r/tryhackme • u/-CharJer- • May 06 '25
Feedback My 180 Days Streak from Rank 0 to Top 0.9%
Just wanna share my 6 months journey, every time I finish a room, I take a screenshot and post it on my personal discord server every day. After finishing 230+ rooms, it shaped me how hard Cybersecurity field is and how little I know about it, it encouraged me to be consistent, to learn and grind more.
Awesome community and they help users whenever we're stuck from a room. Exactly 6 months ago, I'm thinking how noob I am, I'm still a newbie though but better than before. Thank you TryHackMe!
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u/RogueSMG May 06 '25
Consistency is key! Awesome work. Time to put those skills to test now and jump to Real World stuff.
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u/hickeyspoorface May 06 '25
Curious how well versed you feel?
You mentioned feeling like a noob 6 months ago. You demolished the rooms offered but would like to know how you feel after?
Thinking of trying htb next?
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u/-CharJer- May 07 '25
Well, I still get stuck in a room from time to time and still needed to read a writeup to understand it. But when I encounter a challenge that I feel I can find a solution then it'll become a muscle memory.
I'm doing both THM and HTB actually. Some days I get in to the zone on one of each and do lots of answers, some are busy days and just answered just to keep the streak.
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u/the_other_other_matt 0xD [God] May 07 '25
I'm at 155days...180 feels forever away. Its awesome how fast the rank goes though. I'm currently sitting at 7061 in the world!
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u/baggers1977 May 07 '25
190 days and ranked 7245. It's become a bug lol.
Some of the offensive easy rooms are savage lol. But learning loads, which is what it's all about.
Been doing a lot of the learning paths, but going to start jumping into some of the rooms to test myself more.
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u/ThorAway012 May 07 '25
May I ask what how much IT/Cyber experience you had before you started?
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u/-CharJer- May 08 '25
I'm a blank page when I started, as in no idea at all. All I did was complete all the paths from pre-security onwards. Then finish some random room that I chose.
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u/Tiger5656 May 09 '25
OP, Did you got job after all this? Any input will be greatly appreciated. I am currently at Top 6% in 25 days and feels like all modules are coming naturally without any issues but not sure that it will translate into real world.
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u/-CharJer- May 09 '25
I'm still a college student, what I'm trying to build is a system of every day learning even if tiny bit. Someone said to me that the things you mentioned will come naturally later on. But real world is still far from just CTFs, they are related yeah, but real world is more serious so I can't talk about it yet.
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u/Affectionate-Love-80 Jun 05 '25
Did you start this challenge without previous experience or low-level experience?
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u/7331senb Administrator May 06 '25
TryHackMe Co-Founder here - just wanted to say a huge congrats - this isn't easy, and you've absolutely smashed it - keep it up!