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Latest News Sep 6 10:08PM EST 

The winners page is now online. Find out more about our winners and read their contest stories! We've also posted some statistics and commentary about the evolution of the contest and an analysis of some of the code

Per Rutquist is our overall MATLAB Golf Champion. He came away with two first place finishes and two second place finishes. We'll send him a MATLAB Jacket.

Congratulations to all of our first-place finishers: Guy Shechter, Imre Polik, Stijn Helsen, Per Rutquist, Claus Still, François Glineur, and Nicke. You will each receive a MATLAB toolkit.

You can now download the full testsuites used in the contest from the File Exchange.

If you'd like to hear about the next contest, sign up for our Contest Announcement mailing list. To subscribe send e-mail to lists@mathworks.com with subscribe contest-announce in the body.

All holes: frequencies, palindrome, encryption, infection, heaviest, pathfinder, and snake.

Passing Entries

Place Submitted Entry Author Length Speed
12:59:33 lkjdslfj Alex Backer 190 6.91
12:58:41 Tweak again V Peter J. Acklam 186 6.15
12:58:41 Tweak again VI Peter J. Acklam 185 6.15
12:58:38 Tweak again III Peter J. Acklam 187 6.15
12:58:38 Tweak again IV Peter J. Acklam 186 6.31
12:58:35 Tweak again II Peter J. Acklam 187 6.18
12:58:30 Tweak again I Peter J. Acklam 188 6.15
12:57:54 x15 PU 179 6.18
12:57:32 aaacc_02 Stijn Helsen 183 5.53
12:56:57 fffff wu zhili 188 7.34
12:56:21 aaacc_01 Stijn Helsen 183 6.21
12:56:02 x14 PU 182 4.48
12:54:09 chandu Chandrashekar MS 195 7.33
12:54:07 x13 PU 184 6.83
12:52:53 tw_10 Stijn Helsen 186 4.45
12:52:20 tw_09 Stijn Helsen 187 4.45
1 12:52:19 PPath IV Per Rutquist 128 0.74
12:49:47 pnts_2_3 Stijn Helsen 183 6.16
12:49:16 pnts_2_2 Stijn Helsen 188 6.89
12:48:15 finalwu wu vincent 186 6.88
12:47:50 entry funny 191 7.33
12:45:48 cyclist_9 cyclist 187 6.13
12:43:50 for_fun_again funny 189 6.90
12:43:47 f3 vincent wu 189 6.89
12:42:57 cyclist_7 cyclist 188 6.17
12:41:40 final_fun funny 189 6.88
12:41:18 zz1 a 190 6.85
2 12:41:03 PPath III Per Rutquist 130 2.09
12:39:55 13th try! Mohsen Nosratinia 186 6.14
12:39:48 x10 PU 184 6.83
12:39:45 top12 Philip Top 189 6.86
12:39:13 x9 PU 184 6.87
12:38:43 12th try! Mohsen Nosratinia 191 6.92
12:37:35 top10 Philip Top 190 6.90
12:34:31 p n t s t 99 Alex Backer 192 6.89
12:34:18 x3 PU 184 6.88
12:33:36 cyclist_3 cyclist 188 6.11
12:33:34 x2 PU 184 6.82
12:33:17 cyclist_5 cyclist 187 6.11
12:32:12 top11 Philip Top 191 6.86
12:30:02 tweak2 senj 188 6.12
12:27:12 top9 Philip Top 190 6.87
12:24:51 top8 Philip Top 189 6.85
3 12:23:25 also ran 3 wak 152 1.87
12:22:17 tw_08 Stijn Helsen 187 5.04
4 12:21:43 also ran2 wak 160 1.94
12:17:18 euclid1 Larry Reitman 224 26.90
12:17:05 tw_07 Stijn Helsen 190 5.43
12:16:15 top7 Philip Top 190 7.31
12:15:38 top6 Philip Top 189 7.32
12:13:24 go! XII peng 188 6.86
12:10:37 will it work? peng 189 6.84
12:08:48 tw_06 Stijn Helsen 184 6.15
12:08:41 Here we go V Peter J. Acklam 190 6.91
12:08:34 Here we go IV Peter J. Acklam 191 6.96
12:08:17 Here we go III Peter J. Acklam 191 6.94
12:07:53 Here we go II Peter J. Acklam 192 6.86
12:07:19 Tweaking Cheng's 22 peng 192 6.86
5 12:07:00 zero1 Imre Polik 183 1.37
12:06:17 not really Thomas Pieper 191 7.32
12:06:12 furble senj 191 6.65
12:05:30 tw_05 Stijn Helsen 189 6.85
12:04:54 zero Imre Polik 191 6.87
6 12:04:36 also ran wak 185 1.36
12:04:34 for_fun3 funny 193 7.36
12:03:58 quickedit1 Antony Pearson 193 6.87
12:03:53 tw_04 Stijn Helsen 193 6.95
12:03:22 99 II Alex Backer 193 7.33
12:01:39 Tweaking Cheng's Peter J. Acklam 193 6.87
12:00:35 11th try! Mohsen Nosratinia 192 7.34
11:55:34 Tweak1 Jim Valiga 237 28.65
11:55:24 Imre 5 Imre Polik 235 36.49
11:54:34 tw_01 Stijn Helsen 235 28.95
7 11:54:03 probably not the shortest - tweak aga... Christopher Cheng 191 7.31
11:53:50 probably not the shortest - tweak aga... Christopher Cheng 192 7.31
11:53:39 probably not the shortest - tweak aga... Christopher Cheng 192 7.32
11:53:36 7th try! Mohsen Nosratinia 240 29.03
11:53:30 probably not the shortest - tweak again Christopher Cheng 193 7.31
8 11:46:50 probably not the shortest - tweak 2 Christopher Cheng 192 6.90
11:44:51 5th try! Mohsen Nosratinia 240 29.01
11:44:05 CSTweak Claus Still 241 29.04
11:43:15 small opt Imre Polik 238 36.55
11:43:13 asd2 Laszlo Sragner 240 29.38
11:42:19 Finally? tweak2 christian ylämäki 245 29.04
11:41:55 minor change Imre Polik 242 29.07
11:40:24 asd1 Laszlo Sragner 247 28.87
11:39:52 SmallEdit Claus Still 248 29.03
11:38:39 4th try! Mohsen Nosratinia 242 29.05
11:38:21 Finally? tweak christian ylämäki 248 29.12
11:37:55 Ataca novamente Porpeta 247 29.13
11:37:43 testsh_04 Stijn Helsen 249 29.02
11:36:11 Courageous Courgette Colin Ross 250 29.06
9 11:35:39 probably not the shortest - tweak Christopher Cheng 193 6.86
11:33:44 3rd try! Mohsen Nosratinia 249 29.00
10 11:19:18 probably not the shortest Christopher Cheng 194 7.38
11:18:37 nnz Imre Polik 248 36.44
11 11:15:41 Tweak Peter J. Acklam 243 29.08
12 11:11:24 Finally? Peter J. Acklam 250 29.09




