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
As a setter, I hope you like the contest.
Waiting
As a tester, shrek wishes you good luck.
hoping to see a good set of problems
Excited for contest
This contest will only take me 5 minutes to complete
Excited ✨✨
Prize pool is only for students? Not for working ones?
Only students are eligible for any Prizes or Certificates
Will I get a certificate if I rank in the top 2,000? I am not from India.
Yes
Should I have to register from IICPC or only codechef is ok ?
You have to register on iicpc.com to be eligible.
Can we fill regional centers choice after Prelims?
You'll be given the choice to edit your regional centre preferences after the Prelims if you are in top 400.
okk
Slots of 400 is for 8 iits total or one iit 400 slots
Top 400 in prelims, will be assigned to 8 IITs — ~ 50 per regional centre
₹10,00,000Wtf is this number?
Money is flowing.It's 12000 dollars, that's a good amount of money.
Is registration at https://iicpc.com only meant for students? I see a mandatory Graduation Year field which only provides options from 2025 to 2029 and another School option for under-university schooling students.
I will be able to participate directly on CodeChef Starters 173, but I didn't see any eligibility criteria mentioned for registration. I see a comment that only students are eligible for prizes. Please confirm on who should go for registration as well.
Everyone are welcome to participate, for students it's CodeChef starters + Codefest prelims; for others it's a usual starters round.