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May 2nd, 2008

David Jones Stays on Top through Twilight, Early Bird Special Announced

David Jones, winner of Darkness, maintained his lead through Twilight as well. David is a contest veteran, and you can read about his previous wins in the Hall of Fame, but this is the first time he’s conquered either of these contest phases.

He had lots of competition, too. Just behind him were Alfonso Nieto-Castanon, Nick Howe, Steve Hoelzer, Jan Langer, Mike Bindschadler, Claus Still, Gerbert Myburgh, Fabio Carnevale, Andreas, and many others. See the listing of the top 25 in the statistics.

We’re now in Daylight and everyone’s code in visible. To get things rolling, we’ll award an Early Bird Special to the best-scoring entry submitted before 5PM Eastern. Good luck!

By Matthew Simoneau

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  • Amtu: Well done Alfonso ! Congratulations ! Thanks MATLAB team, I’m already looking forward to the next time.
  • Alan Chalker: Just wanted to post here as well that I think Alfonso should be declared the grand winner since the top...
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