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The 2025-2026 annual International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) for the Southern ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵRegion was held in Riverside, ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵon Saturday, November 15. ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ was well represented with 4 teams – each team had 3 student competitors. Below is a picture of those who represented ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ. There were a total of 76 teams from all over Southern ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵas well as Las Vegas, Nevada. The contest lasts the entire day from 9 AM to about 9 PM. The actual competition is a 5-hour long contest from 2 PM to 7 PM where teams write computer programs to solve the word problems that are the contest Problem Set. There were 13 problems in the Problem Set this year and our best team solved 5 of the 13, and each of the ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ teams solved at least 3.

The overall standing for all teams and the Problem Set can be found at this link:

If one or more of these students listed below is in your class, feel free to congratulate them for their participation and success as a member of the 2025 ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ ICPC Programming Team. For more information, feel free to contact: Steven.Gold@ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ.edu

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ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ Programming Team – 2025:

(The team names were chosen by the students and are from the video game Terraria ()

• Brain of Cthulhu: Leon Do, Nicolas Honma, Joseph Puckett,
• Duke Fishron: Phu Nguyen, Nicholas Nojiri, Aiden Perkins,
• Mourning Wood: Matthew Fehr, Shawn Lin, Nicolas Piker,
• Wall of Flesh: Fozhan Babaeiyan Ghamsari, Chris Kau, Sean Nightingale.
• Coaches: Steve Gold, Sakol Bun.