[gcj] Code Jam 2016 Registration Now Open

The time has come… registration for Code Jam 2016 is now open ! Google Code Jam brings together skilled programmers from across the world to compete in multiple online rounds of intense, algorithmic puzzles - and culminates in an onsite World Finals. This year, 26

Re: [gcj] Unofficially qualified?

Oops, that's a mistake. I'll send a follow-up email to those who qualified confirming that it is official. - Ian On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 12:13 PM, Stanislav Zholnin < stanislav.zhol...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi guys, > > Is it just mistake or is there some deep meaning in below? Why >

[gcj] Re: Round 3 analysis thread - crowd source attemp

Our analyses for Round 3 are up now. Apologies for the delay. Our goal has been to post them right after each round, and we succeeded up until the GCJ Round 3 / DCJ Round 2 weekend. Various factors (including me getting

[gcj] Code Jam 2016 Finals analyses are now up

You can find them here . Thank you for your patience, and we hope you enjoy them! As a fun fact, all of the authors of the 2016 GCJ Finals round problems happened to be finalists in the 2005 Code Jam contest

Re: [gcj] What should a College Student write under "School" in Google Code Jam 2017 form?

I'd recommend giving the college, but you're also free to write something like "College Name (affiliate of University Name)". - Ian On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 10:09 AM, Kartik wrote: > I am a Computer Engineering Student, from India. > > I an study in a local Engineering

Re: [gcj] Is there a limit to number of times I can participate in code jam?

Thanks for reaching out! There is no limit to the number of times you can compete, and, except for our World Champion, one's performance in one year's contest has no bearing on the next year's contest. We encourage contestants to celebrate their successes in past contests and not worry about times

[gcj] Round 1 is over!

Hi, everyone, Sub-round 1C has officially ended, wrapping up Round 1 of Code Jam 2018. Thank you to everyone who participated! You must place in the top 1500 of Round 1C in order to advance to the next round. We'll send out official advancement emails at least one day before Round 2 on

[gcj] Round 1C has started!

Hi, everyone, Round 1C has officially begun! Practice mode is disabled on the site while the round is running. We will temporarily be putting messages in this group on hold during the round and will resume as normal after 11:30 UTC on Saturday, May 5th.

[gcj] Round 2 has officially begun!

Hi Everyone, Round 2 has officially begun! We will temporarily be putting messages in this group on hold during the round and will resume as normal after 16:30 UTC on Saturday, May 19th. If you have any questions or experience any issues during the

[gcj] Code Jam Round 2 is now closed!

Hi, everyone, Round 2 has officially ended. Thank you to everyone who participated! The top 1,000 contestants in Round 2 will advance to Round 3, win a limited-edition Code Jam t-shirt and have the opportunity to compete in the Online Round of Distributed Code Jam. Don't forget to login to

[gcj] Round 3 has started!

As usual, we will not be approving posts here until the round is over, and practice mode on the new platform has also been temporarily turned off. If you are competing in Round 3 and you have a question, please email us at code...@google.com; otherwise, we hope you enjoy watching the contest!

[gcj] The Distributed Online Round is starting soon!

Head to the dashboard on the previous Code Jam platform to participate (if you advanced to the Distributed Online Round) or watch. If you encounter any issues, please use the "Ask a question" link in the contest (if you are a

[gcj] The Distributed Online Round analyses are up

Thanks for waiting. You can now find the analyses for last weekend's Distributed round here . - Ian, for the Distributed Code Jam team -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google

[gcj] Register for Code Jam 2018!

Hi, everyone, Hot off the press, check out our latest post on the Google Keyword Blog ! Get excited for this year’s competition and

[gcj] The 2018 Qual Round has started!

Hi Everyone, The Qualification Round has officially begun! We will temporarily be putting messages in this group on hold during the qualification round and will resume as normal after 02:00 UTC on Sunday, April 8, 2018. If you have any questions or

[gcj] Round 1A is over! Two more Round 1s to go!

Hi, everyone, Round 1A has officially ended. Thank you to everyone who participated! We'll send out official advancement emails at least one day before Round 1B on Sunday, April 29th, and you can view the Round 1A analysis now under Past Contests

[gcj] The Qual Round is over!

Hi, everyone, The 2018 Code Jam Qualification Round has officially ended. Thank you to everyone who participated! We'll send out official advancement emails at least one day before Round 1A on Saturday, April 14, and you can view the Qual Round analysis now under Past Contests

Re: [gcj] Did you guys intentionally break the old practice problems

Hi, David, Thanks for reporting this -- we definitely didn't intend to remove this functionality. I think this is the result of a bug impacting a subset of users; I'll look into it right away. Sorry for the inconvenience. - Ian On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 4:21 PM, David Bradley

[gcj] Practice Session delayed until next weekend

Hi, everyone, In order to ensure the best possible practice opportunity for our contestants, we are postponing our Practice Session. It will now be held on March 30th, at 18:00 UTC. At that time, you will still have 48 hours to log in, give our new platform a try, and warm up for the

[gcj] Re: Test runs

This is also under consideration, for sure; it is most likely that testing against our sample data will come first. We will add a FAQ question very soon with a bit more info on such future plans. - Ian On Thursday, March 22, 2018 at 10:06:36 AM UTC-7, eatmore wrote: > > Will there be an option

Re: [gcj] Re: Errors in Code Jam FAQ

I do want to add a sincere thanks for pointing these issues out, though! We always welcome such corrections. - Ian On Friday, April 5, 2019 at 11:13:55 AM UTC-7, Pablo Heiber wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 10:53 AM eatmore wrote: > >> There were no response from Code Jam admins, but the