All four of Stellenbosch’s teams at this year’s ACM programming competition solved at least one problem – a stark contrast to last year’s competition where only 13 teams in the region managed to solve a problem. Three Stellenbosch teams achieved places in the top 20, requiring at least 3 problems solved. Last year’s competition runner-ups, Code Red, ended in 6th place this year, with 5 solutions out of the 6 problems. Only one team managed to solved all 6 problems, with the next 8 teams (including Code Red) being separated based on a tie-breaker based on the time used to solve the problems and their numbers of incorrect submissions.
For more information on the competition, including full results and problem statistics, click here.
If you’re a Stellenbosch student interested in taking part in the ACM and other programming competitions, email kroon@CUT-ME-OUT@sun.ac.za for more information.