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** '''Design Concept''' – More informal design challenges, where participants should turn client idea into a design, which is not meant to be used for the actual development without further processing.

** '''[[Icon (computing)|Icons]]''' design

** '''Presentation Design''' – [[Infographic]]s, print materials, powerpointPowerPoint presentations.

Two particular types of Topcoder design challenges are LUX (Live User Experience, 24 – 48 hours long) and RUX (Rapid User Experience, three days long). In both cases, more substantial prizes compared to regular design challenges with the similar goals, are offered in exchange for the shorter timeline. Short timelines allow Topcoder managers to demonstrate to customers how crowdsourcing works on real cases, during live, and few-days meetings with the clients.<ref name=":4" />

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* '''Bug Bash''' – Challenges concentrate on fixes of numerous small bugs in an existing software product.

* '''Code''' – Generic software development challenges, typically with five daysday competition phase, and four more days for review, appeals and appeal responses. Usually, two prizes are offered, ~$600 - $1200 for the winner, and half of that for the second place.

* '''First-to-Finish (F2F)''' – Rapid software development challenges with no fixed timeline for the competition phase. The first participant who submits a solution satisfying the specifications wins the only prize. In case of defects in a submission, that competitor is provided with review feedback as soon as possible, and allowed to submit again, with no penalty for the failed submission. Typically, such challenges have a small scope, compared to other challenge types.

* '''Quality Assurance''' – Challenges focused on testing and search for bugs in the provided software products.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.topcoder.com/all-you-need-to-know-about-qa-challenges/|title=What is QA?|last=|first=|date=|website=Topcoder|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=April 10, 2018}}</ref>

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=== Competitive Programming ===

The Competitive Programming track of Topcoder community rotates around Single Round Matches (SRMs) – timed 1.5 hourshour competitions in which all participants compete online trying to solve the same set of problems as fast as possible. These were the first type of challenges at Topcoder.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":22">{{Cite web|url=https://help.topcoder.com/hc/en-us/articles/115006162527-SRM-Overview|title=SRM Overview|last=|first=|date=April 25, 2017|website=Topcoder Help Center|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=April 10, 2018}}</ref>

=== Specialized Sub-Communities ===