2018 February Contest -- Final Results
This was the third contest of the 2017-2018 season. A total of 3048 distinct users logged into the contest during its 4-day span. A total of 2613 participants submitted at least one solution, hailing from 65 different countries:
1717 USA 280 CHN 51 GEO 36 CAN 33 BLR 32 ROU 32 KAZ
27 MYS 26 FRA 25 RUS 25 IRN 23 IND 21 VNM 19 ARM
18 KOR 16 BGD 15 SYR 15 BRA 12 AUS 11 BGR 9 TUN
9 THA 9 SGP 9 JPN 9 FIN 9 DEU 8 MEX 7 ZAF
7 TWN 6 UKR 6 NLD 6 EST 5 SVK 5 IDN 5 HRV
5 GRC 5 COL 5 AZE 4 TUR 4 POL 4 MKD 4 ARG
3 TKM 3 LTU 3 KGZ 3 ITA 3 IRL 3 HUN 2 GBR
2 EGY 2 DOM 2 CUB 1 UZB 1 UGA 1 SVN 1 PHL
1 PER 1 NPL 1 NGA 1 MDA 1 ISL 1 HKG 1 CYP
1 CCK 1 BIH
In total, there were 6461 graded submissions, broken down by language as follows:
2517 Java 2044 C++11 1338 C++ 365 Python 3.4.0 139 Python 2.7.6 44 C 14 Pascal
Below are the detailed results for each of the platinum, gold, silver, and bronze contests. You will also find solutions and test data for each problem, and by clicking on any problem you can practice re-submitting solutions in "analysis mode". If you are logged in, you will also see your own specific results below alongside the contest(s) you took.
USACO 2018 February Contest, Platinum
The platinum division had 477 total participants, of whom 361 were pre-college students. Despite a challenging problem lineup, we saw an impressive number of high scores, with several perfects. Results for top scorers are here. Congratulations to all of the top participants for their excellent results!
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USACO 2018 February Contest, Gold
The gold division had 480 total participants, of whom 398 were pre-college students. All competitors who scored 750 or higher on this contest are automatically promoted to the platinum division. Detailed results for all those promoted are here.
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USACO 2018 February Contest, Silver
The silver division had 1020 total participants, of whom 870 were pre-college students. The silver contest had some relatively challening problems on it this time around, and our promotion cutoff is therefore a bit more generous. All competitors who scored 650 or higher on this contest are automatically promoted to the gold division. Detailed results for all those promoted are here.
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USACO 2018 February Contest, Bronze
The bronze division had 1215 total participants, of whom 964 were pre-college students. All competitors who scored 750 or higher on this contest are automatically promoted to the silver division. Detailed results for all those promoted are here.
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Final Remarks
Everything ran smoothly for the February contest, with an impressive number of high scores in all divisions. We are now nearing the end of our season with just one contest left to go!
For those not yet promoted, remember that the more practice you get, the better your algorithmic coding skills will become -- please keep at it! USACO contests are designed to challenge even the very best students, and it can take a good deal of hard work to excel at them. To help you fix any bugs in your code, you can now re-submit your solutions and get feedback from the judging server using "analysis mode".
A large number of people contribute towards the quality and success of USACO contests. Those who helped with this contest include Dhruv Rohatgi, Mark Gordon, Lewin Gan, Bruce Merry, Mark Chen, Travis Hance, and Anson Hu. Thanks also to Amy Quispe for helping to maintain our social media presence (Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UsacoContests, Twitter: (https://twitter.com/UsacoContests), our translators for allowing us to offer this contest in five additional languages, to Clemson CCIT for providing our main contest server, and to our sponsors for their generous support: D.E. Shaw, Jump Trading, and Ansatz Capital.
Please join us in another month for the US Open, our national championship contest.
Happy coding!
- Brian Dean ([email protected])
Director, USA Computing Olympiad