We invite you to participate in CodeChef’s Starters 231, this Wednesday, 25th March, rated for 5 stars (i.e. for users with rating < 2200).

Time: 8:00 PM — 10:00 PM IST

Joining us on the problem setting panel are:

• Contest Admin, Setter, Statement Verifier and Text Editorialist: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh

• Tester: Sushil SmolBrain Raaja

Written editorials will be available for all on discuss.codechef.com. Pro users can find the editorials directly on the problem pages after the contest. The video editorials of the problems will be available only to Pro users.

Also, if you have some original and engaging problem ideas, and you’re interested in them being used in CodeChef's contests, you can share them here.

Hope to see you participating. Good Luck!

We invite you to participate in CodeChef’s Starters 229, this Wednesday, 11th March, rated for 6 stars (i.e. for users with rating < 2500).

Time: 8:00 PM — 10:00 PM IST

Joining us on the problem setting panel are:

• Contest Admin, Setter, Statement Verifier and Text Editorialist: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh

• Tester: Sushil SmolBrain Raaja

Written editorials will be available for all on discuss.codechef.com. Pro users can find the editorials directly on the problem pages after the contest. The video editorials of the problems will be available only to Pro users.

Also, if you have some original and engaging problem ideas, and you’re interested in them being used in CodeChef's contests, you can share them here. Hope to see you participating.

Good Luck!

We invite you to participate in CodeChef’s Starters 225, this Wednesday, 11th February, rated for 5 stars (i.e. for users with rating < 2200).

Time: 8:00 PM — 10:00 PM IST

Joining us on the problem setting panel are:

• Contest Admin, Statement Verifier and Text Editorialist: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh

• Setters: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh and Sushil SmolBrain Raaja

• Tester: Sushil SmolBrain Raaja

Written editorials will be available for all on discuss.codechef.com. Pro users can find the editorials directly on the problem pages after the contest. The video editorials of the problems will be available only to Pro users.

Also, if you have some original and engaging problem ideas, and you’re interested in them being used in CodeChef's contests, you can share them here.

Hope to see you participating.
Good Luck!

We invite you to participate in CodeChef’s Starters 220, this Wednesday, 7th January, rated for 5 star (i.e. for users with rating < 2200).

Time: 8:00 PM — 10:00 PM IST

Joining us on the problem setting panel are:

• Contest Admin, Statement Verifier and Text Editorialist: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.

• Tester: Sushil SmolBrain Raaja.

• Setter: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.

Written editorials will be available for all on discuss.codechef.com. Pro users can find the editorials directly on the problem pages after the contest. The video editorials of the problems will be available only to Pro users.

Also, if you have some original and engaging problem ideas, and you’re interested in them being used in CodeChef's contests, you can share them here.

Hope to see you participating.
Good luck!

We invite you to participate in CodeChef’s Starters 211, this Wednesday, 5th November, rated for 6 star (i.e. for users with rating < 2500).

Time: 8:00 PM — 10:00 PM IST

Joining us on the problem setting panel are:

• Contest Admin, Statement Verifier and Text Editorialist: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.

• Tester: Sushil SmolBrain Raaja.

• Setter: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.

Written editorials will be available for all on discuss.codechef.com. Pro users can find the editorials directly on the problem pages after the contest. The video editorials of the problems will be available only to Pro users.

Also, if you have some original and engaging problem ideas, and you’re interested in them being used in CodeChef's contests, you can share them here.

Hope to see you participating.
Good luck!

We invite you to participate in CodeChef’s Starters 208, this Wednesday, 15th October, rated for 6 star (i.e. for users with rating < 2500).

Time: 8:00 PM — 10:00 PM IST

Joining us on the problem setting panel are:

• Contest Admin, Statement Verifier and Text Editorialist: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.

• Tester: Shreyan Dominater069 Ray.

• Setter: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.

Written editorials will be available for all on discuss.codechef.com. Pro users can find the editorials directly on the problem pages after the contest. The video editorials of the problems will be available only to Pro users.

