The CS@Mines High School Programming Competition is a competition for high school students to write programs that solve problems.

Our programming competition is modeled after well-known college-level competitions such as ICPC, but we make an inviting set of problems suitable for high school students.

Students can compete in the Mines HSPC online or in-person. In-person teams of 4 students compete in a single competition with problems for both new and seasoned competitors. If your school can't make it this year, students can compete in our open division, by registering in Kattis.

Date TBD

Mines is a public research university focused on science and engineering, located in Golden, Colorado. HSPC is organized and run by Mines ACM volunteers with funding from CS@Mines.

In the 2026 competition, we were pleased to host:

• 12 different schools and 26 teams
• 84 competitors
• 18 teams consisting of first-time competitors
• 49 first-time competitors
• The most themed problems in a single competition