Failing Entries

Time Entry Author
T cspf6 Claus Still
T FG FG
T blah2 Guy Shechter
T x16 PU
T Tuning1 Tunist
T Tweak again XII Peter J. Acklam
T Tweak again X Peter J. Acklam
T lievre rouge 8 Pierre Bellec
T Tweak again XI Peter J. Acklam
T Tweak again IX Peter J. Acklam
T Matrix III Nicke
T Tweak again VIII Peter J. Acklam
T Tweak again VII Peter J. Acklam
T Matrix II Nicke
T Matrix I Nicke
T No Way 2 Yi Cao
T cspf5 Claus Still
T twk! jed pack
T another jan
T lievre rouge 7 Pierre Bellec
T cspf4 Claus Still
T zzz's K Lindstrom
T Naive JurPle
T cspf3 Claus Still
T shmlss again iole
T third Tango Gu
T test904 tester99
T bc_e54 bodycoding
T path Anitha
T woods johan nilsson
T cspf2 Claus Still
T TRIAL-N-ERROR Magnus Eriksson
T cspf1 Claus Still
T Pushing luck too far Alex
T blah Guy Shechter
T PPath II tweak2 christian ylämäki
T lievre rouge 6 Pierre Bellec
T x12 PU
T lievre rouge 5 Pierre Bellec
T x11 PU
T in case jed pack
T lievre rouge 4 Pierre Bellec
T twk jed pack
T lievre rouge 3 Pierre Bellec
T Improved trivial Watson
T lievre rouge 2 bis Pierre Bellec
T cyclist_8 cyclist
T lievre rouge 2 Pierre Bellec
T test903 tester99
T No Way Yi Cao
T cyclist_6 cyclist
T lievre rouge 1 Pierre Bellec
T Maybe? tweaked Jeremy Yung
T Nojunk Zorbas
T bc_e53 bodycoding
T second Tango Gu
T tw_06_1 Stijn Helsen
T for_fun8 funny
T x8 PU
T x7 PU
T for_fun67 funny
T for_fun6 funny
T hmmmm! jed pack
T HM? jed pack
T x6 PU
T modherewego p batchelor
T work or not peng
T cyclist_4 cyclist
T x5 PU
T for_fun5 funny
T tw_07_1 Stijn Helsen
T hopeless Zorbas
T x1 PU
T test3 Alex Vorwerk
T clevererer Watson
T tortue 3 Pierre Bellec
T Imre 10 Imre Polik
T tortue verte 2 Pierre Bellec
T Imre 9 Imre Polik
T tortue verte Pierre Bellec
T also ran 4 wak
T Hmmmm jed pack
T Imre 8 Imre Polik
T trivialattempt Watson
T nnnn john arthur
T while Imre Polik
T MatrixMagic Peter Boettcher
T eep Tim Lewis
T m,, Imre Polik
T cyclist_2 cyclist
T m, Imre Polik
T Maybe? Jeremy Yung
T bc_e52 bodycoding
T {PPPP} peng
T jeds test2 jed pack
T jeds test jed pack
T top5 Philip Top
T PPath II Per Rutquist
T bc_e51 Bodycoding
T other 0 Imre Polik
T zero3 Imre Polik
T for_fun4 funny
T Here we go XII Peter J. Acklam
T Here we go XI Peter J. Acklam
T Here we go X Peter J. Acklam
T pnts2a PU
T Here we go IX Peter J. Acklam
T Here we go VII Peter J. Acklam
T here we are Thomas Pieper
T Here we go VI Peter J. Acklam
T top3 Philip Top
T Babbage Cabbage Great Rumpuscat
T pnts3 PU
T uglyfourfors j
T nnn john arthur
T pnts2 PU
T trying hard maybe
T e Imre Polik
T tw_03 Stijn Helsen
T tw_02 Stijn Helsen
T Functional form of Rec tweak Alex Backer
T Tweak X Peter J. Acklam
T fp Imre Polik
T 10th try! Mohsen Nosratinia
T UD1 Uri Dubin
T jojo bleu Pierre Bellec
T Beet Badly Great Rumpuscat
T first solution Tango Gu
T here we go again 6 Christopher Cheng
