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Code Championship is the ultimate competitive computer coding experience! Learn more about it.

Fun, competitive, and friendly virtual coding tournaments for new and experienced coders from grades 3 to 9.

Code is Sport! Just like gymnastics, dance, or basketball. Competitive coding is fun and pushes us to be great! Join a tournament and play head-to-head against other coders!

Code Championship is the ultimate competitive computer coding experience! Race the clock to build your bot, take on your opponent head to head, and may the best coder win! It's a fun, exciting way for 3rd to 9th graders to develop coding skills! No prior knowledge needed!

How it works:

  1. 1

    Sign up

    Join an online Code Championship tournament series.

    New and experienced grades 3 to 9 coders welcome.

    The Spring 2025 Tournament Series starts on 2025-04-19.

  2. 2

    Code your bot

    Use the Blockly visual programming language to program your bot.

    If you have used Scratch before, you will pick it up quickly.

    Even if you have never coded before, we can help you get started.

    If you want to see what the coding is like, you can try it now.

  3. 3

    Play against others

    Scrimmage against others to see what your bot does well.

    Learn from your mistakes and improve your code the more you play.

    The top coders advance to the National Championship in November.