Frequently Asked Questions
How are points calculated?
The points system takes the weighted sum of the top 100 submission scores on distinct problems. The score of the  problem is weighted by 
. Formally, where 
 represents sorted scores and 
 a user's base points,
To not over-penalize users who have dedicated time to solving many problems, an additive adjustment  is made to the base point value. Where 
 is the number of problems a user has fully-accepted solution on,
A user's point score is then the sum .