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Peg Solitaire - Statistics
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Leap
This listing shows how much each entry that took the lead on Tuesday improved on the previous top score.
| change | time | title, author |
|---|---|---|
| 7.2474 | 09:09 | CatIsWakingUp, SY |
| 4.7790 | 06:40 | collabration solver b, Jin |
| 4.6558 | 13:05 | Steve Zissou, MikeR |
| 4.4702 | 04:41 | Greater clarity+++, Jin |
| 4.3785 | 10:46 | WakingUpIsFun2, Jin |
| 3.8557 | 02:58 | Greater clarity, Tristrom Cooke |
| 2.7902 | 07:19 | collabration solver b+, Jin |
| 0.3123 | 15:21 | Liger, MikeR |
| 0.3045 | 00:10 | Clarification, Jim Keaton |
| 0.2808 | 07:37 | testing again 2+, Jin |
| 0.2376 | 14:12 | Bill Murray's Explosive Gerbil, BirdBrain |
| 0.1648 | 07:29 | collabration solver b+++, Jin |
| 0.0653 | 21:52 | It's pretty much my favorite animal, the cyclist |
| 0.0409 | 07:33 | testing again 2, srach |
| 0.0318 | 12:09 | Later, Phil', the cyclist |
| 0.0074 | 14:29 | Filigree Siberian Hamster 2, nathan q |
1000 Character Challenge
These are the best entries submitted before 9PM EDT on Monday that are less than 1000 characters in length.
| score | result | time | date | length | title, author | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 4199.64 | 41731.68 (cyc: 5) | 51.66 | Mon 20:57 | 934 | Cat54, SY |
| #2 | 4200.29 | 41737.03 (cyc: 5) | 51.74 | Mon 20:59 | 936 | Cat100, SY |
| #3 | 4212.92 | 41858.94 (cyc: 5) | 52.07 | Mon 20:58 | 935 | Cat49, SY |
| #4 | 4257.84 | 42321.98 (cyc: 5) | 51.02 | Mon 20:53 | 932 | Last Remains ...., David Jones |
| #5 | 4257.89 | 42321.98 (cyc: 5) | 51.06 | Mon 19:36 | 930 | Remains of the Day, the cyclist |
| #6 | 4257.94 | 42321.98 (cyc: 5) | 51.10 | Mon 19:09 | 934 | notcomplexCat2, SY |
| #7 | 4257.99 | 42321.98 (cyc: 5) | 51.14 | Mon 20:58 | 915 | Going for it 9, Alan Chalker |
| #8 | 4258.04 | 42321.98 (cyc: 5) | 51.18 | Mon 20:57 | 930 | R6, the cyclist |
| #9 | 4258.06 | 42321.98 (cyc: 5) | 51.19 | Mon 20:58 | 934 | Day Dreaming !!, David Jones |
| #10 | 4258.10 | 42321.98 (cyc: 5) | 51.22 | Mon 20:54 | 941 | 1011, srach |
| #11 | 4258.14 | 42321.98 (cyc: 5) | 51.26 | Mon 20:55 | 934 | Shorter Remainder, David Jones |
| #12 | 4258.17 | 42321.98 (cyc: 5) | 51.28 | Mon 20:57 | 928 | Day Dream, David Jones |
| #13 | 4258.19 | 42321.98 (cyc: 5) | 51.29 | Mon 18:14 | 924 | not as complex, David Jones |
| #14 | 4258.19 | 42321.98 (cyc: 5) | 51.30 | Mon 20:58 | 934 | Day Dreaming !, David Jones |
| #15 | 4258.19 | 42321.98 (cyc: 5) | 51.30 | Mon 20:55 | 930 | T2, the cyclist |
| #16 | 4258.20 | 42321.98 (cyc: 5) | 51.30 | Mon 20:55 | 934 | Short Remainder, David Jones |
| #17 | 4258.20 | 42321.98 (cyc: 5) | 51.30 | Mon 20:52 | 932 | Last Remains ..., David Jones |
| #18 | 4258.20 | 42321.98 (cyc: 5) | 51.30 | Mon 20:46 | 913 | Going for it 1, Alan Chalker |
| #19 | 4258.22 | 42321.98 (cyc: 6) | 51.31 | Mon 16:40 | 944 | Not complex, the cyclist |
| #20 | 4258.23 | 42321.98 (cyc: 5) | 51.33 | Mon 20:57 | 915 | Going for it 8, Alan Chalker |
| #21 | 4258.23 | 42321.98 (cyc: 5) | 51.33 | Mon 20:57 | 930 | R8, the cyclist |
| #22 | 4258.24 | 42321.98 (cyc: 6) | 51.33 | Mon 16:29 | 909 | not the end 3, Steve Hoelzer |
| #23 | 4258.24 | 42321.98 (cyc: 5) | 51.34 | Mon 20:37 | 930 | Cat45, SY |
| #24 | 4258.25 | 42321.98 (cyc: 6) | 51.34 | Mon 17:41 | 944 | Not complex', the cyclist |
| #25 | 4258.26 | 42321.98 (cyc: 7) | 51.35 | Mon 17:23 | 970 | step by step refinement, David Jones |
Best Per Phase
The top 25 contestant's best entry in each phase.
