On November 12, DataArt held the ninth International Сompetitive Programming Olympiad - Proggy-Buggy Contest 2022.

The Olympiad was held in a hybrid format: contestants from Vinnytsia, Lviv, Yerevan, Tbilisi, Nur-Sultan, Almaty, and Karaganda competed at DataArt development centers, where they solved 13 problems in 42 minutes, and contestants from other locations participated online.

Here are some numbers:

• 1400 team and individual registrations (compared to 938 registrations last year).
• 1767 contestants.
• 34 countries: Albania, Austria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Brazil, Great Britain, Armenia, Georgia, Denmark, Iran, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Canada, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Colombia, Latvia, Malaysia, Netherlands, Germany, UAE, Pakistan, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Uruguay, France, Montenegro, Czech Republic.

This year, we introduced two additional categories to more accurately reflect participants’ experience in international programming competitions. Competitions took place in the following categories:

• STUDENTS — school students over 16 years old, with a Codeforces rating of 1399 or below
• AMATEURS — contestants without National Student Olympiad (ACM ICPC) experience, with a Codeforces rating of 1599 or below.
• PROFESSIONALS – contestants that have previously participated in the National Student (ACM ICPC), School (IOI) Programming Olympiad or other programming competitions, with a Codeforces rating of 1600 or above.
• SUPERHEROES - participants and finalists of previous years' National Student (ACM ICPC) or School (IOI) Programming Olympiad or other programming competitions, with a Codeforces rating of 2400 or above.

Another great news was that the Proggy-Buggy Contest Olympiad won the All-Ukrainian HR-brand 2022 award in the "Best project for attracting talented youth" category.

Students from Ukraine continue to receive privileges — winners and Olympiad participants receive additional points for their student rating and increase their chances of achieving a maximum scholarship.

In line with DataArt’s shutdown of its Russian operations, Russian nationals were not allowed to participate.

Winning positions in the Students and Amateurs categories were mostly occupied by this year's debutants. In the Professionals and Superheroes categories, there was a fierce battle among experienced participants.

The results:

STUDENTS CATEGORY

1. First place — team "Troe iz lartsa": Oleksandr Strakhal, Dmytro Strakhal, Misha Strakhal (Odesa, Ukraine).
2. Second place — "Maksat Abi Fan Club" team: Assylkhan Balmukhanov, Bekezhan Abzal, Kabdulla Miras (Karaganda, Kazakhstan).
3. Third place — Andrii Albrecht (Uzhhorod, Ukraine).

AMATEURS CATEGORY

1. First place — Black Tigers team: Nurstan Duisengaliyev, Beksultan Kurmanbek, Arslan Daminov (Almaty, Kazakhstan).
2. Second place — Michal Dobranowski (Krakow, Poland).
3. Third place — team "be(bra)": Nikita Korovkin, Emmanuel Otusile, Mikhail Roschupkin (Kharkiv, Ukraine).

PROFESSIONALS CATEGORY

1. First place — the "UzhNU_3yagoda" team: Roman-Teodor Pitsura, Dmytro Mayor, Vasyl Merenych (Uzhhorod, Ukraine).
2. Second place — "Losekent" team: Bohdan Chikh, Oleg-Andriy Zhuk, Volodymyr Chikh (Lviv, Ukraine).
3. Third place — team "KhPI_zeleboba": Pavlo Pasko, Dmytro Kazakov, Dmytro Roshchupkin (Kharkiv, Ukraine).

SUPERHEROES CATEGORY

1. First place — the "Algotester.com" team: Vitalii Herasymiv, Andrii Makar, Roman Bilyi (Lviv, Ukraine).
2. Second place — the "HamoRuboHovo" team: Hamlet Mikaelyan, Ruben Ashughyan, Aram Drambyan (Yerevan, Armenia).
3. Third place — "LNU Stallion" team: Maksym Shcherba, Petro Tarnavskyi, Yarema Stiahar (Lviv, Ukraine).

Additional nominations:

🏆 Prize for the first correct solution — Nika Narushvili (Amateurs category, Tbilisi, Georgia): Problem B, time = 00:18s.

🏆 Prize for the shortest answer to a problem with a solution: Andrii Symkin (Professionals category, Uzhhorod, Ukraine): Problem G.

🏆 Prize for the shortest answer to a problem with no solution — Nika Narushvili (Amateurs category, Tbilisi, Georgia): Problem B.

🏆  Consolation prize for the team that scored the most penalty points — the "LNU Stallion" team (Professionals category, Lviv, Ukraine): 415 points.

🏆 Consolation prize to the participant who scored the least number of penalty points provided that at least one problem is solved - Illia Teliuk (Amateurs category, Dnipro, Ukraine): 1 point.

We are glad and proud that contestants from Ukraine, regardless of their difficult circumstances, were able to win so many prizes.

The table of results can be viewed here. Currently, the problems of 2022 are available for additional solutions. The problems and detailed information about the Olympiad can be found on the Proggy-Buggy website.

Looking forward to seeing you in May 2023!