March 2026 Challenge Results
March 2026 Referral Challenge archive
This page preserves the original rules, final results, and prize claim details for the March 2026 community growth challenge.
Competition period
The challenge runs immediately through 23:59 UTC on March 31, 2026. Only referrals completed before midnight UTC on March 31, 2026 will count toward the leaderboard.
How referrals work
Each player gets a unique referral link. When a new solver joins through your link and completes the qualifying action in-app, one referral is added to your total.
Contest complete
March referral challenge is closed
Every referral recorded before 23:59 UTC on March 31, 2026 is now locked. Thanks for growing the community — we’ll reach out to winners shortly.
1st place
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Referral ID
2nd place
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Referral ID
3rd place
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Referral ID
Winners: sign in on the same device you used for referrals and look for your code above to unlock the claim form.
Competition Period
The March Referral Challenge runs from today through 23:59 UTC on March 31, 2026. Only referrals recorded before 00:00 UTC on April 1, 2026 are eligible.
Referrals logged after the deadline are great for community growth, but they will not be included in this challenge.
How Referrals Are Counted
- Every player has a unique referral link or code.
- A referral counts when a new user joins via your link and solves three or more clues.
- Only valid referrals recorded before the deadline will be included in the standings.
- Self-referrals or obvious abuse/spam can be disqualified at the moderators’ discretion.
- Referrals can come from any sharing action within the app e.g. sharing clues, via QR codes.
Leaderboard & Tie-Breaking
Leaderboard positions are determined by total valid referrals recorded during the competition window.
In the event of a tie, the player who first reached the shared referral total will rank higher. For example, if three players finish with the same number, the earliest to reach that number finishes 1st, the next earliest 2nd, and so on.
All standings are based on system-recorded timestamps to keep things transparent.
Prizes
Bragging rights plus a few in-app treats:
- A custom cryptic puzzle named in your honour
- Permanent in-app 🏆 Community Champion badge
- Special Discord role + public shoutout
- In-app 🥈 Ambassador badge
- Special Discord role + public shoutout
- In-app badge
- Public shoutout
Claiming Your Prize
Coffee Cryptics keeps accounts anonymous. Once the competition ends, winners who are signed in on their winning device will see a secure claim form on this page. That form sends your auth token directly to our backend so we can verify you without exposing private data.
Use the form to share the name we should credit plus a Discord or Reddit handle for follow-up. If nobody responds after a reasonable timeframe, we can still grant in-app prizes automatically based on the recorded referral code.
General Notes
- This is a for-fun, community-run challenge with no cash value for prizes.
- We reserve the right to disqualify fraudulent or abusive behaviour and adjust minor details if needed for fairness.
- Edge cases or disputes will be resolved at our discretion — keep it friendly and have fun.
- By participating you agree to these rules and to playing nice with fellow setters and solvers.