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By UTPC_Admin, history, 11 days ago, In English

Hello, Codeforces!

UTPC, the competitive programming organization at the University of Texas at Austin, is happy to invite you to participate in the fifth (and final!) contest of the UTPC Fall contest season which will be held on Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 6:00PM UTC-5 (CDT).

You will be given 8 problems (roughly ordered by difficulty) and 2 hours to solve them, with standard ICPC scoring. There will be a wide range of difficulties -- anyone is welcome to participate! We have will two divisions, Div. 2 for beginners to competitive programming and Div. 1 for people with some experience. This is a team contest for teams with up to 3 members. This is (of course) not an official Codeforces round, and is thus unrated.

The problems were prepared and tested by Daveeed, DylanSmith, fishy15, mwen, __nullptr__, porkchops, sg2themax, and zekigurbuz.

And also a huge thanks to speedycatfish for planning logistics! We would like to thank:

Below are the links to the contests:

Good luck and have fun!

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By UTPC_Admin, history, 3 weeks ago, In English

Hello, Codeforces!

UTPC, the competitive programming organization at the University of Texas at Austin, is happy to invite you to participate in the fourth contest of the UTPC Fall contest season which will be held on Friday, November 8, 2024 at 6:00PM UTC-5 (CDT).

You will be given 8 problems (roughly ordered by difficulty) and 2 hours to solve them, with standard ICPC scoring. There will be a wide range of difficulties -- anyone is welcome to participate! We have will two divisions, Div. 2 for beginners to competitive programming and Div. 1 for people with some experience. This is an individual contest. This is (of course) not an official Codeforces round, and is thus unrated.

The problems were prepared and tested by blueberryJam, DylanSmith, ericpenguin, fishy15, isaac18b, nwx, __nullptr__, porkchops, sg2themax, and zekigurbuz.

And also a huge thanks to speedycatfish for planning logistics! We would like to thank:

Below are the links to the contests:

Good luck and have fun!

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By UTPC_Admin, history, 7 weeks ago, In English

Hello, Codeforces!

UTPC, the competitive programming organization at the University of Texas at Austin, is happy to invite you to participate in the second contest of the UTPC Fall contest season which will be held on Friday, October 11, 2024 at 6:00PM UTC-5 (CDT).

You will be given 8 problems (roughly ordered by difficulty) and 2 hours to solve them, with standard ICPC scoring. There will be a wide range of difficulties -- anyone is welcome to participate! We have will two divisions, Div. 2 for beginners to competitive programming and Div. 1 for people with some experience. This is an individual contest. This is (of course) not an official Codeforces round, and is thus unrated.

The problems were prepared and tested by blueberryJam, Daveeed, DylanSmith, fishy15, isaac18b, sg2themax, tn757, and zekigurbuz.

And also a huge thanks to speedycatfish for planning logistics! We would like to thank:

Below are the links to the contests:

Good luck and have fun!

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By UTPC_Admin, 2 months ago, In English

Hope you enjoyed our contest! The editorial is below:

A — Spookeepy

Author: porkchops

Solution

B — Ternary Nightmare

Author: B-1168

Solution

C — Nightmare on 24th

Author: isaac18b

Solution

D — Spooky Hallways

Author: GhOsT16790

Solution

E — Eating Candies

Authors: mwen, DylanSmith

Solution

F — Haunted House

Author: Daveeed

Solution

G — Speedway Evacuation

Author: ericpenguin

Solution

H — Pumpkin Patch

Author: zekigurbuz

Solution

I — Trick or Treat

Author: tn757

Solution

J — Phantom Poker

Authors: bridgeminion, fishy15

Solution

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By UTPC_Admin, history, 3 months ago, In English

Hello, Codeforces!

UTPC, the competitive programming organization at the University of Texas at Austin, is happy to invite you to participate in the first contest of the UTPC Fall contest season which will be held on Friday, September 13, 2024 at 6:00PM UTC-5 (CDT).

You will be given 8 problems (roughly ordered by difficulty) and 2 hours to solve them, with standard ICPC scoring. There will be a wide range of difficulties -- anyone is welcome to participate! We have will two divisions, Div. 2 for beginners to competitive programming and Div. 1 for people with some experience. This is a team contest, meaning that you are allowed to compete in teams of up to 3 members (it is totally acceptable to compete without teammates as well). This is (of course) not an official Codeforces round, and is thus unrated.

The problems were prepared and tested by B-1168, bridgeminion, Daveeed, DylanSmith, ericpenguin, GhOsT16790, isaac18b, porkchops, tn757, and zekigurbuz.

And also a huge thanks to speedycatfish for planning logistics and to mwen and fishy15 for help with testing problems!

We would like to thank:

The contest will be posted in the Gym tab here on Codeforces. Good luck and have fun!

