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TeamsCode Summer 2023 Contest
By jli505, 10 months ago, In English

Hello Codeforces! TeamsCode is excited to announce the TeamsCode Summer 2023 Virtual Programming Contest! It will take place on August 12th, 2023 at 9:15 AM PST.

Teams of up to 4 members will have 3 hours to solve around 10 problems. There are two divisions: Novice and Advanced, so no matter what skill level you are, there is a place for you.

The guest speaker events will feature Michael Plunkett, an experienced software engineer of 10+ years and a second-year graduate student at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago.

The schedule is shown below:

Schedule

Our prize pool for winners of the novice and advanced divisions is over $5,000! Only pre-college participants are eligible for placement prizes; however, anyone may participate in the contest. The prizes include Wolfram|Alpha subscriptions, Apple Airpods, Amazon gift cards, Logitech G PRO Gaming Keyboard, Interview Cake Licenses, and more! Placement prizes are given to each team member (ex: everyone on the 1st place advanced team will receive $100, Wolfram|Alpha subscriptions, and Interview Cake licenses).

The prize list is shown below. Note that every participant on a winning team will receive the below prizes.

Prize List

Please visit https://www.teamscode.org/contests/summer-2023 for registration and more information, and join our discord server for contest day communication!

All problems were written and prepared by willy108, oursaco, Esomer, hyforces, thehunterjames, danx, jay_jayjay, dutin, and Bossologist. Contest logistics were handled by jli505, null_awe, Angie, Bryan, Maira, and Sol. Our website and contest platform were created by Harry, Shine, and Abhay. Thanks to our testers codicon, cry, skye_, Apple_Method, omeganot, and Litusiano_ for providing valuable feedback to our contest.

On behalf of the entire TeamsCode team, we are excited about this competition and hope to see you there!

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As a problemsetter, I can confirm that I will both teamsforce and codecode during the round.

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As an author I can confirm that the problems are of the utmost quality.

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As a problemsetter, I hope everyone will enjoy the problems!

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Will be enjoying it a lot Can you please tell me the difficulty level of Novice and Advanced according to CF Rated Problemset then I can decide which level should I go for...

jli505 oursaco willy108

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    Hi!

    You can check Teamscode's website for information about the contest. Regarding your particular question:

    There are two divisions: Novice and Advanced. We expect each division will be interesting for participants of the following skill levels:

    The novice division is intended for students who know programming but have not started or have just started competitive programming:

    • Taking or have taken APCS

    • USACO Bronze-Silver

    • 0 — 1500 Codeforces rating

    The advanced division is intended for anyone who is confident in their competitive programming ability:

    • USACO Gold and above

    • 1600+ Codeforces rating

    I hope you enjoy the problems!

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      okay Thanks Hoping for the best from y guyz

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I think Thomas' superhero Flash cap should be given as a raffle prize

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