Shortcut! Round Terms & Rules

Shortcut! Round Terms & Rules

• Shortcut! round will start at 13:00 UTC, 29 August 2014.
• Shortcut! round consists of three programming tasks and competitors will have just one hour to solve them.

Solving Problems

• Competitors may solve problems by any means and are free to use any programming language, library or computational application to solve problems. Given an input file, you should submit a correct output together with the source code used to produce that output within the specified time limit.
• Not submitting any file during the time limit, will be considered as an unsuccessful attempt.
• Both input and output formats are crucial. Adhere them precisely to avoid getting solutions judged as wrong.

Penalties

• Competitors may not use more than one user account.
• Competitors may not communicate with each other during the contest.
• Your output must be reproducible using the source code you provided.
• All submitted source codes will automatically get analyzed for code plagiarism detection.
• Cheaters will be banned forever from Bayan programming contests.

Judging

• Do not submit irrelevant clarifications during the contest.
• The decision of the judges are final in all matters.
• All source codes of the competitors will be published after each round.
• Bayan's staffs are not allowed to participate in the contest.

Score Calculation Method

      Score for each solved problem is calculated based on these values:

• n = No. of accepted submissions
• t = Contestant's submission time
• T = Total contest duration
• p = Number of contestant's wrong attempts