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Rutgers Competitive Programming is excited to invite you to participate in the open mirror of the [Spring 2026 Rutgers Programming Contest](https://contest.rucp.org), which will start [Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT (UTC-4)](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Spring+2026+Rutgers+Programming+Contest&iso=20260411T13&p1=5276&ah=5)!↵
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The problems were prepared and authored by [user:jdurie,2026-04-05], [user:nickbelov,2026-04-05], [user:nadya271,2026-04-05], [user:ScalarField,2026-04-05], [user:dbaumg,2026-04-05], [user:MattTheNub,2026-04-05], [user:snowythecat,2026-04-05], and [user:mgoldy925,2026-04-05].↵
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The contest is a **5-hour long** ICPC-style team contest consisting of **14 problems**. Team sizes can be anywhere from 1 to 3 people. Teams of more than one person are kindly requested to only use one computer for the contest. ↵
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Please note that this contest contains **at least one interactive problem** and **at least one run-twice problem**. Please read the guides for [interactive problems](https://codeforces.me/blog/entry/45307) and [run-twice problems](https://codeforces.me/blog/entry/147996) if you are unfamiliar with them.↵
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The contest can be found here: https://codeforces.me/contests/106414↵
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We would like to thank:↵
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<li>[user:McPqndq,2026-04-05], [user:awoo,2026-04-05], [user:AggravatedCow,2026-04-05], [user:surajchip2,2026-04-05], [user:ContronThePanda,2026-04-05], [user:omeganot,2026-04-05],and [user:Hori,2026-04-05], and [user:thehunterjames,2026-04-06] for testing.</li>↵
<li>[user:bobbilyking,2026-04-05] for his philosophical insights.</li>↵
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<li><a href="https://rucp-contest.github.io/sponsors.html"><p class="rated-user user-orange">Hudson River Trading</p></a>, the <a href="https://www.cs.rutgers.edu/"><p class="rated-user user-red">Rutgers Computer Science Department</p></a>, and <a href="https://www.wegmans.com/"><p class="rated-user user-admin">Wegmans Food Markets</p></a> for sponsoring.</li>↵
<li>[user:MikeMirzayanov,2026-04-05] for the wonderful Codeforces and Polygon platforms.</li>↵
<li>and last but not least, <a href="/profile/"><p class="rated-user user-legendary">You</p></a> for participating!</li>↵
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Good luck, and we hope you enjoy the problems!↵
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Rutgers Competitive Programming is excited to invite you to participate in the open mirror of the [Spring 2026 Rutgers Programming Contest](https://contest.rucp.org), which will start [Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT (UTC-4)](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Spring+2026+Rutgers+Programming+Contest&iso=20260411T13&p1=5276&ah=5)!↵
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The problems were prepared and authored by [user:jdurie,2026-04-05], [user:nickbelov,2026-04-05], [user:nadya271,2026-04-05], [user:ScalarField,2026-04-05], [user:dbaumg,2026-04-05], [user:MattTheNub,2026-04-05], [user:snowythecat,2026-04-05], and [user:mgoldy925,2026-04-05].↵
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The contest is a **5-hour long** ICPC-style team contest consisting of **14 problems**. Team sizes can be anywhere from 1 to 3 people. Teams of more than one person are kindly requested to only use one computer for the contest. ↵
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Please note that this contest contains **at least one interactive problem** and **at least one run-twice problem**. Please read the guides for [interactive problems](https://codeforces.me/blog/entry/45307) and [run-twice problems](https://codeforces.me/blog/entry/147996) if you are unfamiliar with them.↵
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The contest can be found here: https://codeforces.me/contests/106414↵
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We would like to thank:↵
<ul>↵
<li>[user:McPqndq,2026-04-05], [user:awoo,2026-04-05], [user:AggravatedCow,2026-04-05], [user:surajchip2,2026-04-05], [user:ContronThePanda,2026-04-05], [user:omeganot,2026-04-05],
<li>[user:bobbilyking,2026-04-05] for his philosophical insights.</li>↵
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<li><a href="https://rucp-contest.github.io/sponsors.html"><p class="rated-user user-orange">Hudson River Trading</p></a>, the <a href="https://www.cs.rutgers.edu/"><p class="rated-user user-red">Rutgers Computer Science Department</p></a>, and <a href="https://www.wegmans.com/"><p class="rated-user user-admin">Wegmans Food Markets</p></a> for sponsoring.</li>↵
<li>[user:MikeMirzayanov,2026-04-05] for the wonderful Codeforces and Polygon platforms.</li>↵
<li>and last but not least, <a href="/profile/"><p class="rated-user user-legendary">You</p></a> for participating!</li>↵
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Good luck, and we hope you enjoy the problems!↵
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