Hello CodeForces Community,

SnackDown 2017 Qualifiers has seen participation from over 21K teams across the globe. Of which 12859 teams have been advanced to Pre-Elimination Rounds. Complete list of the selected teams can be found here: https://www.codechef.com/rankings/SNCKQL17.

Problems of Pre-Elimination Round A are set by PraveenDhinwa (Praveen Dhinwa) and arjunarul (Arjun Arul) tested by kingofnumbers (Hasan Jaddouh). The rest of the panel members include:

• Russian Translator: CherryTree (Sergey Kulik)
• Mandarin Translator: huzecong (Hu Zecong)
• Vietnamese translators: VNOI team

Upon concerns raised by the community regarding the clash of timings between the May LunchTime and SnackDown Pre-Elimination Round A, the latter has been postponed by 2 hrs. The SnackDown Pre-Elimination Round A will now start at 27th May 11:00 PM IST (check your timezone here). We apologize for the inconvenience caused and wish you all the very best for both the contests!

We hope you will enjoy the problems and welcome your feedback in the comments below.

Start Time: Saturday, 27th May, 2017 at 23:00 HRS. (Indian Standard Time +5:30 GMT) Check your timezone here.

Duration:: 24 hrs

Contest link: https://www.codechef.com/SNCKPA17

Accepted Languages: https://www.codechef.com/wiki/list-compilers

Note: Teams in the top 1000 ranks move to the Elimination Round. Rest of the teams who could not advance to the Elimination Round through the Pre-Elimination Round A, get another opportunity to go to the Elimination round by taking part in the Pre-Elimination Round B.

Happy programming !!