Project Electicode
For a while now, we've wanted to start a platform aimed to be the Codeforces or the go-to platform for preparing for Olympiads. 3 years I quit my job to start Electicode, an idea of a community and a platform to accommodate everyone looking for a high quality OI everywhere. Today we have https://electicode.com.
The goal is to have an online platform hosting high quality OI contests weekly or bi-weekly. For that reason, we started a company and have an offline tutoring business to fund the project, and to make a living.
Electicode is a work-in-progress, everyday new problems, resources, contests and features are being added but we think we'd like to share what we have with you now, and start hosting some public contests.
What makes Electicode different?
1) Regular OI style contests; we hold public OI style contests as often as we can, some are educational , some are original problems, with the goal of having a platform that gets you used to how to handle the contest environment REGULARLY.
2) We're working on an exhaustive archive of every OI problem, nationally and internationally. Our team is currently in the process of building that archive, and you can contribute! We're looking for all sorts of problems from various stages of the OI pipeline, if you have a PDF of some problem from some contest (e.g., the qualification round of the VOI in some state). We'll add it to the platform so it's available for people to practice.
3) We're constantly working on adding high-quality problems to resources and courses so students can have a somewhat standardized path to their prep. This is constantly evolving but we believe is already in good shape.
4) We'll be trying our best to tackle AI cheating in our contests so that the rating is somewhat representative of actual skill. This will be a hard fight and we're not sure if we'll win, but we'll try.
If you'd like to help us build the problems archive or have any suggestions or want to discuss things about the project or Electicode in general you can join our discord and we promise to be as responsive as possible.
