Hello Codeforces! Phillips Academy CS club is proud to announce The 2024 Andover Computing Open (TACO)!!
TACO consists of 2 rounds with 5-6 problems, and we offer two divisions — the Beginner division problems will be at the USACO Bronze/Silver level (Codeforces div2-3) and the Advanced division problems will be USACO Silver+ (Codeforces div1-2). The contests will be held online on Codeforces. The problems are authored by ETK.. The first and the second round will take place on Saturday, June 15, 2024 at 12 PM EST and Saturday, June 15, 2024 at 2 PM EST. We will also have workshops for competitors to attend and speaker sessions as well! Furthermore, we will have over $10,000 worth of prizes for participants! Top winners will win up to $300 + awesome swags provided by our generous sponsors Jane Street and Mathworks!
For more details and registration, please visit our website and join our discord server!
If you have any more questions, please don't hesitate to DM the organizers in the Discord Server, or email us at andover.computing.open@gmail.com.
Hope to see you guys on June 15th, 2024!
Sincerely, TACO Organizers
HEY Codeforces!
TACO IS TOMORROW!!!!!
Contest Format
There are two divisions: Beginner (USACO Bronze-Silver, Codeforces 1900-) and Advanced (USACO Gold+, Codeforces 1900+). We encourage you to pick according to your skill level. The Advanced Divison has better prizes!
The links the competition rounds are listed below. The links bring you to a countdown and will unlock at the beginning of each round. We encourage you to click the link now and ensure your Codeforces account is working properly.
Advanced Round 1
Beginner Round 1
Advanced Round 2
Beginner Round 2
BIG SCHEDULE CHANGE: Because of the difficulty of the problems, we will be giving you more time! You will have 105 minutes in each round. For more detail check our contest website for the exact schedule.
Prizes Please look at our our contest website for detailed prize information! We have raffle rounds after every speaker session, so remember to come to each event. Additionally, we award the Grace Hopper Award to the highest scoring female / non-binary competitor in the beginner and advanced divisions.
Good luck with the competition tomorrow! We can't wait to see you all soon!
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