Serve as a judge During the contest, judges evaluate submissions by accepting or rejecting them. If the submissions are rejected, the judges provide a uniform diagnostic comment. Contestants may also request clarification of a problem statement. Judges respond to those clarification requests. Contact your Regional Contest Director for more information.
Judges also create and edit contest problems.
Typically six to eight problems are attempted in a five hour period. The problems are of varying difficulty and flavor. We want two problems that could be solved in a half hour by a first or second year student, two that could be solved in an hour by a third year student, and two that will likely determine the winners. Our goal is that every team solve two problems, that every problem is solved, and that no team solve them all. See About the Contest Problems in Info for more details.