Columbia Competitive Programming

We have 429+ members and the number is growing in our discord server!

If you are a Columbia student and want to join the server, feel free to contact yongwhan.lim@columbia.edu or find the server directly from Columbia University community.

Coaches: This list is growing!

Qualified to 2024 - 2025 North America Championship at Orlando, Florida

• Matthew Lou

• Emma Yin

• Brian Zhao

Columbia-CU Again (2024 - 2025 cycle): Matthew Lou; Emma Yin; Brian Zhao;

• Advanced to North America Champinoship (NAC) @ Orlando, Florida

• 3rd place in 2025 Spring Rutgers University Programming Contest (RUPC)

• 3rd place / Bronze in Greater New York (GNY) Regional @ New York, New York

Columbia-CU later (2023 - 2024 cycle)

• 51th place in 48th World Finals (WF) @ Astana, Kazakhstan

• 2nd place in 2025 Spring Rutgers University Programming Contest (RUPC) (without Kevin Yang)

• 3rd place / Silver in 2024 North America Championship (NAC) @ Orlando, Florida

• 5th place in Greater New York (GNY) Regional @ New York, New York

• Team Members

  • Innokentiy Kaurov (ikaurov, 2549): IOI 2023 Silver; ICPC NAC 2024 Silver;

  • Eric Yuang Shao (serichaoo, 2127): IPhO 2023 Bronze; Putnam 2023 Honorable Mention; ICPC NAC 2024 Silver;

  • Kevin Yang (yangster67, 2583): ICPC NAC 2024 Silver;

ICPC World Finals (WF) [Qualified 6x]

• 2024 (9/20/2024): 51th / 141 (5 problems / 12): Kevin Yang; Innokentiy Kaurov; Eric Yuang Shao;

• 2022 (4/18/2024): 26th / 124 (6 problems / 11): Jiajie Lai, Kaiheng Dai, Kevin Yang

• [Invitational] 2020 (9/30/2021): 33rd / 52 (3 problems / 13): Hengjie Zhang, Runzhou Tao, Zhenjia Xu

• 2019 (4/4/2019): 62nd / 135 (4 problems / 11): Aditya Shah, Bicheng Gao, Victor Cyril L Lecomte

• 2018 (4/19/2018): 31st / 140 (5 problems / 11): Haomin Long, Peilin Zhong, Ying Sheng

• 2013 (7/3/2013): 27th / 119 (5 problems / 11): Gang Hu, Long Chen, Xinhao Yuan

• 2010 (2/5/2010): 36th / 103 (4 problems / 11): Jingyue Wu, Varungopal Jalan, Zifeng Yuan

ICPC North America Championship (NAC) [Qualified 5x]

• 2025: Matthew Lou, Emma Yin, Brian Zhao

• 2024: 3rd [Silver] / 50 (9 problems / 13): Kevin Yang, Innokentiy Kaurov, Eric Yuang Shao

• 2023: DNQ

• 2022: 8th / 50 (6 problems / 13):  Jiajie Lai, Kaiheng Dai, Kevin Yang

• 2021: 28th / 48 (5 problems / 13): Shrihan Pasikanti, Shyam Pandya, Zhenjia Xu

• 2020: 8th / 59 (6 problems / 13): Hengjie Zhang, Runzhou Tao, Zhenjia Xu

ICPC Greater New York Regional (GNY)

• 2024 (@Microsites):  3rd / Bronze (6 teams)

• 2023 (@Columbia University):  5th (15 teams)

  • Plenary Talk: Bjarne Stroustrup

  • Speakers: Suman Jana, Zhou Yu, and Josh Alman

• 2022 (@Sacred Heart University): 9th (23 teams)

• 2021 (@Online): 1st / Champion (13 teams): Jiajie Lai, Kaiheng Dai, Kevin Yang

ICPC North America Qualifier (NAQ)

• 2024: 22 officially regitered 1-person teams

• 2023: 116 officially registered 1-person teams

• 2022: 69 officially registered 3-person teams