Kornél Szabó

Kornél Szabó (also Kornél György Szabó) is a Hungarian competitive programmer who won a bronze medal representing Hungary at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) 2021, scoring 236/600 (rank 133/351). He studied at the math-track Fazekas Mihály Gimnázium in Budapest (12th grade in 2021), won bronze at the Central-European Olympiad in Informatics (CEOI) 2020 and bronze at the Romanian Masters of Informatics (RMI) 2020, and competed on Codeforces as 'xt0r3' (Master, peak rating 2249, 692 problems solved). He went on to study computer science at the University of Cambridge and has taught competitive programming at Alphacademy.

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• Won bronze for Hungary at IOI 2021 with 236/600, rank 133/351; one of two Hungarian bronzes (the team's best, Tóth Gellért, took silver).Jun 25, 2021
• In 2021 was a 12th-grade student at Fazekas Mihály Gimnázium in Budapest, one of Hungary's strongest math/science schools, and planned to study computer science at the University of Cambridge.Jun 28, 2021
• Competes on Codeforces as 'xt0r3' (Kornel Szabo, Budapest, Hungary): Master, rating 2244, peak 2249, 692 problems solved, ~7 years on the platform.Sep 6, 2026
• Also won bronze at CEOI 2020, the Central-European Olympiad in Informatics hosted in Hungary, a year before his IOI medal.Jun 28, 2021
• His IOI 2021 teammate set (Németh Márton Tamás, Szabó Kornél, Tóth Gellért, Varga Péter) placed him in the top cohort of Hungarian high-school competitive programmers that year.Jun 29, 2021
• Gave a short CEOI 2020 interview after day 2, saying he 'could have done better' but enjoyed the tasks and the trip to Keszthely/Zalaegerszeg, showing he was on the Hungarian CEOI team as early as 2020.Aug 27, 2020