We invite you to participate in CodeChef’s Starters 173, this Wednesday, 12th February, rated for users with rating < 2700.

• Time: 8:00 PM — 10:30 PM IST
• Ranking: ICPC Style

Joining us on the problem-setting panel are:

• Setters: IceKnight1093, yuvrajKharayat, Proelectro444, sai-17, RighterTheOriginal, Newtech66, Ayush

• Testers: physics0523, djm03178, TyroWhizz, bananasaur, targeter2004, Proelectro444, weirdflexbutok, shorya1835, Soumil69, ghoul932, envariant, harshith_04, Prady, Newtech66, abhijain565aj, Tirth11, ShreyHehe, MehtaSaheb, Voiceofthecoder

• Contest Admin, Statement Verifier, Text Editorialists: IceKnight1093

Written editorials will be available for all on discuss.codechef.com. Pro users can find the editorials directly on the problem pages after the contest. The video editorials of the problems will be available only to Pro users.

Also, if you have some original and engaging problem ideas, and you’re interested in them being used in CodeChef's contests, you can share them here. Hope to see you participating.

Good Luck!

CodeFest is a premier competitive programming event brought to you by IICPC, sponsored by Hudson River Trading (HRT), co-sponsored by Citadel Securities and Jump Trading, Jane Street and Landeed as Associate sponsors and QuantInsti being the Knowledge Partner.

Codefest is a 3 stage Individual Contest:

• Stage 1 (Prelims) : To be held on Codechef on 12th February 8pm IST
• Stage 2 (Offline Regionals) : 2 Multisite Regionals to be held across 8 IITs.
• Stage 3 (Grand Finale) : To be held in Research Park IIT Madras on 5th April while 6th April 2025 is booked for recruitment round for the firms interested in students through an interview process.

Qualification

There are 400 slots in the Regionals and 50 for the Finals.

• (Prelims to Regionals Qualification) : In the CodeChef Contest, all divisions will have a common Problem set. Top 400 over the aggregate ranklist will move on to the Offline Regionals.
• (Regionals to Finale Qualification) : Top 25 participants from each of the 2 regionals will move on to the Grand Finale.

Prizes

• Certificates for the Top 2,000 rankers in Prelims.
• For Indian Participants: Prize Pool of ~ ₹10,00,000 and work opportunities at our sponsors — Elite International HFT firms (High school, UG, PG students are all eligible).
• For International Participants: Prize Pool of ₹25,000 to the Top 5 participants in the Prelims leaderboard.

Register now at iicpc.com (plesse clear cache if old website is popping up; new website contains information for Codefest 2025)

More information can be found here — [Invitation] IICPC CodeFest 2025