Winter Coding Challenge (WCC)
Minnesota Computer Club
Our Winter Coding Challenge (WCC) starts with the first puzzle release at 11:00:00 PM CST/UTC-6 on December 1st and ends at 12:00:01 AM CST/UTC-6 on January 1st. This allows for some extra time to complete as many puzzles as possible. After our competition ends the leaderboard will be frozen, but you can continue to work on the Advent of Code puzzles! Our competition is only based on the number of problems completed (stars acquired), unless there is a tie that needs to be broken.
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The 2024 Winter Coding Challenge has officially ended. The leaderboard for this year's competition has been frozen. Thank you to everyone for your interest and participation!
Rules and Guidelines
Below are the few rules that we have for our competition.
- Each school will create their own private Advent of Code Leaderboard.
- The private leaderboard code will be submitted to the Minnesota Computer Club.
- The Minnesota Computer Club has a bot that will join the leaderboard to track stars earned for that school.
- Competitors may not use AI to solve problems for them.
- The official Advent of Code (AoC) competition has a rule this year about not using AI to get on the global leaderboard. You can read more about this new rule here.
- Our Winter Coding Challenge also has this rule. We cannot stop you from using AI to help you understand components of a puzzle, but we ask that you do not use it to solve the puzzle for you. It is up to the honor of the individual students not to cheat in this regard. This challenge is all about learning and becoming a better programer with other students - using AI to solve puzzles for you doesn't achieve that.
- The representative/organizer for each school is responsible for ensuring the students representing their school are following the rules outlined above.
Prizes
🏆 The school with the most stars earned during this competition will receive the annual Winter Coding Competition trophy and bragging rights for the next 12 months!
Sponsors
This competition would not be possible without our generous sponsors! If your business would like to support this competition, please email [email protected].
Advent of Code Disclaimer
Every December the Minnesota Computer Club hosts a programming competition for middle and high school students. There are 25 puzzles for students to solve. These puzzles are from the well-known Advent of Code. A puzzle is released at midnight EST/UTC-5 (11:00:00 PM CST/UTC-6) once per day starting on December 1st and continuing through December 25th.
Minnesota Computer Club is not associated with Advent of Code. All puzzles are property of Advent of Code.