Registration

Registration for the 2009 TopCoder Open Marathon Competition will open at 9:00 a.m. EST on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 and will close at 9:00 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, February 25, 2009.

	Online Rounds	Start	End	# of Participants	# of Advancers
	Round 1	Wednesday, February 25, 2009 12:00 p.m.*	Wednesday, March 4, 2009 12:00 p.m.*	Unlimited	300
	Round 2	Wednesday, March 11, 2009 12:00 p.m.**	Wednesday, March18, 2009 12:00 p.m.**	300	100
	Round 3	Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:00 p.m.**	Wednesday, April 8, 2009 12:00 p.m.**	100	10

	Onsite Finals	Start	End	# of Participants
	Finals	Tuesday, June 2, 2009 8:30 a.m.***	Tuesday, June 2, 2009 5:00 p.m.***	10

	Important Dates
	Last day to request a visa letter	April 15, 2009 at 5:00 p.m.**
	Finalists documents due	April 27, 2009 at 5:00 p.m.**

*Times listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC/GMT -5).
**Times listed in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC/GMT -4).
***Times listed in Pacific Daylight Time (UTC/GMT -7).

In the event that a round must be cancelled for any reason, the round will start the following day at the same time.