Season 2025–2026 is here!

We’re excited to kick off a new competition season and share some updates on Eolymp. Our mission remains the same: hosting regular, high-quality contests for the competitive programming community. This year, we’re running more rounds, adding new formats, and introducing a new reward system.

Eolymp Mints

Starting this season, all contest rewards will be given in Eolymp Mints — Eolymp’s own reward points.

You’ll earn Eolymp Mints by participating in contests, solving problems, and contributing to the platform. Mints can then be exchanged in the Eolymp Store for T-shirts, stickers, and other prizes. Weekend Practice Top-10 finishers will continue to earn enough Eolymp Mints to redeem a T-shirt, just like before.

The store launches next week with exclusive T-shirts (new designs for this season!), and we’ll expand the prize selection over time.

Weekend Practice

Weekend Practice contests will continue once or twice a month, with a goal of 20 contests this season. We’re also involving more authors to ensure a steady flow of high-quality problems.

If you have an idea for a problem, submit it here — setters can earn up to 350 EUR per contest.

Weekend Practice rounds remain rated for all participants. As before, Top-10 finishers will receive rewards — now in the form of Eolymp Mints.

We’re also updating our random prize system to include more participants:

Criteria	Eolymp Mints
Top-10 (ranks 1 to 10)	500
10 random participants among Top-50 who scored at least 151 points	250
20 random participants among Top-100 who scored at least 51 points	100

Blitz Rounds

This season introduces a new format: Blitz Rounds. These are fast-paced 1.5-hour contests with easy-to-medium problems. They’re designed especially for beginners who want to practice algorithms, experience competition, and build confidence.

Problem difficulty will roughly follow A-B-B-C-C from Weekend Practice: one very easy, two easy, and two medium.

Blitz Rounds will run twice a month, starting next Sunday, the first round is already published on the site. They will be rated for participants with rating ≤1600 or unrated accounts.

Rewards for Blitz Rounds will also be given in Eolymp Mints:

Criteria	Eolymp Mints
Top-10 (ranks 1 to 10)	200
10 random participants among Top-100 who scored at least 51 points	100

Eolymp Cup

Last year’s Eolymp Cup was an exciting highlight, and we received lots of positive feedback. However, this season we’ve decided to pause the Cup to focus on a stable schedule of Weekend Practice and Blitz Rounds. This lets us deliver the most consistent and high-quality contests for everyone.

Stronger Anti-Cheating Measures

We’ve improved our detection systems to better catch plagiarism and AI-generated code. Our goal is to ensure that Eolymp Mints reward skill and effort, not shortcuts.

From now on, cheating will carry stricter consequences:

Violation	Penalty
First violation	Disqualification from the round
Second violation	Disqualification + 1-month ban
Third violation	Disqualification + 3-month ban
Fourth violation	Disqualification + ban until the end of the season