OnlyWorks is an AI-powered work verification platform that helps professionals, students, and early career job seekers prove their work is authentic. You control what gets verified and build tamper-proof reports that demonstrate your real skills and productivity. OnlyWorks is the best place for students and early career professionals to stand out in their job search by creating credible proof of their capabilities.

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Friday · 19 Jun 2026

Kickoff · clock starts · one-day sprint

08:30Live
Pre-show
Discord opens. Coffee opens. The stream waiting room is the lobby track.
09:00Live
Kickoff stream
OnlyWorks × Orbis read the manifesto. An Orbis demo. One (1) accidental swear word.
09:00Async
Build window begins
24-hour clock starts (09:00 ET). Commit hashes after this point count. Previous ones do not.
09:30Live
Theme reveal
This year there is no theme. You are the theme. It has been verified.
10:00Live
Judge introductions
Guest judges + the OnlyWorks panel. Each reveals their personal weird north star.
10:30Optional
Team formation
Discord channels by track. Solos welcome. Matchmaking bot deployed.
12:00Sponsor
Office hours · OnlyWorks API
How to wire your build to OnlyWorks for verification. Demo + Q&A.
14:00Sponsor
Craft talk · 30 min
Guest TBA — we're courting an engineer who builds joke games that ship to real app stores.
15:00Sponsor
Office hours · design crit
Screenshare your UI. Receive opinions. The opinions are correct.
17:00Async
Submissions open
Publish early to lock in (17:00 ET). You may keep building right up to the close.
21:00Live
Mid-build sync
15 min checkin stream (21:00 ET). Show your scaffold, your first crime.
23:00Optional
Overnight IRC
A real (text-only) IRC channel opens for the all-nighter people.

Saturday · 20 Jun 2026

Submissions close · online finals · the URL reveal

◆ Final Door

07:00Live
Last sync-down
Last one. Short. Brace.
08:30Async
Submissions soft close
Judges begin watching. You may keep editing your README. Nobody else may.
09:00Async
Submissions close (HARD)
24 hours up (09:00 ET). Anything pushed after this is for posterity, not points.
13:00Live
Finalists announced
Eight (8) projects. Emails sent at 13:00 ET — demo from wherever you are.
15:00Live
Finalist call · briefing
Finalists hop on a private call to walk through the order, the stream, the rules.
17:00Finals
Stream opens · live finals
An unmarked URL. Link shared with finalists and registered builders alongside the 13:00 ET announcement.
18:00Finals
Demos · round 1
Four projects, three minutes each, ruthless Q&A. Bring your own snacks.
19:00Finals
Intermission · weird tribute
A short film honouring the projects that did not make finals. They were good.
19:30Finals
Demos · round 2
The other four. The judges look tired but exhilarated. So do you.
20:45Finals
Judges deliberate
The chat stays open. Your mic does not. That is for the audience.
21:30Finals
Awards ceremony
Track + secondary prizes announced; grand prize winner revealed end of July. Trophies mailed. The trophies are themselves a joke.
22:30Finals
After-hours weirdtape
Open jam · open mic · open mind. Recording strongly discouraged.

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