sunny Whale, who boasts the best total score, has been promoted to 🥇1st PLACE and secured a $15,000 prize!

Our final evaluation was conducted with the following dataset – and we've included a scoring breakdown beneath each submission.

The Final Score for each submission was calculated based on their Code Language Detection and Overall Detection rates in proportion to the Average Time per sample.

Submissions that scored less than 90 points for their Overall Detection Rate were discarded, and given a Final Score of zero.

Meet the winners!

1st PLACE – $15,000
🥇Sunny Whale

2nd PLACE – $4,500
🥈Gifted Piranha
🥈Small Goose

3rd PLACE – $2,000
🥉Swift Skunk
🥉Hip Hyena
🥉Daring Lynx
🥉Merry Pony
🥉Brave Beetle

4th PLACE – $1000
🎖️Sturdy Kangaroo
🎖️Dandy Ram
🎖️Sharp Sloth
🎖️Merry Goat
🎖️Nimble Seal
🎖️Dashing Gull, penalties:
– preloading penalty (–$100)

Congratulations, and thank you to all who participated!

🏆 Telegram UI Competition for Android: Results

So far, this has been one of the most fun competitions we've held – at least from the judges' perspective. After many hours of testing and thousands of vaporized messages, we are now ready to announce the results – from a total of 30 submissions, 17 contestants qualified for prizes.

While many entries followed our advice and used the Spoiler Effect as a reference, some chose a slightly different approach – like 🥇Fierce Frog who implemented the task with compute shaders. And on that note, here are the winners!

1st PLACE – $3,000
🥇Fierce Frog
🥇Dreamy Crab

2nd PLACE – $2,000
🥈Slim Gull
🥈Fit Falcon
🥈Cool Bee
🥈Merry Gopher
🥈Tactful Hare penalties:
– default package ID (–$500)
🥈Huge Fox penalties:
– default package ID (–$500)
🥈Dandy Owl penalties:
– default API ID (–$500)

3rd PLACE – $1,000
🥉Fancy Bat
🥉Fierce Bull
🥉Dreamy Chicken
🥉Strict Pigeon
🥉Fairy Zebra
🥉Subtle Piranha
🥉Desert Falcon penalties:
– default package ID (–$500)
🥉Young Beetle penalties:
– default API ID (–$500)

All contestants can find personalized feedback from the judges in the comment section of their submission.

Congratulations to the winners and a happy weekend to all!

🏆 Telegram Сontest for JS Developers, Round 1

We've decided to expand the scope of this contest, so the updated Task and additional details will be posted in this channel on January 10th, 2024. Ensure you have notifications enabled so you don't miss it.

Wishing you all the best in the New Year! 🚗

🏆 Telegram Contest for JavaScript Developers, Round 1

Prize fund: $30,000
Deadline: 23:59 on January 21st (Dubai time)
Who can participate: Everyone
Results: February 4th, 2024

Telegram is hosting a contest for JavaScript developers to implement Live Streaming into Telegram Web and enhance video playback capabilities in specific browsers.

The Task:
1. Implement Live Streaming into Telegram Web K based on the provided mockups.
2. Introduce a workaround for a Chromium bug that prevents certain videos from being played.

For an in-depth task description, further details and a bonus task, please refer to this document 👈

Evaluation Criteria and Requirements:
General
– No third-party UI frameworks are allowed.
– The submission must be consistent with the existing Web K codebase.
– Your implementation must work flawlessly on desktop Chrome (across Linux, macOS, Windows) and Safari on macOS. Proper support for other browsers and mobile environments (Android, iOS) will be considered a bonus.

❗️Your app must precisely follow the provided design mockups. Entries that fail to do so will be severely penalized.

Live Streaming
– The most preferable outcome can be achieved by re-using parts of dash.js. However, you may opt for your own approach, provided that the final result is not inferior to the implementation present in Telegram's native apps.

Submissions:
Contestants will be able to submit their entries to @ContestBot at a later date. We will further clarify the submission instructions closer to the deadline.

P.S. Winners may be offered a chance to explore further opportunities with Telegram.

🏆 Telegram Сontest for JS Developers, Round 1: Results

After many hours of testing and watching hundreds of Live Streams, we are now ready to announce the results. From a total of 19 submissions, 13 contestants qualified for prizes – basically every developer who implemented at least one part of the overall task.

