MATLAB Programming Contest Blog

November 2nd, 2012

Our old friend (and two-time Grand Prize champion) Alfonso Nieto-Castañón has shouldered aside the competition to claim the Twilight Prize. Let’s hope this trophy isn’t the one that causes his groaning MATLAB trophy cabinet to collapse under the weight of all his prizes. Congratulations Alfonso!

Now the shades are up and the windows are open. Daylight is streaming in through the windows and you can finally answer the question “How on earth did he get that score?!” Good luck to everyone in the next phase of the contest.

As is our custom, we will be hosting a few mini-contests this weekend. Up first is the Early Bird prize. Whoever is in the lead as of 21:00 UTC this evening will win the coveted Worm Trophy.

Here’s the complete list.

• Early Bird prize: Best score for an entry submitted before 21:00 UTC (5 PM Natick time) on Friday.
• Saturday Leap: Single best percent improvement for the entire day of 3 November (midnight to midnight, based on UTC time)
• Sunday Push: Most aggregate percent improvement for the entire day of 4 November (midnight to midnight, based on UTC time)

Those of us in the United States will be resetting our clocks this weekend from Daylight to Standard time. Note that this has no effect on the UTC timing of our weekend contests.

By Ned Gulley

Ned is part of the MATLAB Central team.

11:24 UTC | Posted in Knots | Permalink | 1 Comment »

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One Response to “Twilight winner and upcoming Mini-Contests”

1. Helen Chen replied on November 2nd, 2012 at 15:18 UTC :
   

   Congratulations on winning Twilight, Alfonso!

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