Hello, Codeforces!

We’re excited to invite you to participate in CodeSprint LA 2026, ACM ICPC at UCLA's annual beginner-friendly algorithms contest, scheduled for Saturday, May 9, 2026, 10 am — 5 pm PDT!

The contest itself runs from Saturday, May 9, 2026, 11:30 am — 4:30 pm PDT

Registration is open here! More information, rules and the schedule are available on the contest website. The registration deadline is Sunday, May 3, 2026, 11:59 pm PDT!

This year, we are excited to announce:

• A 5-hour team competition with ICPC scoring
• Beginner (around Div. 3-4), High School (Div. 1-3), and Open (around Div. 1-2) divisions
• Total prize pool of $2100!

Previous rounds of CodeSprint LA were very exciting contests, attracting some of the world’s best competitive programmers! CodeSprint LA 2024 and 2025 each had around 600 participants.

Problems from 2025 are available at:

• CodeSprint LA 2025 — Beginner Division
• CodeSprint LA 2025 — Open Division
• CodeSprint LA 2025 — Upsolving Division
• Editorials and previous years' problems can be found on the contest website.

This year's contest is directed by Ethan Tran and Prabhvir Babra. Problems are written by anpoli99, biocarry15, Enigmurl, ethantran314, HenryH, jasonfeng365, jiank, nouturnsign, orane63, Prababamaba, s83757, VisualProgrammer, and others.

We hope you look forward to participating, and we look forward to seeing you on the scoreboard!!