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27.09.05, 00:35
Google Announces Winner of the 2005 Google Code Jam
Marek Cygan
2005 Winner
Marek Cygan
Marek Cygan from Poland Codes His Way to $10,000 Grand Prize
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - September 23, 2005 - Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today
announced Marek Cygan, a student at Warsaw University, as the grand prize
winner of the 2005 Google Code Jam, Google's annual computer programming
competition. Cygan competed against 14,500 registrants from around the world,
more than double the number of competitors from years past, to bring home the
$10,000 grand prize.
"It's an honor to host the most talented computer programmers in the world,"
said Alan Eustace, vice president, Engineering and Research, Google Inc. "With
more than twice as many participants in the Google Code Jam this year,
competition was fierce. Congratulations to Marek and all of our finalists."
The second place winner was Erik-Jan Krijgsman, a student at the University of
Twente in the Netherlands, and the third place winner was Petr Mitrichev, a
student at Moscow State University in Russia. Both received a $5,000 cash prize.
Additional cash prizes were awarded to the other top 100 finalists, who came
from 32 countries ranging from Scandinavia to Southeast Asia. Google flew all
finalists to its Mountain View, Calif. headquarters to compete in the
championship round of the coding competition. In 2004, Sergio Sancho, a
student at the University of Buenos Aires, took home the grand prize.
This is the third year of the Google Code Jam, which is produced in
conjunction with TopCoder, the leader in online programming competition,
skills assessment and competitive software development. The Google Code Jam is
a celebration of the art of computer science, and signals to programmers
everywhere the value Google places on excellent coding.
The competition, which began August 22, attracted 14,500 participants from
more than 32 countries. All entrants participated in an initial qualification
round with 500 progressing to the second round. The top 100 scorers from round
two were brought to Google for the finals. Programming in the competition can
be done in Java, C++, C# or VB.NET languages.