Despite a challenging Contest Task and a tight deadline, we were happy to see many solid apps. Despite nobody achieving perfect Live Streams (each implementation we tested requires a significant amount of further polishing), we would like to give a special thanks to🥇Fit Whale, who was able to find a great minimalist solution for Task II that will be merged with Web K soon.🥈Dreamy Crow presented a similar approach that is slightly less optimal, but still notable.

Meet the winners!

1st PLACE – $6,000
🥇Fit Whale

2nd PLACE – $3,000
🥈Dreamy Crow
🥈Hip Hyena
🥈Large Moth
🥈Sweet Yak
🥈Giant Turkey

3rd PLACE – $1,500
🥉Fierce Frog
🥉Large Butterfly
🥉Tidy Hawk
🥉Dreamy Crab
🥉Holy Beetle
🥉Tidy Walrus penalties:
– rebuilding penalty (–$250)
🥉Huge Cobra penalties:
– Task II plagiarism (–$500)

P.S. Have a great Monday and stay tuned for Round 2 in the coming weeks!

🏆 Design Competition 2024: Results

This was by far the most thrilling design contest we've ever held! We would like to express our sincerest gratitude and admiration to each and every contestant – both those who took their very first steps in the challenging world of design and the noble design veterans who set aside some time from their projects to contribute to a better Telegram of tomorrow. ✨

You all are amazing, and we thank you a lot for your fantastic designs! 💙

Now, let us shed some light on the judging process in this competition. The Telegram Design Team joined forces with the Telegram Contest Department, and each judge spent dozens of hours watching and sorting through all the submissions. Once the judges completed their solo evaluations and highlighted the most promising discoveries, the whole jury met to watch and discuss together all the submissions that were not instantly discarded. Aside from the initially mentioned core criteria, another important consideration was, "How close is this video to the ones we make for Telegram Blog?" 🏅

Thanks to this multistage checking, verification, and discussions, the members of the jury were unanimous in the prize distribution.

In order to justly apprise all the notable and solid works, we've decided to increase the prize fund by another $24,000, totaling $54,000.

📱 🤝 📱 With this competition, we are also introducing a new Contest Rewards 🤑by giving out your prizes in USD₮ on TON – to ensure smooth and instant payouts.

Without further a do, please meet the winners!

1st PLACE – $5,000
🥇Dandy Mammoth – View Channel
🥇Eager Duck – View Channel
🥇Stout Pony – View Channel
🥇Swift Shark – View Channel

2nd PLACE – $2,000
🥈Ace Bat – View Channel
🥈Desert Bass – View Channel
🥈Nimble Sheep – View Channel
🥈Bold Crab – View Channel
🥈Small Mantis – View Channel
🥈Large Turtle – View Channel
🥈Stylish Gecko – View Channel
🥈Tactful Bee – View Channel
🥈Quiet Squirrel – View Channel
🥈Funky Jaguar – View Channel

3rd PLACE – $1,000
🥉Shiny Moth – View Channel
🥉Gifted Puma – View Channel
🥉Daring Gecko – View Channel
🥉Funky Camel – View Channel
🥉Sweet Raccoon – View Channel
🥉Humble Cockroach – View Channel
🥉Mighty Unicorn – View Channel
🥉Regal Sloth – View Channel
🥉Earnest Fly – View Channel
🥉Nice Pony – View Channel
🥉Cute Lemur – View Channel
🥉Fluffy Ram – View Channel
🥉Humble Ram – View Channel
🥉Dreamy Leopard – View Channel

Congratulations to the winners and a happy Monday to you all!

🏆 Telegram Contest for JavaScript Developers, Round 2

Prize fund: $30,000
Deadline: 23:59 on July 28th (Dubai time)
Who can participate: Everyone is welcome to participate, even if they didn't take part in the previous round
Results: August 18th, 2024

Telegram is hosting a contest for JavaScript developers to implement two new features into Telegram Web and address the scrolling issue on Chrome for Android.

The Task:

1. Implement Media Editor and Multiple Accounts into Telegram Web K based on the provided mockups.
2. Web K is currently experiencing scrolling issues when used on Chrome for Android. This issue causes noticeable lagging on devices with 120 FPS displays, particularly when scrolling through any entities containing numerous media elements – essentially, any channel with larger message bubbles and multiple media items. (You must investigate the issue, provide a detailed explanation of it, and implement a fix that will address the issue.)

