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Onsite Finalists Announced In 2005 TopCoder Open Sponsored by Sun Microsystems
Top Programmers from Around the Globe Set to Compete in World Championship of Programming

GLASTONBURY, CT, September 28, 2005 —TopCoder, Inc., the leader in online programming competition, skills assessment and competitive software development, today announced the 61 International onsite semifinalists who have advanced to the Championship rounds of the 2005 TopCoder Open sponsored by Sun Microsystems. Joining title sponsor Sun Microsystems at the October 12th through 14th onsite finals at the Santa Clara Marriott in Santa Clara, CA, will be Premier sponsors Yahoo!, VeriSign and the National Security Agency. This annual TopCoder tournament is open to talented programmers and developers worldwide and will award cash prizes totaling $150,000. Admission is open to the public both days. Full schedule and details are provided at: http://www.topcoder.com/tco05

The 61 TopCoder onsite finalists represent 19 countries including China, Poland, the Russian Federation, South Africa, Japan, Australia and Argentina as well as the US. The six member TopCoder Open review board includes judges from Asia, Europe and South America. This year marks the first time any competitors have qualified in two competitions. Kyle Littlefield of the United States and Nikolay Archak of the Russian Federation have both successfully earned places in both the Algorithm and Component Design challenges.

TopCoder's patented platform is the power behind the technical industry's leading private label programming competitions including the Google Code Jam and JavaOne Coding Challenge series of branded events.

"Our community is very attractive to a wide range of industries and disciplines, from manufacturers of hardware and software solutions to leaders in online search and media all the way to government agencies," said Rob Hughes, President and COO of TopCoder, Inc. "The TopCoder Open is a setting unlike any other as it allows sponsors to interact, interview and recruit some of the most promising programming talent in the world."

The 61 finalists in the Algorithm, Design and Development Tournaments representing 19 nationalities are:

Algorithm Tournament
Name Country
Rui Jiang China
Andrew Lazarev Russian Federation
Hubert Hwang US
Ardian Kristanto Poernomo Indonesia
Kyle Littlefield US
Marcin Michalski Poland
Damian Koniecki Poland
David Pritchard Canada
David Arthur Canada
Roman Elizarov Russian Federation
Eryk Kopczyński Poland
Ariel Futoransky Argentina
Pawel Gawrychowski Poland
Tavis Bennett US
Grzegorz Łukasik Poland
Wolfgang Hess Germany
Hilton Lange South Africa
Rune Fevang Norway
Ivan Miatselski Belarus
John Dethridge Australia
David Narum Norway
Erik-Jan Krijgsman Netherlands
Lars Hellsten Canada
Lovro Puzar Croatia
Michael Haddox-Schatz US
Marek Cygan Poland
Marian Dvorsky Slovakia
Benjamin Mickle US
Michal Forisek Slovakia
Natori Shin Japan
Nikolay Archak Russian Federation
Nikolay Permyakov Russian Federation
Petr Mitrichev Russian Federation
Po-Ru Loh US
Tomas Rokicki US
Ralph Furmaniak Poland
Robin Nittka Germany
Eugene Vasilchenko Russian Federation
Ryan Pai US
Jeff Tamer US
Alan Gasperini US
Steve Newman US
Zheng Shao China
Berinde Radu Romania
Jiqing Tang Hong Kong
Tomasz Malesinski Poland
Ying Wang China
Ivan Zauharodneu Belarus


Component Design Tournament
Name Country
Tim Roberts US
Xiaodong Li China
Kyle Littlefield US
Chen Zhimin China
Nikolay Archak Russian Federation
John Bollinger US
Sergey Kalinichenko US
Celsus Kintanar Phillipines


Component Development Tournament
Name Country
Zhang Zheng China
Sindunata Sudarmaji Indonesia
Qi Lui China
Chi On Lau Hong Kong
Chen Qiangqiang China
Marcin Stefaniak Poland
Carl Nettelblad Sweden


Review Board Members
Name Country
Jiazhi Wu China
Pavlo Aksonov Ukraine
Adrian Nicolae Carcu Romania
Francois Bonin Ghana
Alejandro Marcu Argentina
Mihai Pasca Romania


TopCoder Software Reuse Best Practices Conference
Designed to run concurrently with the onsite finals of the 2005 TopCoder Open, TopCoder Software will be hosting an open forum focusing on Component-Based Best Practices and how to create successful reuse programs on the enterprise level. Participants will include lead technologists from TopCoder, clients and TopCoder Open finalists discussing real world examples of how to use components to achieve over 70% reuse in an application. For complete schedule and registration details visit: http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tournaments&d2=tco05&d3=dev_conferences.

About TopCoder, Inc.
TopCoder is the recognized leader in identifying, evaluating and mobilizing effective software development resources. Through its proprietary programming competitions and rating system, TopCoder recognizes and promotes the abilities of the best programmers around the world. TopCoder Software harnesses the talent of these developers to design, develop and deploy software through its revolutionary competitive development methodology. TopCoder's methodology emphasizes thorough specification and design, distributed development using reusable components, and a rigorous quality assurance review process and results in higher quality, lower cost software solutions than traditional software development methodologies. For more information about sponsoring TopCoder Events, recruiting TopCoder members and utilizing TopCoder Software, visit www.topcoder.com.

TopCoder is a registered trademark of TopCoder, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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