# Important Update

**URL:** <https://discuss.codechef.com/t/important-update/105637>\
**Category:** announcement\
**Created:** [March 27, 2023, 6:52am UTC](https://discuss.codechef.com/t/important-update/105637 "2023-03-27T06:52:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![admin](https://discuss.codechef.com/user_avatar/discuss.codechef.com/admin/32/212587_2.png) [@admin](https://discuss.codechef.com/u/admin)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 7:17am UTC](https://discuss.codechef.com/t/important-update/105637/3 "2023-03-27T07:17:31Z")

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Some more details about what exactly the changes in our contests will be:

- We are pausing Cook-Offs, Lunchtimes, and Long contests.
- Starters will continue as they are, with some of them now being rated for all.
- Most contests will be for 2 hours instead of 3 hours.
- The difficulty of the hardest problem of Division 1 will be a bit lower than before. But for all the participants in Div-2, Div-3, & Div-4 there will be no difference.

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