Binghamton ICPC History
Binghamton University has been competing in the ACM ICPC for the past five years. Over these years, Binghamton's performance has steadily improved. We have made it to regionals three times, and we finally made it to World Finals in 2006. Binghamton competes in the Northeast North America (NENA) region. Our region (like several other regions in North America) holds preliminary competitions to determine which schools qualify to compete in the regional competition. Traditionally, Binghamton competes in the Western preliminary competition to qualify for the NENA regional competition.
Northeast North America Region
Massachusettes Institute of Technology and Harvard University consistently make it to regionals every year: MIT almost always places first, and Harvard usually places second or third. In the past four years, the only other schools to place third or better have been University of New Brunswick and Binghamton University. Typically, only first and second place get invited to World Finals, so the competition at regionals is very intense.
Western Preliminary
Several of the schools that compete in the Western Preliminary have proven to be formidible competitors, most notably University of Rochester, Rochester Institute of Technology, and SUNY Fredonia. Although Binghamton has performed better than these schools at regionals in recent years, these schools often do better than Binghamton at the preliminary competition. These schools have successfully blocked Binghamton from making it to regionals twice in five years, so the preliminary competiton is no cakewalk.
2005/2006
This was the year that we narrowly defeated Harvard and Brown and successively made it to World Finals for the first time ever. It became clear that raw skill and a little bit of practice can get you to World Finals, but it takes a lot of training and team strategy to get into the upper ranks. The only American school to solve more than two problems was MIT.
Teams
| Beercats Andrew Paroski Natan Zohar Nick Maliwacki |
Beercats
2 Noah Schwartz Daniel Benamy Michael West |
Preliminaries
Rank |
School |
Team Name |
Problems Solved |
Total Time |
| 1 |
University of Rochester |
Yellowjackets 2 |
6 |
12:18 |
| 2 |
Binghamton
University |
Binghamton
Beercats |
6 |
15:25 |
| 3 |
University of Rochester |
Yellowjackets 1 |
6 |
16:09 |
| 4 |
McGill University |
McGill Foo Bards |
6 |
18:00 |
| 5 |
Rochester Institute of Technology |
RIT 1 |
6 |
18:53 |
| 6 |
McGill University |
McGill Skeleton Crew |
5 |
12:22 |
| 7 |
Rochester Institute of Technology |
RIT 2 |
5 |
14:18 |
| 8 |
SUNY Brockport |
Brockport Eagles |
4 |
12:56 |
| 9 | Binghamton University | Binghamton Beercats 2 | 4 |
15:17 |
| 10 |
Colgate University |
Colgate University |
3 |
8:07 |
| 11 |
SUNY Oswego | Oswego 1 |
3 |
13:27 |
| 12 |
Hobart College |
Hobart Statesmen |
2 |
3:40 |
| 13 |
SUNY Fredonia |
Fredonia State Blue Devils |
1 |
1:44 |
| 14 |
SUNY Oswego |
Oswego 2 |
1 |
2:50 |
Regionals
Rank |
School |
Team Name |
Problems Solved |
Total Time |
| 1 |
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology |
MIT Beavers |
7 |
17:40 |
| 2 |
Binghamton
University |
Binghamton
Beercats |
4 |
8:49 |
| 3 |
Harvard University |
Harvard Ad Hoc |
4 |
9:56 |
| 4 |
Brown University |
Brown Bears |
4 |
10:37 |
| 5 |
Simon's Rock College |
Simon's Rock Llamas |
3 |
7:45 |
| 6 |
Acadia University |
Acadia 1 |
3 |
9:31 |
| 7 |
Dalhousie University |
Dalhousie Black |
3 |
9:55 |
| 8 |
Concordia University |
