Author: Tim French

On August 31, 124 teams from Australian and New Zealand Universities competed in the ICPC South Pacific Preliminary Final, across three divisions and ten different sites: They were joined by another 30 unofficial teams from universities and high schools throughout Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific Region, keen to given the problem set a go. The…

The New Zealand Programming Contest is running this Saturday August 8, 12pm AEST for all New Zealand Competitors, and will run as SPAR 8 for all others. This is the last practice contest before the ICPC Preliminary Final on August 31 (and there’s still time to get team registrations in!) Best of luck everyone!

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Hi all, a quick reminder to all official teams to get your ICPC prelim registrations finalised tomorrow on https://forms.gle/MthSmY9ZH5FbUfJQ9 and https://icpc.global/ if you want to receive the contest t-shirt.There is a SPAR sprint tomorrow (July 31, 1715-1845 AEST), which is a great opportunity to finalise any teams and get some value practice in.

Thanks to everyone who turned out to SPAR 6, and congratulations to LebronJames from University of Melbourne for being the only team to solve the whole set. Remember to get your official team registrations for the ICPC Preliminary final completed by July 31 to ensure you get a T-Shirt!