Facebook Hacker Cup 2011

Facebook Hacker Cup 2011 

The Hacker Cup is Facebook's international coding competition. The contest consists of three online rounds and a final round held at Facebook's headquarters. This is your chance to compete against the world's best programmers and potentially win the title of world champion and other awesome prizes.

So coders check it out.....and have a try on 7th jan...
 

Prizes

The top 25 scoring contestants from Online Round 2 will be flown out to Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, California, USA to compete in the Finals. The onsite finals will happen on Friday, March 11, 2011. Travel and accommodation will be covered by Facebook. The finalists will be competing for:

1st place: $5,000

2nd place: $2,000

3rd place: $1,000

4th - 25th place: $100

Eligibility

You have to be at least 18 years old.

Rounds

Qualification Round

The competition commences with a 72-hour Qualification Round on January 7, 2011 at 0:00 UTC (4:00 PM PST) to January 10, 2011 at 0:00 UTC (4:00 PM PST). All registered competitors will be presented with three problems. Only competitors who correctly solve at least 1 problem will advance to Online Round 1.

For information on Online Round 1, Online Round 2 and Onsite Final Round, please check out the website.

http://www.facebook.com/hackercup