Hello Codeforces,

From September 12–14, Bratislava hosted the Wincent DragonByte Finals 2025, bringing together 20 top finalists from Europe and the US. Competitors faced a 3.5-hour contest with 5 challenging problems — no internet, just pure skill, logic, and creativity.

Winners:

1st place (€10,000): Kevin Sun (ksun48)

2nd place (€5,000): Andrew He (ecnerwala)

3rd place (€2,500): Dilhan Salgado (dnialh)

Full results are available here: DragonByte Finals 2025 Scoreboard

A huge thanks to everyone who participated and followed along. We can’t wait to see you again next year for another unforgettable DragonByte Finals!

As is the registration deadline approaching, we'd like to share a few important insights:

1. We expect between 500 and 1,000 participants, so you'll be challenged a lot!
2. misof is the main coordinator as he has 25 years of experience with preparing similar coding contests
3. The qualificiation round will only last for 48 hours, starting on June 27th. SIGN UP ON THE WEBSITE to receive a calendar invite.

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We wanted to let you know about a new coding competition that’s just kicked off — it's called Wincent DragonByte, and it's the first time it’s happening. It is a joint effort of people at Wincent and experienced competitive coders (mainly) from Slovakia, with misof as the main coordinator, who has 25 years of experience with preparing coding contests. We will do our best to make the problems fun, challenging and well prepared.

This is a pilot run, so the format is simple:

• Registration is open now until June 28.
• There’s a 48-hour qualification round on June 27–28 — get to know the format, solve a few problems to reach a reasonable point threshold, and you’re in.
• The Online Round happens on July 12 (3 hours, classic ICPC/Codeforces-style contest). And then the top 20 go to Bratislava, Slovakia, in September for the finals.

SIGN UP ON THE WEBSITE to receive a calendar invite.

What’s in it for you?

• If you’re in the top 256, you’ll get a special edition DragonByte t-shirt.
• If you get to visit Bratislava, we’ll help you with €400 for travel/accommodation.
• And if you finish in the top 3, you get €10k / €5k / €2.5k.

It’s open to adults based in most of Europe, the US, or Canada — we had to limit scope this time around due to some legal and logistical constraints. They know it’s not ideal and are hoping to expand eligibility in the future. Full eligibility criteria are on the website.

If you’re curious or just want a reason to stretch your algorithmic muscles, check it out: wincentdragonbyte.com

Hi everyone!

We wanted to let you know about a new coding competition that’s just kicked off — it's called Wincent DragonByte, and it's the first time it’s happening. It is a joint effort of people at Wincent and experienced competitive coders (mainly) from Slovakia, with misof as the main coordinator, who has 25 years of experience with preparing coding contests. We will do our best to make the problems fun, challenging and well prepared.

This is a pilot run, so the format is simple:

• Registration is open now until June 28.
• There’s a 48-hour qualification round on June 27–28 — get to know the format, solve a few problems to reach a reasonable point threshold, and you’re in.
• The Online Round happens on July 12 (3 hours, classic ICPC/Codeforces-style contest). And then the top 20 go to Bratislava, Slovakia, in September for the finals.

What’s in it for you?

• If you’re in the top 256, you’ll get a special edition DragonByte t-shirt.
• If you get to visit Bratislava, we’ll help you with €400 for travel/accommodation.
• And if you finish in the top 3, you get €10k / €5k / €2.5k.

It’s open to adults based in most of Europe, the US, or Canada — we had to limit scope this time around due to some legal and logistical constraints. They know it’s not ideal and are hoping to expand eligibility in the future. Full eligibility criteria are on the website.

If you’re curious or just want a reason to stretch your algorithmic muscles, check it out: wincentdragonbyte.com