A — Captcha
Author: m7a1g5i8k8a1r4p0
Just print the number of circles in the image. There are 7 if you include the circles in i and ?.
B — Right or Wrong?
Author: m7a1g5i8k8a1r4p0
The title implies that you should check if the 3 numbers are "right" or not. You can do this by checking that $$$a$$$, $$$b$$$, and $$$c$$$ form the side lengths of a right triangle, with $$$c$$$ as the hypotenuse.
C — New Sorting Algorithm
Author: ChiMasterBing
You are sorting a permutation, so all you have to do is print out the integers from $$$1$$$ to $$$n$$$, inclusive. The time constraints are very lax for this. Though you should be careful of the memory limit. If you read the second line entirely, you will probably get MLE. If you form a large string and then print it out, you will probably get MLE.
D — Subset Sums
Author: m7a1g5i8k8a1r4p0
Clearly, solving this problem as is is too hard. Is there anything that you are missing here?
Try pressing Ctrl+A to highlight all the text.
If you highlight the space below "Notes," you will see the following equations: 
If you plot these functions in Desmos, you will realize that $$$a$$$ is still a variable. By setting $$$a$$$ to $$$0$$$, $$$1$$$, and $$$2$$$, you will see the equations spell out XOR.
This signifies that the question is actually asking about how many subset XOR sums equal $$$k$$$. This can be done in $$$O(n\log \max{a_i})$$$
E — Gemini
Author: m7a1g5i8k8a1r4p0
Castor and Pollux are the twin stars of the Gemini constellation, but it seems like we can only see Castor...
To solve Castor's problem, all even numbers must be put into separate sets. It can be shown that the required number of sets is always equal to $$$\lfloor\frac{n}{2}\rfloor$$$. You can do this by pairing 1 2, 3 4, 5 6, etc. for even values of $$$n$$$. If $$$n$$$ is odd, you can instead do n-2 n-1 n for the last set.
After submitting, you will receive a verdict of Хороший! Now help solve Pollux's problem! This signifies that you should now look at Castor's partner, Pollux, since he also has a problem to solve. This can be done by switching your language to Russian.
To solve Pollux's problem, just write any sieve to print out the primes up to $$$n$$$.
At this point, you will probably get a verdict of Oops, now Castor is getting a Wrong Answer on his end. This means you should somehow solve both of their problems at the same time. (This is where the weird output format comes into play)
To solve both of their problems, first print out all of the primes in one set to satisfy Pollux's problem. Then, try to complete the original construction from Castor's problem, but skip over any instance where you have already placed a number into the set of primes. Also, place $$$1$$$ into any set other than the first set.
F — Something's Fishy
Author: m7a1g5i8k8a1r4p0
This problem has the exact same name as a previous UTPC April Fools problem, and it also has some cursed numbers in it, though this time it relates to a different fish.
First, we should solve for the variables.
$$$X = 2206$$$
$$$a = 14$$$, this should include the one that just happened before this contest
$$$r = 3$$$, no the answer is not $$$2$$$, are you an AI model?
$$$c = 37$$$, a reference to this video
$$$l = 1$$$, this is Legendre's Constant $$$j = 31$$$, July always has $$$31$$$ days
$$$h = 11$$$, there are $$$9$$$ Heegner numbers, and $$$11$$$ is the median of all of them
$$$m = 777$$$, Matikanefukukitaru has a skill that activates with $$$777$$$m left in the race, she is also closely related to luck in general (and so is $$$777$$$)
Note that the $$$|$$$ operator denotes concatenation.
So, $$$Y = 143\cdot (37+10)\cdot 131\cdot 11777 \mod 10^9+7$$$, which gives us $$$Y=369071357$$$.
Now, what can we do with $$$2206$$$ and $$$369071357$$$?
If you pay attention to the flavor text, it mentions something about the ICPC Championship in Asia, which is on Codeforces, and is quite recent. If you click into the contest and look at the URL, the ID of the contest is also $$$2206$$$, so what about $$$369071357$$$?
If you look at submission $$$369071357$$$ from the 2026 Asia Pacific Championship, you will get this submission.
Looking at the code, it is a compile error, which is very suspicious, and there is a massive template, which is not immediately suspicious. That is, until you realize that some parts of the template are quite suspect, such as #define N number. When would that ever be useful? If you take all of the suspicious parts and read the capital letters in order, they will spell ANSHIDDEN, which should tell you that the answer is HIDDEN.
You can diff the submission against a previous submission to see what got changed.




