KAIST Algorithmic Problem Solving Club RUN.
The 2026 KAIST RUN Spring Contest is here!
(UPD: The contest will be hosted on BIKO. We recommend familiarizing yourself with the platform in advance.)
- Date: May 3th, 2026 (Sunday)
- Venue: KAIST N1 Kim-Beang-Ho & Kim Sam-Youl ITC buliding, Room 117
- Format: Individual contest
- Registration deadline (May 1st, 23:59)
Contest schedule(KST)
12:00~12:40 | entry and registration
12:40~13:00 | contest briefing and preparation
13:00~18:00 | Contest
18:00~18:20 | Break
18:20~19:00 | Scoreboard reveal & awards
19:00~ | After party (Fully supported for 2026 Spring RUN members)
Awards
Ranking Awards
- To be revealed during the award ceremony.
Awards given to the first solvers of each problem
- Awarded to the highest scorer for each problem.
- In case of a tie, the participant who reached the top score first will be awarded.
Special Prizes
- To be revealed during the award ceremony.
Rules
- Participants must bring their own laptop, charger and stationery.
- Only one computer per person is allowed.
- The contest lasts for 5 hours and features 9 problems, ordered by increasing difficulty as evaluated by the organizers.
- Participants may leave early, but may recieve disadvantages in winning certain prizes.
- No internet access is allowed during the contest, except for the contest platform. Use of generative AI tools for any purpose is strictly prohibited and considered cheating.
- Each participant may bring up to 25 printed pages, single-sided, in font size 5pt or larger. These team notes will be inspected during registration.
- Prewritten code is not allowedโyou may only use code written during the contest.
- The contest will be hosted on BIKO.
- Only languages supported by BIKO may be used. Please familiarize yourself with its environment.
- More details on judging environment to be updated.
- At least one problem will be interactive or two-step.
Judging Environment
- TBA
Contact
- 010-4216-7811
- ibm2006@kaist.ac.kr (๊น๊ธฐ๋ฒ(Kibeom Kim))