Opportunity brief
Overview
Code Auction is a team-based competitive coding event. It combines programming, strategy, and auction-based decision-making, where teams bid virtual currency on programming problems and strategically manage their resources to maximize their scores.
Event Date: 22nd October 2026
Guidelines
- Each team must consist of 2–4 members.
- All team members can discuss and solve the purchased problems.
- Each team receives an equal amount of token currency.
- Teams must manage their currency strategically between programming problems and Power Cards.
- The event includes the following Power Cards:
- Extra Time: Provides additional time for an eligible problem.
- Hint: Provides a useful hint for an eligible problem.
- Double Points: Doubles the points earned from an eligible solved problem.
- Steal: Allows a team to claim an eligible advantage/problem under the event rules.
- Exact Power Card effects and usage conditions will be announced before the event.
- Correctly solved problems earn points, and problem difficulty may determine the points awarded.
- Power Cards may modify scores according to their stated effects.
- The guidelines do not specify whether inter-college or inter-specialization teams are allowed.
- The number of programming problems and the duration of individual rounds have not been specified.
Rules
- Teams cannot bid more coins than their available balance.
- All bids must be placed within the announced bidding time.
- Power Cards can only be used according to their stated rules and usage conditions.
- Copying or using unauthorized assistance may lead to disqualification.
- The team with the highest final score will be declared the winner.
- The organizers' decision will be final and binding.