Soon The 2016 Topcoder Open Algorithm competition will kick off with qualification round 1A.

The top 750 contestants from this round will advance directly to round 2, while other contestants can have another shot at round 1B and round 1C.

As per topcoder tradition, the top 250 active members who have the highest algorithm rating received an automatic berth into round 2.

You can check your handle in the list of the automatic berth here!.

I̶ ̶s̶u̶p̶p̶o̶s̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶o̶s̶e̶ ̶w̶h̶o̶ ̶r̶e̶c̶e̶i̶v̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶a̶u̶t̶o̶m̶a̶t̶i̶c̶ ̶b̶e̶r̶t̶h̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶ ̶s̶t̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶c̶o̶m̶p̶e̶t̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶q̶u̶a̶l̶i̶f̶i̶c̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶s̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶a̶ ̶p̶a̶r̶a̶l̶l̶e̶l̶ ̶r̶o̶u̶n̶d̶.

EDIT: Seems like there were usually no parallel rounds for first qualification rounds, let's hope there will be this year.

You can find the full tournament schedule here.

Good luck all!