HC3 presents · inaugural {contest.season} season

Harvard Computing Cup

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Two rounds. One weekend at Harvard.

Anyone can compete in the online qualifier. The strongest finishers are invited to Cambridge for the in-person final.

round 01 / online

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Everyone, with a separate division for pre-college students
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Online
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round 02 / in person

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Top participants from Round 1, by invitation
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Full format, divisions & scoring →  ·  Detailed schedule →

why compete

Built for a community that usually only meets online.

The Harvard Computing Cup is open to everyone: elementary, middle and high school students, college students, and the strongest competitive programmers in the world.

Compete in person

Most competitive programming happens online, scattered across time zones. The Harvard Computing Cup puts that community in one room to compete, meet and socialize with the people behind the handles.

A result you can verify

High schoolers earn a proctored, in-person result they can cite in applications. USACO is taken remotely and unsupervised until the US Open for Platinum contestants, a level most competitors never reach.

ICPC-style practice

For college competitors, the Cup doubles as practice under ICPC-style conditions: a hard problem set, a clock and a live scoreboard.