IEEEXtreme (often abbreviated as Xtreme) is an annual hackathon and competitive programming challenge in which teams of IEEE Student members, often supported by an IEEE Student Branch and proctored by an IEEE member, compete in a 24-hour time span against each other to solve a set of programming problems. The competition is underwritten and coordinated by IEEE's Membership and Geographic Activities department, and is often supported by partnering sponsors, like IEEE Computer Society.
History IEEEXtreme was created in 2006 by Marko Delimar and Ricardo Varela who, at the time, were with the IEEE Student Activities Committee. The first instance of IEEEXtreme was held in 2006 with a global participation of 44 teams and 150 contestants. The numbers more than tripled the second time it was held, in 2008, to 130 teams with 500 participants. The iteration of IEEEXtreme in 2015, enjoyed the registration of over 2,300 teams, participation of over 1,900 teams, 5,500+ student competitors, 600+ proctors, and 100+ volunteers around the world.
Competition rules Teams of up to three student IEEE members receive sets of programming problems over 24 hours, starting at 0:00 UTC on the competition date. All teams receive the same problems to solve and are expected to solve the problems without direct outside consultation. Teams don't need to tackle every problem, but the more they solve, the more points they score. Students submit their solutions using an online tool, which has been HackerRank in recent years. Points are awarded based on how the problem was solved, the time it took, and its difficulty. Higher-grade IEEE members serve as judges and proctors for the competition.
The competition is free, but IEEE Student Membership is required to participate. Students - undergraduate and graduate - are welcome to register as IEEE Student Members and participants in IEEEXtreme on the same day. The cost of IEEE Student Membership varies from country to country.
Yearly results IEEEXtreme 12.0 (2018) IEEEXtreme 12.0 was held on 19 October 2018. Rank Team Name University IEEE Region Country 1 WildCornAncestors University of Illinois - Urbana 4 2 FatCat China Univ Of Electronic Science And Tech UESTC 0 3 TiredOfWinning Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) 8 4 AuroraPSUT Princess Sumaya University for Technology 8 5 Mayday Georgia Institute of Technology 3 6 DoubleCycleCover University of Tartu 8 7 Aposentados Univ Federal do Rio Grande do Norte 9 8 ZhenXiang China Univ Of Electronic Science And Tech UESTC 0 9 BordoBereliler Bilkent University 8 10 YoungSimpleNaive Rice Univ 5 11 QuartetoDegenerado Escola Politecnica Univ De São Paulo 9 12 TukangSulap Institut Teknologi Bandung 0 13 Profiler Chulalongkorn Univ 0 14 TeamSkyy Jordan University of Science & Technology 8 15 Antoine American University-Beirut 8 16 UBCENPH University Of British Columbia 7 17 AcarajeComFarofa Univ Federal Da Bahia 9 18 HMIFTriple Institut Teknologi Bandung 0 19 WinFirstSearch National Technical University of Athens 8 20 LaSenhoraKruskal Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Applicadas 9 21 Mathos1 Osijek University Of Josip Juraj Strossmayer 8 22 RavenclawBUET Bangladesh Univ Of Engineering & Tech 0 23 AzharPlusPlus Al-Azhar Univ 8 24 ILoveJianbeiAn University of Auckland 0 25 zoids Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria - Lima 9
IEEEXtreme 11.0 (2017) IEEEXtreme 11.0 was held on 14 October 2017. Rank Team Name University IEEE Region Country 1 whatevs Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) 8 2 PoemAndWine China Univ Of Electronic Science And Tech UESTC 10 3 GT Georgia Institute of Technology 3 4 AingeST Institut Teknologi Bandung 10 5 StarCloud China Univ Of Electronic Science And Tech UESTC 10 6 xiaopiqiu Peking Univ 10 7 EZIEEE80211 Chulalongkorn Univ 10 8 TargetBill China Univ Of Electronic Science And Tech UESTC 10 9 Alkaid China Univ Of Electronic Science And Tech UESTC 10 10 Oblivious China Univ Of Electronic Science And Tech UESTC 10 11 VertexCover University of Tartu 8 12 gingacomtapioca Univ Federal do Rio Grande do Norte 9 13 AuroraPSUT Princess Sumaya University for Technology 8 14 HashArnabit American Univ Of Beirut 8 15 Optimizers Chulalongkorn Univ 10 16 MenuOnBites University of Tartu 8 17 BothFirstSoap Chulalongkorn Univ 10 18 NissimAndHisWhales Univ Federal Da Bahia 9 19 LasAguilasDeLaPUCP Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Peru 9 20 HybridCode Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Peru 9 21 NoMeJalesTino Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria - Lima 9 22 PersueychUN Univ Nacional De Colombia Sede Bogota 9 23 UCIrvine76ers Univ of California-Irvine 6 24 HackRush Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria - Lima 9 25 CodeRunner Ain Shams Univ 8
IEEEXtreme 10.0 (2016) IEEEXtreme 10.0 was held on 22 October 2016. Rank Team Name University IEEE Region Country 1 TeamEPFL1 Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) 8 2 TeamMabva Sharif University of Technology 8 3 VertexCover University of Tartu 8 4 IEEEXtremists Monash University - Clayton 10 5 BreakFastSearch Monash University - Clayton 10 6 Mobius97860 IPontifica Universidad Catolica del Peru 9 7 EachHappi China Univ Of Electronic Science And Tech UESTC 10 8 MasterSamurai Princess Sumaya University for Technology 8 9 NissimAndYourWha Univ Federal Da Bahia 9 10 HybridCode Pontifica Universidad Catolica de 9 11 AgeOfUN Univ Nacional De Colombia Sede Bogota 9 12 CUdebuggers Chulalongkorn Univ 10 13 AingeCP Institut Teknologi Bandung 10 14 Twilightuse China Univ Of Electronic Science And Tech UESTC 10 15 1000KB Univ Nacional de Ingenieria 9 16 Teamcake University of Canterbury 10 17 CarpeDiem Univ Nacional de Ingenieria 9 18 Winnerwing China Univ Of Electronic Science And Tech UESTC 10 19 LifeandLemons China Univ Of Electronic Science And Tech UESTC 10 20 firefly China Univ Of Electronic Science And Tech UESTC 10 21 uestccwt China Univ Of Electronic Science And Tech UESTC 6 22 Biotec Cajamarca Univ Nacional De 9 23 GantengGantengKo Institut Teknologi Bandung 10 24 TeamSnake Sharif University of Technology 8 25 TeamEZAC Chulalongkorn Univ 10
IEEEXtreme 9.0 (2015)
IEEEXtreme 9.0 was held on 27 October 2015.
