Google Code Jam 2005 Winner : Marek Cygan

Google announced that Marek Cygan, a student at Warsaw University, won the 2005 Google Code Jam, Google’s annual computer programming competition. Cygan competed against 14,500 registrants from around the world to win the $10,000 grand prize.

The press release further says

‘This is the third year of the Google Code Jam, which is produced in conjunction with TopCoder, the leader in online programming competition, skills assessment and competitive software development. The Google Code Jam is a celebration of the art of computer science, and signals to programmers everywhere the value Google places on excellent coding. ”

“The competition, which began August 22, attracted 14,500 participants from more than 32 countries. All entrants participated in an initial qualification round with 500 progressing to the second round. The top 100 scorers from round two were brought to Google for the finals. Programming in the competition can be done in Java, C++, C# or VB.NET languages.”

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