Greetings, Codeforces community!
We are excited to announce Winter Coding Contest 5.0 — Code, Compile and Compete, the flagship event of ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), VNRVJIET, Hyderabad — a national-level programming competition with a prize pool of ₹ 50,000!
This contest is open to all undergraduate students across India and will be conducted in two rounds.
Team Size : 1-2
Round 1 : Friday, October 24th, 2025 at 20:30 IST. This round will last for 90 minutes and will be held on HackerRank (Online). The contest link will be mailed to the participants before the commencement of the round. Selected participants will be notified about their advancement to Round 2.
Round 2 : This round will be conducted at VNRVJIET Campus on Saturday, November 1st, 2025. The contest will run for a total duration of 120 minutes. Accommodation will be provided for finalists traveling from outside Telangana. All onsite participants will receive goodies and lunch.
Top prizes of Round 2 are:
Winner : ₹ 18,000/-
First Runner Up : ₹ 14,000/-
Second Runner Up : ₹ 9,000/-
Consolation 1 : ₹ 5,000/-
Consolation 2 : ₹ 4,000/-
Registration Link (Registration is required to be eligible for prizes)
Problem Setters & Testers: pvssvinay, srikar3010, kalyan_cf, vighnesh7, Abhilash, Ronak, Abhishek, Abhinav
Regards,
ACM VNRVJIET
As a participant, hoping for some cool problems in this Winter Coding Contest!
Looks like winter just got cooler, Can’t wait to see the leaderboard chaos!!
No of questions in round1??
You will be given around 5-6 problems
As a setter and tester, I'm excited!!
How many people will be selected for round 2?
Last year, 60 teams were shortlisted. This year, we are trying to increase the onsite slots...
Will accommodation be provided to all participants selected for Round 2 who are traveling from outside Telangana?
Yes, accommodation will be provided to all finalists who are travelling from outside of Telangana state, from 31st October evening to 1st November evening. Travel expenses shall be borne by the participants.
Hey, can you pls prepon/postpone the online contest by atleast 1 day as their is a codeforces div 2 contest on the same day, it we highly appreciated as its a request from most of the people giving the contest
Hey, We understand but considering all the possibilities, we finalized this time slot. We request you to try and participate.