April 11, 2018 Marathon Match 100 with Prizes & T-Shirts!

Next week will be Marathon Match 100! 2005 was the year when it all started. Though we’ve done many more than 100 matches in total, this one is officially called MM 100 – and we have to celebrate!
So what can you expect for MM 100? Besides an awesome problem from our veteran problem writer, Nickolas, lots of prizes! Here are the details:

• Top 50 scores get an exclusive Marathon Match 100 t-shirt
• Top scores from our pool of veteran competitors earns an exclusive, vintage Topcoder t-shirt
• Cash prizes as follows:
  • 1st place: $250
  • 2nd place: $150
  • 3rd place: $75
  • Top scoring newbie: $150*

*Cash prize for newbie is valid only to Topcoder members who registered between 00:00 UTC -4 January 1, 2018 and 23:59 UTC-4 April 10, 2018 and have never participated in a MM before.
Marathon Match 100 is the perfect chance for you to check out this competition if you’ve never done a marathon match before. Want to learn more about competing? Check out these awesome resources:
An Introduction
Marathon Match Cheat Sheet
Approaching a Task
Best of luck to you in Marathon Match 100! And have fun!