Thanks to all contestants who participated in this round. The UWBCode Final Round will be hosted on HackerRank on Friday, Nov. 20 at 2:00PM – 6:00PM PDT. Register here: https://www.hackerrank.com/uwbcode2020-final
Our top participants for this round:
Twangybeast (#2) was the first who solved B-MaxReward at minute 374 and got a perfect score at minute 374. The first solution of the contest was submitted at minute 11 by victoreis1 (#4) who also submitted the first solution for A-KAmount. and C-VisualCoding and got a perfect score at minute 1073. The first solution for D-LemonLeMons was submitted by mshang_ (#7).
ulzgoroth (#1), ashwinkbanwari (#3), and syaniv (#5) finished this round with a perfect score at minute 1714, 1956, and 2151, respectively.
Welcome to UWBCode, a competitive programming event hosted by the UW Bothell chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery and Girls Who Code with special thanks to the Allen Institute for Brain Science. This event is open to any participants.
The Round 2 is OPEN from Oct. 23 10:00AM PDT - Oct. 25 10:00AM PDT. During this window, individuals can submit their code any time. You may not need the entire time to solve all challenges.
NOTE: You must solve at least 1 challenge in this round to be eligible for Group 1. Otherwise, group 2. Read more at Contest structure under Terms and Conditions.
We recognize the final top 10 contestants:
1 Winner and 2 Runners-up will have a chance to meet Shoaib Mufti, Senior Director of Data and Technology at the Allen Institute for Brain Science via Microsoft Teams and receive special gifts from the Institution.
The next 7 positions will be honored on our contest page for their excellent achievements.
For this year, UWBCode will be hosted online, no on-site competition is scheduled due to COVID-19. We also have a guest-speaker series on Zoom. You will receive links via email provided in the registration form.
1. UWBCode 2020 has 4 rounds: *all times in PDT
Qualification Round: Fri, Oct. 9 10:00AM PDT | 72 hours long.
Round 1: Fri, Oct. 16 10:00AM PDT | 24 hrs long.
Round 2: Fri, Oct. 23 10:00AM PDT | 24 hrs long.
Final Round: Fri, Nov. 20 2:00PM PDT| 4 hrs long
Celebration: 6PM–7PM + guest speaker from Allen Institute.
2. Contestants can register and compete at all rounds. However, only contestants in Group 1 are eligible for prizes. Contestants in Group 2 are NOT eligible for prizes.
Group 1: Contestants who solve at least ONE challenge in the Qualification Round. Contestants who are not qualified for Group 1 still can compete in Group 2.
Group 2:
3. Modifying contest. UWB ACM reserves all rights to change the contest's structure and results to prevent unfair competition.
4. Scoring system. See Scoring for details.
We want to give special thanks to HackerRank for providing this platform. HackerRank default judge system will be used in this contest.
1. Tie breaker: Sum of time of the first correct submission for all the problems.
2. Time used for tie breaker: Viewing individual challenge. Your time to solve a challenge is calculated from the time you read an individual challenge until you submit your first correct solution.
Each round equally contributes to the final score. The maximum points you can earn per round is 1000 points. Practice round contributes ZERO points to the official contest.
You must submit your code on HackerRank within contest time. All late submission does not count towards rank.
In order to get points, you must pass all tests provided within a given time.
Contestants accummulate scores after each round. By the end of the Final Round, 10 contestants with the highest accumulated score in Group 1 will be honored in the celebration.