On 7-8 September 2019, COMPFEST Final Competition was held. Five competitions are categorized in this COMPFEST Competition, including Competitive Programming Contest, Indie Game Ignite, IT-Case Business, Capture The Flag, and Innovation App Competition. In the CPC (Competitive Programming Contest), the final competition was held at the Faculty of Computer Science, Universitas Indonesia for two consecutive days. There are two branches in the Competitive Programming Contest, Junior Competitive Programming Contest, and Senior Competitive Programming Contest.
Day 1: Final Junior Competitive Programming Contest
On the first day, the event opened with an opening ceremony. After that, the competition began! Junior Competitive Programming Contest (JCPC) participants consist of individuals, specifically people who are still in high school or middle school. The students come from various provinces in Indonesia. The number of finalists in the JCPC competition this time is 30 out of 153 registrants. The competition was held until 14.45 and continued with the discussion of questions until the event ended at 17.00 which ended with the announcement of the winner.
There is one of the 11th-grade finalists from Semesta High School Semarang, Pikatan Arya Bramajati, he advised his friends if they want to be able to take part in the contest, they have to practice a lot of questions. For him, this is his first experience following the COMPFEST Competition. Previously, he began to get involved in the programming and competition since he was in 10th grade, he said. Pikatan feels challenged by the questions given by COMPFEST. He commented well for this event and would highly recommend COMPFEST to his friends.
In the JCPC competition was won by Nicholas Patrick from Cita Hati Christian School High School as Champion, then continued by Dasco Gabriel from Sutomo 1 High School in Medan as 1st Runner Up, Edbert Geraldy from Sutomo 1 High School in Medan as 2nd Runner Up, and Edbert Geraldy and M.Irham Lutfi as Honorable Mention. These five winners won JCPC and with a combined prize of Rp. 11,500,000.
Day 2: Senior Competitive Programming Contest
On the second day, the event continued for the final of the Senior Competitive Programming Contest (SCPC). The event began also began with an opening ceremony and continued with the competition. SCPC participants consist of a team of up to 3 people from various institutions and universities or the public. The number of finalists in the SCPC competition is 20 teams out of 176 teams. The competition on the second day ended longer, finishing at 4:30 pm and continued with the discussion of questions.
One of the COMPFEST finalists this time, who has joined SCPC for the third time, is Dewita from the Institute of Technology Bandung. She talked about her hobby of programming started from learning mathematics which she often competed while she was still in high school. Then, she went on to the world of programming when she was in college because of the similarities between the two. “When I was invited to the world of programming by my friend, I am immediately interested in competitive programming because there is a big resemblance with Maths, both train the brain for structured thinking,” Dewita said when she asked about the beginning of her plunge into the world of programming. She was interested in joining this CPC because she thought the quality of the questions in the competition was good and it’s not like the problems that had already existed before. “Practice before participating in the competition, if you like it, the process will not be a burden,” Dewi said to friends who are activists of programming.
The next event that was held at night was Awarding Night which contained the announcement of the winners and award-giving from COMPFEST. In this SCPC the winner was won by the Kth-D team, followed by the 1st runner up by the ntTas team, and the 2nd runner up by the Handsome Fata team, as well as two honorable mentions from the we’re done, team and the {n, a, m, r, o , n} * team. The total prizes brought by the winners are Rp. 27,000,000.
“The reason why we joined the COMPFEST was that the COMPFEST questions were very challenging and usually need deep analysis,” said Rafael, one of the winners of the SCPC this. “This competition was fun. We are happy to go through with it because it’s challenging. It also prepares us for the next competitions,” the impression was conveyed by Christoper, also a winner from the Kth-D team. The awarding night event ended with the excitement of the winners’ faces and closed with photos from each team.
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