Several Marathon matches were added to Topcoder event calendar:
- Marathon Match 94, starting on August 16th — 1 week long.
- lightning round leading to Warsaw regional event, runs August 29th — September 1st, open for everybody and awards TCO points.
- Marathon Match 95, starting on October 4th — 1 week long.
Marathon Match 94 ConnectedComponent started yesterday and will run for a week.
What is lightning round and how is that connected to Warsaw?
Lightning round is a 3-day Marathon, rated, with TCO points. The connection to Warsaw — I think the top participants of those who will be present at Warsaw regional event will get some prizes, but you should wait for official news for a confirmation. I don't distribute prizes, I just provide the problems :-)
Simply: they organized contest when noone is in Warsaw.
Warsaw lightning round will start tomorrow. There will be prizes for top 3 finishers at the onsite and top 3 finishers among virtual participants: https://tco17.topcoder.com/regional-events/warsaw-poland/