OCPC, Winter 2026
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- Dates: 24.01-01.02.2026
- Location: Mathos, University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
- Participation fee: See below
What is this?
This is a camp to prepare students for ICPC and similar programming competitions. The camp is aimed at the highest level of competition, i.e. teams who wish to show strong results in ICPC regionals and participate seriously in ICPC World Finals.
The camp consists of 7 ICPC-style contests, i.e. 5 hours and 9-12 problems each, and 2 days off. The contests are intended for 3-person teams.
Who are we?
Oleksandr Kulkov
- • Co-founded OCPC in 2023
- • ICPC Foundation Outstanding Community Engagement Award (2025)
- • ACM ICPC NEERC 2016 First Award
- • Helvetic Coding Contest 2024 Champion
- • KPI Open 2019 Champion
- • Author of over 60 programming problems
- • Maintainer of CP-Algorithms
Tähvend Uustalu
- • Co-founded OCPC in 2023
- • IOI 2017 Bronze medal
- • ICPC 2019 World Finals participant
- • Codeforces Grandmaster
Problem Authors
We'd like to thank and praise the authors of the contests in the camp:
Amirreza Mazinani
- • ICPC World Finalist (2024, 2025)
- • Author of Codeforces and Rayan Rounds
- • INOI (Iranian National Olympiad in Informatics) Silver Medalist
Mohammad Parsa Elahimanesh
- • Author of Codeforces and Rayan Rounds
- • INOI Silver Medalist
- • Top problem solver on Quera
AmirReza PourAkhavan
- • Two times ICPC World Finalist
- • Former Codeforces Contest Coordinator
Tähvend Uustalu
- • ICPC 2019 World Finalist
- • Google Hash Code 2020 finalist
Pyqe
- • IOI gold medalist
- • Author of IOI 2024 Nile and Tree
Kinon
- • IMO bronze, silver, and gold medalist
Sebastian K. & Lennart B.
- • 2025 GCPC winners
- • 2024 and 2025 NWERC silver medalists
Yixiong Gao
- • Problemsetter for ICPC Asia East contests
- • Universal Cup Staff
Songyang Chen
- • ICPC 2017 and 2018 World Finalist
- • Top contributor of QOJ
Tyler Marks & Sachin Sivakumar
- • 2025 North America Big South champions
- • Participants in the 2025 NAC and WF
- • Currently coaching for UCF
KCPC
- • A Competitive Programming Club of Kyoto Univ
- • Regular participant at the WF
What people say about us?
“OCPC has helped us grow as a team, with an almost endless supply of fun ICPC contests, sometimes with interesting twists! And after contests you can always hang out with other cool CPers :)”
- • ICPC 2025 World Finals Silver Medalist
“I really like the camp and try to participate in it whenever I get a team together.”
“Because our university doesn't have a top team, we don't get invited to any other camps, so it is great to participate at least in this camp. I would say it is organized quite well and the quality of contests is high. Participating in the camp is also useful because that way I have the motivation to train competetive programming. I would definitely recommend this camp to others because it will help with competetive programming.”
- • 9th place in NWERC 2024 (Bronze)
- • 13th place in EUC 2025
- • ICPC 2025 World Finalist
“Really great experience, enjoyable problems and wide range of techniques to learn. For me, ~2200 codeforces enjoyer, there was a lot new or unfamiliar topics, or some interesting applications”
- • 12th place in EUC 2025 (Bronze)
- • ICPC 2025 World Finalist
“For me, OCPC is a time of the year I always highly await. The high quality selection of contests have always proven to be a great and fun challenge to bond over and learn more and new tricks and topics.”
“The organizers also made sure to always provide the best conditions for us the contestants (e.g. snacks outside the contest halls during the competition days) and organized very efficiently icebreaker and teambuilding events in the break days. Overall, I highly recommend participation to this camp for everyone regardless of their skill as they have a lot to gain from participating.”
- • 6th place in IOI 2024 (Gold)
- • 14th place in IOI 2025 (Gold)
Who can participate?
Participation is open to anyone, but the camp is primarily aimed at ICPC-eligible teams representing universities. Participants need to be registered in teams. To register, please fill the registration form.
Registration deadlines: January 17, 2026 for remote participation, January 10, 2026 for onsite participation in Osijek. If you require a visa, please register as soon as possible.
Participation Fee
The participation fee for both online and onsite participants is 198€ per team.
Similar to previous camp editions, the fee does not include regular meals, travel or accommodation.
Discounts
- Early bird discount: Reduced fee of 147€ per team if you register before December 17, 2025.
- Hardship discount: Fee reduction to 99€ per team, on request, if the default fee creates a financial burden for you. We do not require any proof or documentation, and trust your self-assessment. Nevertheless, we ask you to be mindful when using this option, as we rely on participation fees to run the camp.
- Ukraine support: We support and empathize with those affected by the ongoing war in Ukraine, and offer free participation for affected individuals and teams affiliated with Ukrainian institutions.
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