RACE · Resilient Autonomous City Engineering

Code the cars that charge Riyadh.

A coding competition for secondary-school students aged 15–18 and Preparatory Year and first-year university students. Write the code that drives electric cars across a real 3D map of Riyadh.

Enter the ArenaBring RACE to your school

An illustration of Riyadh at golden hour: Kingdom Centre and King Fahd Road running north to the KAFD towers

How it works

How a competition runs.

  1. 1

    Register

    Your school or university registers you and gives each team or student a player ID.

  2. 2

    Practise

    Practise in the Arena and try to beat the two bosses.

  3. 3

    Submit

    Hand in your final file on the My team page before the deadline. After that, nobody changes their code.

  4. 4

    Results

    Every file runs on new test days nobody has seen. The official ranking is published, and each team reads its coach report on the My team page.

  5. 5

    Grand Final

    The top entries meet at the venue, played live in 3D.

Why it matters

Engineer the smart, sustainable Riyadh of tomorrow, one line of code at a time.

  • Smart city

    Autonomous, connected vehicles moving through real Riyadh roads.

  • Sustainability

    Electric charging, solar energy and less wasted time and power.

  • AI and automation

    Students write the decision rules that run the whole fleet.

Season 1 competitions

Two competitions. One venue.

All competition details
Season 1 · Charge the City

Schools Competition

Who can enter
Secondary-school students aged 15–18 (Grades 10–12 or equivalent, any curriculum)
Entries
Teams of up to 3 students, one file per team. A school may enter more than one team.
Dates
Announced in December 2026
Venue
Prince Sultan University, Riyadh
Entry fee
Free
Prizes
Announced with the dates
Register your school
Season 1 · Charge the City

University Competition

Who can enter
Preparatory Year and first-year university students, in any subject
Entries
Individual entries: each student submits their own file.
Dates
Announced in December 2026
Venue
Prince Sultan University, Riyadh
Entry fee
Free
Prizes
Announced with the dates
Register interest
Hosted and organised byCollege of Engineering, Prince Sultan University
Supported byIEEE Industrial Electronics Society

Leaderboard

Top five

Full leaderboard
Season 1

Opens in December 2026

Both competitions, their dates and prizes are announced in December. Register now and we will tell you first.

Register interest