Oxford Computer Science students take second place in UK & Ireland Programming Contest
Posted: 22nd October 2026
An Oxford team has taken second place in the United Kingdom and Ireland Programming Contest (UKIEPC), part of the International Collegiate Programming Contest series.
The UKIEPC took place last Saturday, with 355 teams from 33 British and Irish universities participating. Our team:
- Hanks Chong (Exeter, 2nd year M&CS)
- Kin Fung Nicholas Ko (Merton, 2nd year M&CS)
- Zhanqi Wang (St Catz, 2nd year M&CS)
solved 12 out of 13 problems in the total time of 1210 minutes and took the second place. Two other Oxford teams were not far behind, with 11 problems solved in 1180 and 1217 minutes, which gave them 5th and 6th place:
- Dobromir Angelov (St John's, 2nd year M&CS)
- Alexandru Dima (St Catz, 1st year CS)
- Boris Mihov (St Hugh's, 2nd year M&CS)
- Siqi Ma (Balliol, 3rd year CS)
- Shangtong Wu (Oriel, 3rd year M&CS)
- Zhengyan Xu (Mansfield, 3rd year CS)
The winning team from Cambridge solved 12 problems in the total time of 977 minutes.
Twelve Oxford teams participated, with a varying degree of success. The final standings are available at https://ukiepc26.kattis.com/contests/ukiepc26/standings
The top Oxford teams will now take part in the Northwestern European Regional Contest in Germany in November, where they will be fighting for a chance to participate in the 51st ICPC World Finals in 2027.
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