Final Standings

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CONGRATULATIONS TO 

	   V I N C E N T   G O F F I N   for   odomatic

		WINNER OF THE ODOMETER FUN POTM !!!!

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Links for your pleasure:

The Consolation Prizes

Summary of All Entries as Supplied by Authors

Pointers to The Code of Selected Entries

The 1000 final problems (and answers)

Short version of the problem.

Long version of the problem.

Back to the list of problems.

Here's the results of the final run:


  Reminder:  TIEBREAKER = CHARS + 100 * ( SYS+USR in sec.)

         PROGRAM    SCORE   SYS+USR(sec) CHARS    DATE RECEIVED  TIEBREAKER
1=>     odomatic    1000         0.89*     405    Oct 27 10:26        494*
2=>       palith    1000         1.61      413    Nov 1  16:13        574
3=>          qcd    1000         2.71      372*   Oct 31 22:09        643
4=>      pumpkin    1000         1.81      615    Oct 16 16:16        796
5=>  igottagodad    1000         2.02      597    Oct 30 23:55        799
6=>       rollon    1000         2.92      547    Oct 29 17:30        839
7=>      bighorn    1000         1.01      764    Oct 12 11:39        865
8=>       odjjaz    1000         4.13      560    Oct 22 05:48        973
9=>      dbk_odo    1000         4.25      583    Oct 11 15:31       1008
10>     osu_odo6    1000         1.03      957    Oct 11 08:11       1060
==>         stab    1000         4.23      866    Oct 28 15:43       1289
==>        mile6    1000         7.86      623    Oct 14 10:56       1409
==>     odm_potm    1000         5.22     1041    Oct 31 00:11       1563
==>         odie    1000         4.31     1249    Oct 7  11:20       1680
==>         odor    1000        10.59      664    Oct 1  21:32       1723
==>        krrOD    1000         2.43     1827    Sep 28 20:59       2070
==>      mr.bill    1000         9.58     1212    Sep 28 14:26       2170
==>      odyssey    1000        20.50      733    Oct 7  16:01       2783
==> hold_da_fort    1000        13.78     1475    Oct 21 14:40       2853
==>       bigrun    1000        23.91      849    Oct 29 14:25       3240
==>          bmw    1000        23.49     1225    Sep 22 11:50       3574
==>     leepfrog    1000        17.91     1869    Oct 15 12:49       3660
==>           s5    1000        45.84      894    Oct 25 09:17       5478
==>         drex    1000        31.92     2362    Oct 29 20:40       5554
==>       meter1    1000        50.73      495    Oct 29 15:29       5568
==>           pz    1000        42.51     1594    Oct 21 15:57       5845
==>         rams    1000        47.16     1718    Oct 15 13:55       6434
==>        hydra    1000        65.91      929    Oct 20 15:05       7520
==>        potm2    1000        53.30     2382    Oct 30 13:20       7712
==>       masses    1000        18.81     6144    Oct 1  08:58       8025
==>         olds    1000        52.21     3681    Oct 31 10:25       8902
==>          dds    1000        85.41      550    Sep 15 16:57       9091
==>    mtrmaster    1000        72.64     2103    Oct 1  21:06       9367
==>     rgk_odom    1000        73.28     2041    Oct 8  19:46       9369
==>    howd.i.do    1000        77.61     1619    Sep 29 21:36       9380
==>          hcy    1000        97.53      373    Sep 28 11:46      10126
==>     miles2go    1000       100.91      795    Oct 26 10:45      10886
==>       racoco    1000        75.73     3555    Sep 21 20:21      11128
==>  may.not.run    1000        63.71     5009    Oct 31 19:13      11380
==>     ads_potm    1000        77.83     3962    Oct 15 12:42      11745
==>      holland    1000       102.09     1852    Oct 4  08:29      12061
==>         milo    1000       107.70     2426    Sep 30 11:32      13196
==> are_we_there    1000       139.39     3857    Oct 1  15:09      17796
==>       odomEE    1000       251.54      755    Sep 30 18:09      25909
==>          odo    1000       342.62     1846    Sep 14 11:36      36108
==>     odo_sent    1000       437.78     3747    Oct 27 12:34      47525
==>          gdo    1000      1091.16      732    Sep 30 15:08     109848
==>        focus    1000      1178.59      732    Sep 28 17:17     118591
==>    open_road    1000      1461.82     1898    Oct 27 16:10     148080
==>        steve    1000      1487.24     3526    Oct 22 10:52     152250
==>  jfernan_odo    1000      1991.67     3410    Oct 8  19:47     202577
==>     jims_odo    1000      2146.12     2585    Sep 30 10:32     217197
==>        brute    1000      2270.36     1684    Oct 25 12:41     228720
==>    contest64    1000      2722.45     1762    Oct 10 23:41     274007
==>        snail    1000      2767.71     2040    Oct 11 12:02     278811
==>        small    1000      2797.59      723    Sep 15 13:41     280482
==>         potm    1000      3017.36     1048    Sep 12 11:19     302784

THE FOLLOWING ENTRIES DID NOT FIND ALL 1000 OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS.  MOST
HAD PASSED SYSTEM TEST (including mine!).  OH WELL.  THESE FOLKS WILL
GET MAIL WITH THE DETAILS!

==>      dlkmain     999         8.76      868    Oct 29 11:52       1744
==>       odoway     999        31.21      990    Oct 22 12:41       4111
==>          dbb     999       199.91     1326    Oct 20 23:24      21317
==> odoretentive     997         2.74      589    Oct 31 11:01        863
==>        woody     997         3.71     1251    Oct 11 16:48       1622
==>     perma10t     997       223.99     1095    Oct 9  18:00      23494
==>         mink     995       417.44      818    Oct 11 11:57      42562
==>  simple_code     995      2245.57     2361    Sep 28 14:35     226918
==>         odom     985       300.66     1439    Oct 29 09:30      31505

APOLOGIES TO THE FOLLOWING - I DID NOT COMPLETE THEIR RUNS BECAUSE
THEY RAN TOO LONG - OVER 1000 SECONDS IN MOST CASES - AND HAD NOT FINISHED.

==>         poot  KILLED      9999.99     2349    Sep 22 08:23
==>        oct93  KILLED      9999.99     1044    Oct 25 17:02
==>        short  KILLED      9999.99      561    Oct 8  17:15
==>      initial  KILLED      9999.99     1337    Oct 22 14:31
==>    s.forward  KILLED      9999.99      608    Sep 23 20:19

AND LASTLY, AN ENTRY IN BASIC - WHICH I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO DO WITH.

==>     potm.bas  NO RUN         0.00     2197    Oct 29 16:40

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Thanks to all of you.  I hope this was as much fun for YOU as it
 was for ME ....