Welcome to the Pacific NW Region Programming Contest! The Pacific NW Region is comprised of the following areas: Alaska, Hawaii, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, northern/central California and western Nevada. Because of the large geographic area of the region, the contest is held simultaneously at multiple sites: Northern California, Oregon, E. WA and Idaho, Western Washington, Canada, and Hawaii.

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Announcements

UPDATED 8/23/23 @ 12pm

The 2023/4 PacNW Regional Contest will be held Saturday, February 24 2024
- Due to proximity to the 2023 World Finals, which is November 10-17, we felt an October contest was not reasonable in terms of demands on our systems crew (who is also the systems crew for the World Finals in November) as well as other administrative staff that must attend World Finals.
- Tentative sites for the Febuary 24 regional are:
  - UW Tacoma (Washinton), Chris Marriott
  - George Fox (Oregon), Brent Wilson
  - UBC (British Columbia), Will Evans
  - BYUH (Hawaii), Geoff Draper
  - De Anza College (California), Manish Goel
- Registration will open January 2024
  - The cost per team will be $125 due to increased costs for all items provided by the contest
    - Team fees cover t-shirts, food, drink, supplies, medals, and travel for administrators, systems crew, and judges as necessary
  - We will allow up to 6 teams per school. If more space is available, more teams per school will be permitted
    - REMINDER: All teams competing in D2 should have D2 specified at the start of their team name
  - See the registration page on this site for more information
- We are a fully in person contest with a site structure similar to years before COVID. There will likely be accommodations for those schools that are unable to afford travel costs (we may be able to set such schools up as a micro-site like we did last February). We will follow ICPC rules for the North America Championship and World Finals for teams
  - There will be three people to one machine
  - Internet access will not be allowed
  - A contest image will be used
    - Details TBA
- Special thanks to our sponsors of the 2022 contest
  - Top Sponsor: F5
  - Medals and Plaques Sponsor: Jerry Cain
- Feel free to email the contest at tcapaul@uw.edu with any questions, comments, or concerns that you have
There will be medals this year, as there were with last year's contest. There will also be plaques.
- Medals and plaques will be allocated based on our traditional site model with Hawaii, California, Oregon, British Columbia, and Washington being single sites. There will be medals and plaques for both D1 and D2 as in past years.
  - More specifically, there will be Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals for first, second, and third place in
    - D1 overall
    - D2 overall
    - D1 at each site
    - D2 at each site
  - Each team member will get a medal
  - There will be one plaque per team and that will go to the coach and school
  - Medals and plaques will be mailed to coaches for distribution to team members
There will be two divisions as in past years. D1 is the top division and teams can advance from D1 to the North America Championship (there will be no divisional championships as was done last year). D2 is for less experienced teams. When registering a team to compete in D2 be sure and place a D2 in front of the team name. For more information on divisions please see the information provided below.

Division 1 (D1) is for teams that are VERY STRONG algorithmically. The D1 problem set is difficult. It is along the lines of a lite version of what you would see at World Finals. Check the Results tab above and view D1 performance from years past. Many teams have had a difficult time.
- Division II (D2) is approachable for teams that have not completed the algorithm sequence at their school and/or have not competed in programming contests before. Almost all problems in D2 can be solved using techniques at the CS1 and CS2 levels. Most teams in this division have a great chance at solving many problems. If a team does well in this division this year, that team should try D1 next year! Participating in D2 will not count against your eligibility for World Finals in future years (other than the rules established by ICPC itself based on age/year in school -- see the Contest Rules tab above for more information on the ICPC rules) When registering a team for D2 on the ICPC registration site, include 'D2' at the beginning of the team name. See the Registration tab above for more information.

Important note: While it is technically possible to advance from D2, it is very difficult. All teams from D1 that solve at least one problem will be ranked higher than all teams that compete in D2.

The following zip file contains three problems that serve as a baseline for competing in Division 1. If a team cannot solve these three problems, that team should compete in Divsion 2. The file contains input, output, and solutions to each problem along with a README that includes hints. The file size is ~15MB.
- Div1BaselineProblems.zip
Check the two division FAQ for more details

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We will once again support Python (as well as C, C++, and Java). We will support Python 3, following what World Finals supports. Please see the Details tab for more information.
If you would like to be a future site host, please contact Tom Capaul tcapaul@uw.edu. Costs of the contest (food, t-shirts, balloons, etc.) are covered by the PacNW region. As a host school your teams participate for free.

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If you still have questions or require special information not found here, email the contest director: Tom Capaul (tcapaul@uw.edu)