ICPC Swiss Subregional Contest 2026-2027

Where and When:

The contest will take place on Saturday, November 21st from 10:00 until 17:00. We will be initially meeting in CAB H52, please make sure to be there on time!

What

ICPC is the world's largest collegiate coding contest, and once again we are looking for the most talented programmers to represent ETH! The first qualifier round will happen right here in Zurich. A big thank you to the folks at Jane Street for sponsoring ETH's participation at ICPC this year!

The competition will be individual, you will have 5h to solve as many problems as fast as you can. In total there are 10 to 12 problems. During the event we will provide snacks and drinks.

Among all students satisfying the eligibility criteria (see below) the best will be selected to represent ETH at the Southwestern European Regional contest. [1]

Rules

• You can choose between various languages, including ICPC's official languages such as C++ and Java.
• The contest will be held on the devices of the participants. Please make sure to have a recording software (like OBS) installed.
• You are allowed to bring a cheatsheet with at most 25 single sided A4 pages but no other resources are allowed, especially no internet access or statistical language models (e.g. ChatGPT or Copilot).
• Each solved problem gives 1 point, ties will be broken by the sum of submission times where each wrong submission gives a 20 minute time penalty.

Eligibility

In order to participate in the Swiss Subregional contest you need to be eligible to participate in the world finals. To check your eligibility follow this decision tree: [2]

If you want to participate out of competition please contact one of the organizers so we can check for availability. Similarly, if you have any questions regarding the contest or related to this event please do not hesitate to contact us via Discord: https://discord.gg/xvtscPzABC.

[1] http://swerc.eu/

[2] https://cdn.vis.ethz.ch/cpc-eligibility2026