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The MATLAB Contest Hall of Fame

The MATLAB Contest Hall of Fame is dedicated to past contest winners. These people worked long hours and lost sleep in order to earn a spot on this page. Who knows? Maybe your name will be here after the next contest.

Wiring, May 2008

Grand Prize Winner
Stefan Rach
1000 Node Challenge Winner
Tim Vaughan
Darkness, Twilight, Saturday Leap, Sunday Push, Early Bird Prizes
David Jones

Gene Splicing, November 2007

Grand Prize & Twilight Winner
Markus Buehren
Best Result by 5:00 PM Winner
Abhisek Ukil
Late Twilight and Early Bird Winner
Sergey Yurgenson
LeapWinner
Jan Langer
Darkness Winner
Nick Howe

Peg Solitaire, May 2007

Grand Prize & Twilight Winner
Yi Cao
Best Result by 4 PM Winner
Stefan Rach
Tuesday Leap and 1000 Character Challenge Winner
Sergey Yurgenson
Big Sunday Push Winner
Markus Buehren
Saturday Morning Special and Darkness Winner
Nick Howe

Blackbox Contest, November 2006

Overall Contest Winner & Tuesday Leap
Alan Chalker
Generality Prize & 1000 Character Challenge Winner
Alfonso Nieto-Castanon
Big Sunday Push Prize Winner
Jan Langer
Midnight Madness Prize Winner
David Jones
Twilight Prize Winner
Per Rutquist
Darkness Prize Winner
Cobus Potgieter

Blockbuster Contest, April 2006

Overall Contest Winner
Tim Vaughan
End of Darkness Prize Winner
Hannes Naudé & Cobus Potgieter
End of Twilight Prize Winner
Markus Buehren
Mashup Prize Winner
Anders Skjäl
Defogger Prize Winner
Per Rutquist
Big Sunday Push Prize Winner
David Jones
Tuesday Leap Prize Winner
Markus Buehren
1000 Character Prize Winner
Francois Glineur

Sudoku Contest, November 2005

Overall Contest Winner
Tim Vaughan
End of Darkness Prize Winner
Per Rutquist
End of Twilight Prize Winner
Marko Stefanovic
Midnight Madness Prize Winner
Tom Lemke
Past the Post Record Prize Winner
Tim Vaughan
Big Sunday Push Prize Winner
Niilo Sirola
Leap Prize Winner
Claus Still

Ants Contest, May 2005

Overall Contest Winner
Tim Vaughan
End of Darkness Prize Winner
Jack Snoeyink
End of Twilight Prize Winner
Hannes Naudé and Cobus Potgieter
Big Sunday Push Winner
Jan Langer
Midnight Prize Winner
Niilo Sirola
3 Minute Challenge Prize Winner
Timothy Alderson
3 Generality Prize Winner
David Jones

Furniture Contest, November 2004

Overall Contest Winner
Michael Guo
End of Darkness Prize Winner
Stijn Helsen
End of Twilight Prize Winner
Mike Bindschadler
Big Sunday Push Winner
Niilo Sirola
First Past Five Winner
Tom Lemke
Tuesday Leap Prize Winner
Timothy Alderson

Gerrymandering Contest, April 2004

Overall Contest Winner
Paulo Uribe, dm1
End of Darkness Prize Winner
Ken Crounse, Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
End of Twilight Prize Winner
Klaas Hartmann, Kristine
Early Bird Prize Winner
MR Keenan, Kopt Kristine 1
Big Sunday Push Winner
Christian Ylämäki, yet another pattern 3a3b54 cy14
First Past Five Winner
Vincent, whySpecificConstant
Midnight Madness Prize Winner
Roger Stuckey, ttjr
Tuesday Leap Prize Winner
Yi Cao, RepeatTest
Sixty Second Showdown Prize Winner
MR Keenan, May stinks too!

Golf Contest, November 2003

Overall Contest Winner
Per Rutquist
Hole Winners
Hole 1: Guy Shechter, j11
Hole 2: Imre Polik, Shame_n, Stijn Helsen, test_14
Hole 3, 6: Per Rutquist, PCode, PPath IV
Hole 4: Claus Still, FSec4
Hole 5: François Glineur, FDA12.01
Hole 7: Niclas Carlsson, Revolution IV

Trucking Contest, April 2003

Overall Contest Winner
Aki Vehtari, More tricks
Early Bird Prize Winner
Paulo Uribe, MadMax2
First to Break 1800 Prize Winner
Yi Cao, A Little Sharp 2g4 with Route Finder
Midnight Madness Prize Winner
Christian Ylamaki, 2min to midnight 3

Protein Contest, November 2002

Overall Contest Winner
MR Keenan, Santa Claus
Early Bird Prize Winners
Nedialko Krouchev, h12_1
Yuval Cohen, rice_2
First to Break 2180 Prize Winner
Yi Cao, Remove Inefficient Code

Molecule Contest, May 2002

Overall Contest Winner
Paulo Uribe, turbf1
Early Bird Prize Winners
Yi Cao, Speedimproved
Stijn Helsen, Trulstest010
Inverse Score Prize Winner
Bert Jagers, Improvedguess 2.0 in reverse II

Mastermind Contest, September 2001

Overall Contest Winner
Stijn Helsen, fcol_a_05
Early Bird Prize Winners
Fei Tang
Stijn Helsen
Paul Valiant
Ion Tiseanu
Most Creative Hack
Brian Welch

Gene Sequencing Contest, 20-24 March 2000

Overall Contest Winner
Francois Glineur, GFD6e

Mars Surveyor Contest, 7-18 June 1999

Overall Contest Winner
Paulo Uribe, NoSoup4U!1

CD Packing Contest, 14-18 December 1998

Overall Contest Winner
Taylor Sherman, ScottWinsIfThisDoes
Early Bird Prize Winners
Doug Pedersen
Paulo Uribe
Honorable Mentions
Scott Radcliffe
Peter Acklam
Roger Stuckey
Holger Bosch
Yves Piguet


Note: We've tried our best to make this page as accurate as possible. However if you are a past contest winner and your name is not listed on this Hall of Fame page, please drop us an e-mail at contest@mathworks.com letting us know the contest you participated in and the prize you won.

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