Mexican Informatics Olympiad

What Mexican Informatics Olympiad does

The Mexican Informatics Olympiad (OMI) is a national competitive programming program organized by the Comité Mexicano de Informática A.C. (COMI), a non-profit civil association founded in 1996. OMI runs an annual multi-stage competition across all 32 Mexican states, selecting Mexico's four-member delegation to the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), in which Mexico has participated continuously since 1993. The competition targets students enrolled in Mexican basic and upper-secondary education and is free to enter; the top four performers from each state advance to the national exam, after which gold and silver medalists enter a year-long Preselection Training Process (PES).

Core products include the flagship OMI national competition, the OMIPS feeder competition for primary and secondary students (ages 9-14), the OMIBOT robotics tournament, and the OFMI women's and non-binary programming competition organized through partner omegaUp. Underlying technology comprises C/C++ (compiled via gcc/Code::Blocks or Visual Studio Code) and Pascal (Free Pascal/Lazarus) as official languages, the Karel the Robot educational simulator for introductory rounds, the omegaUp online judge (with 400+ hosted problems), and huronOS — a Linux-based operating system that boots from USB and provides an isolated exam environment aligned with IOI international standards.

The organization is funded by institutional sponsors (SEP, CONACYT, host state governments) and private sponsors (Auronix, Grupo Salinas, host universities such as ITESO and UPMH), with revenue and budget not publicly disclosed. Operations are decentralized through 32 appointed state delegates who manage local recruitment, selection, and training; the COMI scientific committee creates problems, runs national exams, and administers the PES. There is no paid customer base — the "customer" is the student participant, and value is delivered as free training, medals, prizes, and fully-funded international travel to IOI delegations.

Name

Mexican Informatics Olympiad

Legal name

Comité Mexicano de Informática A.C. (COMI)

Website

https://olimpiadadeinformatica.org.mx

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Mexican Informatics Olympiad (OMI), run by COMI since 1996, organizes annual national programming competitions across Mexico's 32 states to identify and train top young programmers and select Mexico's delegation to the International Olympiad in Informatics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Educational Programming Competitions

NAICS

Exam Preparation and Tutoring (611691), Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic Olympiads & Subject Competitions (Science, Math, Informatics) (EDAMAGAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Advanced STEM & Competition Coaching (MathCounts/AMC/AIME/USAMO, Science Olympiad, Physics/Chem Olympiads) (EDANAKAF)

Keywords

• Competitive programming contests
• Computer science education
• Informatics olympiad training
• Algorithmic problem solving
• Stem talent development

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Sponsorship and Institutional Support: The OMI operates as a non-profit competition organized by COMI (Comité Mexicano de Informática A.C.), funded by institutional sponsors. The organizing committee, sponsors, and government institutions (SEP, CONACYT) provide financial and operational support to run the national competition, training camps, and international participation. Competition participation is free for students.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

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Core offering

The Mexican Informatics Olympiad (OMI) organizes an annual multi-stage national competitive programming contest that identifies and trains Mexico's top young programmers for the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI). The competition is delivered through state-level qualifying rounds, an annual national exam, and a year-long Preselection Training Process (PES) for medalists, complemented by the OMIPS feeder competition for younger students and the OMIBOT robotics tournament. Participation is free for students, and all international travel for IOI delegates is fully funded.

Product overview

The Mexican Informatics Olympiad (OMI) operates as a multi-tiered competitive programming ecosystem. The primary offering is the OMI national competition for upper secondary students, complemented by OMIPS for elementary and middle school levels. Supporting infrastructure includes Karel el Robot as an educational tool for beginners, huronOS as the official competition operating system, and access to official programming languages (C/C++, Pascal). Gold medal winners enter the PES training and selection process leading to representation at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI). An associated robotics tournament (OMIBOT) and women's programming competition (OFMI) expand the portfolio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• huronOS: Official operating system adopted for the OMI competition, aligned with international IOI standards
• Karel el Robot
• OMIBOT

Products and services

• OMI - Olimpiada Mexicana de Informática Annual national competitive programming contest for Mexican basic and upper secondary students, structured as a multi-stage selection process (online registration, state exams, national exam) culminating in a year-long training process that selects Mexico's four-member delegation to the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI). Free for all participants.
• OMIPS - Olimpiada Mexicana de Informática para Primaria y Secundaria National programming competition for Mexican students in 4th-6th grade primary and 1st-2nd grade secondary, using Karel the Robot for introductory programming. The top 30 national performers are invited to the OMI national exam, with gold medalists entering the PES pathway toward the IOI.
• OMIBOT - Robot Tournament Robot programming tournament introduced at the 8th OMI in which participants program small robots with sensors and motors to perform various activities, promoting applications of programming in robotics and industrial control.
• OFMI - Olimpiada Femenil Mexicana de Informática Programming competition organized by omegaUp to promote programming among women and non-binary individuals in Mexico, running a separate selection process from the main OMI.
• PES - Proceso de Entrenamiento y Selección Year-long training and selection process for gold and silver medalists from the national OMI, providing online exams, training materials, and in-person intensive training camps to prepare the four selected students for the International Olympiad in Informatics.

