2026 Su Kesong Hackathon Recap: 200 Creators Produce 64 Projects in 48 Hours

2026 Suke Song

From October 30 to November 1, 200 creators from 50 cities and more than 60 schools came to Suzhou with their own ideas.

48 hours later, more than 200 participants had completed team formation, development, and presentations, and 64 projects were born on site.

2026 Suke Song

From the start of preparations to the event itself, what we wanted to do was actually more than just a hackathon. Besides giving everyone a place to write code and build products, we also hoped to give creators an opportunity to meet each other, exchange ideas, and engage with real-world technology applications.

Looking back now, many things that happened during these 48 hours may have been even more interesting than we initially imagined.

Let's start with meeting a person.

This time, we made the participant badges in the shape of puzzle pieces. Four pieces put together just form a complete square. We hope everyone can find their own piece of the puzzle here.

Participant badge

Staff badge

In addition, each participant also received a smart wristband. Based on the registration information, we matched partners in the background whose skills complemented each other and who might be suitable for forming a team. If two people matched successfully, the wristbands would light up—this was the team-up signal from Suke Song: hey, maybe you two should get to know each other.

On October 31, 🎃Halloween collided with the peak season for Suzhou hairy crabs. So we decided to hold a special "Crab-ke Song."

Staying up late to develop didn't stop us from "having fun amid the busy work," and we ran into a 3D-printed version of Nailong Jiahao on site.⬇️

The shouts rose and fell in front of the booths, participants held microphones and worked hard to recruit people, and some even started "intercepting" judges right from the entrance, enthusiastically inviting them to their booths.

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From product ideas to on-site demonstrations, every team worked hard to make the judges see their work and to gain more recognition for the results of their 48 hours.

Main track third prize: Crazy Cultivating Immortality, Synkore Wake-Up Course, REPPO

Hardcore Geek Award: Agenote; Biggest Imagination Award: Little Silver Age; Future Unicorn Award: Guanyin

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Congratulations to all the winning teams, and applause also goes to every participant who persevered to the end. Within 48 hours, starting from an idea and actually making a work that can be presented is itself a remarkable thing. Whether or not you won an award, every bit of dedication and creativity deserves recognition.

The event is over, but the story continues.

Over the past few days, we have heard a lot of feedback from participants, judges, and partners. Some people found compatible teammates here, some discovered new technical directions, and some have already started planning their next project.

Hearing this, much of the exhaustion from the preparation process seems to have found its answer.

Of course, as the first Suke Song, we also know there are still many areas that need improvement. Whether it is on-site execution, process coordination, or the judging mechanism and participant experience, there is still room for further refinement. Thank you all for being willing to offer suggestions and feedback. We will take them seriously, and we hope to do better next time.

The smooth holding of the event would not have been possible without the support of all our sponsors and partners.

Thanks to the partners of this event:

2026 Suke Song partners

Thanks to Qiao, Zixuan, Xiaoweiba, Anqi, Xiaoyang, Cong Jia, Sun Wentong, Zhang Simeng, Joey, Xiaoyi, and Iris for deeply supporting the implementation of this event as volunteers.

2026 Suke Song staff

What we most want to thank are every young creator who came to the site, stayed up late creating, and repeatedly overturned their work and started again.

Perhaps the teammates developing together today will become partners in the next startup; perhaps an idea discussed in front of a booth today will become a real product in the future; perhaps someone met today will, much later, become an important part of each other's stories.

We look forward to these connections continuing to happen, and we look forward to seeing more ideas set out from here next time.