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TCO20 Special Rookie SRM w/ Prizes
By hmehta, history, 4 years ago, In English

TCO20 Special Rookie SRM 1

TCO20 Special Rookie SRM 1 as part of the 2020 Topcoder Open is scheduled to start at 13:00 UTC-5 on November 18, 2020. 

Registration is now open for the Rookie SRM in the Arena or Applet and closes at 12:55 UTC-5. The coding phase will start at 13:00 UTC-5, so make sure that you are all ready to go. Click here to what time it starts in your area.

The Rookie SRM is open to everyone and has some special cash prizes. It will only be rated for members who:
- Have never competed in Rated Algorithm Contests OR
- Have competed in equal to or less than 5 rounds OR
- If their current rating is less than 800 rating points.

Prizes:
1st: $300
2nd: $200
3rd: $100
$25 for 5 other random participants
Topcoder T-shirt for Top 30
*All prizes are only for members who are eligible to be rated

Choose Your Competition Arena

There are two ways to compete in Algorithm Competitions or Single Round Matches (SRMs). Read here to find which works best for you.

Some Important Links
Match Results (To access match results, rating changes, challenges, failure test cases)
Problem Archive (Top access previous problems with their categories and success rates)
Problem Writing (To access everything related to problem writing at Topcoder)
Algorithm Rankings (To access Algorithm Rankings)
Editorials (To access recent Editorials)

Learn more about problem writing and testing opportunities.

Best of luck!
- the Topcoder Team

UPD Thanks to everyone who competed! Please find the editorials here. Congratulations to the all the winners:

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I'm guessing all top 30 (at the least) will be new registrants :D

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Gentle Reminder: Round Starts in 40 mins

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    hmehta What will you do with div1 users with a new account?

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      Hey Emil, We can't really check that for the t-shirt winners, (relying on the community to be open for rookies to win that), for payments, we do a thorough check so we will have that covered.

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How much time does it take to get a t-shirt (or just a confirmation that you are eligible for the prize) from topcoder after the contest ends, normally?

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