Competitive Programmers Union

The Competitive
Programmers Union

A Purdue student organization.

We write efficient, correct and concise code to solve modern problems.

Update: The Purdue Waffle Wizards (Robert, Wilbert, and Thomas, coached by Ethan Dickey) are going to the The 2025 ICPC World Finals in Baku!

Purdue's community for competitive programming

The CPU supports competitive programming at Purdue by participating in contests together (notably, the ICPC and occasional Codeforces contests) and discussing solutions. We also host contests such as HammerWars, welcome beginners to the sport, and foster an active online presence.

We develop problem-solving skills that are invaluable today: not do they only appear frequently in technical interviews, but general strategies occur everywhere throughout computer science and mathematics. Join the Discord to get involved!

Hall of fame

Trung Dang

codeforcesKuroni (2727)

Alumni, ICPC WF 2022/24

Zhongtang Luo

codeforcesZhtluo (2372)

President 2023-2024, current student and CP3 instructor, ICPC WF 2018 silver medalist

Arvind Ramaswami

codeforcesarvindr9 (2108)

Current student and CP2 instructor, ICPC WF 2020

Richard Li

codeforcesrichzli (1925)

Alumni, ICPC WF 21/22/24

Riley Borgard

codeforcesMonogon (2471)

President 2020-2021, Alumni, ICPC WF 21/22

Devin Qu

codeforcesdevinqu (2298)

Alumni, ICPC WF 24

Wilbert Chu

codeforcesgolomb (2608)

Current student, ICPC NAC 25, WF 25

Peter Jin

codeforcesshcal (2021)

Alumni, ICPC WF 24. bye petorz

Minh Nguyen

codeforcesTomOwO (2062)

ICPC WF 24

Egor Gagushin

codeforceseggag32 (2068)

Alumni, ICPC WF 24. rip egorz :(

Thomas Marlowe

codeforcescanine (1942)

President 2024-2026, ICPC NAC 25, WF 25

Robert Lee

codeforcesRobertYL (1913)

Current student, ICPC NAC 25, WF 25

Brijesh Patel

codeforcesbbpateljr19 (?)

Treasurer 2025-2026

Arnav Arora

codeforcesiond (1699)

Treasurer 2024-2025

Saarang Srinivasan

codeforcessaarang (1744)

Treasurer 2023-2024

Owen Eckart

codeforcesJellyman102 (1725)

Self-proclaimed mascot (unofficial)

Pratyanch Jain

codeforcespratyanch_jain (1444)

Official mascot (involuntary)