So it really is 10 hours on 1 problem (!) but with automated scoring and multiple submissions allowed. This is better performance that I would have expected but it seems like the lower agency end of SWE tasks and I expect it does not imply 10 hours task lengths are in reach.
OpenAI sponsors the event which is… a little suspicious.
Edit: here are the rules https://atcoder.jp/contests/awtf2025heuristic#:~:text=Contest%20Rules&text=You%20can%20use%20any%20programming,the%20end%20of%20the%20contest.
So it really is 10 hours on 1 problem (!) but with automated scoring and multiple submissions allowed. This is better performance that I would have expected but it seems like the lower agency end of SWE tasks and I expect it does not imply 10 hours task lengths are in reach.
OpenAI sponsors the event which is… a little suspicious.
Probably they want the data.