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By Intellegent, 27 hours ago, In English

Greetings Codeforces!

sammyuri, myst-6 and I are absolutely chuffed to bits to invite you all to have a go at Codeforces Round 12 (Spectral::Cup 2026 Round 2 (Codeforces Round 1100, Div. 1 + Div. 2)), kicking off at May/23/2026 17:35 (Moscow time).

There will be 9 absolute cinema problems for you to solve over the course of 3 hours, some problems will have multiple parts. This round will be combined for Division 1 and Division 2 and will be rated for everyone.

I’d like to raise a glass to the following brilliant minds for making this whole thing possible:

Score distribution: $$$500 - 750 - (750 + 1000) - 2000 - 2500 - 2500 - 3250 - 4000 - 5000$$$

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We are excited to sponsor our second Round as part of Spectral::Cup 2026 — a three-round tournament where prizes get more valuable with every round.

Prizes for Round 2:

Top 30 will get .....

Make sure that you take part in at least two rounds to improve your chances to win the main prizes. We prepared bigger prizes for top performers by their final score in Spectral::Cup 2026. The final score is the sum of your best 2 results according to the GP100 scores.

  • Top-3 by final score will get (1st) MacBook Pro, (2nd) iPad Pro, (3rd) Whoop — or USDT equivalent to the prize value
  • Top-15 by final score will get Claude subscription
  • 30 random participants among top 500 based on the final score will get additional prizes

Code fast, think faster – see you in the next round of Spectral::Cup 2026!

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As an author, I can confirm this contest is absolute cinema.

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As a participant, hope to become GM this time.

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As a tester I must keep creating memes:

meme

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Looking at the score distribution, and bearing in mind the standard of the last match, I reckon this one is going to be absolutely brilliant!

I hope I can hold onto my Master status.

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As an author.

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When did I test this round?

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Nife's divorced mother just made another div

absolute cinema