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'Hack The Code' Contest Invitation
By Vicennial, history, 7 years ago, In English


Note:Look for the new, updated contest timing at the end of the blog!.

Hello Codeforces community!

I am glad to announce Hack The Code , a contest where you hack the problem setter's solution to a given problem by providing any test case on which it would fail, similar to the system of Codeforces.

The contest will be held on April 3rd, 2018 at 15:30 UTC on HackerRank.
Contest link: Click
The contest is part of Euristica, IIT Indore's inaugural programming fest sponsored by Arcesium.

The problem setters of this contest are AakashHanda, 7dan, killer_bee, Ashutosh_Bang, rohitranjan017, gi_sha, amandal799 and dc99 .
The contest will have 15 problems. The problem setter's solutions are written in C++.
The first successful hack on any problem will give you one point.
Beware, each unsuccessful hack will give you a 20 minute penalty!

The prize distribution is as follows:
- First: ₹5000 - Second: ₹3000

If you love hacking solutions on codeforces (I sure do :) ), then you will enjoy this contest for sure!

See you on the leaderboard!

Update 1: Due to clash with CF #473, the event has been moved to April 5th, 2018 at 15:30 UTC. Update your calender!

Update 2: Due to issues regarding processing times for submissions using custom checkers, We have made the last minute decision to postpone the contest to save the problems. We are extremely sorry for this! We will post an update regarding updated timings and contest platform(if we decide to change).

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..... literally hackforces?

But here's a real question: we won't get to copy-paste the code, like in codeforces, right?

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    Yes, you wouldn't be able to copy-paste the code.

    Although, You could try writing it manually on your system at the expense of time.

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      If you are moving this contest because of clash .then you might consider moving Code Melange since it clashes with code forces contest partly and also clashes with champions league matches(on a lighter note). So it would have been good if this was moved to 4th night and code Melange to 5th night.because I believe code Melange is important than this .

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Auto comment: topic has been updated by Vicennial (previous revision, new revision, compare).

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Auto comment: topic has been updated by Vicennial (previous revision, new revision, compare).

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You could have announced the shift of contest earlier, because I planned to missed CSA round for this contest. :(

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    It was a last minute decision, unfortunately. Please check the update for more info.
    Really sorry about this :/

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Has the contest been postponed again?

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    Yes, there were issues which were out of our control. Please check the update.
    Extremely sorry!

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Very irresponsible

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Vicennial What about the update??

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    Most likely it will be held this week. Will update with finalised date/time once I get that info.

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Contest delayed for 1000 years?

Shows the same on my computer too

UPD: Thank you for fixing it. Contest time back to normal again

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We are all set with out event, Hack the code. The contest is now at 10:00pm IST tomorrow.

We have worked hard on all the 15 problems, and have made sure that there is no delay now!

This is a one of its kind contest, and we have found out some of the very common bugs which participants make during contests. Hope you guys will enjoy smashing your heads while solving the problems!

Link to the contest (Same link) : https://www.hackerrank.com/hack-the-code4

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