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USACO January results
By fernandezpalomojosue, history, 3 years ago, In English

Why take so long to release the results?

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From http://usaco.org/index.php?page=dec22results,

Dealing with cheating is one of the main reasons it can take such a long time to post contest results.

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    I still think is to much time, codeforces can do plagiarism check for many contest in one day

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      Unlike cf where there's no stakes, usaco results often affect university applications in the United States. Not only are these contestants are banned from participating, the contest organizers also have to notify universities.

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