Published on 2005-09-25 06:23:50
Google Inc. announced Marek Cygan, a student at Warsaw University, as the grand prize winner of the 2005 Google Code Jam, Google's annual computer programming competition. Cygan competed against 14,500 registrants from around the world, more than double the number of competitors from years past, to bring home the $10,000 grand prize
"It's an honor to host the most talented computer programmers in the world," said Alan Eustace, vice president, Engineering and Research, Google Inc. "With more than twice as many participants in the Google Code Jam this year, competition was fierce. Congratulations to Marek and all of our finalists."
The second place winner was Erik-Jan Krijgsman, a student at the University of Twente in the Netherlands, and the third place winner was Petr Mitrichev, a student at Moscow State University in Russia. Both received a $5,000 cash prize.
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