Spent the last few months writing a USACO-style problem set, running a free mock contest on June 14th if anyone wants to practice
Hey guys,
A few friends and I have been spending most of our free time lately writing a bunch of competitive programming problems, and we’re finally running a simulated contest for them on Sunday, June 14th at 11:30 AM EST.
If you're currently grinding USACO for next season or just finished AP CSA and want to see how you match up against actual algorithmic problems, you should definitely join. We wrote problems ranging from pretty accessible Bronze-level logic all the way up to Platinum tier stuff.
It’s a single 3-hour round, and you can play solo or in teams of up to 3 (we actually had to drop the team limit from 4 this year to keep things balanced).
It’s completely free to compete online from anywhere, but if you happen to live in Jersey, we actually managed to get space at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) to host it in person. Spots are kind of limited for the physical rooms, but we’re providing free lunch and snacks for everyone who comes out.
We also scrambled together a $1,000+ prize pool for the top US high school teams, plus some random raffle prizes just for participating so it's not only the grandmasters winning everything lol.
Anyway, we put a crazy amount of work into making these problems actually interesting and high quality, so hopefully it’s a good benchmark to see where your skills are at before you lock in for summer training.
You can check out the details and sign up at wwppc.org/contest. We also have a Discord if you need to find a team or want to yell at us about the test cases later.
Let me know if you have any questions!
