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. The competition began in 2011 as a means to identify top engineering talent for potential employment at Facebook. The competition consists of a set of

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ic problems which must be solved in a fixed amount of time. Competitors may use any

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to write their solutions. Facebook Hacker Cup is part of a circuit of annual international programming contests that includes

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, and the ACM

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. It has been featured in articles from

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Past winners

* The 2020 Hacker Cup Finals and the 2021 Hacker Cup Finals were held in an online format in response to the

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Past winners

Results by country

See also

References

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