DragonByte, WEOI, and AWTF 2026

Long time no hear!

I wanted to mention three contests with onsite rounds happening soon.

First off, Wincent DragonByte 2026 qualification round is ongoing and will continue for about 12 more hours (you won't need so long to qualify!). This is a new competition (this year is the second edition) with onsite finals in September in Bratislava, and with problemsetters of the IPSC fame. Everybody can participate in the online rounds, but only citizens and residents of most European countries can qualify for the onsite. Good luck!

Then, WEOI 2026 is another new contest that happens this weekend in Luxembourg, with its 4th edition this year, limited to fewer European countries. This one is for secondary school students, and the contest starts in about one hour. You cannot participate, but you can maybe watch the scoreboard, even though I don't have a link so far :)

Finally, AtCoder WTF 2026 is happening in 1.5 weeks in Tokyo (well, technically in Chiba). There is nothing European in this one, everyone could qualify, but only 12 best in Algorithm and Heuristic divisions actually did. I will be there as a commentator on the Algorithm live stream, and check out the Heuristic live stream as well!

It is nice to see so many and so diverse onsite events, including recently created ones. I don't have enough time to visit all onsite events that I want to go to in 2026. I hope the community will continue to thrive and I will continute to have this FOMO :)

Thanks for reading, and check back next week for some Japan travel blogging.