impossible → routine
Competitive programming
Solving timed competitive programming problems, judged by hidden test cases.
Impossible
AlphaCode, a purpose-built research system, averages a ranking in the top 54.3% — mid-pack among humans — across Codeforces contests with more than 5,000 entrants.
top 54.3% of entrants
source2 years, 11 months
Routine
o3, a general-purpose reasoning model, reaches a 2724 Codeforces rating — the 99.8th percentile — and a gold-medal score at the 2024 International Olympiad in Informatics.
Codeforces 2724, 99.8th percentile
source