COMPETITIONS
Explore competitive opportunities and showcase your skills!
Competitive Programming
Test your algorithmic skills and solve coding challenges at all levels!
UIL
Local UIL Competitions
Seven Lakes
October 18
Seven Lakes High School, Katy, TX
Annual local UIL computer science competition hosted by Seven Lakes High School.
Taylor
November 1
Taylor High School, Katy, TX
Annual local UIL computer science competition hosted by Taylor High School.
Clements
November 22
Clements High School, Sugar Land, TX
Annual local UIL computer science competition hosted by Clements High School.
Cy-Woods
December 6
Cypress Woods High School, Cypress, TX
Annual local UIL computer science competition hosted by Cypress Woods High School.
Tompkins
January 24
Tompkins High School, Katy, TX
Annual local UIL computer science competition hosted by us!
Advanced UIL Competitions
Invitational A
January 17
Seven Lakes High School
UIL computer science first invitational tournament.
Invitational B
February 21
Needville High School
UIL computer science second invitational tournament.
Districts
March 23-28
Jordan High School
Official UIL district computer science meet.
Region
April 24-25
TBD
Regional UIL computer science championship for district qualifiers.
State
May 2025
Austin, TX
The ultimate UIL computer science state championship.
Practice Competitions
Virtual Challenge Meets
Monthly October - May
Mr. Johnson's Room
6 UIL MCQ practice competitions held throughout the year.
CodeBash
October 6-12
Online (Hackerrank)
Practice UIL competition to mimic a full UIL competition (2 hr programming, 45 min MCQ)
Other In-Person Competitions
HPE Codewars
March 7
Hewlett Packard Enterprise new HQ near Houston: 1701 E. Mossy Oaks Rd. Spring, TX
Annual competitive programming competition hosted by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise.
Codequest
Spring 2025
TBD
Annual competitive programming competition hosted by Lockheed Martin.
Online Competitions
USACO
Monthly December - March
Online
USA Computing Olympiad - the premier competitive programming contest for high school students.
ACSL
December - May
Online
American Computer Science League - team-based computer science competition.
Codeforces
Weekly
Online
Regular online competitive programming contests with problems of varying difficulty.
Other Competitions
Diverse programming challenges beyond traditional competitive programming
Algorithmic & Game Competitions
MIT Battlecode
January - February
Online
AI programming competition where you write intelligent robots to play a real-time strategy game.
Citadel High School Terminal
August
Online
Strategy-based algorithmic competition focusing on tower defense mechanics. (Nathan won 1st last year!)
AI Coliseum
September 27 - October 12th
Online
AI-focused programming competition featuring machine learning challenges.
Hackathons
Hackathons
Various dates
Online or In-Person
Short coding events where teams build innovative projects and compete for prizes.
Eurekathon
Sep 27 - Oct 25
Online
Beginner friendly 5-week hybrid hackathon/science fair that encourages students to explore their passions in STEM using either research or coding.
Other
Cyber Quest
Fall 2024
TBD
Cybersecurity-focused competition with programming and security challenges.