# holmes ctf

* link: <https://ctf.hackthebox.com/event/2536>
* official writeup: <https://github.com/hackthebox/holmes-2025>

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Last week I participated in <mark style="color:blue;">`Holmes CTF 2025`</mark> (the first blue CTF hosted by Hack The Box — cool people). I went solo, though couldn't spend as much time as I wanted due to schedule conflicts but I had fun and learned a lot about DFIR (I think so...).&#x20;

Anyway, I still wanted to finish it and was able to crack it over the weekend. I also saw how fast the top teams were able to breathe through all 5 challenges under 2.5 hours into the competition (we were given 5 days btw 😇) and that basically sealed the top scorers lol. This took me on and off several days. One of my friends is on a team that placed in the top 15 tho (guess which one). So that reassure me the challenges are doable, still a journey for me to get through them one by one.

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### sherlocks

still writing...