Quantifiable outcome

• Mexico has participated in IOI annually since 1993, winning medals including gold medals in international competition.
• +2 more outcomes

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Technology focussed No

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Core technology

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• omegaUpcoreTechnology or IntegrationomegaUp is the official online competition platform for the OMI, providing the online judge and problem archive used for training, exams, and evaluations. With over 400 problems from national selectives and other contests, it serves as the primary digital training and evaluation infrastructure. Also organizes the separate Olimpiada Femenil Mexicana de Informática (OFMI).
• huronOScoreTechnology or IntegrationhuronOS is the official operating system for the OMI competition environment. Adopted to align with IOI international standards and provide a standardized, isolated bootable competition environment via USB without modifying institutional hardware.
• Universidad Politécnica Metropolitana de Hidalgo (UPMH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUPMH is the host venue for the 31st OMI 2026 national exam, scheduled for October 9-12, 2026 in Pachuca, Hidalgo. Universities serve as annual hosts for the national competition.
• Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerSEP is the Mexican Ministry of Public Education and one of the primary institutional convocantes of the OMI. It supports the competition by providing institutional recognition, facilitating participation through the national education system, and helping promote the competition among schools nationwide.
• Gobierno del Estado sedecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe government of the host state for each annual OMI provides institutional support and funding for hosting the national competition. The state government co-convenes the competition with SEP and CONACYT.
• Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerITESO (Guadalajara, Jalisco) was the host venue for the 30th OMI 2025 national competition.
• Universidad Autónoma del Estado de MéxicominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as an institutional supporter of the OMI, providing sponsorship and hosting support.
• DOMI (Mascot)minorOthersDOMI is the official mascot of the OMI, introduced in 2003 at the 8th OMI and created by Ernesto Elizalde. DOMI has become a symbol of the competition and its participants.

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Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Codeforces: Largest global competitive programming platform. Comparable as the broader ecosystem in which OMI participants train and develop skills, but operates as a commercial/community platform rather than a national selection body.
• International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI): The international body that OMI's annual competition ultimately feeds into. Comparable as the global governing competition in informatics olympiads, but operates internationally rather than as a single-country selection mechanism.

Direct peers

• Canadian Computing Competition (CCC): University of Waterloo-run national informatics competition that feeds the Canadian IOI team. Comparable as a national competition with tiered contests (Junior/Senior) feeding international selection, but with stronger university institutional backing.
• Indian Computing Olympiad (ICO): India's national informatics olympiad organized by IARCS. Comparable as a national competition feeding an IOI delegation, but operates at much larger scale with a stronger regional training camp ecosystem.
• USA Computing Olympiad (USACO): The US national olympiad for informatics and official IOI selection pathway. Most directly comparable peer: similar multi-tier online selection, free participation, and IOI delegation role, but operates in a different national context with university-backed resources.
• Olimpiada Mexicana de Matemáticas (OMM): Mexico's national math olympiad, the most analogous Mexican competition to OMI. Same national scope, same SEP/CONACYT-style institutional backing, same multi-state delegate model, and parallel IOI-style international role (sends Mexico's IMO team).

Regional players

• Brazilian Olympiad in Informatics (OBI): Brazil's national informatics olympiad organized by UNICAMP. Closest Latin American peer with similar state-coverage model, multi-stage selection, and IOI selection role, but operating in a different national education system.
• Olimpiada Colombiana de Informática: Colombia's national informatics olympiad. Comparable as a Latin American national olympiad for informatics with similar state coverage and IOI selection role, though smaller in scale and operating in a different national context.
• Caribbean Online Judge / Caribbean Computing Olympiad: Caribbean-wide informatics competition initiative. Comparable as a multi-country informatics olympiad serving a different geography but with similar mission of identifying and training IOI-bound talent from smaller national pools.

Others

• omegaUp: OMI's official online judge and contest management platform. Comparable as competitive programming infrastructure; also runs the OFMI women's informatics olympiad, making it a hybrid peer/platform with overlapping competition organization.

Market position

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Customer concentration

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