The final of the 2026 Users' Cup competition was held in Moscow as part of the IT Planet 2026 International Olympiad. The championship is being implemented by the IT Planet Center for the Development of Innovative Technologies with the support of the Presidential Grants Fund. Loginom, AQUIS Lab, VR Concept, and Esboard are the partners of the competition and the developers of the tasks.

In "Business.Technograd" at VDNH brought together participants from 42 regions of Russia, as well as from Belarus and Kazakhstan. The finalists of the qualifying stages joined teams that had to prove that they were masterfully able to work with real IT industry tools, exclusively on Russian software.

According to the rules of the Olympiad, national teams of competencies were formed from students of different fields — and the participants, together with new colleagues, joined in completing new tasks.

There were 2 rounds in the program. In the first round, Daria Verzhbitskaya, a student of the Department of Computer Science and Mathematics at the SFedU branch in Novoshakhtinsk, fought in CTF (flag search) format in 4 directions at once: Loginom, VR Concept, Alive Colors, Esboard. Following the results of the first round, Dasha's "Matrix" team successfully completed the test and advanced to the next round with a decent 3rd place.

In the second round, participants had to solve a complex case using all six tools, demonstrate teamwork, role allocation and the ability to protect the project. After several hours of work and waiting for the results, the Matrix team became the winner of the 2026 Users Cup.

Congratulations to Daria, we are proud of her results and wish her further professional development, perseverance and perseverance in mastering new competencies.