======================================================================== Tue Jun 14 07:08:09 EDT 1994 |-------------------| CONGRATULATIONS TO ---->>> | J I M R O C H E | <<<---- POTM WINNER !!!! |-------------------| branch_and_hang roche@research.att.com Jim Roche The final tally - SCORE, LENGTH, and TIME are summed over the five final runs. Score breakdowns and the listing of the final five problems are attached. Mail with all the details will be circulated this weekend. For those of you who entered - please return your RSVP forms!!!! Thanks for a good POTM! =Fred ========================================================================
RESULT OPERATION TIME ENTRY NAME SCORE LENGTH (msec) AUTHOR ================ ======= ========= ====== ================== branch_and_hang 112 369 1797900 Jim Roche fulldeck 108 894 1743410 Bob Hall motorhoyle 102 232 1117670 =Vincent Goffin buffalo 86 172 1620690 Dennis Sanger serpico 84 717 205480 Lew Mammel a.cut.above 84 788 2563430 Fred Hicinbothem bigbrute 82 135 2550430 Kevin Ahrens curlyshuffle 80 124 1436870 =Neil Weinstock mutator 80 124 2452500 Greg Youngdahl scarne 80 230 2690980 David Wood gillette 76 115 342180 Tim Tjarks cardtrick 74 115 228770 Warren Montgomery pfiulhfsetlufc 74 176 2942570 Keith Vollherbst deal 70 110 112170 Dave Lynch transmogrifier 66 167 98350 Cliff Martin Wayfinder 60 106 2819720 David Loewenstern shuffle_this 54 86 2890140 Alfredo Machuca cardshark 52 140 2531870 Don Shugard *ShuFliPi - - - Gerald Williams *3cardmonte - - - Michael Chin *lotpack - - - Bob Vanderwall *jumble - - - Subramani Ramachandran *KingAndI - - - Clester Keaton (*'ed entries did not complete one or more of the final tests - participants will be provided with complete output and an explanation of what happened on their run!) (='ed names are previous POTM winners .... ) THE INDIVIDUAL SCORES/LENGTHS FOR THE FIVE FINAL PROBLEMS ...... (attached) Entry Name ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE 52/250 46/150 22/455 18/125 36/160 ========== === === ===== ==== ==== branch_and_hang 22/101 26/97 22/48 18/27 24/96 fulldeck 22/284 24/245 22/168 18/35 22/162 motorhoyle 20/54 20/49 22/47 18/27 22/55 buffalo 16/28 14/24 22/47 18/47 16/26 serpico 0/204 22/183 22/90 18/97 22/143 a.cut.above 8/9 20/345 22/172 18/35 16/227 bigbrute 16/28 16/34 16/20 18/27 16/26 curlyshuffle 16/27 14/24 16/20 18/27 16/26 mutator 16/27 14/24 16/20 18/27 16/26 scarne 14/23 14/24 18/61 18/61 16/61 gillette 14/23 14/24 16/20 16/22 16/26 cardtrick 14/23 12/22 16/20 18/27 14/23 pfiulhfsetlufc 14/55 14/44 16/20 18/35 12/22 deal 12/21 12/22 16/20 18/27 12/20 transmogrifier 12/37 12/47 16/32 14/13 12/38 Wayfinder 12/21 10/21 10/21 16/22 12/21 shuffle_this 10/17 10/17 10/18 14/17 10/17 cardshark 16/32 2/28 14/23 18/31 2/26 ShuFliPi 0/0 8/5 8/21 4/28 6/17 3cardmonte 0/0 12/127 6/69 0/0 6/83 lotpack 0/0 0/32 0/0 18/27 0/0 jumble 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 KingAndI 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 THE FIVE PROBLEMS (and one known solution) were as follows: ======================================================== PROBLEM 1: wIOZQFgBvUVYGJSKHXLmxkzWMiRndAPCNocsphqtbefEyTujalrD (length 52) SOLUTION USED TO GENERATE THE PROBLEM (length 250): CSSSSSCSFCSCSCSSCSSSCSSSSSSSSSCSSSSSSSSSCSSSSSSSSS SSCSSSSSSSSCSSSSSSSSSCSSSSSSSSSCSSSSCSSCSSSSSSCSSC SCSCSCSCSSSSSSSCSSCSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSCSSCSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSCSSCSCSCSSCSSCSCSCSCSCSSCSCSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSSCSCSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSCSCSSCCSSCSSSSSSCSSS ======================================================== PROBLEM 2: SCMFGEncmihgLWdHDNVvRowAIfBbjtpTalQPOKUJsqrkue (length 46) SOLUTION USED TO GENERATE THE PROBLEM (length 150): SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSCFSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSCSSS SSSSSCSSCSSSSSSCSSSSSCSSSSSSCSSCSSSCSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SCSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSCSSSSSSSSCSSSSSSSSSSSCSCSCSCSCS ======================================================== PROBLEM 3: HfeKcbAjChEgDiBkJIaGFd (length 22) SOLUTION USED TO GENERATE THE PROBLEM (length 455): (note that several entries found a much better solution with length 47) SCSSCSSSCSSSSCSSSSSCSSSSSSCSSSSSSSCSSSSSSSSCSSSSSS SSSCSSSSSSSSSSCSCSSCSSSCSSSSCSSSSSCSSSSSSCSSSSSSSC SSSSSSSSCSSSSSSSSSCSSSSSSSSSSCSCSSCSSSCSSSSCSSSSSC SSSSSSCSSSSSSSCSSSSSSSSCSSSSSSSSSCSSSSSSSSSSCSCSSC SSSCSSSSCSSSSSCSSSSSSCSSSSSSSCSSSSSSSSCSSSSSSSSSCS SSSSSSSSSCSCSSCSSSCSSSSCSSSSSCSSSSSSCSSSSSSSCSSSSS SSSCSSSSSSSSSCSSSSSSSSSSCSCSSCSSSCSSSSCSSSSSCSSSSS SCSSSSSSSCSSSSSSSSCSSSSSSSSSCSSSSSSSSSSCSCSSCSSSCS SSSCSSSSSCSSSSSSCSSSSSSSCSSSSSSSSCSSSSSSSSSCSSSSSS SSSSC ======================================================== PROBLEM 4: cCDHdhEIAiaeBFbfgG (length 18) SOLUTION USED TO GENERATE THE PROBLEM (length 125): (note that several entries found a much better solution with length 27) CSCSSCSCSSCSCSSCSCSSCSCSSCSCSSCSCSSCSCSSCSCSSCSCSS CSCSSCSCSSCSCSSCSCSSCSCSSCSCSSCSCSSCSCSSCSCSSCSCSS CSCSSCSCSSCSCSSCSCSSCSCSS ======================================================== PROBLEM 5: oGmBnHjfAKQOaipNLPcgeCJRdbhrMIkEqFlD (length 36) SOLUTION USED TO GENERATE THE PROBLEM (length 160): FSSSSSSSSSSSSSCSSSSSSSSCSSSSSSSSCSSSSSCSSSSCSSSSSS SSSSSSCSSSSSSSSSSSSCSSSSSCSSSSSSSCSSSSSSSSSSSSSCSS SSSSSSSSSCSSSCSSSSSSCSSSSSSSSCSSSSCSSSSSCSSSSSSSSS SSSCSSSSSS