The latest National Cipher Challenge attracted a record number of entries from secondary school pupils across the UK.
Now in its 11th year, the challenge is organised by the University of Southampton, with support from GCHQ and commercial partners.
More than 6,000 youngsters from 725 schools signed up to decode a series of cryptic codes.
The competition was launched in October by foreign secretary William Hague as part of a series of initiatives aimed at getting youngsters involved in maths and computer science.
The challenge ran for two months, with codes of increasing difficulty being released online for school teams to try and crack.
“Teachers tell me the children find it very gripping and engaging,” said Professor Graham Niblo, organiser of the contest and head of mathematics at the University of Southampton.
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