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To learn more about the contest, please visit the following link. It contains the rules and participation guidelines that will answer all your questions about the competition and the announcements in this post: Contest Rules — The Coding Race (season 2), English version
Dear Codeforces community,
We are proud to announce that: The Coding Race — season 2 will be held on Feb/19/2026 16:00 (Moscow time)!
In order to join the contest, please join our group here!
This year, we will have 8 problems, all original, with multiple subtasks for each problem, OI formatted, each tasks have a maximum score of 100 points. There will be some interactive tasks and run-twice (communication) tasks. We will host the contest on Codeforces, and the contest will lasts in 120 hours. All rules of Codeforces, including the rules against AI and plagiarism will be included as rule of the contest. This contest is also one of the official selection contest series for the National Economics University ICPC teams.
The prize structure will include cash; certificates with an official red stamp and signatures from the sponsors — the Faculty of Mathematical Economics, National Economics University and Binggroup Joint Stock Company; scholarships; and internship opportunities. The total prize value amounts to over 50 million VND (≈$1,800 USD), including 6 million VND in cash (≈$220 USD) along with various in-kind gifts from the sponsors.
All contestants who win prizes from the competition (from either the Ranking Fund or the Lucky Draw Fund) will receive the following gifts:
- A 20% discount code for VIP accounts of the OLM and Hoc24 online learning systems, OLM Competency Assessment.
- The right to register and apply to OLM and Hoc24.
- The right to receive a certificate with an official red stamp from Binggroup JSC and the Faculty of Mathematical Economics, National Economics University, delivered within 7–14 days after completing the prize-claim form.
- You may receive additional Youth Union points if you are a student of any university in Vietnam territory, especially National Economics University.
Prize fund based on the ranking leaderboard:
1 First Prize: 1,500,000VND (≈$52.00 USD)
1 Second Prize: 750,000VND (≈$27.00 USD)
1 Third Prize: 425,000VND (≈$13.80 USD)
2 Fourth Prizes: 262,500VND (≈$9.50 USD)
5 Fifth Prizes: 100,000VND (≈$3.60 USD)
10 Sixth Prizes: 30,000VND (≈$1.08 USD)
In Season 2, the Organizing Committee decided to add a random prize-draw fund to create opportunities for any eligible participant in the competition to have a chance to receive prizes. For every 50 points earned in the contest, you receive 1 lucky-draw ticket (therefore, the maximum number of tickets one person can receive is 14 lucky-draw tickets). After the contest ends and the final results are announced, the Organizing Committee will livestream on Facebook and media channels to randomly draw winners for the prizes below. 1 person can win multiple prizes in this fund.
Prize fund based on random lucky draw:
01 First Prize: 500,000VND (≈$18.00 USD)
01 Second Prize: 300,000VND (≈$10.80 USD)
01 Third Prize: 200,000VND (≈$7.20 USD)
02 Fourth Prizes: 100,000VND (≈$3.60 USD)
05 Fifth Prizes: 50,000VND (≈$1.80 USD)
10 Sixth Prizes: 25,000VND (≈$0.90 USD)
30 Consolation Prizes: 10,000VND (≈$0.36 USD)
Some resources that you might find useful:
Sincerely,
The Organizing Committee.
