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  • Mastermind Contest Analysis is Here
    We've posted some analysis of the contest. Read about the contest's evolution, an analysis of the winning entry by Stijn Helsen, and Brian Welch's description of how he cheated. You can also download the testsuite here.

  • Mastermind® Contest Winner
    Stijn Helsen's "fcol_a_05" is the official winner of the 4th MATLAB Programming Contest. Many of you will recognize code that you contributed to the winning entry; congratulations to you as well. Stijn has won a collection of prizes, including a Mastermind board game, MathWorks calculator, pens, helicopter toy, squishy globe, and fame and fortune!

  • We hope you had fun playing
    We hope you enjoyed this contest; we certainly did. Maybe we'll see you again the next time - The MATLAB Contest Team

  • Contest Description

    The challenge was to write an algorithm to solve a variation of the classic Mastermind® puzzle. Each entry did its best to determine unknown sequences of colored pegs. Read the rules for more information, or download the testsuite here.

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