[enkico]

what is "typical" for one can be "rare" for the other, "black box" suggests that the participants do not know what is inside, the organizers on their side should make sure that the content is of some interest for the "real-world problems/applications"

what you are describing is related to the "no free lunch theorem", something one can attempt to deal with to get things working "in practice"

[darkmighty]

The organizers making sure it has some real world relevance is what I would equate with problems being "typical". In practice, you may find ill-characterized "Typical problems" and solve them, but as I said, a truly "Black box optimization" would not make sense; hence I dislike the term (and the general problem statement).