Scoring

ACM Style Leaderboard

For scoring, we will use the ACM style leaderboard. What does that mean for you?

• A team’s score is based on the number of problems they solve.
• Ties are broken based on the sum of the time to solve the problems.
• Penalty points equal to 20 minutes are added to the time for incorrect submissions.
• If a problem is submitted but never answered correctly, neither the time nor the penalty points are applied to the score.
• Teams are ranked first by the number of problems and second by the total time and penalty points.

Example

Team 1 solves three problems at:

• 15 minutes
• 45 minutes after two incorrect runs (40 penalty)
• 150 minutes
• Total time: 250

Team 2 solves three problems at:

• 10 minutes
• 40 minutes
• 175 minutes
• Total time: 225

Conclusion: Team 2 wins.

Timing

The contest will start at exactly 10:00 am eastern and will close at 1:00 pm eastern. While the challenge is active, a teams will be able to look at the leaderboard to see their current position on HackerRank.