USACO.Guide Informatics Tournament

A competitive programming contest hosted by the Comeptitive Programming Initiative

Contest Information

• Everyone can participate however only high schoolers are eligible for prizes (high school graduation month >= december 2024).
• Contestants can register for one of two divisions (standard or advanced) but not both.
• Contestants that are either USACO Gold and above or 1600+ on Codeforces are required to compete in the advanced division.
• In each division, contestants will compete individually to solve 8 problems in 3 hours.
• The contest will be held on March 15th from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM PDT.
• The scoring will be the ICPC format.

Prizes

• Advanced
  1. $300
  2. $200
  3. $100
  4. through 8. $15
• Standard
  1. $150
  2. $100
  3. $50
  4. through 8. $15

Rules

• You cannot communicate with any other participants during the contest in any way.
• You cannot use multiple accounts to participte in the contest.
• You can use any code published prior to the start of the contest.
• You cannot use any AI tools in any way during the contest.
• You cannot attempt to hack the contest system in any way.
• Participating in the standard division when you are USACO Gold+ or 1600+ is not allowed.
• We reserve the right to disqualify you if we believe you have broken any of the above rules.

Language Compile Commands

• C++: g++ -o2 -w -fmax-errors=3 -std=c++20
• Java: jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/bin/javac (your class must be called Solution)
• Python: pypy3