In today’s world finals of the International Collegiate Programming Contest, teams battled their way through a problem set of unprecedented difficulty for five grueling hours. The first problem fell in just 14 minutes, as the University of Warsaw turned in an early solution that led to their placement in the gold medal category, taking 4thplace. The University of Tokyo took 3rdplace, solving 9 problems. Massachusetts Institute of Technology also solved 9, but did it faster, taking 2ndplace overall. Moscow State University solved the most problems – 10, and the team took top honors for the second year. Here are all the medal winners.
Gold Medals
Moscow State University – First Place
Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Second Place
The University of Tokyo – Third Place
University of Warsaw – Fourth Place
Silver Medals
National Taiwan University
University of Wroclaw
Seoul National University
KimChaek University of Technology
Bronze Medals
Sharif University of Technology
Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology
National Research University Higher School of Economics
The Chinese University of Hong Kong