UFPB Computer Engineering

IEEEXtreme 19.0

Arthur, Danillo, and I spent the full 24 hours together at UFPB's ARIA lab. Pulling an all-nighter at the university was actually a lot of fun.

This edition was definitely healthier, haha. Dropping from 6 energy drinks in 2024 to just 4 in 2025 is an improvement in my book!

The 2025 ICPC South America/Brazil First Phase

My best performance in the ICPC Regionals so far. We came so close to qualifying for the Brazilian Finals.

Contest pressure is hard to explain. I attempted a problem multiple times during the competition, yet managed to get it Accepted with the exact same idea in minutes once I got home.

I believe that the harder you work, the less you depend on luck, and the less you get stuck like that. Hopefully, we will qualify in 2026.

P.S. We managed to pop almost all our balloons before the photo. Brilliant planning on our part, haha.

Paraíba Informatics Olympiad

The ironic part of this competition is that Arthur and Danillo hadn't even taken Data Structures yet. If it were just them, they could have competed in the Junior category and easily snagged a gold medal.

However, since I was on the team, we were forced to compete in the Senior category. Sorry about that, guys...

II Gaúcha Programming Marathon

This competition is primarily aimed at teams from southern Brazil, but it is open to all regions.

Since Danillo was sick, our colleague Diego filled in for him.

We ranked 1st among all teams from the Northeast.

Once again, my house's balcony saved us, haha.

4th Pacode Programming Contest

Last time competing in the Pacode Programming Contest.

From that point on, I focus on organizing the competition and elaborating the problems.

SBC Programming Marathon (Phase Zero)

While this competition is usually just a warm-up for the Brazilian First Phase, this particular edition holds a special place for me.

It was my first time teaming up with brothers Arthur and Danillo, it marked the beginning of a highly successful competitive partnership and the start of a great friendship.

3rd Pacode Programming Contest

In this edition of the Pacode Programming Contest, we had 20 teams from 3 different institutions.

It was my last time competing alongside Ayres before he moved to the US. We managed to solve all the problems, just a little bit slower than the visiting team from IFPB-JP.

I kinda miss my "long hair" skin, lol.

IEEEXtreme 18.0

This is by far my most impressive achievement in competitive programming.

In that edition, UFPB had registered only two teams. However, my team was the only one to actually participate, and I had to compete entirely alone.

In other words, I represented my university solo against trios from around the globe.

Incredibly, I managed to place UFPB as the second-best university in Brazil.

My face pretty much sums up the exhaustion level. If you're wondering what kept me awake: 5 cans of Monster and a Red Bull.

The 2024 ICPC South America/Brazil First Phase

For the teams of my state, the competition took place at Unifacisa University in Campina Grande, PB.

We had teams from UFPB, UFCG, IFPB-JP and Unifacisa itself.

Paraíba Informatics Olympiad

This competition was a setback for me. I spent a lot of time solving the easy problems and couldn't figure out how to solve a simple graph problem, which cost my team a medal.

Today, I see that this was a milestone and the frustration gave me a lot of motivation to improve.

2nd Pacode Programming Contest

This edition was held online. We had 21 teams (over 60 participants).

Sherterton and Ayres were busy, so I had to compete alone.

I led the scoreboard for most of the contest. Unfortunately, in the final minutes, the runner-up team solved the last problem faster than I did.

SBC Programming Marathon (Phase Zero)

1st Pacode Programming Contest

This was the first edition of UFPB's internal competition. We had 60 participants.

At this point, I already knew C++ and was performing well in competitions.

I also invited Ayres to join Sherterton and me. We ended up competing together as a team for over a year.

We were the only team to solve all the problems :)

IEEEXtreme 17.0

My first time participating in a 24-hour programming competition. Teams from UFPB and IFPB gathered at a LAN house in João Pessoa, PB.

To be honest, I slept for a few hours during the competition haha.

The 2023 ICPC South America/Brazil First Phase

My first ever ICPC Subregional.

The funny part was that we passed a problem in the last 3 minutes.

I remember that TLE was a big issue for us, Big O notation wasn't in our vocabulary yet.

SBC Programming Marathon (Phase Zero)

This competition was online and it was more of a marketing for the Brazil First Phase.

Paraíba Informatics Olympiad

By this point, i still had limited programming experience and only knew C99. However, I was able to implement some data structures.

It was my first medal and set a partnership with Sherterton that continued for more competitions.

POP Marathon

My first ever participation in a programming marathon. Here i had a few months of programming experience and only knew C99.

The competition was organized by IFPB professors and hosted at IFPB in João Pessoa.