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What is MCC?

The MCC (Malaysian Computing Challenge) is an annual online competition designed to evaluate participants’ computational thinking abilities. Knowledge of programming is recommended but not required.

MCC is also the first round in the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) Malaysian team selection process.

Format

Contest format

Problem format

The problem statements will be available in both English and Bahasa Malaysia.

Sample Problem

Given a list of numbers a_1, a_2, ..., a_n. Output the sum of all numbers.

Input format:

n
a_1 a_2 ... a_n

Output format:

Output the sum of all numbers on one line.

Sample input:

100
22 39 68 90 22 53 80 36 16 44 48 29 13 24 51 69 99 65 58 41 68 57 66 5 44 10 23 1 24 64 29 85 6 22 51 14 98 93 71 77 100 92 62 69 76 83 19 68 75 40 16 20 47 95 60 71 34 11 80 90 14 39 69 71 18 64 63 89 57 88 52 2 71 2 71 20 12 49 97 33 43 7 30 37 8 83 9 68 96 72 99 21 53 68 25 71 2 31 65 69

Sample output:

5021

Past MCC problems are available here.

Categories

There are four categories in MCC. Contestants should join the first category that applies to them:

The Open category is open to everyone.

The Junior, Intermediate, and Senior categories are only open to anyone who:

Only participants from Junior, Intermediate, and Senior categories are eligible for IOI selection.

Awards

There will be Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards for each category. All contestants will work on the same problems, but award cutoffs will be different for each category.

We will be giving out digital certificates instead of physical ones.

Registration

Independent Participation

We strongly urge that anyone interested to participate to talk to your school teacher about sending a team. In the case that your school is not sending a team, or you are not currently attached to any school, you may register as an Independent Participant. If you would like to participate as an Independent Participant, please ask your parent to register on the registration website below.

Fee

The fee is RM20 per participant.

If you have financial difficulties, email us at mcc [at] ioimalaysia [dot] org and we will consider waiving the fee.

Payment Method

You may pay the registration fee via bank-in or online transfer to our bank account (info below). Payment should be uploaded (via registration website) after submission of participants list to finalize the registration.

Bank account information:

Account Name: PERTUBUHAN INFORMATIK DAN PENGATURCARAAN MALAYSIA
Account Number: 8600213076
Bank: CIMB Islamic Bank (Taman Danau Kota branch)

Instructions for schools

Teachers

Participants

  1. Once your teacher has created an account and added you to the list, you may head to the registration site and log in using your IC number (or passport number if you’re not a Malaysian citizen).
  2. You may edit your name. Note that this is the name that will appear on all certificates that you will receive.
  3. Enter your email address and verify it by clicking the link in the email sent to your address. This is very important as we will send your login credentials for MCC to this address.
  4. Fill in the rest of your credentials and check the box if you agree to the terms.

Instructions for independent participants

Parents

Open Categories

We kindly inform you that registration for open categories requires a parent account. We appreciate your understanding and encourage you to create an account to proceed with your registration.

Honour Code

All participants in MCC agree that they will:

Beyond MCC

MCC is the preliminary selection process of a year-long program to identify and train the top computing talents in Malaysian schools. Top scorers in MCC will be:

The top scorers in MCO will be called for a series of intensive training camps conducted by experienced Olympiad participants. Students who qualify at this level will participate in the Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad (APIO), an annual online contest among countries in the Pacific Rim region. After the training camps and APIO, four students will be selected to represent Malaysia in the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI).

Organizers

MCC is brought to you by the Malaysian Informatics and Programming Society. See our About page for more details.

Contact

Please direct all inquiries about MCC via email to mcc [at] ioimalaysia [dot] org.

Problems and Solutions

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Results

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