SCTE Broadband Skills Challenge 2025

Event Winners!

Tie breaker for timed events: overall time from all timed events.

Cable Splicing

1st Place: Dan Palmer (Comcast) — Time: 2:20.170

2nd Place: Jack Groat (Comcast) — Time: 2:44.728

3rd Place: Nathan Breen (Charter) — Time: 2:48.198

Fiber Splicing

1st Place: Joe Veilleux (Charter) — Time: 0:43.830

2nd Place: Nathan Breen (Charter) — Time: 1:06.010

3rd Place: Shaun Thompson (Comcast) — Time: 1:10.970

Meter Reading

1st Place: Shane O'Neil (Comcast) — Time: 2:47.970

2nd Place: Chad Barker (Comcast) — Time: 2:57.556

3rd Place: Matt Hungerford (Charter) — Time: 4:54.200

MTDR

1st Place: Steve Pillari (Charter) — Time: 1:05.008

2nd Place: Jack Groat (Comcast) — Time: 1:12.831

3rd Place: Dan Palmer (Comcast) — Time: 1:17.248

Drop Connection

1st Place: Jack Groat (Comcast) — Time: 2:19.414

2nd Place: Matt Masse (Comcast) — Time: 2:41.591

3rd Place: Chad Barker (Comcast) — Time: 2:44.727

OTDR

1st Place: Steve Pillari (Charter) — Time: 3:01.680

2nd Place: Travis Szalay (Charter) — Time: 3:22.000

3rd Place: Dan Palmer (Comcast) — Time: 3:30.000

Jeopardy

(Points only – no time)

1st Place: Joe Veilleux (Charter) — 2400 Points

2nd Place: Matt Masse (Comcast) — 1800 Points

3rd Place: Chad Barker (Comcast) — 1400 Points

Overall Winners

1st Place: Dan Palmer (Comcast) — Overall Time: 13:35.940 🥇

2nd Place: Chad Barker (Comcast) — Overall Time: 17:25.081 🥈

3rd Place: Steve Pillari (Charter) — Overall Time: 14:34.003 🥉

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Congratulations to all the skilled technicians and winners! 🏆