On March 31 2018, at the third “China Collegiate Computing Contest – Group Programming Ladder Tournament, the final curtains fall. Represented by Peking University, Zhejiang University, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, and Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the contest amassed a total of 231 colleges into a fierce competition. After a careful selection, Zhejiang University sent out 3 teams of 10 students into the competition. The course of the competition was full of ups and downs for rankings were ever changing; however, our 3 teams played steady, performed excellently, and arduously triumphed over the enemy which ultimately earned them the title of champion for both the college competition and team competition.

Among the rewards given, the team “火炎焱燚”found by a group of 10 students including Chen Shi Han, Fan Hao Zheng and Jiang Shi Biao won the national Grand Prize of team competition. The team “水沝淼㵘” (found by a group of 10 students including Gao Chen Xiang, Guo Shu Ting and Li Guanglin) and the team“金鍂鑫𨰻”(found by a group of 10 students including Huang Yang Yi, Jiang Yi Wen, and Li Yan Qui) won the second place of team competition. In this competition, Zhejiang University won the National Grand Prize of college competition. Jian Shi Biao and Jing Meng Ge from Chu Kochen Honors College won the individual Summit Pioneer Title. Professor Can Wang from College of Computer Science and Technology was given the best coaching award.

China Collegiate Computing Contest – Group Programming Ladder Tournament is sponsored by the Higher Education Teaching Guidance Committee of Computing related majors of Chinese Ministry of Education, the Higher Education Teaching Guidance Committee of Software Engineering of Chinese Ministry of Education, the Higher Education Teaching Guidance Committee of Computer Courses of Chinese Ministry of Education and the National Research Institute of Computer Education of higher education. The aim of this contest is to enhance students’ capability in using computer to analyze and solve problems, cultivate their teamwork spirit, improve their comprehensive abilities, enrich academic atmosphere, promote inter-school exchanges and improve the quality of programming teaching. This competition is held at the same time in 28 cities, with 31 designated sites nationwide. A total of 629 teams from 231 colleges and from 29 provinces in the country participated in the fierce competition of 3 hours. The whole process of the competition is done via machine evaluation. It is judged without human intervention. Real-time scoring and rankings are displayed too. In the final evaluation, there were 3 special awards given to colleges and universities, 12 first class awards, 14 second class awards, and 31 third class awards. In addition, there are 3 special awards for teams, 34 first class prizes, 64 second class prizes, and 95 third class prizes.

China Collegiate Computing Contest – Group Programming Ladder Tournament allows a group to have a max of 10 people where each individual must complete their own topics. The highest scoring of the 3 teams in a school will compete for the college group awards. The competition topics are divided into 8 basic questions: 4 advanced questions and 3 summit questions. Participants are able to attempt any problems at any time of the game; however, the advanced questions will not be evaluated if the overall score of the basic questions does not exceed 800; the summit questions will not be evaluated if the overall score of the advanced questions does not exceed 400. The first five players who finishes a question from the advanced or summit section will obtain 50, 40 30, 20, 10 pioneer awards. The bonus score obtain is included in the total score of the individual. Only when one’s team is able to advance, or answers the summit questions successfully, it is also counted towards team points. Other than examining the basic capabilities of student programming, coaches and team members are required to undergo long-term training and develop a judicious strategy if they even want to be even considered a challenger in the tournament.