Concordia Coders |
3 |
10:12 |
| 9 |
University of Rochester |
Yellowjackets 2 |
2 |
2:04 |
| 10 |
Middlebury College |
Middlebury Panthers |
2 |
3:10 |
| 11 |
Western New England College |
WNEC Gold |
2 |
4:00 |
| 12 |
Saint Mary's University |
CS Huskies |
2 |
4:02 |
World Finals*
Rank |
Name |
Problems Solved |
Total Time |
| 1 | Saratov State University | 6 | 15:17 |
| 2 | Jagiellonian University - Krakow | 6 | 20:58 |
| 3 | Altai State Technical University | 5 | 11:21 |
| 4 | University of Twente | 5 | 12:24 |
| 5 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 5 | 12:46 |
| 6 | St. Petersburg State University | 5 | 13:35 |
| 7 | Warsaw University | 5 | 13:40 |
| 8 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 5 | 13:51 |
| 9 | Moscow State University | 5 | 14:30 |
| 10 | Ufa State Technical University of Aviation | 5 | 16:20 |
| 11 | University of Alberta | 4 | 7:59 |
| 12 | University of Waterloo | 4 | 10:36 |
| 13 | Zhejiang University | 4 | 9:58? |
| 13 | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology | 4 | 10:29? |
| 13 | Peking University | 4 | 13:48? |
| 13 | Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica | 4 | 14:03? |
| 13 | University of British Columbia | 4 | 14:10? |
| 13 | Sharif University of Technology | 4 | 14:14? |
| 19 |
University of Science and Technology of China | 3 | 6:31 |
| 19 |
University of Tokyo | 3 | 6:36 |
| 19 | St Petersburg Institute of Fine Mechanics & Optics | 3 | 6:41 |
| 19 | Technische Universität München | 3 | 6:54? |
| 19 |
Petrozavodsk State University | 3 | 7:05? |
| 19 |
University of Toronto | 3 | 7:12 |
| 19 |
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro | 3 | 7:20 |
| 19 |
The University of Hong Kong | 3 | 7:28? |
| 19 |
KTH - Royal Institute of Technology | 3 | 7:33 |
| 19 | Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) University | 3 | 8:15? |
| 19 | South Ural State University | 3 | 8:19 |
| 19 | National Taiwan University | 3 | 8:29? |
| 19 | Kyoto University | 3 | 8:56? |
| 19 | Simon Fraser University | 3 | 9:21? |
| 19 | Lund University | 3 | 9:33? |
| 19 | Information & Communications University | 3 | 9:34 |
| 19 | Taras Shevchenko Kyiv University | 3 | 9:42? |
| 19 | Tsinghua University | 3 | 9:47? |
| 19 | Seoul National University | 3 | 10:15? |
| 19 | Sofia University | 3 | 10:17? |
| 39 | Renmin University of China | 2 | 2:14 |
| 40 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong | 2 | 2:58 |
| 41 |
Fuzhou University | 2 | 3:21 |
| 42 |
Princeton University | 2 | 3:25 |
| 43 |
DePaul University | 2 | 3:43 |
| 44 |
Yaroslavl Demidov State University | 2 | 3:57 |
| 45 | Fudan University | 2 | 4:09 |
| 46 |
Vinnytsia National Technical University | 2 | 4:10 |
| 47 |
University of Adelaide | 2 | 4:33 |
| 47 |
Universidad Nacional de Colombia | 2 | 4:45 |
| 47 |
California Institute of Technology | 2 | 4:49? |
| 47 |
University of Cape Town | 2 | 4:53? |
| 47 |
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya | 2 | 4:54? |
| 47 |
Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology | 2 | 5:02? |
| 47 |
University of Maryland - College Park | 2 | 5:05? |
| 47 |
Washington University in St. Louis | 2 | 5:35? |
| 47 |
École Nationale Supérieure des Télécom Paris | 2 | 5:38 |
| 56 | Facultad de Matematica, Astronomia y Fisica - UNC | 1 | 0:16 |
| 57 |
Ural State University | 1 | 0:21 |
| 58 |
University of Central Florida | 1 | 0:22 |
| 59 |
The American University in Cairo | 1 | 0:24 |
| 60 |
