Second Round 2025/2026 is over
Success! The second round has ended. Congratulations to everyone for helping Stofl and Binna refine the registan, circumvent fires and raid tombs. We hope you had lots of fun (and maybe learned something) while solving the tasks and are thrilled to see you at the camp or next year!
What are the next steps?
- From December 1st until the end of the finals, we have our Finals Homework (Grader). You can get 200 from a total of 1000 points of the finals by solving the FH tasks at home.
- We will finalize the ranking and invite 24 participants into our SOI camp in Sarnen. You can expect a mail around December 20th that contains your results and whether you’ve been selected.
- The finals will consist of two practical exams. More information and the exact dates will come in the qualification email.
- If you’re afraid you will run out of tasks now, fear not:
- To enjoy the advent with relaxing tasks, you can solve daily problems at the Advent of Code. The tasks are slightly easier than those at SOI. If you want, you can join our private leaderboard under the code 2403511-7728a326.
- The new USACO season offers another round of high-quality contests in a similar format to the finals for every level. The dates will be released soon on usaco.org , with the first contest usually being held mid-December. A great guide to the relevant topics (also for SOI!) can be found on the USACO Guide.
- To get a feeling for how the finals will be, check out the SOI task archive.