**New Competition End Dates**

* **November 7, 2018** - Entry deadline. You must accept the competition rules before this date in order to compete.

* **November 7, 2018** - Team Merger deadline. This is the last day participants may join or merge teams.

* **November 14, 2018** - Final submission deadline.

* **November 30, 2018** - Final submission deadline for the Algorithm Speed Prize.
* **December 14, 2018** - Announcement of the winner of the Algorithm Speed Prize.

All deadlines are at 11:59 PM UTC on the corresponding day unless otherwise noted. The competition organizers reserve the right to update the contest timeline if they deem it necessary.