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CalHacks Final Demo Hackathon pitch Strict judges 5m

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Parsed rubric

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Hackathon Pitch RubricTotal weight 100

Problem Understanding & Context30 pts

Names the user, the gap, and why current options fail.

AI Reasoning20 pts

Why this needs a model, and what data it actually uses.

Solution Design & Architecture20 pts

Walks the room through the product, not a feature list.

Impact & Insight20 pts

A real user, a number, and what would count as success.

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Mr. CrossSkeptical judge

You claim three out of four testers felt more prepared. What was your sample size, and how did you control for the novelty effect?

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CalHacks Final Demo Hackathon pitch Strict judges 8/18/2026

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Verdict

Clear and honest on the problem, thin on architecture, sample size, and what would count as success.

Highest priority fix

Add the missing Solution Design walkthrough. It is 20 rubric points and currently near zero coverage.

What worked

Specific first user and wedge moment
Recovered after the timer at 4:00

What to fix

Architecture never described
No baseline for the 75% claim

Rubric breakdown

Problem Understanding & Contextweight 30

86/100

You named a real user. You did not name the alternative they use today.

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