Hello Codeforcers :3
UPD 1: Opening ceremony on Friday 7PM EST. Join our Discord server for more information
UPD 2: Contest has started! You may start your window anytime over the next 2 days. Join our Discord server to ask clarifications for any problems. Good luck!
From the authors behind Codeforces Round 887 (Div. 1) and Codeforces Round 887 (Div. 2), CerealCodes is excited to announce our Summer 2023 Programming Contest!
This contest will be held on August $$$13 - 15$$$ th with a customizable time-frame window. The time limit for novice is $$$3$$$ hours while intermediate and advanced are allowed $$$3.5$$$ hours. All of the contest information, including exact start and end times, can be found here.
The competition has three divisions: Novice (USACO Bronze-Silver or Div. 3), Intermediate (USACO Silver-Gold or Div. 2), and Advanced (USACO Gold-Platinum or Div. 1).
You can form teams of up to $$$3$$$ members, and compete to solve $$$\approx 10$$$ high quality problems within your time frame.
Over $1500 in cash (possibly more) will be given out (in the form of Amazon gift cards), as well as other prizes like merchandise and raffle awards! Note: only pre-college teams are eligible for cash awards, but everyone is still eligible to participate.
Join our Discord server for more info and if you have any questions about the contest before or during the contest.
All of the logistics, registration, and the contest platform will be held on our website.
The problems were invented and written by our problemsetting team: wavelets, Apple_Method, oursaco, omeganot, sum, null_awe, izhang, cry, thehunterjames, fast-fourier-transfem, Whimpers, timg8710, buffering, ntarsis30, Cereal2, Alg01, asdf1234coding, dutin, and ArielShehter.
Big thanks to our problem testers as well: EmeraldBlock and GusterGoose27; and our web + contest platform developers: xiaossr, mirachael, SwayamSahoo11742, cryan., br1ck, and _monitor.
Last year's contest can be found here.
Register Here
We hope to see you there!
CerealCodes Team
ruby_will_win
I can confirm the problems will be inspirational, with topics ranging from cereal to genshin impact.
These problems are without a doubt problems.
I definitely wrote some problems
As a future participant, I can confirm that I enjoyed the problems in the future.
I'm excited for this. Can I participate as a Solo ?
yes, teams of size 1 — 3 are permitted
i hope we did not copy any problems!
huge shoutout to our webdev and outreach teams that cry didnt put in the blog :(((
omeganot orz
is this oatmeal?
Waiting for this! And thanks for this!
As a nontester, I can confirm that I will both teamsforce and codecode on this contest.
willy108 will win IOI 2024!
we onto real cereal now >W<
As the president of CerealCodes, I can ensure that the problems and contest will be high quality!
I don’t know who this man is
Where are you?
in the site president's handle is different
Click the handle link, but maybe I should update it.
i don’t know who Cereal2 is either
sorry, :) it's been updated, you're him
Is it over? I see it in China as the thirteenth month
No. It'll happen in a little over two weeks.
Thanks
Our opening ceremony will be hosted on Friday, August 11th at 7PM EST. More information can be found on our website. Don't forget to sign up if you haven't already! We look forward to seeing you all in 11 days!
Please don’t downvote this man anymore. It’s getting sad now