<a href="https://code.google.com/codejam/contest/2974486/dashboard" rel="nofollow">https://code.google.com/codejam/contest/2974486/dashboard</a> The questions in case anyone's interested.
So all evidence suggests that the 3rd problem is the hardest, by far, which is likely just some number of non-obvious edge cases.<p>Curious why the "hard problem" disclaimer is on the 4th?<p>The 4th also has a 90% solve rate (with 50% more submissions) while the 3rd has 44%.
I'm always amazed at the speed of these guys. Top guy got it all done in an hour. I don't know if they are geniuses or if they practice this stuff every day.
Man - that problem 3 was a pain. I couldn't get it to work until the last minute.<p>Anyone solve the small case for problem 2, but get the large case incorrect? Can't fathom what the issue might be.
Well, looks like 20,594 people made it through the qualification round. Higher than last year, when 17,054 people made it:
<a href="http://www.go-hero.net/jam/13/round/0" rel="nofollow">http://www.go-hero.net/jam/13/round/0</a>
When someone asks why not outsource the coding to India, point them to this page.<p>The first Indian winner is #236, but if you go to the last page, there are a bunch of them trying.<p>EDIT: I'm gonna make a script to list the best countries that output programmers.