Stony Brook University | 1 | 0:25 |
| 61 |
Duke University | 1 | 0:26 |
| 62 |
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad | 1 | 0:28 |
| 63 |
Kazakh-British Technical University | 1 | 0:30 |
| 64 |
Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | 0:35 |
| 65 |
Madras Institute of Technology | 1 | 0:35 |
| 66 |
Cairo University - Faculty of Computers & Information | 1 | 0:36 |
| 67 |
Ateneo de Manila University | 1 | 0:48 |
| 68 |
Universidad Central de Venezuela | 1 | 1:05 |
| 69 |
Binghamton University | 1 | 1:13 |
| 70 |
Sichuan University | 1 | 1:14 |
| 71 |
University of Wisconsin - Madison | 1 | 1:16 |
| 72 |
University of Nebraska - Lincoln | 1 | 1:20 |
| 73 |
Virginia Tech | 1 | 1:24 |
| 74 |
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology | 1 | 1:31 |
| 75 |
Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca | 1 | 1:48 |
| 76 |
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology | 1 | 2:17 |
| 77 |
University of Dhaka | 1 | 2:18 |
| 78 |
Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 | 2:41 |
| 79 |
Rice University | 1 | 3:30 |
| 80 |
University of Auckland | 1 | 3:46 |
| 81 |
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | 1 | 4:30? |
| 81 |
Shahid Beheshti University | 1 |
4:30? |
| 81 |
Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala | 1 |
4:30? |
*The rankings posted here for World Finals are a composite of the official ACM ICPC rankings and other available information. Total time includes penalties for incorrect submissions. Approximate times are denoted with question marks.
2004/2005
Our faculty advisor was out of town during the Fall 2004 semester, and to make matters worse, almost all of the competitors from the previous year were no longer eligible to compete. Andrew Paroski, the only competitor who was still eligible, and Alyssa Ogawa, the new student coach, quickly put together two teams at the last minute. Unforunately, we were a little too slow at preliminaries and didn't make it to regionals.
Teams
| Beercats Andrew Paroski Michael Jordan Natan Zohar |
Beercats 2 Zhen Jin Andrew Shieh Zhuo Jun Yan |
Preliminaries
Rank |
School |
Team Name |
Problems Solved |
Total Time |
| 1 |
Rochester Institute of Technology |
RIT 1 | 5 |
17:18 |
| 2 |
SUNY Fredonia |
Fredonia 1 | 3 |
8:15 |
| 3 |
Binghamton
University |
Beercats |
3 |
9:38 |
| 4 |
Rochester Institute of Technology |
RIT 2 | 2 |
3:55 |
| 5 |
SUNY Fredonia |
Fredonia 2 | 1 |
2:43 |
| 6 |
SUNY Oswego |
Oswego 1 |
1 |
4:25 |
| 7 |
Binghamton
University |
Beercats 2 | 1 |
5:46 |
| 8 |
SUNY Oswego | Oswego 2 |
0 |
0:00 |
Regionals
Rank |
School |
Team Name |
Problems Solved |
Total Time |
| 1 |
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology |
MIT Beavers |
4 |
13:45 |
| 2 |
University of New Brunswick |
U New Brunswick Reds |
4 |
15:29 |
| 3 |
Harvard University |
Harvard 124 |
3 |
11:27 |
| 4 |
Williams College |
The Purple Coders |
2 |
6:09 |
| 5 |
Saint Mary's University |
CS Huskies |
2 |
7:43 |
| 6 |
SUNY Fredonia | Fredonia 1 |
1 |
1:45 |
| 6 |
Western New England College |
WNEC Blue |
1 |
1:45 |
| 8 |
Mount Allison University |
3's Complement |
1 |
2:56 |
| 9 |
Rochester Institute of Technology |
RIT Tigers |
1 |
3:03 |
| 10 |
Middlebury College |
Middlebury Panthers |
1 |
3:33 |
| 11 |
McGill University |
McGill Redmen |
0 |
0:00 |
2003/2004
We could taste a trip to World Finals in Fall 2003, but we were blocked by Harvard and MIT. Nevertheless, we got closer to World Finals than we ever had before.
