Meta Hacker Cup
International programming competition organized by Meta Platforms
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Meta Hacker Cup (formerly known as Facebook Hacker Cup) is an annual international programming competition hosted and administered by Meta Platforms. The competition began in 2011 as a means to identify top engineering talent for potential employment at Meta Platforms.[2] The competition consists of a set of algorithmic problems which must be solved in a fixed amount of time. Competitors may use any programming language and development environment to write their solutions.
| Meta Hacker Cup | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Status | Active |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Country | Worldwide |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Inaugurated | 2011 |
| Most recent | September 22 - December 9, 2023 |
| Attendance | 20,234 (2023)[1] |
| Budget | $20,000 for winner, smaller prizes for runners-up |
| Organised by | Meta Platforms |
| Website | https://www.facebook.com/codingcompetitions/hacker-cup/ |
Facebook Hacker Cup is part of a circuit of annual international programming contests that included Google Code Jam, Topcoder Open, and the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest. It has been featured in articles from Bloomberg[3] and Stack Overflow.[4]
Past winners
- Since 2020, Hacker Cup Finals was moved to an online format in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Results by country
| Country | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place |
|---|---|---|---|
 Belarus |
6 | 0 | 0 |
 Russia |
5 | 1 | 3 |
 USA |
2 | 2 | 3 |
 Japan |
1 | 3 | 1 |
 China |
1 | 2 | 3 |
 Poland |
0 | 3 | 3 |
 Ukraine |
0 | 2 | 1 |
 South Korea |
0 | 1 | 0 |
 Vietnam |
0 | 1 | 0 |
 Taiwan |
0 | 0 | 1 |