UKIEPC 2026

Saturday 17th October

Expected Schedule on the Day

Time (BST)	Description
10:00 AM	Recommended Arrival time	Get setup, settled, logged in etc
10:30 AM	Introduction on Youtube
11:00 AM	Contest starts
15:00 PM	Scoreboard freezes	You can see who has submitted, but not whether they were successful.
16:00 PM	Contest ends
~16:10 PM	Solutions and Results

Programming Languages

The following languages are expected to be used for the 2026 event (TBC)

Python 3.9.18 (PyPy 7.3.15, with GCC 13.2.0)
Java 21 (javac 21.0.4)
C++20 (Ubuntu g++ 13.2.0)
C17 (Ubuntu gcc 13.2.0)
Kotlin 1.9.10
Rust 1.75.0

LLMs, ChatGPT, and Co-Pilot

These tools are not allowed for use during the contest.

We received a number of queries about this. All forms of code generating AI are not allowed in the contest, including offline LLMs and plugins like co-pilot.