ICPC Swiss Subregional Contest 2024-2025
Event start time 26.10.2024 10:00
Event end time 26.10.2024 16:30
Where and When:
The contest will take place on Saturday, October 26th from 10:00 until 16:30. 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.
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 13 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 South West European Regional contest. [1]
Rules
- You can choose between various languages, including ICPC's official languages C, C++ and Java.
- The contest will be held on the computers in the computer rooms in CAB.
- You are allowed to bring a cheatsheet with at most 25 A4 pages (or 12.5 double sided) but no other resources are allowed, especially no internet access including language models.
- You may bring your own keyboard to the event.
- 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 have any questions regarding the contest, please do not hesitate to contact us at cpc@vis.ethz.ch.
[1] http://swerc.eu/
[2] https://cdn.vis.ethz.ch/cpc-eligibility2024
Event organisers
Main event organiser Constantin Mussaeus