Rank Team Name University IEEE Region Country 1 TeamName Sharif University of Technology 8 2 EPFL1 Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) 8 3 Powerhouse Politehnica University of Bucharest 8 4 DELAPAN3gp Institut Teknologi Bandung 10 5 IamSuaAndorinhaMae University of São Paulo 9 6 AingeCP Institut Teknologi Bandung 10 7 JUIITCoders Jahangirnagar University 10 8 Benchwarmers Minnesota University of - Twin Cities 4 9 HybridCode Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Peru 9 10 AcarajeComFarofa University Federal Da Bahia 9 11 SorryHybridCode Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Peru 9 12 HackRush University Nacional de Ingenieria 9 13 UPPG University of The Philippines-Diliman 10 14 RJK Institut Teknologi Bandung 10 15 HelloWorld Instituto Tecnologico de Buenos Aires 9 16 CUCPMeowMeow Chulalongkorn University 10 17 EarlGrey Princess Sumaya University for Technology 8 18 MonashMS Monash University - Clayton 10 19 GoodGame Xidian University 10 20 Fate Xidian University 10 21 Kadkhoda Sharif University of Technology 8 22 GantengGantengKoder Institut Teknologi Bandung 10 23 CoDeFX Sharif University of Technology 8 24 TnTWizard North Carolina State University 3 25 PlasticSpirit Xidian University 10
IEEEXtreme 8.0 (2014)
IEEEXtreme 8.0 was held on 18 October 2014.
Rank Team Name University IEEE Region Country 1 viRUs Reykjavik University 8 2 WhySoConcrete New York University 1 3 oops University of Moratuwa 10 4 SYSUillidan Sun Yat-Sen University-Guangzhou 10 5 FZL Sun Yat-Sen University-Guangzhou 10 6 OnionJAM Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) 8 7 UPPG University Of The Philippines-Diliman 10 8 Powerhouse Politehnica University Of Bucharest 8 9 SKT1 Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria 9 10 kwjIGo6KQFrCgEpf4O7g University Of Southampton 8 11 NowWith3 University of São Paulo 9 12 FortyTwoASU Ain Shams University 8 13 Single McGill University 7 14 FooBarBaz Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) 8 15 Ewoks University of Moratuwa 10 16 Dongskar Institut Teknologi Bandung 10 17 NoGuessingNoParty Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria 9 18 DELAPAN3gp Institut Teknologi Bandung 10 19 Benchwarmers University of Minnesota- Twin Cities 4 20 HikeToTheStars Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) 8 21 UCICommandoSquad University of California-Irvine 6 22 Raaliroimarid Tartu University 8 23 2014Xtreme41 Amirkabir Univ Of Technology-Tehran 8 24 SarajevoDragons Sarajevo University 8 25 NoNeedForSpeed Princess Sumaya University for Technology 8
IEEEXtreme 7.0 (2013) IEEEXtreme 7.0 was held on 26 October 2013.
Rank Team Name University IEEE Region Country 1 cofrades Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria 9 2 FINKI01 University Sts. Cyril and Methodius 8 3 Illidan Sun Yat-sen University 10 4 DanceParty Reykjavik University 8 5 Escape Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) 8 6 Powerhouse Politehnica University Of Bucharest 8 7 SKT1 Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria 9 8 TeamCurtis Iowa State University 4 9 CJI Institut Teknologi Bandung 10 10 ACM1PT Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria 9 11 ManiACs Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria 9 12 machan University of Moratuwa 10 13 zh3 McGill University 7 14 ForkBomb University Of Auckland 10 15 CumiLompat Institut Teknologi Bandung 10 16 Aparon Amirkabir University Of Technology 8 17 Expialidocious Alexandria University 8 18 BJUTSteinsGate Beijing University of Technology 10 19 RainbowDash The Australian National University 10 20 UK1 University of Kentucky 3 21 i2ks2azmn88543o3n02r University Of Southampton 8 22 TwilightSparkle The Australian National University 10 23 2014Xtreme41 CVAProgrammers 8 24 1729 University of Moratuwa 10 25 SharpSharks University of Moratuwa 10
IEEEXtreme 3.0 (2009) IEEEXtreme 3.0 was held on 24 October 2009.
Rank Team Name University IEEE Region Country 1 MoraSeekers University of Moratuwa 10
See also Competitive programming, a type of mind sport involved in programming competitions
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