Who determines the contest start time ? The writer(s) or Mike Mirzayanov?
if you take a look at upcoming contests, You will notice that 3 unusual start times are there.
this unusual start time happened in some of recent contests too. I am familiar with 14:35 UTC start time ( I think 54 out of 56 contests I participated, started at that time, and that 2 contests started at 10:35 UTC I think, which both were on Friday ).
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Probably the contest setters, since they are the ones who have to be online during the contest to answer clarifications and also to fix anything, if anything goes wrong.
that's normal, i think it'll be fixed soon when the announcement posted
It's determined by setters and might be based on on-site rounds.
Why not be an intended move so that number of participants isn't too high? Causing server errors and potential unrated rounds.update: Based on COMPFEST finals