Image of UT Open flyer

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By UTPC_Admin, history, 7 months ago, In English

Hope you enjoyed our contest! The editorial is below:

A — Skipping Songs

Author: sg2themax

Solution

B — 6th heaven

Author: blueberryJam

Solution

C — A Noteworthy Debut

Author: mwen

Solution

D — Counting Records

Author: Daveeed

Solution

E — Is It Vinyl?

Author: jxin31415

Solution

F — Lost in the Album Store

Author: isaac18b

Solution

G — Making Records

Author: DylanSmith

Solution

H — Prefix Tower

Authors: nwx, Daveeed

Solution

I — Record Compression

Author: zekigurbuz

Solution

J — Record The Record Record

Author: tn757

Solution

K — Sample Heat

Author: fishy15

Solution

L — Two Pizzas

Author: DylanSmith

Solution

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By UTPC_Admin, history, 8 months ago, In English

Hello, Codeforces!

UTPC, the competitive programming organization at the University of Texas at Austin, is happy to invite you to participate in the 2024 edition of the UT Open (UTOPC) which will be held on Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 1:00PM UTC-5 (CDT).

You will be given 10-12 problems (not necessarily ordered by difficulty) and 5 hours to solve them, with standard ICPC scoring. There will be a wide range of difficulties -- anyone is welcome to participate! This is a team contest, meaning that you are allowed to compete in teams of up to 3 members (it is totally acceptable to compete without teammates as well). This is (of course) not an official Codeforces round, and is thus unrated.

Prizes will be available to students competing in person in Austin (at the Gates-Dell Complex), and further prize information is TBD.

The problems were prepared and tested by sg2themax, tn757, jxin31415, blueberryJam, isaac18b, mwen, zekigurbuz, nwx, fishy15, DylanSmith, and Daveeed.

And also a huge thanks to chickencode and speedycatfish for planning logistics and to B-1168 for help with testing problems!

We would like to thank:

  • evouga2 and gpdowning for being great resources and coaches for the UT Austin ICPC teams,

  • Jane Street, our generous sponsor,

  • MikeMirzayanov for the great platforms Codeforces and Polygon,

  • and all of you, for participating!

The contest is in the Gym tab here on Codeforces. Good luck and have fun!

Image of UT Open flyer

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By UTPC_Admin, history, 8 months ago, In English

Hello everyone! Hope you enjoyed our contest, this was our first time making a contest in this fashion. Hopefully we will have many more years :)

A – Are you a Robot?

Author: blueberryJam

Solution
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B – Working Out

Author: sg2themax

Solution
Feedback

C – Passcode

Author: zekigurbuz

Solution
Feedback

D – Prestige Hunter

Author: B-1168

Solution
Feedback

Sorry for including duplicate companies in the pastebin, we only noticed near the end of the contest :(

E – Something's Fishy

Author: porkchops

Solution
Feedback

F – Those Who Know

Author: fishy15

Solution
Feedback

G – :wink:

Author: sg2themax

Solution
Feedback

H – Find the Bug Week 15

Author: mwen

Solution
Feedback

I – Oh It's XOR

Author: DylanSmith

Solution
Feedback

J – Gacha Rolling

Author: speedycatfish
Editorial: mwen

Solution
Feedback

K – Vote Here!

Author: mwen

Solution
Feedback

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By UTPC_Admin, history, 8 months ago, In English

Hello, Codeforces!

UTPC, the competitive programming organization at the University of Texas at Austin, is happy to invite you to participate in our first ever April Fool's contest which will be held on Monday, April 1, 2024 at 6:00PM UTC-5 (CDT).

You will be given many wacky problems and 2 hours to solve them, with standard ICPC scoring. Anyone is welcome to participate! This is a team contest, meaning that you are allowed to compete in teams of up to 3 members (it is totally acceptable to compete without teammates as well). This is (of course) not an official Codeforces round, and is thus unrated.

Prizes will be available to UT students competing in person in Austin (at the Gates-Dell Complex), or online.

The problems were prepared and tested by mwen, fishy15, sg2themax, blueberryJam, B-1168, fishy15, zekigurbuz, fishy15, porkchops, DylanSmith, speedycatfish, and fishy15.

And also a huge thanks to chickencode and speedycatfish for planning logistics!

If you are interested, join our Discord here ;)!

We would like to thank:

  • evouga2 and gpdowning for being great resources and coaches for the UT Austin ICPC teams,

  • Jane Street, our generous sponsor,

  • MikeMirzayanov for the great platforms Codeforces and Polygon,

  • and all of you, for participating!

The contest can be found in the Gym tab; good luck and have fun!

Update: Here's the compilation of everyone's "favorite problem" voting results:

Thank you all for competing!

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