T here we go again 5 Christopher Cheng
T here we go again 4 Christopher Cheng
T here we go again 3 Christopher Cheng
T here we go again 2 Christopher Cheng
T 9th try! Mohsen Nosratinia
T here we go again Christopher Cheng
T Tweak VIII hyper Thomas Pieper
T chienchien jaune Pierre Bellec
T tweka666 Peng
T 8th try! Mohsen Nosratinia
T first jan
T top2 Philip Top
T Imre 4 Imre Polik
T Tweak IX Peter J. Acklam
T First Try Yi Cao
T simple change Jeff
T mc03 Thomas Pieper
T Tweak VIII Peter J. Acklam
T PPath Per Rutquist
T Rec norm tweak Alex Backer
T need more coffee Niilo Sirola
T 6th try! Mohsen Nosratinia
T test902 tester99
T asd3 Laszlo Sragner
T probably not the shortest - tweak 3 Christopher Cheng
T Rec norm Alex Backer
T test901 tester99
T for_fun2 funny
T another tweak66 Peng
T also worh a try ben mitch
T t7_1 Peng
T Bouncy Blackcurrant Colin Ross
T testsh_07 Stijn Helsen
T 99 Alex Backer
T test90 tester99
T t6_1 Peng
T testsh_06 Stijn Helsen
T Tweak VII 1000 christian ylämäki
T Pesky Pea Colin Ross
T worth a try Imre Polik
T Going long coldtortuga
T fromfinally p batchelor
T Tweak VII Peter J. Acklam
T Tweak VI Peter J. Acklam
T testsh_05 Stijn Helsen
T for_fun funny
T mod22 peng
T Rec tweak Alex Backer
T Pancreatic Potato Colin Ross
T less_sucky ben mitch
T Tweak V Peter J. Acklam
T Path11 Alexey Skvortsov
T Tweak IV Peter J. Acklam
T top1 Philip Top
T small mod peng
T Tweak III Peter J. Acklam
T cyclist_1 cyclist
T testsh_03 Stijn Helsen
T Path10 Alexey Skvortsov
T 2nd try! Mohsen Nosratinia
T test2 Alex Vorwerk
T Tweak II Peter J. Acklam
T mc02 Thomas Pieper
T testsh_02 Stijn Helsen
T 1st try! Mohsen Nosratinia
T testsh_01 Stijn Helsen
T test1 Alex V
T Rec 99 Alex Backer
T Rec Alex Backer
T mc01 Thomas Pieper
T suckysuck2 ben mitch
T suckysuck ben mitch
T Path9 Alexey Skvortsov
T Path5-1 Alexey Skvortsov
T preposterous plagerism senj
T At last Peter J. Acklam
T Path8 Alexey Skvortsov
T Path7 Alexey Skvortsov
T Pedantic Pepper Colin Ross
T Path6 Alexey Skvortsov
T Path5 Alexey Skvortsov
T Path4 Alexey Skvortsov
T Personable Parsley Colin Ross
T Path1.2 Francois Glineur
T Marvellous Marrow Colin Ross
T Path1.1 Francois Glineur
T Path3 Alexey Skvortsov
T Truculent Tomato Colin Ross
T Path2 Alexey Skvortsov
T Omnipresent Onion Colin Ross
T Path1 Alexey Skvortsov
T Articulate Asparagus Colin Ross
T Rollocking Raspberry Colin Ross
T Scrumptious Strawberry Colin Ross
T Artskjid1.1 Francois Glineur
T Artskjid1 Francois Glineur
T Curious Cauliflower Colin Ross
T Concerned Cucumber Colin Ross
T Patriotic Parsnip Colin Ross
T Languishing Lettuce Colin Ross
T Musical Mushroom Colin Ross
T Lucky Leek Colin Ross
T Battling Beetroot II Colin Ross
T Battling Beetroot Colin Ross
T Cunning Cabbage Colin Ross
T Crafty Carrot Colin Ross

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