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I find that the largest problem about this competition is that the people who can actually do this probably have no motivation to compete. We all have jobs, lives, and cool stuff to hack on in languages we actually like using.
The scoring system is a bit unfair these days. Taiwan and Kiev solved 6 problems each, got the gold. Ural State solved 6 problems, got nothing.
What do you mean? That's what the tiebreaker is for. Problem writing is hard, especially if you're trying to distinguish between very close competitors.
Compare it to a marathon where there are 9 finish lines. The more you cross, the better you did. Everyone who crossed the 6th line is ranked by when they crossed it - or how fast they ran. They probably also got much closer to the 7th line before the time ran out.