Teams
| Beercats Brett Bernstein Andrew Paroski James Chapman |
Beercats
2 Rob LaDuca Doug Kay Eric Wong |
Preliminaries
Rank |
School |
Team Name |
Problems Solved |
| 1 |
University of Rochester |
Yellowjackets 1 | 5 |
| 2 |
SUNY Fredonia |
Fredonia 1 | 5 |
| 3 |
Rochester Institute of Technology |
RIT 2 |
4 |
| 4 |
Binghamton
University |
Beercats |
3 |
| 5 |
Rochester Institute of Technology |
RIT 1 |
3 |
| 6 |
Université du
Québec en Outaouais |
UQO Info |
3 |
| 7 |
Colgate University |
Colgate Cookies |
3 |
| 8 |
Binghamton
University |
Beercats
2 |
3 |
| 9 |
University of Bridgeport |
Bridgeport |
3 |
| 10 |
SUNY Oswego |
Oswego 2 |
2 |
| 11 |
SUNY Fredonia |
Fredonia 2 |
2 |
| 12 |
SUNY Oswego |
Oswego 1 |
2 |
| 13 |
University of Rochester |
Yellowjackets 2 |
1 |
| 14 |
Monroe Community College |
MCC 2 |
1 |
| 15 |
Université du
Québec en Outaouais |
UQO Info++ |
1 |
| 16 |
Monroe Community College |
MCC Programmers |
1 |
Regionals
Rank |
School |
Team Name |
Problems Solved |
| 1 |
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology |
MIT Beavers | 6 |
| 2 |
Harvard University | Harvard Lambda |
5 |
| 3 |
Binghamton
University |
Beercats |
3 |
| 4 |
University of Rochester | Yellowjackets 1 |
3 |
| 5 |
Dalhousie University |
Dalhousie A |
3 |
| 6 |
Rochester Institute of Technology |
RIT 2 |
2 |
| 7 |
Université Laval |
Rouge & Or |
2 |
| 8 |
Memorial University of
Newfoundland |
MUN 2 |
2 |
| 9 |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
WPI 1 |
2 |
| 10 |
Brown University |
Brown CS |
2 |
| 11 |
University of New Brunswick at
Fredericton |
UNB Reds |
2 |
| 12 |
Middlebury College |
Middlebury Blue |
2 |
| 13 |
Saint Mary's University |
CS Huskies |
1 |
| 14 |
SUNY Fredonia |
Fredonia 1 |
1 |
| 15 |
Amherst College |
Amherst Runnable |
0 |
| 15 |
McGill University |
McGill 2 |
0 |
2002/2003
Binghamton first made in to Regionals in Fall 2002.
