Hi, Codeforces Community! ↵
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[Codefest'17](http://www.codefest.tech/) — a diverse roster of high-quality programming competitions by Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Varanasi is excited to present **Perplexed — the constrained programming event**.↵
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The contest will take place at HackerRank (https://www.hackerrank.com/perplexed-codefest17 ). ↵
This contest will be an individual event with a duration of **5 hours**, from [Sep/22/2017 15:30 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Perplexed+-+Codefest%2717&iso=20170922T21&p1=1045&ah=5). With the creativity that the problems will naturally encourage and **INR 50,000** at stake, there is absolutely no reason for a programmer to not give this one a shot!↵
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<br>The questions here will bend your mind in different ways — this is not your normal coding contest! After all, tackling various kinds of situations and challenging constraints is what makes programming an art :)↵
### **Prizes** -<br>↵
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###### 1st (Overall) — INR 20,000<br>↵
###### 2nd (Overall) — INR 12,000<br>↵
###### 3rd (Overall) — INR 8,000<br>↵
###### 1st (India) — INR 7,000<br>↵
###### 1st (IIT Varanasi) — INR 3,000<br>↵
To be eligible for the prizes you must be registered for the Perplexed event on http://codefest.tech/dashboard/events/.↵
Innovate or stay perplexed!
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[Codefest'17](http://www.codefest.tech/) — a diverse roster of high-quality programming competitions by Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Varanasi is excited to present **Perplexed — the constrained programming event**.↵
↵
The contest will take place at HackerRank (https://www.hackerrank.com/perplexed-codefest17 ). ↵
This contest will be an individual event with a duration of **5 hours**, from [Sep/22/2017 15:30 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Perplexed+-+Codefest%2717&iso=20170922T21&p1=1045&ah=5). With the creativity that the problems will naturally encourage and **INR 50,000** at stake, there is absolutely no reason for a programmer to not give this one a shot!↵
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<br>The questions here will bend your mind in different ways — this is not your normal coding contest! After all, tackling various kinds of situations and challenging constraints is what makes programming an art :)↵
### **Prizes** -<br>↵
↵
###### 1st (Overall) — INR 20,000<br>↵
###### 2nd (Overall) — INR 12,000<br>↵
###### 3rd (Overall) — INR 8,000<br>↵
###### 1st (India) — INR 7,000<br>↵
###### 1st (IIT Varanasi) — INR 3,000<br>↵
To be eligible for the prizes you must be registered for the Perplexed event on http://codefest.tech/dashboard/events/.↵
Innovate or stay perplexed!
