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Speed Demon, we give you a slow program, you make it fast, any language

A 72-hour performance-engineering championship. Four tracks, one reference implementation, one machine. We run your code ourselves and rank it on a published efficiency coefficient. October 30 to November 2, 2026.

Speed Demon 是一场练习提升程序效率的比赛,你提交代码,我们跑分排名,支持任何编程语言。

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