Also, if you have some original and engaging problem ideas, and you’re interested in them being used in CodeChef's contests, you can share them here.

Hope to see you participating.
Good luck!

We invite you to participate in CodeChef’s Starters 205, this Wednesday, 24th September, rated for 6 star (i.e. for users with rating < 2500).

Time: 8:00 PM — 10:00 PM IST

Joining us on the problem setting panel are:

• Contest Admin, Statement Verifier and Text Editorialist: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.

• Tester: Shreyan Dominater069 Ray.

• Setter: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.

Written editorials will be available for all on discuss.codechef.com. Pro users can find the editorials directly on the problem pages after the contest. The video editorials of the problems will be available only to Pro users.

Also, if you have some original and engaging problem ideas, and you’re interested in them being used in CodeChef's contests, you can share them here.

Hope to see you participating.
Good luck!

We invite you to participate in CodeChef’s Starters 202, this Wednesday, 3rd September, rated for 5 star (i.e. for users with rating < 2200).

Time: 8:00 PM — 10:00 PM IST

Joining us on the problem setting panel are:

• Contest Admin, Statement Verifier and Text Editorialist: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.

• Tester: Shreyan Dominater069 Ray.

• Setter: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.

Written editorials will be available for all on discuss.codechef.com. Pro users can find the editorials directly on the problem pages after the contest. The video editorials of the problems will be available only to Pro users.

Also, if you have some original and engaging problem ideas, and you’re interested in them being used in CodeChef's contests, you can share them here.

Hope to see you participating.
Good luck!

We invite you to participate in CodeChef’s Starters 198, this Wednesday, 6th August, rated for 5 star (i.e. for users with rating < 2200).

Time: 8:00 PM — 10:00 PM IST

Joining us on the problem setting panel are:

• Contest Admin, Statement Verifier and Text Editorialist: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.

• Tester: Sushil SmolBrain Raaja.

• Setters: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh, Sushil SmolBrain Raaja.

Written editorials will be available for all on discuss.codechef.com. Pro users can find the editorials directly on the problem pages after the contest. The video editorials of the problems will be available only to Pro users.

Also, if you have some original and engaging problem ideas, and you’re interested in them being used in CodeChef's contests, you can share them here.

Hope to see you participating.
Good luck!

We invite you to participate in CodeChef’s Starters 196, this Wednesday, 23rd July, rated for 5 star (i.e. for users with rating < 2200).

Time: 8:00 PM — 10:00 PM IST

Joining us on the problem setting panel are:

• Contest Admin, Statement Verifier and Text Editorialist: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.

• Tester: Sushil SmolBrain Raaja.

• Setters: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh, Sushil SmolBrain Raaja

Written editorials will be available for all on discuss.codechef.com. Pro users can find the editorials directly on the problem pages after the contest. The video editorials of the problems will be available only to Pro users.

Also, if you have some original and engaging problem ideas, and you’re interested in them being used in CodeChef's contests, you can share them here.

Hope to see you participating.
Good luck!

We invite you to participate in CodeChef’s Starters 192, this Wednesday, 25th June, rated for 6 star (i.e. for users with rating < 2500).

Time: 8:00 PM — 10:00 PM IST

Joining us on the problem setting panel are:

• Contest Admin, Statement Verifier and Text Editorialist: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.

• Tester: Sushil SmolBrain Raaja.

• Setters: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh, Sushil SmolBrain Raaja

Written editorials will be available for all on discuss.codechef.com. Pro users can find the editorials directly on the problem pages after the contest. The video editorials of the problems will be available only to Pro users.

Also, if you have some original and engaging problem ideas, and you’re interested in them being used in CodeChef's contests, you can share them here.

Hope to see you participating.
Good Luck!

We invite you to participate in CodeChef’s Starters 190, this Wednesday, 11th June, rated for 5 star (i.e. for users with rating < 2200).

Time: 8:00 PM — 10:00 PM IST

Joining us on the problem setting panel are:

• Contest Admin, Statement Verifier and Text Editorialist: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.

• Tester: Sushil SmolBrain Raaja.

