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Yandex Contest
What it is
Yandex Contest is an online platform for programming competitions, practice, and lessons with automatic solution checking. Organizers can create problems or select ready-made sets, define rules, deadlines, ratings, and invitations, and run individual or team contests that are open or restricted. A testing server evaluates submissions and displays results under the contest rules. The platform lists more than 20 programming languages, with compiler settings for supported languages, and demonstrates checker-based, interactive, run-twice, test, text-answer, and matching tasks. Its public API can register participants, manage groups, retrieve contest and problem information, submit or rejudge solutions, and export leaderboard data. OAuth tokens control participant or administrator API permissions. Users sign in with Yandex ID or organizer-issued credentials. The organizer plan is free for up to 10,000 participants; Yandex says its computing capacity supports over 10,000 simultaneously, while larger competitions require contacting Yandex. Full administrator-panel access requires an organizer form.
For and against
For
- Supports individual and team contests
- Automatic checking runs on a testing server
- Lists more than 20 programming languages
- Public API handles participants and submissions
- Free for up to 10,000 participants
Against
- Larger competitions require contacting Yandex
- Full administrator access requires a form
- Login may depend on organizer-provided credentials
The verdict
Yandex Contest combines contest management, automated judging, and API access in a free organizer plan within its stated capacity. Its setup and participant limits matter for larger events.
Who it suits
It suits schools, universities, and competition organizers running coding contests or practice activities. Developers can also use its API to automate participant, submission, and leaderboard tasks.
Plans and prices
Yandex Contest for organizers
Free for up to 10,000 participants
Read 30 Sep 2026 · contest.yandex.com
On the record
- API access
- API calls use OAuth tokens and permissions for participant submission or administrator contest management.admin.contest.yandex.ru · read 30 Sep 2026
- Audience
- The maker names schools, universities, and competition organizers as users of the platform.contest.yandex.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Automatic checking
- Participant solutions are checked automatically on a testing server, with results shown according to contest rules.contest.yandex.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Capacity
- The maker says Yandex computing power supports over 10,000 participants simultaneously.contest.yandex.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Contest builder
- Organizers can create problems or use ready-made sets, configure rules, deadlines, and ratings, and invite participants.contest.yandex.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Contest formats
- The platform supports individual and team contests, and contests may be open or restricted.contest.yandex.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Languages
- The platform lists 20+ programming languages and provides compiler settings for supported languages.official.contest.yandex.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Login
- Users can sign in with Yandex ID or credentials provided by contest organizers.contest.yandex.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Notable limit
- The pricing page says to contact Yandex if a competition is expected to exceed 10,000 participants.contest.yandex.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Problem types
- The demo contest describes checker-based, interactive, run-twice, test, text-answer, and matching problems.contest.yandex.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Public API
- The public API can register participants, manage groups, retrieve contest and problem information, submit or rejudge solutions, and export leaderboard data.admin.contest.yandex.ru · read 30 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Yandex Contest is an online platform for programming competitions, practice, and lessons with automatic solution checking.contest.yandex.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Setup requirement
- Organizers must fill out a form to get full access to the administrator panel.admin.contest.yandex.ru · read 30 Sep 2026
- Support
- The maker directs users to a form for technical support about access, users, competitions, and task sets.admin.contest.yandex.ru · read 30 Sep 2026
