Hello Codeforces!
Greetings from IEEE NITK. We will be hosting Praelium 2021 on October 17th, 2021. An enthralling 3-hour team Competitive Programming contest. This is a mock contest for an even bigger contest that is IEEEXtreme. Register for both contests and showcase your skills among the best! The top 2 teams of Praelium 2021 will be receiving cash prizes!
Check out IEEEXtreme.
Note: that only IEEE members can register for IEEEXtreme but anyone is free to participate in Praelium.
Forming teams (upto 3 members) is encouraged. It's open to everyone!
Contest Details:
- Contest Link — Praelium 2021
- Date & Time — 17th October 2021, Sunday, 19:00 IST
- Duration — 3 Hours
- There will be 6 problems of varying difficulty.
- Will follow ICPC like scoring system (10 minutes penalty and 1 point per problem)
- It is a team contest and it would be unrated.
- This contest is not in any way related to any official ICPC contests conducted by CodeDrills.
- Telegram group for clarifications: t.me/Praelium2021
Registration:
- Register your team for the contest: Praelium 2021
- Team size can be up to 3.
Note: Register your teams & accept invites before the start of the contest. This won't be allowed after the contest starts!
Prizes:
- Top 2 overall best teams will receive a cash prize.
- Only Indian participants are eligible for prizes but everyone can participate.
Joining me on the problem setting panel are:
- Setters: DeltaCube23, anirudh_achal, Dragonado and hsrb.
- Testers: All the above
- Admin: Vichitr
I would like to thank all of them for the round preparation. Along with them I would also like to thank
- Balajiganapathi for allowing us to host our contest on amazing CodeDrills platform.
- deepa_panwar for developing amazing CodeDrills platform.
Good Luck & Have Fun!
Hope to see you participating!!
UPD1: Contest is over! Congratulations to the winners and thank you everyone for participating! We will be contacting the winners in a few days after the final checks. Do discuss the problems and provide feedback in the comments. Thank you!
Is there something to be gained by excluding school students?
Hi! So IEEEXtreme is a team contest only for undergrad IEEE students but anyone is free to participate in Praelium. Sorry for the misunderstanding, the blog will be updated.
Reminder! The contest starts in 15 minutes.