Tournamement prizes
1st place — $2500
2nd place — $1500
3rd place — $1000
Round prizes
1st place — $1500
2nd place — $1000
3rd place — $500
4th place — $300
5th place — $200
Additional round prizes for students
1st place — $1500
2nd place — $1000
3rd place — $500
4th place — $300
5th place — $200
Tournament structure
HOT 2025 tournament consists of a series of individual competitions, each of which will have a single optimizational problem and 9 days to find the best solution to it.
The top 3 contestants of each round will be awarded cash prizes.
The top 10 contestants of each round will also be awarded tournament points. The total tournament score is the sum of all competition points. The top 3 contestants of the tournament will be awarded with additional cash prizes.
Schedule
1st round was held 13-21 of September 2025 Kyiv time
Past tournaments
A few words about HOT contests from past winners
