Update 3
From April 2022, these are being discontinued.
Update 2
From February 2022, the new prize structure will be changed to:
Top 10 Global Division One users will get $100 each.
Top 25 Indian Division One coders will get Amazon Vouchers worth Rs. 1500 each.
Update 1
From November 2021, the new prize structure will be changed to:
Top 10 Global Division One users will get $100 each.
Top 100 Indian Division One coders will get Amazon Vouchers worth Rs. 1500 each.
Participating in CodeChef contests doesn’t come without goodies, be it the redeemable Laddus or the prospect of rating up. Now it gets even better! Here’s announcing new and exciting prizes you’re in line for with two of the most popular rated CodeChef contests you take part in – Cook-Off & LunchTime!
Prizes for the Indian Rank List
- Top ten Indian Division One coders to get Amazon Vouchers worth Rs. 3750 each.
- The rest in the top 100 get Amazon Vouchers worth Rs. 1500 each.
- First-time winners in Div 2 who make it to the top 200 for the first time get Amazon Vouchers worth Rs. 750 each.
- First-time winners in Div 3 players who make it to the top 200 for the first time get Amazon Vouchers worth Rs. 750 each.
Prizes for the Global Rank List:
- Top 10 global Division One users will get $100 each.
- Non-Indians will receive the prize via money transfer to their account.
- Indian users will receive Amazon vouchers for the amount converted in INR
The following are some notable terms & conditions:
- Winners are required to respond to the email intimation of their prize within 30 days of receiving the email. The failure to do so will result in automatic cancellation of their claim to the prize
- A winner is eligible for a prize in only one category per contest.
- A first-time user, who wins the Rs. 750 once in Div-3, will be eligible to win again as a first-time winner in Div 2 if they are promoted to Div 2.
What happens to the Laddus?
There will be no Laddus for the Top 10 Global and Indian rank holders in CookOff as they’ll be paid in cash/voucher as prizes.
However, everything else about our previous Laddu system for CookOff and LunchTime will continue without any change. To call out specifically, the top 10 school students in Div 1 of LunchTime will continue to get Laddus as well as the cash/Amazon vouchers as per the new system.
Prizes for you, a mission for us
With the new prize structure, we not only intend to reward the leading players but also acknowledge the efforts put in by those who want to make it to the top of the leaderboard, constantly improving and making a mark in their respective divisions. The top coders on CodeChef will be getting their prizes as usual but with the new prize structure, we intend to motivate the beginner-level competitive programmers (the first-time winners), to make the most of the platform.
Please note that some countries are excluded from the new prize system due to legal restrictions. Please find the list of countries non-eligible for the prizes below:
Albania, The Bahamas, Barbados, Botswana, Cambodia, Crimea, Cuba, Ghana, Iceland, Iran, Jamaica, Mauritius, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nicaragua, North Korea, Pakistan, Panama, Sudan, Syria, Uganda, Yemen, and Zimbabwe.
Good work bro.
Nice, Now they will cheat more😫
Brother, It’s depend person to person. If anyone wants to cheat, he will definitely cheat wheather he will buy solution for the same question or he will jump to youtube. I just want to say that please do your work in your own way and do not reduce the credibilty of codechef by typing these types of replies.
Prize Structures are great, but do something to reduce cheating in the live contests.
Especially in long challenges. For few subscribers they give the solution on YouTube and they explain whole logic of problem. I think Codechef moderators should see these things and take action on them.
I secured a rank good enough in July Cook-off to be eligible for the prize, but I still haven’t received it 🙁 It’s been around a week now, it feels bad when you are not being awarded with what you deserve.
Have you received the reward?
I secured a rank good enough in august Cook-off to be eligible for the prize, but I still haven’t received it.no mail for the confirmation for prize waiting for my hard earn prize.
Yeah me too, got nothing yet
congratulations winners!!
I secured a rank good enough in august Cook-off to be eligible for the prize, but I still haven’t received it.no mail for the confirmation for prize waiting for my hard earn prize.
Me too..August Cook Off..do we have to mail them ourselves?
i have secured good rank in july cookoff and havnt got yet
Yeah Even I haven’t got any such mail yet!
i recieved the mail , but not got the amazon voucher . in my mail it was written that i got the amazon voucher but not got the amazon voucher
What about the laddus of attending in all rated (long, cookoff, lunchtime) contest in a year ?
how can i claim my prize for this month cook off
I got 79 rank in December cookoff but I didn’t get any email for prize!!
Please anyone confirm is it really the new prize structure?
I received an email for the prize saying ill get it in 15 days but i still havent received it,
it was for the october cookoff , also a little confused as the article says i need to respond to the email? while there are no such instructions in the email
They changed it to top 25 Indian rank holders .. It’s Sad.