Language:

Chinese & English

Consist

• Preliminary：round 1 (Top 65% enter Final rounds)
• Final: Round 2-4

Date

Preliminary

• Round 1: 17 Dec, 2023 14:00-16:40
• Round 2: 17 Feb, 2024 14:00-16:40
• Round 3: 17 Mar, 2024 14:00-16:40
• Round 4: 20 Apr, 2024 14:00-16:40

All-Star Contest: August, 2023

Locations

Paper-based in partnering school

Programming Language

Any programming language you are good at

Competitors:

3 students per team (at least 2 students)
(Note:Individual participation is also allowed, but there is no team award.)

Divisions:

• The Senior Division is geared to those high school students with experience in programming, especially those who are taking a Computer Science AP course. We suggest that students do not register for the Senior Division during their first year of ACSL participation.
• The Intermediate Division is geared towards senior high school students with computer programming experience, and advanced junior high students.
• The Junior Division is geared to middle school students with no previous experience in programming. No student beyond grade 9 may compete in the Junior Division.
• The Elementary Division is open to students from grades 3 -6. It consists of non-programming problems. Four categories, one each contest, will be tested. The contest consists of a 30-minute, 5-question test each month.

Note: Experienced lower grade students can choose higher level contest. For example, primary school students with high programming skills can choose senior or intermediate or junior contest, and junior school students with strong programming skills can choose the senior contest. However high school students can't choose lower level contests.

Content

• Part 1 (Individual round): 5 short answer questions in 30 minutes. 1 point for each question.
• Part 2 (Team round): 1 programming question in 2 hours, worth 5 points. (All members of the team are required to answer and submit answers)

Elementary Division Only Individual written contest: 5 short answer questions in 30 minutes. 1 point for each question.

Final qualification

The top 65% of teams from the preliminary round are invited to attend the final competition

Requirements

• Each team can use the programming language they are most familiar with to solve the contest
• WIFI or other internet access is not allowed during the competition

Grading

• Individual scores: Individual written score + Individual programming score
• Team scores: Average team written scores + Average team programming scores

National awards

Reward by different levels
Individual awards

• Perfect Score: Get a perfect score in round 2 to round 4
• Individual top Scores: top 20% individuals

Team awards

• Gold: Top 10% teams
• Silver: Top 25% teams
• Bronze: Top 35% teams
• Regional Honorable Award: Regional top 20% teams (Except for national awards)

Reward by different levels. Team members who miss one round at most can receive team awards.

All Star Contest

The winning teams/individual will be invited to participate in the All Star Contest. All Star Contest will be held on August, 2023. All the teams will compete in their own division.

The short answer topics that are covered in ACSL Round 1-4

Each topic is linked to the page of the ACSL wiki

*Note: The Short Problems topics are the same in the Intermediate and Senior Divisions.The Senior Division problems are more challenging than those in the Intermediate Division.

Agenda(The schedule is subject to the day of the tournament)

PS：The schedule is subject to the day of the tournament，Primary only participate in session marked star（*）。