• Setter: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.

Written editorials will be available for all on discuss.codechef.com. Pro users can find the editorials directly on the problem pages after the contest. The video editorials of the problems will be available only to Pro users.

Also, if you have some original and engaging problem ideas, and you’re interested in them being used in CodeChef's contests, you can share them here.

Hope to see you participating.
Good Luck!

We invite you to participate in CodeChef’s Starters 187, this Wednesday, 21st May, rated for 6 star (i.e. for users with rating < 2500).

Time: 8:00 PM — 10:00 PM IST

Joining us on the problem setting panel are:

• Contest Admin, Statement Verifier and Text Editorialist: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.

• Tester: Sushil SmolBrain Raaja.

• Setter: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.

Written editorials will be available for all on discuss.codechef.com. Pro users can find the editorials directly on the problem pages after the contest. The video editorials of the problems will be available only to Pro users.

Also, if you have some original and engaging problem ideas, and you’re interested in them being used in CodeChef's contests, you can share them here.

Hope to see you participating.
Good Luck!

We invite you to participate in CodeChef’s Starters 185, this Wednesday, 7th May, rated for 5 star (i.e. for users with rating < 2200).

Time: 8:00 PM — 10:00 PM IST

Joining us on the problem setting panel are:

• Contest Admin, Statement Verifier, and Text Editorialist: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.

• Tester: Sushil SmolBrain Raaja.

• Setter: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.

Written editorials will be available for all on discuss.codechef.com. Pro users can find the editorials directly on the problem pages after the contest. The video editorials of the problems will be available only to Pro users.

Also, if you have some original and engaging problem ideas, and you’re interested in them being used in CodeChef's contests, you can share them here.

Hope to see you participating.
Good Luck!

We invite you to participate in CodeChef’s Starters 178, this Wednesday, 19th March, rated upto 6 stars (i.e. for users with rating < 2500).

Time: 8:00 PM — 10:15 PM IST

Please note that the contest is 15 minutes longer than usual.

Joining us on the problem setting panel are:

• Contest Admin, Statement Verifier & Text Editorialist: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.

• Tester:Shreyan Dominater069 Ray.

• Setters:Shreyan Dominater069 Ray, Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.

Written editorials will be available for all on discuss.codechef.com. Pro users can find the editorials directly on the problem pages after the contest. The video editorials of the problems will be available only to Pro users.

Also, if you have some original and engaging problem ideas, and you’re interested in them being used in CodeChef's contests, you can share them here.

Hope to see you participating.
Good luck!

Congratulations to the top 5 in division 1!

1. potato167
2. Nachia
3. TKT_YI
4. kotatsugame
5. jeroenodb

We invite you to participate in CodeChef’s Starters 165, this Wednesday, 18th December, rated upto 6 stars (i.e. for users with rating < 2500).

Time: 8:00 PM — 10:00 PM IST

Joining us on the problem setting panel are:

• Contest Admin, Text Editorialist and Statement Verifier: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh

• Tester: Sushil SmolBrain Raaja

• Setters: Krrish Krrishchanchal Chanchal, Sushil SmolBrain Raaja, Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.

Written editorials will be available for all on discuss.codechef.com. Pro users can find the editorials directly on the problem pages after the contest. The video editorials of the problems will be available only to Pro users.

Also, if you have some original and engaging problem ideas, and you’re interested in them being used in CodeChef's contests, you can share them here.

Hope to see you participating.

Good Luck!

We invite you to participate in CodeChef’s Starters 161, this Wednesday, 20th November, rated for all. The contest duration will be 2.5 hours.

Time: 8:00 PM — 10:30 PM IST

Joining us on the problem setting panel are:

• Contest Admin, Statement Verifier and Text Editorialist: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh

• Tester: Takuki tabr Kurokawa

• Setters: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh, Cozma tibinyte2006 Tiberiu-Stefan, KaiSuoShuTong.

Special thanks to satyam343 for discussing several problem ideas with me.

