LIT 2026 🔥

LIT (Lexington Informatics Tournament) is a competitive programming tournament for contestants of all levels, hosted by members of the LexMACS club along with many guest problemsetters/testers.

Participants may form teams of up to three, solving challenges together. Teams will choose when to start the contest window (7/31 11:00am to 8/4 11:00am ET) to start the Standard Round. When the window ends, scores will be compiled and we will release a leaderboard.

We also run a CTF Round, which will be open from 8/1 11:00am to 8/3 11:00am ET with a live scoreboard. Teams have all 48 hours to compete. Additionally, teams with exceptional performance will also receive certain prizes. For more information about the two rounds, please check the contest rules.

Please join us in the LIT Discord Server for the latest announcements, help, or team formation.

Explore New Formats

Traditional OI format can be boring — you are given some problems in a set amount of time, and you need to solve as many problems as possible. That is why, on top of a standard format OI contest, we have hosted a CTF round since LIT 2021 . Even if you are already familiar with competitive programming, we promise that the CTF round will provide a whole new refreshing experience.

Prizes

CTF Round (Middle and High School)

• 1st Place Team: $120 + LIT Shirts + RET-2 Subscription
• 2nd Place Team: $90 + LIT Shirts + RET-2 Subscription
• 3rd Place Team: $60 + LIT Shirts + RET-2 Subscription
• 4th Place Team: $45 + LIT Shirts
• 5th Place Team: $30 + LIT Shirts

Standard Round (Middle and High School)

• 1st Place Team: $200 + LIT Shirts + AoPS Coupons
• 2nd Place Team: $150 + LIT Shirts + AoPS Coupons
• 3rd Place Team: $100 + LIT Shirts
• 4th Place Team: $75 + LIT Shirts
• 5th Place Team: $50 + LIT Shirts

Future Hackers Prize (top all-middle-school team of CTF Round)

• $30 + BWSI Package

Future Programmers Prize (top all-middle-school team of Standard Round)

• $50 + BWSI Package

Top Post-HS Team in CTF Round

• $60 + TI Software

Top Post-HS Team in Standard Round

• $60 + TI Software

Writeups

• $300

GAME NIGHT

• 1st Place: $25
• 2nd Place: $15
• 3rd Place: $10
• Biggest Upset: $5

Monetary prizes are limited to countries/regions served by PayPal, Venmo, and Zelle. Physical prizes (e.g. shirts) are currently limited to teams in the US.

Current Sponsors

Infra sponsored by goo.gle/ctfsponsorship

Partners

We're also partners with CPI and TeamsCode. If you’re interested in more high school programming contests like LIT, join the Competitive Programming Initiative’s mailing list.

If you are interested in sponsoring us, please send us an email at [email protected]