The practice contest is avialable now! The practice contest is not part of the competition (i.e., not required to participate), but is just to help the participants to get familiar with the competition interface and problem style of the contest. The participants can work on the practice problems until 1st October (one day before the contest). You can find instructions about using CodeForces here.

If you want more practice, we have practice meetings every Saturday at UCR. Join the #comp-programming channel on the CS@UCR Slack for more details.