On Tuesday, teams and volunteers made their final preparations for Wednesday’s competition.
The 360 world finalists had their first experience on the contest floor at the Jubilee Sports Palace.
Each team held the World Finals trophy before the practice session for good luck. Then the teams worked through the practice problems as their coaches took photos and assisted them as needed. Coaches won’t be allowed to help Wednesday.
Stanford University solved the first problem of the Dress Rehearsal, earning the first blue balloon, a “First To Solve" circular balloon and a “First Problem Solved" heart balloon.
At lunch, the winners of the 2013 ICPC Challenge were recognized for their accomplishment. Congratulations to Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München!
Teams then took a break from practicing to explore another famous sight of St. Petersburg – the Peter and Paul Fortress.
U.P.E. hosted dinner for the young programmers and the CLI Symposium wrapped up with a roundtable coaching discussion. Then teams tried to fight last-minute nerves in the IBM Chill Zone.
The World Finals is set to kick off 10 a.m. Wednesday. May the best coders win!
The World Finals tomorrow will be brought to you in real time. See the live stream at http://icpc2013.ru/competition/live.xml.
Dioni L. Wise for ICPCNews