HSE Students Sweep the Podium at the National Cup of the Russian Competitive Programming Federation
The final of the Russian Competitive Programming Cup in the Algorithmic Programming discipline has taken place. Seven students and one lecturer from the HSE Faculty of Computer Science took part in the event. Bachelor’s students from the Applied Mathematics and Information Science programme claimed the top three places.
The competition was held on-site in Moscow, where 30 of the strongest participants from the qualifying round were invited. These participants represented ten different regions of Russia, including Voronezh Oblast, Moscow and Moscow Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Perm Krai, the Republics of Karelia and Komi, Rostov Oblast, Saratov Oblast, and Saint Petersburg.
Finalists were given three hours to solve eight tasks. First, second, and third place were won by students of the Applied Mathematics and Information Science programme at the HSE Faculty of Computer Science.
- First place—Fedor Romashov, third-year student.
- Second place—Alexey Vasiliev, second-year student.
- Third place—Alexey Mikhnenko, third-year student.
Full results (in Russian) are available via the link.
Alexey Vasiliev
I am happy I managed to win second place. Climbing any higher would have been very tough due to the strong competition from the winner. The qualification round was held online, and only the top 30 contestants were invited to the finals. Thanks to my extensive experience in competitive programming, I found it relatively easy to qualify.
Winning a prize in the finals requires quickly coming up with solutions and implementing them efficiently and accurately. In the finals, five participants had to solve six problems, and the winners were determined based on penalty time—essentially, how fast they solved the problems. There were some strong competitors that I often face at other contests. The competition was intense.
Text by Alexandra Sytnik