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Algorithm
griffon:
SRM 399: 2217
SRM 398: 2143
SRM 397: 2039
SRM 396: 1943


Design
saarixx:
Four 1st place wins
Two 2nd place wins
One 3rd place win


Development
Rockets:
Three 1st place wins in first 3 competitions



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Tournament News
05.09.08
6:00 PM
AOL SRM 401 Chat Transcript Available

AOL was in the chat room on May 6 before SRM 401 to discuss Open AIM. Read the chat transcript of the session.
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Press Releases & Articles
05.09.08
1:00 PM
InfoWorld - TopCoder: developer productivity and code quality through competition

The TopCoder business model isn't outsourcing: it's built on global competition, and controlled by metrics and peer review. It's also market-driven.
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Marathon Match News
05.09.08
10:30 AM
Blowing the Socks off the AMD Multicore Threadfest Competition

AMD Dev Central: It's one thing to talk about leveraging threading to optimize applications for multicore processors. It's another thing entirely to demonstrate the skills and expertise required to translate complex problems into fast-executing code.
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Problem Set & Analysis
05.08.08
12:30 PM
SRM 400 - Problem Set & Analysis

In division one, problems are not hard at first glance, but solving them correctly is anything but easy. This property of the set leads to the high submission rate and the low success rate. Petr won the match as the only coder who solved all problems correctly.
Author
by ymatsu
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Problem Set & Analysis
05.08.08
11:00 AM
SRM 399 - Problem Set & Analysis

SRM 399 was dominated by Petr, who even without his easy submission would have won the match. Winning this match let Petr break the 3800 rating barrier, and we're all wondering how long it will be before he breaks 4000. Rounding out the top 3 spots in division 1 were tomek and bwps.
Author
by eleusive
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Component Competition News
05.07.08
9:30 AM
Open AIM Developer Challenge Closes, Vote for Your Favorites!

The submission phase of the $100,000 Open AIM Developer Challenge has now closed, with TopCoder members submitting an incredible 53 passing applications! Now we need your help in determining which 9 apps will win a $10,000 first prize, and which 20 will receive a $500 second prize. Check out all the submissions, and let us know your Top Five – the TC community vote will count for 20% of the final score.
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General TopCoder News
05.07.08
9:15 AM
yourminis flash widget news flash!

We have just launched a contest over on Studio to build the 'TopCoder Contest Status Widget' as a yourminis Flash Widget using the yourminis Widget API. The competition runs for a week, and there's $2100 in prize money up for grabs. Check it out!
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Press Releases & Articles
05.06.08
6:15 PM
Betfair Joins 2008 TopCoder Open Sponsors

Las Vegas Event is Premier Showcase for Computing Skills and Talent
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Press Releases & Articles
05.06.08
6:15 PM
Dr. Dobb's Portal - There Must be Contest

Programming contests used to be fun. Now they're a commercial software development business - and they're still fun!
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Tournament News
05.05.08
4:00 PM
AOL chat before SRM 401

Join AOL representatives in the AOL chat room before SRM 401 at 10:00 AM EDT (GMT/UTC -4) for a chat discussion about Open AIM.
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Tournament News
05.02.08
10:30 AM
TCO08 Program now available [PDF - 2mb]

The TCO08 program is now online. Check out the 120 finalists, the brackets and our sponsor’s messages. The finals are right around the corner!
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Feature Article
04.25.08
3:00 PM
Meet the March 2008 Coders of the Month: Wendell & PE

We caught up with Wendell, March's Design Coder of the Month, and PE, March's Development Coder of the Month, to learn a little bit more about them, their proudest TopCoder moments, and anything else they wish to share with the community.
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