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.
- During the contest, all internet use is prohibited except for the contest website and official programming language references. In particular, 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.
- At least one problem will be interactive or two-step.
Judging Environment
- Grading will be conducted through the contest feature of BIKO. Please familiarize yourself with how to use the site.
- Available languages are C11, C++17, C++20, Java, and PyPy 3.
Contact
- 010-4216-7811
- ibm2006@kaist.ac.kr (๊น๊ธฐ๋ฒ(Kibeom Kim))