Alipov Ivan

Marketing Hackathon

First hackathon experience - valuable learning opportunity in marketing technology solutions

G+SOŠ Rokycany Hackathon

Dominated the competition with innovative solution, securing first place victory

Professional conference and open data hackathon of the Pilsen Region

Champions of open data hackathon, delivering cutting-edge data-driven solution

Cloudflight Coding Contest

2nd place in Plzeň, 160th across all of Europe in this prestigious international coding competition

PrintHack

Bronze medal finish in specialized printing technology hackathon

AI Creative Combat I

The most painful defeat in my entire competition experience. I was so close to victory but chose the difficult path - attempting an ambitious solution in just 10 minutes instead of keeping it simple. A valuable lesson learned: sometimes simplicity wins. I'll return stronger and wiser.

Co-Hackathon

Didn't make top 3, but earned "Best Technical Implementation" award. Honestly disappointing - I was confident we'd place. But failures happen. I now clearly understand what needs improvement for next time and learned from our mistakes. Won't repeat them. Huge thanks to my teacher Adam Hojer for his tremendous support and guidance throughout the competition.

Startupuj Final

My first startup competition! Completed a 6-month project in just 1 week with my team - delivered a fully working product with excellent marketing. Considering the time constraints, I'm extremely proud of our result. Key lesson: having at least one native Czech speaker is crucial when answering technical questions from the jury. Happy with my progress in public speaking - felt no nervousness even during major technical issues. Huge thanks to Adam Hojer for his extraordinary contribution!

Mobility Hackathon

One of the most challenging hackathons I've participated in! As high school students, under the guidance of our teacher - a first-year university student - we competed against 15 university teams with 72 participants total, including international students. We extensively communicated and presented our project in English. We developed a solution for urban public transport, focusing on what drivers should do during a blackout. It was genuinely fun! Key takeaway: need to improve team organization.

Huge thanks to my teachers Tobias Horvath and Vojtech Aloy for their incredible support and fun!

Campfire Game Jam Pilsen

Didn't place — but honestly, this was probably the most fun I've ever had at a game jam. I spent way more time socializing and just enjoying the vibe than actually building the game. It made me realize that game jams are probably the thing I enjoy least in terms of the development side, but the people and the atmosphere? Totally worth it.

HackujStat 7.1 - Supreme Audit Office (NKU)

Last weekend I took part in HackujStat 7.1, organized by the Supreme Audit Office of the Czech Republic. The final included top regional teams from all over the country, so the level was very high. During 24 hours, our team built KnowB, a navigation tool for seniors and people with reduced mobility that finds the most comfortable routes in Prague using open city data.

This became one of my favorite hackathons because it pushed me hard and taught me a lot. Looking back, our project choice was probably not ideal for this competition, but that lesson is valuable for the next one. I also took away one clear rule: three people is the best hackathon team size for fast decisions and clear communication. Big thanks to my teammates and to Tobias Horvath for the support.

WebRace 2026

Our team won 1st place at WebRace 2026 with FrontEnd, a smart school buffet system built in just 5 hours. Students can log in with NFC, order food online, track buffet queues in real time, and pick up food using QR, NFC, or a generated code. We also added an AI assistant for food recommendations and a computer vision module to estimate queue length.

I worked on the web app, AI features, and presentation, while my teammate built the computer vision part. I am also proud that our school took all top three places. Huge thanks to Adam Hojer for the support and encouragement throughout the event.

Catapulso 2026

We originally planned to compete as a duo, but three more people joined our team. Working in a group of five turned out to be extremely challenging — communication broke down, and by the end of the day we still couldn't agree on a clear direction. It was a hard but valuable lesson: never go above four people at events like this.

Late at night, when the others left and it was just me and Josef — as we'd originally planned — we scrapped everything and built a completely new idea: an AI tool that analyzes communication within esport teams and any team looking to improve their coordination and synergy. And we won! Huge thanks to Josef for an incredible experience — he's an absolute legend and the person who inspires me the most when it comes to presenting.

Aimtec Hackathon 2026

The hardest Aimtec Hackathon in history — and my first one. The competition was intense. We came as a team of 7 (originally planned for 3), and honestly about 3 people contributed almost nothing. Once again confirmed my rule: teams bigger than 4 just don't work.

We built an AI platform where teachers can upload lecture recordings — the AI transcribes them, extracts key points, and generates a complete PDF with all lecture content. It had tons of features and was genuinely usable. We didn't make top 3, but the Faculty of Applied Sciences offered to help us finish the project as a real product for high schools and universities — essentially as a startup. That alone made it worth it.

The hackathon theme was assistive technology — 3D printing and hardware for people with disabilities. We had zero experience in that area, so we went with an AI web app instead. That made it nearly impossible to win, but we built something I'm genuinely proud of.