Greetings, CP community!

We are glad to invite all college students in India to take part in the preliminary round of NextTuring Blindfolded 2026 on 19 April 8:05 PM IST (GMT +5:30)

NextTuring Blindfolded 2026 is an individual CP Contest. The preliminary round is of 2 hours and consists of 5 to 8 problems. (Approx. Div 4 to Div 3 level problems will be given)

The top performers of the preliminary round will be invited to take part in an onsite round @ NST Bengaluru on 25 April 2026. The onsite round will be a part of our college's Tech Fest — AAYAM 2026

On-site round details:

There will be 1-4 problems showed for a duration of 5-10 minutes on common screens. Participants will be provided with pen and papers and may write all the necessary details during this period.

For the next 1 hour participants will be solving the problem(s) completely on paper. No devices allowed.

In the next hour participants are allowed to make submissions on Codeforces in the contest area with problem statement(s) not visible.

It will be an intense memory, retention and problem solving skills test.

Prizes

1st place: ₹4,000

2nd place: ₹3,000 ₹20k for ICPC style individual round.

Registration Link (Registration is mandatory for qualifying for the onsite round)

Join the Codeforces group as a member and register for the contest. Kindly note that registration will open 6 hours before contest start timing

Join the WhatsApp group for updates

All second round (onsite) participants who solve at least one problem will receive a certificate of participation

All cash prizes are for the second round (onsite)

Problem setters: MorettiKlein sharkie1604

Problem testers: ash1794

Online round will be held on ICPC rules and problems will be sorted in increasing order of difficulty.

On site round will be held on IOI rules.

The onsite round will consist of 1-4 problems (Approx. Div 3 to Div 2 level problems will be given)

See you on the leaderboard!