Hello everyone!

We are happy to invite you to participate in the International Coding League, 2026 (ICL'26), conducted by the students of BITS Pilani, one of the flagship events of our technical fest APOGEE.

This will be a team programming contest consisting of two rounds. The first round will consist of 8-10 problems and will be 3 hours.

• Registration Form: Click Here
• Date: Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 14:05 IST (UTC + 5:30)
• Contestants are required to join this WhatsApp group for further communication regarding event details

Both rounds of the contest will be held on Codeforces, and would be in teams of 1 or 2. The Top 25 teams in this round along with 15 teams from BITS Pilani would qualify to the second round, which would be held offline at BITS Pilani, Pilani campus on 13th April, 2026.

Please note the rule restricting AI use. If you are caught using AI, you will be disqualified from the contest.

The prize pool for the online round is INR 12,000 (5K + 3K + 2K + 2 * 1K) and the offline round is INR 18,000 (10K + 6K + 2K). To be eligible for these prizes (and to participate in the offline round), teams must fill the registration form.

The problem setters and testers are: sidat, PenguinSlayer_69, MytHz1, kkapoor, ProAltro, king_engine

We hope you enjoy the contest and have fun!

Happy Coding! :)

UPD: The contest is open for registrations: Contest link