The contest was held in January 2022.
Until last year it started on the first Friday every month and lasted for 10 days, but from this year it is supposed to take place twice a month. In other words, the first one goes on for 3 days from the first Friday and the second one lasts for another 3 days from the second Friday.
The first one was held from 7 to 10, January. About 20 000 contestants from tens of countries and regions including our country, China and India took part in it. 180-odd belonged to category 1, over 2 900 to category 2 and more than 16 300 to category 3. 4 problems were set forth in category 1, none of which were challenge problems.
A total of 27 contestants in category 1 won the first place, 7 out of whom are from Kim Chaek University of Technology. 18 contestants from our country including KUT students were the winners.
Other winners include 3 from China, 2 from India, one from Peru and 3 from Japan.
Our country accounts for 66.67% of the world winners, and our university 25.93%, which rises to 38.89% in our country.
The second one went on from 14 to 17.
About 15 700 contestants from tens of countries and regions including our country, China, Russia and India took part. 120-odd belonged to category 1, over 1 500 to category 2 and more than 14 100 to category 3. 5 problems were set forth in category 1, none of which were challenge problems.
A total of 29 contestants in category 1 won the first place – 17 from our country, 2 from China, 1 from Russia, 3 from India, 2 from Vietnam, 1 from Singapore, 1 from the UK and 2 from Japan.
All of the 7 students from Kim Chaek University of Technology took the first place in category 1.
17 winners from our country constitute over half of the world winners, that’s 58.62%. In the meantime, our university amounts to 24.14% in the world and 41.17% in our country.
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