Press Release

Las Vegas, NV - June 5, 2009 - TopCoder®, Inc., the leader in online programming competition, skills assessment and competitive software development, today announced the Champions for all 9 tracks of the 2009 TopCoder Open along with a new accessibility challenge. Chinese member Bin Jin, known by his TopCoder handle crazyb0y, took top honors in the Algorithm competition. Members from China, Russian Federation, Argentina, Australia, Ukraine and Canada won their respective competitions in Mod Dash, Architecture, Development, Marathon Competition, Assembly, TopCoder Studio, Design and Specification. Sponsors of the 2009 TopCoder Open included IEEE-USA, SNIA-XAM, Facebook and patron NSA. Additional support was provided by AOL for the Sensations Developer Challenge. The competition attracted nearly 6,000 registrants earlier in the year, and after a series of online qualification rounds, 76 of the top finalists were flown in from 17 different countries to compete live on stage in Las Vegas. Full details of the 2009 TopCoder Open are available at www.topcoder.com/tco09.

2009 TopCoder Open Results
Algorithm Coding Champion $10,000 Prize: Bin Jin, TopCoder handle crazyb0y, of Shanghai, China. Jin, a student from Changzhou High School, also won this yearŐs 2009 TopCoder High School International tournament.

Marathon Competition Champion $10,000 Prize: Andrey Lopatin, TopCoder handle KOTEHOK, of St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.

Mod Dash Champion $10,000 Prize: Ninghai Huang, TopCoder handle PE, of Beijing, China.

TopCoder Studio Champion $15,000 Prize: Dale Napier, TopCoder handle djnapier, of Brisbane, Australia.

Architecture Champion $10,000 Prize: GuanZhuo Jin, TopCoder handle Standlove, of Hangzhou City, China.

Assembly Champion $10,000 Prize: Pablo Wolfus, TopCoder handle pulky of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Design Champion $10,000 Prize: Olexiy Sadovnikov, TopCoder handle saarixx, of Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine.

Development Champion $10,000 Prize: Yanbo Wu, TopCoder handle assistant, of Adelaide, Australia & China.

Specification Champion: Piotr Paweska, TopCoder handle AleaActaEst, of Toronto, Canada.

In addition to the nine tracks of competition, a special event, the AOL/TopCoder Sensations Developer Challenge, was won by a group of TopCoder members whose contributions to the winning application "Accessible Walking Directions" earned them a share a $25,000 bonus prize. Honorable mention went to the runner up submission "My ParentsŐ Email Client".

The Sensations Developer Challenge was focused on advancing internet accessibility and utilizing all software development and Studio tracks of TCO'09 competition to build solutions for improved usability of mainstream internet-based products by people with disabilities.

"This yearŐs TCO reflected the evolution of innovation and growth that is so much a part of our community and the company which supports it," said Rob Hughes, President and COO of TopCoder, Inc. "TopCoder would like to thank our valued sponsors IEEE-USA, SNIA-XAM, Facebook and patron NSA for supporting and recognizing the entire TopCoder community."

This annual TopCoder tournament is open to professionals and students worldwide and offers a unique opportunity for members to test their skills in every aspect of software development and graphics.

About TopCoder, Inc.
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