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Congratulations on the 8th of March
By naagi, history, 8 years ago, translation, In English

Congratulations on the 8th of March to all women here!

In case anyone hasn't seen it yet:

10th of March, 16:00 UTC:
https://www.hackerrank.com/womens-codesprint-3
The contest lasts for two days, prizes worth $11,000.
Previous women's contest at Hackerrank lasted for a day, contestants' level was rather high: all the tasks were solved by more than 100 persons, though it wasn't that easy.

11th of March, 17:00 UTC:
https://sites.google.com/site/codejamtoioforwomen/
Lasts for two and a half hours, top-150 are invited to attend Google I/O conference.
Last year's tasks were easier than those at regular GCJ qualification round. I guess the contest was poorly announced, so it lacked participants, all the tasks were solved by 14 persons, and to reach top-150 it was enough to get 45 points out of 100.

UPD:
https://www.codechef.com/MARCH17
Lasts until 13th of March, 10:30 UTC. Top-10 girls are awarded with 300 laddus (inner currency of codechef). Any other month, top-5 girls are awarded the same prizes in case they reach top-100.

UPD2:
There is also one on HackerEarth, it started today and will last a few days https://www.hackerearth.com/challenge/competitive/international-women-hackathon-2017/

Good luck!

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There is also one on HackerEarth, it started today and will last a few days https://www.hackerearth.com/challenge/competitive/international-women-hackathon-2017/

Good luck to you too!

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    This one is surprising. I've never seen a hackerearth contest with big money prizes

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    Thanks!

    Added it to the post too.

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    Congratulations for finishing second both in Hackerrank and Hackerearth contests, that's impressive!

    And I believe in Hackerrank your place is actually first.

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      Thanks!

      Why do you think it's first? In previous codesprint there was a man in top3 but this time the name of the winner looks female.

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        Yes, the name "Madina Daminova, kandidatnauk" looks female, and she is a real person (that's one of many search results on her thesis: http://search.rsl.ru/ru/record/01008097288, it's on philology). Google also tells that her brother, Nodir.Daminov, is a real person too, and unlike her, he does take part in programming competitions.

        Strange coincidence, isn't it?

        (I'll be glad if I'm wrong, that's why I mentioned the user here, instead of just reporting cheating to Hackerrank's support. For now I'm going to report it later.)

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          Thanks for the find! That's strange indeed, although I'm not sure if this is enough for a proof.

          I didn't see you on the leaderboard before but now I see you were late. It's a pity you didn't get to top 100, but anyways congrats on solving all the problems :)

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            Not late, just slow, but thanks anyway :)

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          Hello. I'm not that good to win such a contest or perform better than her ( ania is GRANDMASTER ), I even don't really have an account in Hackerrank — I've never participated in hackerrank contests.

          Your link — it really is my Sister's thesis, but I find it as an unpleasent coincidence.

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            Ok, sorry then, may be you and your sister weren't involved there (though she seems to be the only person with that name who can have that nickname, am I wrong?).

            I'm still sure some cheating took place, for exactly the same reason you mentioned — you have to be a top coder to perform better than ania. Or play in team. And name a team after some girl, may be just random.

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