Facebook hacker contest

Facebook announced the first Hacker Cup 2011 , which will be "an annual competition for hackers from around the world in algorithmic programming."

“Hacking is central to the Facebook culture. Whether we are creating a new revolutionary product during one of our hackathons or developing a more competent search algorithm , we always need a hack to find the best way to do things, ”the official page of the competition says

Mark Zuckerberg in a recent interview for “60 Minutes” explained that “hacker” is the best compliment for a programmer. According to him, hacking means developing something very quickly.

The competition will be held in three online rounds, after which on March 11, 2011 the final will be held at the central office of Facebook. Registration begins December 20, and all three rounds will be held in January.
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To begin with, a qualifying round will be held, which will begin on January 7, 2011 at 0:00 UTC and end on January 10, 2011 at 0:00 UTC. During these 72 hours, participants must solve at least one of the three proposed tasks in order to be admitted to the first round.

The first online round of January 15-16 will consist of three three-hour sub-rounds at different times of the day. Than pass on the best one of each subraund.

The second online round of January 22 from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm UTC will determine the 300 best players who will receive the official Hacker Cup t-shirt. Well, the top 25 hackers from this round will receive free tickets to California and accommodation on the campus Facebook (Palo Alto).

Prizes for the winners are purely symbolic: $ 5000 for the first place, $ 2000 for the second, $ 1000 for the third, and $ 100 for the places from the 4th to the 25th. Plus various souvenirs.