Teams
| Beercats Sergei Royt Brett Bernstein Andrew Paroski |
Beercats
2 Christian Bongiorno James Chapman Rob LaDuca |
Preliminaries
Rank |
School |
Team Name |
Problems Solved |
| 1 |
Binghamton
University |
Beercats |
6 |
| 2 |
University of Rochester | Yellowjackets 2 |
6 |
| 3 |
University of Rochester | Yellowjackets 1 | ? |
| 4 |
SUNY Fredonia |
Fredonia 1 |
? |
| ? |
SUNY Oswego |
Defaults |
? |
| ? |
Rochester Institute of Technology |
RIT 1 |
? |
| ? |
Colgate University |
Code Warriors |
? |
| ? |
Rochester Institute of Technology |
RIT 2 |
? |
| ? |
SUNY Fredonia | Fredonia 2 |
? |
| ? | Canisius College |
The Ambiguously Dynamic Trio |
? |
| ? | Binghamton
University |
Binghamton
Beercats 2 |
? |
| ? | SUNY Oswego |
Cows |
? |
| ? | SUNY Oswego |
Bill G's Redmond Riot |
? |
Regionals
Rank |
School |
Team Name |
Problems Solved |
Total Time |
| 1 |
Harvard University | Harvard | 4 |
9:07 |
| 2 |
University of New Brunswick |
UNB Fredericton A |
4 |
12:05 |
| 3 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | MIT Engineers | 3 |
5:11 |
| 4 |
Saint Mary's University |
CS Huskies |
3 |
5:16 |
| 5 |
Brown University |
Brown |
3 |
8:04 |
| 6 |
Université LAVAL | Laval Rouge et Or |
3 |
9:08 |
| 7 |
University of Massachusetts -
Amherst |
UMass Minutemen |
2 |
1:35 |
| 8 |
Acadia University |
Acadia 1 |
2 |
2:23 |
| 9 |
University of Rochester |
Yellowjackets 1 |
2 |
3:31 |
| 10 |
SUNY Fredonia |
Fredonia 1 |
2 |
3:38 |
| 11 |
Binghamton
University |
Beercats |
2 |
6:23 |
| 12 |
Memorial University of
Newfoundland |
MUN 1 |
1 |
2:37 |
| 13 |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
WPI Software Engineers |
1 |
3:51 |
2001/2002
Binghamton first began participating in the ACM ICPC back in Fall 2001. Binghamton made a strong showing in its first year, but narrowly missed making it to regionals.
Teams
| Beercats Sergey Royt Andrew Cohen Jay Parikh |
Preliminaries
Rank |
School |
Team Name |
Problems Solved |
Total Time |
| 1 |
University of Rochester |
31337 | 5 |
8:44 |
| 2 |
SUNY Buffalo |
Foo-tastic |
4 |
7:48 |
| 3 |
Rochester Institute of Technology | RIT 1 |
4 |
7:50 |
| 4 |
Colgate University |
Colgate 1 |
4 |
7:56 |
| 5 |
Binghamton
University |
Beercats |
4 |
8:22 |
| 6 |
Concordia University |
Concordia X |
4 |
11:12 |
| 7 |
SUNY Oswego |
Oswego 2 |
3 |
5:27 |
| 8 |
University of Rochester |
G A P |
3 |
7:15 |
| 9 |
Canisius College |
Griffins |
3 |
8:05 |
| 10 |
SUNY Oswego |
Oswego 1 |
3 |
9:01 |
| 11 |
Rochester Institute of Technology | RIT 2 |
2 |
3:56 |
| 12 |
Canisius College | Griffs |
2 |
6:59 |
| 13 |
SUNY Oswego |
Oswego 3 |
2 |
8:35 |
| 14 |
SUNY Buffalo |
UB 3 |
1 |
0:59 |
| 15 |
SUNY Buffalo |
UB 2 |
1 |
3:12 |
Regionals
Rank |
School |
Team Name |
Problems Solved |
| 1 |
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology |
MIT Engineers |
? |
| 2 |
Saint Mary's University | CS Huskies | ? |
| 3 |
Université Laval | Laval U. |
? |
| 4 |
University of Massachusetts -
Amherst |
UMass Minutemen |
? |
| 5 |
Acadia University |
Acadia 1 |
? |
| 6 |
Harvard University |
Harvard |
? |
| 7 |
University of Rochester |
31337 |
? |
| 8 |
Brown University |
Brown CS |
? |
| 9 |
University of New Brunswick |
UNB Reds |
? |
| 10 |
Rochester Institute of Technology | RIT 1 |
? |
| 11 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
RPI Team White |
? |
| 11 |
SUNY Buffalo |
Foo-tastic |
? |