AMS

Ascent

The systems contest.

C++, optimization, and performance engineering under the clock. The winter edition of the AMS circuit, built for the people who care how fast it actually runs.

Ascent · winter edition · dates announced soon

The discipline

What Ascent measures.

  • C++ under constraints

    Modern C++, written against tight memory and time limits. The language of the systems that run markets.

  • Optimization

    Algorithmic efficiency where the difference between passing and failing is a constant factor.

  • Performance engineering

    Cache behavior, allocation, throughput. Code that is measured, not admired.

One standard

The same road Derive built.

Online rounds to earn a seat, then finals judged in person with the sponsor firms in the room. Derive '26 set the template: 2,500+ entered, 33 stood on stage at IIT Bombay.

See how Derive ran

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