USACO.Guide
Informatics Tournament
Saturday, March 2nd, 2024
10 AM - 1 PM PST
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The USACO.Guide Informatics Tournament is a programming contest for precollege students hosted by the USACO.Guide and CP Initiative.
The contest is over now,
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check out the results here.
Prizes
Standard Division
For competitors at the USACO Bronze or Silver level, and rated under 1600 on Codeforces.
Winners
1st Place: $150 USD
2nd Place: $100 USD
3rd Place: $50 USD
4th-8th Place: $15 USD
Advanced Division
For competitors at the USACO Gold or Platinum level, or rated 1600 and over on Codeforces.
Winners
1st Place: $300 USD
2nd Place: $200 USD
3rd Place: $100 USD
4th-8th Place: $15 USD
Contest Format
Only precollege students are eligible for prizes but anyone can participate.
This is a solo contest. No teams!
This is a solo contest. No teams!
There will be both a standard and advanced division; the contest will last 3 hours and each division will have 8 problems.
You may use any prewritten code before the contest and online content published prior to the start of the contest.
However, you may not collaborate with other people during the contest.
However, you may not collaborate with other people during the contest.
If you are 1600+ on Codeforces or Gold+ in USACO we require you to participate in the advanced division.
Otherwise we recommend you to participate in the beginner division.
Otherwise we recommend you to participate in the beginner division.
The contest will be hosted on Codeforces, so make sure you have an account!
We reserve the right to disqualify and/or remove from prize consideration participants who intentionally participate in divisions with problem difficulties that are too low for the skill level of the participant. We do not tolerate those who attempt to undermine the fairness of the competition.