Written editorials will be available for all on discuss.codechef.com. Pro users can find the editorials directly on the problem pages after the contest. The video editorials of the problems will be available only to Pro users.

Also, if you have some original and engaging problem ideas, and you’re interested in them being used in CodeChef's contests, you can share them here.

Problem Distribution:

• Division 1: 7 problems, one is a subtask

• Division 2: 7 problems

• Division 3: 8 problems

• Division 4: 8 problems

Hope to see you participating.
Good luck!

Congrats to the top 5 in Div. 1!

1. potato167

2. noimi

3. SSerxhs

4. risujiroh (only participant to solve "Easy Constructive Problem"!)

5. RNS_JK

We invite you to participate in CodeChef’s Starters 157, this Wednesday, 23th October, rated upto 5 stars (i.e. for users with rating < 2200).

Time: 8:00 PM — 10:00 PM IST

Joining us on the problem setting panel are:

• Contest Admin, Text Editorialist, and Statement Verifier: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh

• Tester: Sushil SmolBrain Raaja

• Setters: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh, Harsh harsh__h.

Problem distribution:

• Division $$$1$$$: $$$5$$$ problems
• Division $$$2$$$: $$$6$$$ problems
• Division $$$3$$$: $$$7$$$ problems, of which $$$1$$$ is a subtask
• Division $$$4$$$: $$$8$$$ problems, of which $$$1$$$ is a subtask

Written editorials will be available for all on discuss.codechef.com. Pro users can find the editorials directly on the problem pages after the contest. The video editorials of the problems will be available only to Pro users.

Also, if you have some original and engaging problem ideas, and you’re interested in them being used in CodeChef's contests, you can share them here. Hope to see you participating.

Good luck!

Congrats to the top 5 in Div1!

1. Egor
2. maspy
3. Kude
4. liympanda
5. noya2

We invite you to participate in CodeChef’s Starters 152, this Wednesday, 18th September, rated upto 6 stars (i.e. for users with rating < 2500).

Time: 8:00 PM — 10:00 PM IST

Joining us on the problem setting panel are:

• Setters: Abdul AKMalice Nayeem Khalid, Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh, Ashish Kryptonix Gangwar, Ronit bronit Bhatt

• Tester: Takuki tabr Kurokawa

• Contest Admin, Text Editorialist, and Statement Verifier: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.

Written editorials will be available for all on discuss.codechef.com. Pro users can find the editorials directly on the problem pages after the contest. The video editorials of the problems will be available only to Pro users.

Also, if you have some original and engaging problem ideas, and you’re interested in them being used in CodeChef's contests, you can share them here.

Hope to see you participating. Good luck!

Congratulations to the top 5 in Div1!

1. liympanda

2. DylanSmith

3. Dragokj03

4. GOTKAKO

5. EnofTaiPeople

We invite you to participate in CodeChef’s Starters 148, this Wednesday, 21st August, rated upto 6 stars (i.e. for users with rating < 2500).

Time: 8:00 PM — 10:00 PM IST

Joining us on the problem setting panel are:

• Setters: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh, Rishi r15h1_67 Mohan Jha, and Nika nika-skybytska Skybytska
• Tester: Nika nika-skybytska Skybytska
• Contest Admin, Text Editorialist, and Statement Verifier: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh

Written editorials will be available for all on discuss.codechef.com. Pro users can find the editorials directly on the problem pages after the contest. The video editorials of the problems will be available only to Pro users.

Also, if you have some original and engaging problem ideas, and you’re interested in them being used in CodeChef's contests, you can share them here.

Hope to see you participating.
Good luck!

Congratulations to the top 5!

1. maspy

2. tiger2005

3. Tobo

4. risujiroh

5. liympanda

We invite you to participate in CodeChef’s Starters 141, this Wednesday, 3rd July, rated till 5-Stars (ie. for users with rating < 2200).

Time: 8:00 PM — 10:00 PM IST

Joining us on the problem setting panel are:

• Setters: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh, Abdul Nayeem AKMalice Khalid, Archit Pols_Agyi_Pols.
• Tester: Archit Pols_Agyi_Pols.
• Text Editorialist: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.
• Statement Verifier: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.
• Contest Admin: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.

