Dasco Gabriel

Dasco Gabriel is an Indonesian software engineer and former competitive programmer who represented Indonesia at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) 2020, winning a bronze medal (rank 147, 262.96/600). He competed under the Codeforces handle DystoriaX, reaching Candidate Master (rating 2008). He studied Computer Science at the National University of Singapore (BComp, 2020-2024), where he twice made the Dean's List and earned distinction in the Parallel Computing and Programming Languages focus areas, before working as a software engineer at Shopee.

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• Represented Indonesia at IOI 2020 (32nd International Olympiad in Informatics, held online from Singapore) and won a bronze medal, ranked 147th with 262.96/600 points.Sep 19, 2020
• One of four Indonesian IOI 2020 contestants, alongside Rama Aryasuta Pangestu, Pikatan Arya Bramajati and Edbert Geraldy Cangdinata; a strong national-selection signal.Sep 19, 2020
• Competes under the handle DystoriaX on Codeforces.Sep 19, 2020
• Now a software engineer, having interned at Shopee and graduated NUS with a BComp in Computer Science (2024); Wrote PocketShop, an iOS e-commerce app, and served as a teaching/commenting lead in NUS CS2103 software engineering courses.
• Reached Codeforces Candidate Master (max rating 2008) under handle DystoriaX; profile last visited ~17 months before Sep 2026, suggesting competitive programming has tapered off since university.Apr 2026
• Won the NUS Dean's List twice and earned 'Distinction' focus-area honours in Parallel Computing and Programming Languages, showing a systems-oriented academic bent.Jun 11, 2024
• Member (alumnus) of the FOCS Lab at NUS and completed NUS Orbital Apollo 11, indicating sustained software project work during undergraduate study.Oct 24, 2022