Evaluation Criteria and Requirements:

General
– No third-party UI frameworks are allowed.
– The submission must be consistent with the existing Web K codebase.
– Your implementation must work flawlessly on desktop Chrome (across Linux, macOS, Windows) and Safari on macOS. Proper support for other browsers and mobile environments (Android, iOS) will be considered a bonus.

❗️Your app must precisely follow the provided design mockups. Entries that fail to do so will be severely penalized.

Further Clarifications:

Media Editor
– You must not use any libraries or components (i.e., from other existing media editors) for any parts of the Media Editor. All the features presented in the mockups must be built from scratch.
– It is acceptable to send static media when an animated sticker is added to a photo, though a proper conversion into a GIF would be considered a bonus.

Multiple Accounts
The app must properly handle the databases from several accounts, support simultaneous notifications, and oversee all possible edge cases, including forced logout from another device. For reference, you may check official Telegram apps.

Submissions:
Contestants will be able to submit their entries to @ContestBot at a later date. We will further clarify the submission instructions closer to the deadline.

P.S. Winners may be offered a chance to explore further opportunities with Telegram.

🏆 Telegram Contest for JavaScript Developers, Round 2: Results

We were pleased to see both participants from Round 1 and those who joined the Telegram Contests for the very first time! The Contest Task, which covered multiple areas of the app (implementing a new feature, adding another feature that heavily relies on the existing codebase, and fixing an obscure issue), proved to be particularly challenging for the contestants, with no one completing all three tasks.

Most contestants focused on the Media Editor, so the judges adjusted their evaluation accordingly. After many hours of testing, we are pleased to confirm that Hip Hyena secured 🥇1st PLACE by delivering the best media editor among all the submissions. This time, given the input each contestant contributed, we will reward everyone who implemented at least one contest task, even if their implementation wasn't perfect.

Meet the winners!

1st PLACE – $10,000
🥇Hip Hyena

2nd PLACE – $3,000
🥈Tall Lynx
🥈Nice Elk

3rd PLACE – $2,000
🥉Tactful Whale
🥉Huge Cobra
🥉Large Moth
🥉Stone Parrot

4th PLACE – $500
🎖Gifted Meerkat
🎖Sleek Shrimp
🎖Groovy Crab
🎖Smart Lion
🎖Hardy Turkey
🎖Holy Beetle
🎖Tidy Hawk, penalties:
– rebuilding penalty (–$100)
🎖Hairy Antelope, penalties:
– rebuilding penalty (–$100)
🎖Large Butterfly, penalties:
– rebuilding penalty (–$100)
🎖Nice Hare, penalties:
– rebuilding penalty (–$100)
🎖Small Dragon, penalties:
– rebuilding penalty (–$100)
🎖Sacred Gorilla, penalties:
– rebuilding penalty (–$100)
🎖Swift Flamingo, penalties:
– rebuilding penalty (–$100)
🎖Fancy Squid, penalties:
– rebuilding penalty (–$100)

P.S. Have a great week and stay tuned for more Telegram Contests in the coming month!

🏆 A new contest for iOS developers with a total prize fund of $50,000 will be announced this Friday. The winner may be offered a chance to explore further cooperation opportunities with 🛫 Telegram.

🏆 Telegram iOS Contest 2024

Prize fund: $50,000
Deadline: 23:59 on October 25th (Dubai time)
Who can participate: Everyone
Results: November 2024

Telegram is hosting a contest for iOS developers to build a media player from scratch.

The Task:
Implement a media player with support for HLS streaming (for both audio and video) into Telegram for iOS. The player must support both automatic and manual switching between available video streams, with automatic switching based on network bandwidth

Contest Requirements:
– Your media player must replace the AVPlayer currently used in the app.
– The final implementation must not cause any performance issues, app or media playback instabilities.
– Using a web view to render audio or video is prohibited. You may either implement everything in native code or use a hybrid solution, where data management is handled in JavaScript (via a web view or JavaScriptCore) and rendering is performed in native code.
– You may use hls.js as a reference.

For test media samples join @hls_samples.

Evaluation:
During the evaluation stage, we will review your code and test the submission under various conditions with multiple media on a range of iOS devices (iOS 12 – iOS 18).

Winners may be offered a chance to explore further cooperation opportunities with Telegram.

Submissions:
Contestants will be able to submit their entries to @ContestBot at a later date. We will further clarify the submission instructions closer to the deadline.

P.S. We will provide limited guidance for this contest, to request clarification send your questions with #ios2024 in @contests.