One problem has a subtask.

Written editorials will be available for all on discuss.codechef.com. Pro users can find the editorials directly on the problem pages after the contest. The video editorials of the problems will be available only to Pro users.

Also, if you have some original and engaging problem ideas, and you’re interested in them being used in CodeChef's contests, you can share them here. Hope to see you participating.

Good Luck!

We invite you to participate in CodeChef’s Starters 137, this Wednesday, 5th June, rated for till 5-Stars(ie. for users with rating < 2200).

Time: 8:00 PM — 10:00 PM IST

Joining us on the problem setting panel are:

• Setters: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh, Nika nika-skybytska Skybytska, Nitish _helloLad Kumar, Apoorv TyroWhizz Kumar, harshit.30
• Tester: Nika nika-skybytska Skybytska
• Text Editorialist: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh
• Statement Verifier: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh
• Contest Admin: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh

Written editorials will be available for all on discuss.codechef.com. Pro users can find the editorials directly on the problem pages after the contest. The video editorials of the problems will be available only to Pro users.

Also, if you have some original and engaging problem ideas, and you’re interested in them being used in CodeChef's contests, you can share them here. Hope to see you participating.

Good Luck!

UPD: Congrats to the top 5 in Div1!

1. maspy

2. flytime

3. Kude

4. risujiroh

5. sheercold

We invite you to participate in CodeChef’s Starters 133, this Wednesday, 8th May, rated till 6-Stars (ie. for users with rating < 2500).

Time: 8:00 PM — 10:00 PM IST

Joining us on the problem setting panel are:

• Setters: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh, S.Manuj DarkSparkle Nanthan, wuhudsm.

• Tester: Apoorv TyroWhizz Kumar.

• Text Editorialist: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.

• Statement Verifier: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.

• Contest Admin: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.

Written editorials will be available for all on discuss.codechef.com. Pro users can find the editorials directly on the problem pages after the contest. The video editorials of the problems will be available only to Pro users.

Also, if you have some original and engaging problem ideas, and you’re interested in them being used in CodeChef's contests, you can share them here.

Hope to see you participating. Good luck!

We invite you to participate in CodeChef’s Starters 131, this Wednesday, 24th April, rated till 5-Stars (ie. for users with rating < 2200).
Time: 8:00 PM — 10:00 PM IST

Joining us on the problem setting panel are:

• Setters: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh, Vaibhav kingmessi Khater, NeverCompromise.
• Tester: Takuki tabr Kurokawa.
• Text Editorialist: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.
• Statement Verifier: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.
• Contest Admin: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh.

Written editorials will be available for all on discuss.codechef.com. Pro users can find the editorials directly on the problem pages after the contest. The video editorials of the problems will be available only to Pro users.

Also, if you have some original and engaging problem ideas, and you’re interested in them being used in CodeChef's contests, you can share them here.

Hope to see you participating.
Good Luck!

We invite you to participate in CodeChef’s Starters 127, this Wednesday, 27th March, rated for till 5-Stars(ie. for users with rating < 2200).

Time: 8:00 PM — 10:00 PM IST

Joining us on the problem setting panel are:

• Setters: Yash yash_daga Daga, Mamalesh Rajkumar SunQuest Hake, Prince _Prince Patel, Viraj JagguBandar Agrawal, Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh
• Tester: Viraj JagguBandar Agrawal
• Text Editorialist: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh
• Statement Verifier: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh
• Contest Admin: Nishank IceKnight1093 Suresh

Written editorials will be available for all on discuss.codechef.com. Pro users can find the editorials directly on the problem pages after the contest. The video editorials of the problems will be available only to Pro users.

Also, if you have some original and engaging problem ideas, and you’re interested in them being used in CodeChef's contests, you can share them here.
Hope to see you participating.

P.S: CodeChef has C++20 support now! Try it out on the IDE.
It will be available for this contest (and all future contests), and should be enabled for all past problems soon, too.