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Google Code Jam – Contest scoreboard

by nirvanatikku on 4/12/14, 7:33 PM with 47 comments

• by i0exception on 4/12/14, 7:46 PM

  https://code.google.com/codejam/contest/2974486/dashboard The questions in case anyone's interested.

• by just2n on 4/12/14, 9:04 PM

  So all evidence suggests that the 3rd problem is the hardest, by far, which is likely just some number of non-obvious edge cases.

  Curious why the "hard problem" disclaimer is on the 4th?

  The 4th also has a 90% solve rate (with 50% more submissions) while the 3rd has 44%.

• by modulus1 on 4/12/14, 8:00 PM

  I'm always amazed at the speed of these guys. Top guy got it all done in an hour. I don't know if they are geniuses or if they practice this stuff every day.

• by Oculus on 4/13/14, 2:09 AM

  Man - that problem 3 was a pain. I couldn't get it to work until the last minute.

  Anyone solve the small case for problem 2, but get the large case incorrect? Can't fathom what the issue might be.

• by ipince on 4/13/14, 2:44 AM

  Well, looks like 20,594 people made it through the qualification round. Higher than last year, when 17,054 people made it: http://www.go-hero.net/jam/13/round/0

• by prezjordan on 4/12/14, 7:47 PM

  Had a lot of fun with this one. Seems much tougher than previous years.

• by EToS on 4/12/14, 8:19 PM

  Problem E: Pagination!

• by Noxchi on 4/12/14, 9:22 PM

  When someone asks why not outsource the coding to India, point them to this page.

  The first Indian winner is #236, but if you go to the last page, there are a bunch of them trying.

  EDIT: I'm gonna make a script to list the best countries that output programmers.