Russia’s Roman Andreev wins Facebook’s Hackers Cup
Facebook’s 2nd annual Hacker Cup competition, held at the company’s
headquarters in Menlo Park, California, witnessed 25 of the world’s best
hackers gather for an intense competition.The contest is an annual algorithmic programming contest that Facebook makes open to engineers from anywhere in the world.The 25 finalists were flown to Facebook’s headquarters for the final. Of
the 25 top coders, all were male, and included students, independent
coders, and professionals.The 25 finalists were given three hours to solve 3 problems, with the
winner being the first to correctly finish a problem. The winner is
awarded the title of “hacker world champion,” along with a prize of
$5,000. The second place prize is $2,000, third place is awared $1,000,
and the remaining 22 finalists each received $100.
Roman Andreev of Russia took top prize by correctly completing a problem
in 1 hour and 4 minutes, one minute ahead of the second place winner.
Andreev received an unusually-designed and heavy trophy made of cement,
along with a check for $5,000.
1st place: Roman Andreev from Russia, completed one problem correctly in 1 hr 4 min
2nd place: Tomek Czajka from the US, completed one problem correctly in 1 hr 5 min
3rd place: Tiancheng Lou from China, completed one problem correctly in 1 hr 44 min
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