Total Prize Purse of $5,000 !!!
Facebook is excited to sponsor TopCoder single-round match 447.
Seasoned veterans and newcomers alike will get to duke it out in real time to see who can solve the toughest problems the fastest.
We will be distributing $5,000 worth of cash prizes to top performers,
and all match registrants will have the chance to opt-in to be contacted by Facebook recruiting if they put on an impressive show.
Anyone interested in competing in the Facebook-sponsored match on August 25th should take a look at
Facebook Puzzles as great fodder for getting your brain
and your fingers warmed up and ready to compete.
Keep an eye out for Facebook engineers in the Arena during the hour before the match;
we will be around to chat and answer any questions that come our way.
Hope to see you all there, and good luck!
Single Round Match Description
- Competitors with a rating of 1200 or higher at the start of the match will be placed into a division one
room. All other competitors, including non-rated competitors, will be placed into a division two room.
- Room assignments within each division will performed randomly, with prizes distributed evenly among all
rooms in each division.
- 70% of the total purse will be awarded to division one competitors, and 30% to division two
competitors.
- Approximately 20 competitors will be assigned to each room.
- The first, second, and third place coders in each division one room will receive 50%, 30%, and 20% of
the
room award, respectively.
- The first and second place competitors in each division two room will receive 60% and 40% of the room
award,
respectively.
- In the event of a tie for any prize winning position, the sum of the awards of the tied competitors will
be
distributed evenly. (For example, if five coders tie for second place in a division one room, each will
receive (30%+20%)/5 or 10% of the room award.)
- Prizes will only be awarded to competitors who finish with greater than zero scores.
- In order to be eligible for prizes, a competitor must be a TopCoder member in good standing, at least 18
years of age, and must not be a resident of Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, the
Quebec
province of Canada, or anywhere else where this challenge is prohibited by applicable law.
- Rating changes go into effect in next participated
rated
event
- For a complete guide to competing in a Single Round Match, read the
Algorithm Competition Guide
Eligibility:
- Any TopCoder member in good standing, who is at least 13 years of age, may compete in this
competition.
- In order to be eligible for prizes, a competitor must be a TopCoder member in good standing, at least 18
years of age, and must not be a resident of Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, the
Quebec
province of Canada, or anywhere else where this challenge is prohibited by applicable law.
- In the event that any member who is ineligible to receive prizes places in a position in which they
would
receive a prize, they will be asked to pick a
charity to which
to donate their prize. In the event that the member does not pick a charity, TopCoder will pick a
charity to
which the ineligible member's prize will be paid.
Click here for
complete rules & regulations
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