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Schedule
Qualification Rounds
Automatic Berths - The 100 highest rated TopCoder members as of October 7th (who are 18 years of age or older) will receive an automatic berth into Online Round #1. The 100 highest rated members must have competed in at least three TopCoder rated events (i.e., Single Round Matches and/or previous tournaments) prior to October 7th with at least one (1) of those events being between July 7th and October 7th. Any member receiving an automatic berth will not be permitted to compete in the Qualification Rounds.
Qualification Spots - All members (who are 18 years of age or older) can compete for one of 400 qualification spots in the tournament. Two Qualification Rounds will be held, and the top 200 scorers from each Qualification Round will win a spot in Online Round #1 of the TCO. Please note that the top 100 rated members with an automatic berth will not be allowed to compete in the Qualification Rounds. Also, those members who qualify for the tournament during Qualification Round #1 will not be allowed to compete in Qualification Round #2.
| Round | Date and Time* | # of Participants | # of Advancers |
| Qualification Round #1 |
Tuesday, October 7 Registration: 6:00 PM - 8:55 PM Compete: 9:00 PM |
All members who have not previously qualified - limited to the first 1,000 participants to register | 200 |
| Qualification Round #2 |
Thursday, October 9 Registration: 7:00 PM - 9:55 PM Compete: 10:00 PM |
All members who have not previously qualified - limited to the first 1,000 participants to register | 200 |
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*NOTE: All times are Eastern Time. In the event a Qualification Round must be cancelled for any reason, the "raindate"
will be the following day at the same time. |
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Online Elimination Rounds
Up to 500 TopCoder members will compete in Online Round #1 of the Coding Tournament. The field will be comprised of 100 automatic
berths and 400 qualification spots. Each room winner and the next highest scorers in each round will advance.
| Round | Date and Time* | # of Participants | # of Advancers |
| Online Round #1 |
Wednesday, October 15th Registration: 6:30 PM - 9:25 PM Compete: 9:30 PM |
500 | 200 |
| Online Round #2 |
Wednesday, October 22nd Login by: 9:20 PM Compete: 9:30 PM |
200 | 100 |
| Online Round #3 |
Wednesday, October 29th Login by: 9:20 PM Compete: 9:30 PM |
100 | 50 |
| Online Round #4 |
Wednesday, November 5th Login by: 9:20 PM Compete: 9:30 PM |
50 | 16 |
| *NOTE: All times are Eastern Time. In the event a Qualification Round must be cancelled for any reason, the "raindate" will be the following day at the same time. | |||
Onsite Semifinal and Championship Rounds
The 16 advancers from Online Round #4 will travel to Mohegan Sun on Wednesday, December 3rd to compete in the Semifinal round
of the tournament being held on Thursday, December 4th.
| Round | Date and Time* | # of Participants | # of Advancers |
| Semifinal Room #1 |
Thursday, December 4th Compete: 10:00 AM |
4 | 1 |
| Semifinal Room #2 |
Thursday, December 4th Compete: 1:00 PM |
4 | 1 |
| Semifinal Room #3 |
Thursday, December 4th Compete: 4:00 PM |
4 | 1 |
| Semifinal Room #4 |
Thursday, December 4th Compete: 7:00 PM |
4 | 1 |
| Championship Round |
Friday, December 5th Compete: 3:00 PM |
4 | 1 |
| *NOTE: All times are Eastern Time. The times of the onsite rounds are subject to change. | |||