International programming competition organized by Meta Platforms
Meta Hacker Cup Status Active Frequency Annually Country Worldwide Years active 2011–present Inaugurated 2011 Most recent September 22 - December 9, 2023 Attendance 20,234 (2023)[1] Budget $20,000 for winner, smaller prizes for runners-up Organised by Meta Platforms Website https://www.facebook.com/codingcompetitions/hacker-cup/
Meta Hacker Cup (formerly known as Facebook Hacker Cup ) is an annual international programming competition hosted and administered by Meta Platforms . The competition began in 2011 as a means to identify top engineering talent for potential employment at Meta Platforms.[2] The competition consists of a set of algorithmic problems which must be solved in a fixed amount of time. Competitors may use any programming language and development environment to write their solutions.
Facebook Hacker Cup is part of a circuit of annual international programming contests that included Google Code Jam , Topcoder Open , and the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest . It has been featured in articles from Bloomberg [3] and Stack Overflow .[4]
Past winners Tournament Finals location 1st place 2nd place 3rd place 2025 [5] Online Gennady Korotkevich 2024 [6] Online 2023 [7] Online Gennady Korotkevich 2022 [8] Online Tiancheng Lou 2021 [9] Online Andrew He 2020 [10] Online* Gennady Korotkevich Andrew He 2019 [11] Dublin , Ireland Gennady Korotkevich Petr Mitrichev 2018 [12] Menlo Park, California , United States Makoto Soejima Andrew He 2017 [13] Seattle, Washington , United States Petr Mitrichev 2016 [14] London , United Kingdom Makoto Soejima 2015 [15] Menlo Park, California , United States Gennady Korotkevich 2014 [16] Menlo Park, California , United States Gennady Korotkevich [pl] Makoto Soejima 2013 [17] Menlo Park, California , United States Petr Mitrichev Jakub Pachocki 2012 [18] Menlo Park, California , United States [pl] Tiancheng Lou 2011 [19] Menlo Park, California , United States Petr Mitrichev Tiancheng Lou
Since 2020, Hacker Cup Finals was moved to an online format in response to the COVID-19 pandemic .
Results by country Country 1st place 2nd place 3rd place 6 0 0 5 1 3 2 2 3 1 3 1 1 2 3 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
See also
References ^ "2023 Meta Hacker Cup - Round 1 Scoreboard". Facebook ^ "Announcing the Facebook 2011 Hacker Cup". Facebook ^ "The Jocks of Computer Code Do It for the Job Offers". Bloomberg News ^ "The puzzle masters behind Facebook's Hacker Cup explain how they craft questions". 25 October 2019. ^ "Standings for Meta Hacker Cup 2024 - Competitive Programming Hall Of Fame". cphof.org . Retrieved 2025-12-23 . ^ "Standings for Meta Hacker Cup 2024 - Competitive Programming Hall Of Fame". cphof.org . Retrieved 2024-12-08 . ^ "Standings for Meta Hacker Cup 2023 - Competitive Programming Hall Of Fame". cphof.org . Retrieved 2023-12-09 . ^ "Standings for Meta Hacker Cup 2022 - Competitive Programming Hall Of Fame". cphof.org . Retrieved 2022-12-11 . ^ "Standings for Facebook Hacker Cup 2021 - Competitive Programming Hall Of Fame". ^ "2020 Facebook Hacker Cup - Final Round Scoreboard". Facebook ^ "2019 Facebook Hacker Cup - Final Round Scoreboard". Facebook ^ "2018 Facebook Hacker Cup - Final Round Scoreboard". Facebook ^ "2017 Facebook Hacker Cup - Final Round Scoreboard". Facebook ^ "2016 Facebook Hacker Cup - Final Round Scoreboard". Facebook ^ "2015 Facebook Hacker Cup - Final Round Scoreboard". Facebook ^ "2014 Facebook Hacker Cup - Final Round Scoreboard". Facebook ^ "2013 Facebook Hacker Cup - Final Round Scoreboard". Facebook ^ "2012 Facebook Hacker Cup - Final Round Scoreboard". Facebook ^ "2011 Facebook Hacker Cup - Final Round Scoreboard". Facebook
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