South Pacific ICPC

Official teams must be made up of exactly three students from the same institution who all meet the ICPC eligibility criteria. Most notably, each student must:

• be enrolled in a degree program at the team’s institution
• be an full time, co-op, exchange or intern student
• have not competed in two ICPC World Finals
• have not competed in ICPC regional contests in five different years
• commenced post-secondary studies in 2020 or later OR born in 2001 or later.

We welcome ineligible university and high school students to compete in unofficial teams. Unofficial teams may compete remotely.

Contact your institution’s coach if you need help finding a team.

The Preliminary Contest has two levels.

Reading the problem sets from past years may give you an idea of what to expect in each level of the contest.

There will be trophies for the top teams in each level.

All teams will register by completing this form. Official teams must also be registered on icpc.global by their coach.

• Site coordinators will provide one copy of the problem set per team member, in addition to the PDF and sample data on the contest server.
• Teams must use only one computer, one keyboard and one monitor.
  • Teams competing at a live site must use only the devices provided, and cannot bring their own.
  • The only exception is for unofficial teams competing remotely, who should use their own devices and arrange an informal system to claim and unclaim use of the keyboard.
• Teams may use any amount of paper reference material. This includes books and printed notes.
• Teams may use pens and paper, for developing and discussing solutions among themselves.
• Teams should have no internet access other than to the contest server (under construction) and contest website (this website). Site co-ordinators should ensure this is the case via invigilation or using a custom lab computer image.
• Teams may print code from their computer. Site co-ordinators should make a best effort to ensure this is supported.
• Teams must not discuss the problems with people outside the team during the contest. Any questions must be sent through the DOMJudge clarification system.
• Electronic devices (phones, tablets etc) must not be used during the contest.
• All submitted code must have been entirely typed during the contest.
  • Teams may not install or store anything on the computers before the contest.
  • Any code written during the practice contest must be erased before the Preliminary contest.
  • Generative AI tools cannot be used.
• To solve a problem, teams should submit source code through the DOMJudge system written in C, C++, Java or Python. The only feedback teams will receive is “compile error”, “runtime error”, “time limit exceeded”, “wrong answer” or “correct”.
• Details of the scoreboard, documentation and judging environment are available on the Technical Specifications page.
• Any teams found to be cheating will be removed from the contest server and disqualified.

All sites will provide teams with computers running a recent version of Debian and a variety of editors and IDEs. Please contact your site coordinator for further details.

Tentative; subject to change.

Ms. Raewyn Boersen, previous South Pacific Director, Founder, and recipient of the Mark Measures Distinguished Service Award, has contributed significantly to the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) for over 30 years. Raewyn has built a strong community that enabled young computer scientists in Australia and New Zealand to showcase their problem solving skills internationally. She has also encouraged young women to explore the fun in computer programming.

The Boersen Prize celebrates Raewyn’s work and legacy for the South Pacific Region, and encourages diverse participation in South Pacific ICPC contests. The Prize is awarded to the top team whose members are all women or non-binary. Additionally, they will be invited to the Regional Finals if they were placed in the top half of teams in Level A.

Our region is comprised of three geographical divisions.

Qualification is conducted in four steps.

• Step I: The top two universities in Level A from each Division will qualify for the Regional Finals.
• Step II: The top six remaining teams in Level A will qualify for the Regional Finals, subject to the constraint that each institution can have at most two teams qualify.
• Step III: The Boersen prize is awarded to the top team containing only female or non-binary identifying competitors in Level A. Additionally, they will be invited to the Regional Finals if they were placed in the top half of teams and were not selected in Selection Steps I or II. A wildcard spot will be extended to the next qualifying team if the Boersen prize team was already invited in Steps I or II. It is possible that a University may have a third team selected under this selection step.
• Step IV: Additional teams may be awarded wildcards to compete at Regional Finals, at the sole discretion of the Regional Contest Director.

As in the Preliminary Contest.

To be announced.

An unofficial mirror contest will be held simultaneously with the Regional Finals contest, from 10am to 3pm Sydney time. Participants may register on DOMjudge for online participation, or fill out this form to attend the UNSW live site.

The top two universities will qualify to the ICPC World Finals.