The winning team and runner up teams are announced shortly after the close of the competition window.
The winning team will receive £300 with £200 for the second placed team and £100 for the third placed team.
The names and school of the winning team will be inscribed on the physical Braben Cup, which will remain at The Perse School. Photographic mementos of the inscribed cup will be digitally sent to the winning school.
Our latest results are shown below.
Our sponsor
We are delighted to announce that this competition is being sponsored by Dr David Braben OBE FREng in providing the trophy cup and annual prize money.
David is a British game developer, game designer, founder and CEO of Frontier Developments plc, co-creator of the Elite series, space trading computer games, first published in 1984. He is also a co-founder of and works as a trustee for the Raspberry Pi Foundation.
David has been called “one of the most influential computer game programmers of all time” (The Telegraph, 2014), based on his early game development with the Elite series. David was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to the UK computer and video games industry. In 2015, Braben was awarded the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award in video gaming at the 11th British Academy Games Awards.
2019 Results
Distinctions were awarded in the final round to teams scoring 67 or above (top 25%, max 120). Merits were awarded to teams scoring at least 44 (top 50%) with a Higher Participation certificate level set at score 30.
Team 1: The Perse School for a team score of 117
Team 2: The Downs School for a team score of 107
Team 3: The Perse School for a team score of 106
The “top 100” hall of fame team places for 2019 is as follows:
| 1 | The Perse School |
| 2 | The Downs School |
| 3 | The Perse School |
| 4 | Pocklington School |
| 5 | UCS |
| 6 | The Perse School |
| 7 | UCS |
| 8 | The Perse School |
| 9 | Magdalen College School |
| 10 | St Olave’s Grammar School |
| 11 | Gresham’s School |
| 12 | Magdalen College School |
| 13 | St Olave’s Grammar School |
| 14 | Magdalen College School |
| 15 | Birkdale School |
| 16 | St Olave’s Grammar School |
| 17 | St Paul’s Juniors |
| 18 | The Perse School |
| 19 | Bedford Modern |
| 20 | National Junior College |
| 21 | National Junior College |
| 22 | The Portsmouth Grammar School |
| 23 | Oundle School |
| 24 | Bedford Modern |
| 25 | St Paul’s School, Barnes |
| 26 | The Manchester Grammar School |
| 27 | Robert Gordon’s College |
| 28 | City of London School |
| 29 | St Paul’s School, Barnes |
| 30 | St Paul’s School, Barnes |
| 31 | National Junior College |
| 32 | National Junior College |
| 33 | Magdalen College School |
| 34 | Magdalen College School |
| 35 | Rendcomb College |
| 36 | St Albans School |
| 37 | St Albans School |
| 38 | King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys |
| 39 | The Perse School |
| 40 | Magdalen College School |
| 41 | Dartford Grammar School |
| 42 | Reigate Grammar School |
| 43 | The Portsmouth Grammar School |
| 44 | The Portsmouth Grammar School |
| 45 | UCS |
| 46 | Dunman High School |
| 47 | The Manchester Grammar School |
| 48 | Exeter School |
| 49 | Truro School |
| 50 | The Perse School |
| 51 | St Paul’s School, Barnes |
| 52 | Bradford Grammar School |
| 53 | Jerudong International School |
| 54 | George Heriot’s School |
| 55 | Helsby High School |
| 56 | Brampton Manor Academy |
| 57 | Robert Gordon’s College |
| 58 | Oundle School |
| 59 | Gresham’s School |
| 60 | Reigate Grammar School |
| 61 | Heritage School |
| 62 | King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys |
| 63 | King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys |
| 64 | Bridge Academy Hackney |
| 65 | St Albans School |
| 66 | St Olave’s Grammar School |
| 67 | Sawston Village College |
| 68 | St Olave’s Grammar School |
| 69 | Jerudong International School |
| 70 | RGS Guildford |
| 71 | City of London School |
| 72 | Norwich School |
| 73 | The Perse School |
| 74 | National Junior College |
| 75 | Dartford Grammar School |
| 76 | Bishop Luffa School |
| 77 | Warwick School |
| 78 | Magdalen College School |
| 79 | The Portsmouth Grammar School |
| 80 | UCS |
| 81 | Norwich School |
| 82 | St Paul’s School, Barnes |
| 83 | George Heriot’s School |
| 84 | Dunman High School |
| 85 | Sawston Village College |
| 86 | UCS |
| 87 | Dunman High School |
| 88 | Dunman High School |
| 89 | Soham Village College |
| 90 | Magdalen College School |
| 91 | Sawston Village College |
| 92 | The Portsmouth Grammar School |
| 93 | Withington Girls School |
| 94 | Godolphin & Latymer |
| 95 | Norwich School |
| 96 | King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys |
| 97 | The Portsmouth Grammar School |
| 98 | St Olave’s Grammar School |
| 99 | The Perse School |
| 100 | Magdalen College School |
2018 Results
Entries which satisfied all of the competition requirements were awarded a formal competition placement. All team entries were awarded distinction/merit/participation certificates in the ratio 25%/25%/50%.
Of the formally placed results, congratulations go to:
1. Team C of The Perse School for a score of 168 (max 270)
2. Team A from The Downs for a score of 154
3. Team A from Magdalen College School for a score of 139
