Take a look back at past Datathon challenges and solutions. Each year brings a new theme, a fresh set of challenges, and teams tackling real problems facing the Commonwealth. Browse the presentations below to see how past winners approached the data and to get a feel for what's possible this year.
2025 Leveraging Data for Smoother Transportation
Teams used Commonwealth datasets to provide fresh, unique ideas to determine how they can create more efficient and safer roads.
- 🥇 1st Place: Manta Rays
- 🥈 2nd Place: Code Blooded
- 🥉 3rd Place: Neural Nexus
2024 Boosting the Virginia Workforce
Teams explored Virginia's labor market data to identify barriers to economic mobility and design interventions connecting residents with quality employment, workforce training, and career advancement.
- 🥇 1st Place: Team Norfolk
- 🥈 2nd Place: Team Alpha1Data
- 🥉 3rd Place: Team Data Tribe
2023 Unmasking Maternal Mortality
Teams utilized open data to identify, quantify, and design solutions for the underlying systemic and medical causes of maternal mortality
- 🥇 1st Place: AlgorGriffins: Mathical Creatures
- 🥈 2nd Place: ER: Exponential Rangers
- 🥉 3rd Place: Decision Dogs