TopCoder Announces 2009 TopCoder Open Champions

Top Programmers Share $150,000 in Prizes; High School Student From China Earns International Honors from Global Software Development Competition in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, June 5 /PRNewswire/ — TopCoder(R), Inc., the leader in online programming competition, skills assessment and competitive software development, today announced the Champions for all 9 tracks of the 2009 TopCoder Open along with a new accessibility challenge. Chinese member Bin Jin, known by his TopCoder handle crazyb0y, took top honors in the Algorithm competition. Members from China, Russian Federation, Argentina, Australia, Ukraine and Canada won their respective competitions in Mod Dash, Architecture, Development, Marathon Competition, Assembly, TopCoder Studio, Design and Specification. Sponsors of the 2009 TopCoder Open included IEEE-USA, SNIA-XAM, Facebook and patron NSA. Additional support was provided by AOL for the Sensations Developer Challenge. The competition attracted nearly 6,000 registrants earlier in the year, and after a series of online qualification rounds, 76 of the top finalists were flown in from 17 different countries to compete live on stage in Las Vegas. Full details of the 2009 TopCoder Open are available at http://www.topcoder.com/tco09 .

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2009 TopCoder Open Results

Algorithm Coding Champion $10,000 Prize: Bin Jin, TopCoder handle crazyb0y, of Shanghai, China. Jin, a student from Changzhou High School, also won this year’s 2009 TopCoder High School International tournament.

    Algorithm Finalists
    crazyb0y, China * (winner)          Im2Good, Norway
    Petr, Russian Federation            syg96, Russian Federation
    SnapDragon, Canada                  UdH-WiNGeR, Russian Federation
    lucasr, Argentina                   marek_cygan, Poland

Marathon Competition Champion $10,000 Prize: Andrey Lopatin, TopCoder handle KOTEHOK, of St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.

    Marathon Finalists
    KOTEHOK, Russian Federation * (winner)       maniek, Poland
    AlexanderL, Ukraine                          jdmetz, USA
    nhzp339, China                               prober, China
    Psyho, Poland                                roma, Ukraine
    wleite, Brazil                               zibada, Russian Federation

Mod Dash Champion $10,000 Prize: Ninghai Huang, TopCoder handle PE, of Beijing, China.

    Mod Dash Finalists
    PE, China * (winner)              ShindouHikaru, Philippines
    cucu, Argentina                   enefem21, Indonesia
    saarixx, Ukraine                  Margarita, Ukraine
    will.xie, China                   Yeung, China

TopCoder Studio Champion $15,000 Prize: Dale Napier, TopCoder handle djnapier, of Brisbane, Australia.

    TopCoder Studio Finalists
    abedavera, Indonesia                      djackmania, Indonesia
    djnapier, Australia * (winner)            Elizabethhee, China
    foxyhu, China                             oton, Indonesia
    mahestro, Venezuela                       oninkxronda, Philippines
    sweetpea, Indonesia                       Tricia_Tjia, Indonesia

Architecture Champion $10,000 Prize: GuanZhuo Jin, TopCoder handle Standlove, of Hangzhou City, China.

    Architecture Finalists
    Standlove, China * (winner)        argolite, Canada
    Ghostar, USA                       AleaActaEst, Canada
    the_best, Ukraine                  saevio, Romania

Assembly Champion $10,000 Prize: Pablo Wolfus, TopCoder handle pulky of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

    Assembly Finalists
    pulky, Argentina * (winner)           oldbig, China
    PE, China                             pinoydream, Philippines
    retunsky, Russian Federation          BeBetter, China

Design Champion $10,000 Prize: Olexiy Sadovnikov, TopCoder handle saarixx, of Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine.

    Design Finalists
    saarixx, Ukraine * (winner)             argolite, Canada
    bramandia, Indonesia                    caru, Italy
    gevak, Russian Federation               Indemar, Romania
    Mafy, Romania                           nicka81, Russian Federation
    Standlove, China                        Pops, USA

Development Champion $10,000 Prize: Yanbo Wu, TopCoder handle assistant, of Adelaide, Australia & China.

    Development Finalists
    assistant, China * (winner)           Hacker_QC, China
    hefeng, China                         iKnown, China
    morehappiness, China                  myxgyy, China
    romanoTC, Brazil                      velorien, Romania
    Orange_Cloud, Russian Federation      EveningSun, China

Specification Champion: Piotr Paweska, TopCoder handle AleaActaEst, of Toronto, Canada.

    Specification Finalists
    AleaActEst, Canada * (winner)        MiG-29, Russian Federation

In addition to the nine tracks of competition, a special event, the AOL/TopCoder Sensations Developer Challenge, was won by a group of TopCoder members whose contributions to the winning application “Accessible Walking Directions” earned them a share a $25,000 bonus prize. Honorable mention went to the runner up submission “My Parents’ Email Client“.

The Sensations Developer Challenge was focused on advancing internet accessibility and utilizing all software development and Studio tracks of TCO’09 competition to build solutions for improved usability of mainstream internet-based products by people with disabilities.

“This year’s TCO reflected the evolution of innovation and growth that is so much a part of our community and the company which supports it,” said Rob Hughes, President and COO of TopCoder, Inc. “TopCoder would like to thank our valued sponsors IEEE-USA, SNIA-XAM, Facebook and patron NSA for supporting and recognizing the entire TopCoder community.”

This annual TopCoder tournament is open to professionals and students worldwide and offers a unique opportunity for members to test their skills in every aspect of software development and graphics.

About TopCoder, Inc.

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