Code Olympics Winter Championship 2026 — Four Disciplines, One Overall Champion

The Code Olympics Winter Championship runs December 18 to 21, 2026, online, with a $2,000 prize pool. It is the third edition of Code Olympics. Teams pick one of four disciplines, build for 72 hours in any language, and compete for gold, silver and bronze. Entry is free, solo or in a team of up to four.

✯ The Disciplines

The first two editions assigned constraints by random draw. This one lets every team choose its lane. Each lane has one hard rule and its own podium.

• Sprint — 300 lines, standard library only.
• Precision — ship your own test suite, then judges try to break the program.
• Endurance — no size limit, the most complete system you can build.
• Freestyle — open topic, judged on the idea and how far you took it.

✯ How It Is Judged

All four disciplines are scored on the same rubric by senior engineers from industry, and every project is reviewed by several judges. The highest score across all four lanes takes the overall title, so no discipline is a weaker route to it.

✯ Key Dates

• December 18, 2026, 18:00 UTC — kickoff.
• December 18 to 21, 2026 — 72-hour build window.

Registration and the full rules are at codeolympics.com/winter-2026.