Hello! I'm happy to announce The 2nd Universal Cup. Stage 12: Hefei, which will be held on December 2nd, 2023.

This contest is an official ICPC Regional Contest — The 2023 ICPC Asia Hefei Regional Contest. The contest is prepared by University of Science and Technology of China.

This is also my first time as a chief judge in an ICPC regional contest. Great thanks to the host school (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics) for preparing the Regional, and the hard work done by all staff and volunteers for this contest.

The authors for preparing the contests: chenjb, jiangshibiao, Joyemang, J.T.J.L., lwn_16, lxlxl, oipotato, Qingyu, shb123, Subconscious, Suika_predator, TsReaper, zimpha.

The testers for their valuable advice: abc473848880, alexlikemath007, djq_cpp, duality, edchen, fsy_jiaxun_when, gisp_zjz, Gromah, HaccerKat, hehezhou, hyforces, kevin, KeyID, lunchbox, Minhho2005, noshi91, nothing100, Orenji.Sora, oursaco, potato167, qazswedx2, RandomKami, RobeZH, Roundgod, smax, tatyam, TLE, triple__a, UESTC_Nocturne, willy108, and YaoBIG.

The 11th Stage of the Universal Cup, Nanjing, will be based on this contest. You can participate in the contest from Nov 24 to Nov 26. Note that we have added more time windows to avoid the conflicts with the ICPC Asia Pacific Regional contests.

We are looking forward to your participation!