# Meta Hacker Cup

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International programming competition organized by Meta Platforms

Meta Hacker Cup Status Active Frequency Annually Country Worldwide Years active 2011–present Inaugurated 2011 Most recent September 22 - December 9, 2023 Attendance 20,234 (2023)[1] Budget $20,000 for winner, smaller prizes for runners-up Organised by Meta Platforms Website https://www.facebook.com/codingcompetitions/hacker-cup/

**Meta Hacker Cup** (formerly known as **Facebook Hacker Cup**) is an annual international [programming competition](/source/Competitive_programming) hosted and administered by [Meta Platforms](/source/Meta_Platforms). The competition began in 2011 as a means to identify top engineering talent for potential employment at Meta Platforms.[2] The competition consists of a set of [algorithmic](/source/Algorithm) problems which must be solved in a fixed amount of time. Competitors may use any [programming language](/source/Programming_language) and [development environment](/source/Development_environment_(software_development_process)) to write their solutions.

Facebook Hacker Cup is part of a circuit of annual international programming contests that included [Google Code Jam](/source/Google_Code_Jam), [Topcoder Open](/source/Topcoder_Open), and the [ACM](/source/Association_for_Computing_Machinery) [International Collegiate Programming Contest](/source/International_Collegiate_Programming_Contest). It has been featured in articles from [Bloomberg](/source/Bloomberg_L.P.)[3] and [Stack Overflow](/source/Stack_Overflow).[4]

## Past winners

Tournament Finals location 1st place 2nd place 3rd place 2025 [5] Online Gennady Korotkevich Yui Hosaka Benjamin Qi 2024 [6] Online Ziqian Zhong Yui Hosaka Mateusz Radecki 2023 [7] Online Gennady Korotkevich Benjamin Qi Alexey Danilyuk 2022 [8] Online Benjamin Qi Tiancheng Lou Marek Sokolowski 2021 [9] Online Andrew He Alexey Danilyuk Lingyu Jiang 2020 [10] Online* Gennady Korotkevich Benjamin Qi Andrew He 2019 [11] Dublin, Ireland Gennady Korotkevich Mikhail Ipatov Petr Mitrichev 2018 [12] Menlo Park, California, United States Mikhail Ipatov Makoto Soejima Andrew He 2017 [13] Seattle, Washington, United States Petr Mitrichev Park Sung Gwan Mikhail Ipatov 2016 [14] London, United Kingdom Makoto Soejima Yuhao Du Ting-Wei Chen 2015 [15] Menlo Park, California, United States Gennady Korotkevich Dmytro Soboliev Gleb Evstropov 2014 [16] Menlo Park, California, United States Gennady Korotkevich Tomasz Czajka [pl] Makoto Soejima 2013 [17] Menlo Park, California, United States Petr Mitrichev Jakub Pachocki Marcin Smulewicz 2012 [18] Menlo Park, California, United States Roman Andreev Tomasz Czajka [pl] Tiancheng Lou 2011 [19] Menlo Park, California, United States Petr Mitrichev Khúc Anh Tuấn Tiancheng Lou

- Since 2020, Hacker Cup Finals was moved to an online format in response to the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic).

## Results by country

Country 1st place 2nd place 3rd place Belarus 6 0 0 Russia 5 1 3 USA 2 2 3 Japan 1 3 1 China 1 2 3 Poland 0 3 3 Ukraine 0 2 1 South Korea 0 1 0 Vietnam 0 1 0 Taiwan 0 0 1

## See also

- [Google Code Jam](/source/Google_Code_Jam)

- [Online judge](/source/Online_judge)

- [Topcoder Open](/source/Topcoder_Open)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["2023 Meta Hacker Cup - Round 1 Scoreboard"](https://www.facebook.com/codingcompetitions/hacker-cup/2023/round-1/scoreboard). *[Facebook](/source/Facebook)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Announcing the Facebook 2011 Hacker Cup"](https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=467531498919). *[Facebook](/source/Facebook)*. 2010-12-10.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["The Jocks of Computer Code Do It for the Job Offers"](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2015-09-25/the-jocks-of-computer-code-do-it-for-the-job-offers). *[Bloomberg News](/source/Bloomberg_News)*. 25 September 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["The puzzle masters behind Facebook's Hacker Cup explain how they craft questions"](https://stackoverflow.blog/2019/10/25/the-puzzle-masters-behind-facebooks-hacker-cup-explain-how-they-craft-questions/). 25 October 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Standings for Meta Hacker Cup 2024 - Competitive Programming Hall Of Fame"](https://cphof.org/standings/fhc/2025). *cphof.org*. Retrieved 2025-12-23.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Standings for Meta Hacker Cup 2024 - Competitive Programming Hall Of Fame"](https://cphof.org/standings/fhc/2024). *cphof.org*. Retrieved 2024-12-08.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Standings for Meta Hacker Cup 2023 - Competitive Programming Hall Of Fame"](https://cphof.org/standings/fhc/2023). *cphof.org*. Retrieved 2023-12-09.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Standings for Meta Hacker Cup 2022 - Competitive Programming Hall Of Fame"](https://cphof.org/standings/fhc/2022). *cphof.org*. Retrieved 2022-12-11.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Standings for Facebook Hacker Cup 2021 - Competitive Programming Hall Of Fame"](https://cphof.org/standings/fhc/2021).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["2020 Facebook Hacker Cup - Final Round Scoreboard"](https://www.facebook.com/codingcompetitions/hacker-cup/2020/final-round/scoreboard). *[Facebook](/source/Facebook)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["2019 Facebook Hacker Cup - Final Round Scoreboard"](https://www.facebook.com/codingcompetitions/hacker-cup/2019/final-round/scoreboard). *[Facebook](/source/Facebook)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["2018 Facebook Hacker Cup - Final Round Scoreboard"](https://www.facebook.com/codingcompetitions/hacker-cup/2018/final-round/scoreboard). *[Facebook](/source/Facebook)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["2017 Facebook Hacker Cup - Final Round Scoreboard"](https://www.facebook.com/codingcompetitions/hacker-cup/2017/final-round/scoreboard). *[Facebook](/source/Facebook)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["2016 Facebook Hacker Cup - Final Round Scoreboard"](https://www.facebook.com/codingcompetitions/hacker-cup/2016/final-round/scoreboard). *[Facebook](/source/Facebook)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["2015 Facebook Hacker Cup - Final Round Scoreboard"](https://www.facebook.com/codingcompetitions/hacker-cup/2015/final-round/scoreboard). *[Facebook](/source/Facebook)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["2014 Facebook Hacker Cup - Final Round Scoreboard"](https://www.facebook.com/codingcompetitions/hacker-cup/2014/final-round/scoreboard). *[Facebook](/source/Facebook)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["2013 Facebook Hacker Cup - Final Round Scoreboard"](https://www.facebook.com/codingcompetitions/hacker-cup/2013/final-round/scoreboard). *[Facebook](/source/Facebook)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** ["2012 Facebook Hacker Cup - Final Round Scoreboard"](https://www.facebook.com/codingcompetitions/hacker-cup/2013/final-round/scoreboard). *[Facebook](/source/Facebook)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** ["2011 Facebook Hacker Cup - Final Round Scoreboard"](https://www.facebook.com/codingcompetitions/hacker-cup/2011/final-round/scoreboard). *[Facebook](/source/Facebook)*.

## External links

- [Facebook Hacker Cup](https://www.facebook.com/hackercup)

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