Top contestants during darkness
| contestant | date | score | result | time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Howe | Thu 11:58 | 4255 | 41578.60 | 78 |
| 2 | Yi Cao | Thu 08:44 | 4279 | 42740.80 | 18 |
| 3 | Steve Hoelzer | Thu 11:50 | 4330 | 42711.43 | 68 |
| 4 | Hannes Naud | Thu 11:18 | 4480 | 44717.28 | 29 |
| 5 | Ouri | Thu 11:47 | 4523 | 45139.08 | 30 |
| 6 | David Jones | Thu 01:16 | 4528 | 45097.67 | 15 |
| 7 | Markus | Thu 10:42 | 4546 | 45102.23 | 24 |
| 8 | MikeR | Thu 08:27 | 4565 | 45477.21 | 43 |
| 9 | Marko | Thu 07:59 | 4581 | 45636.30 | 43 |
| 10 | Jan Langer | Wed 17:30 | 4608 | 45754.07 | 54 |
| 11 | SY | Wed 18:58 | 4693 | 46873.05 | 21 |
| 12 | DreadNox | Thu 08:07 | 4697 | 46920.70 | 18 |
| 13 | Alan Chalker | Thu 10:45 | 4697 | 44771.51 | 94 |
| 14 | Jim Mikola | Thu 11:30 | 4697 | 46937.97 | 11 |
| 15 | nathan q | Thu 11:28 | 4703 | 46987.06 | 14 |
| 16 | Bao Lei | Thu 10:34 | 4705 | 46926.83 | 36 |
| 17 | Ryan Carey | Thu 00:53 | 4716 | 47127.17 | 7 |
| 18 | Dan Kunkle | Wed 19:02 | 4726 | 46781.18 | 64 |
| 19 | Stefan Uhlich | Thu 11:50 | 4733 | 47299.88 | 11 |
| 20 | FGH | Thu 11:52 | 4746 | 44847.13 | 97 |
| 21 | Bryan Gorman | Thu 11:45 | 4787 | 47824.47 | 15 |
| 22 | Cobus Potgieter | Thu 11:48 | 4814 | 47943.65 | 46 |
| 23 | Abhisek Ukil | Thu 11:31 | 4830 | 45959.94 | 95 |
| 24 | Ken Eaton | Thu 11:48 | 4936 | 49170.34 | 42 |
| 25 | JohanH | Thu 11:25 | 4941 | 47154.29 | 94 |
Top contestants during twilight
| contestant | date | score | result | time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | YC | Fri 03:29 | 4172 | 41611.08 (4) | 34 |
| 2 | Yi Cao | Thu 17:30 | 4182 | 41674.00 (4) | 40 |
| 3 | Dan Kunkle | Fri 11:12 | 4211 | 41794.98 (7) | 55 |
| 4 | Jim Mikola | Fri 11:57 | 4229 | 42197.27 (9) | 30 |
| 5 | Nick Howe | Thu 14:03 | 4243 | 41808.61 | 69 |
| 6 | Steve Hoelzer | Fri 09:45 | 4282 | 42321.98 (7) | 64 |
| 7 | Some idiot | Fri 04:12 | 4290 | 42805.20 (12) | 26 |
| 8 | nathan q | Fri 11:52 | 4302 | 42739.46 (10) | 53 |
| 9 | FGH | Thu 20:29 | 4333 | 43176.59 (5) | 40 |
| 10 | Rajiv | Thu 19:35 | 4333 | 42823.04 (8) | 65 |
| 11 | David Jones | Fri 11:07 | 4350 | 42811.39 (17) | 69 |
| 12 | Markus | Fri 07:42 | 4368 | 43152.54 (32) | 55 |
| 13 | SY | Fri 11:56 | 4378 | 43600.25 (9) | 44 |
| 14 | Alan Chalker | Fri 02:45 | 4445 | 44042.69 (10) | 60 |
| 15 | Ukil | Fri 08:15 | 4455 | 43906.87 (13) | 69 |
| 16 | Ouri | Fri 03:23 | 4472 | 43001.47 (5) | 89 |
| 17 | James Taylor | Fri 11:02 | 4498 | 44416.74 (6) | 67 |
| 18 | s | Thu 17:06 | 4501 | 44956.21 | 18 |
| 19 | Ken Eaton | Thu 16:03 | 4511 | 44618.96 | 64 |
| 20 | MikeR | Thu 14:36 | 4529 | 45134.56 | 40 |
| 21 | Bao Lei | Thu 17:48 | 4531 | 44746.88 (5) | 67 |
| 22 | peter torrione | Fri 01:40 | 4531 | 45046.60 (10) | 52 |
| 23 | Mike Bindschadler | Thu 13:20 | 4549 | 45356.87 | 32 |
| 24 | APhys | Thu 15:48 | 4552 | 45481.72 | 11 |
| 25 | eigenvector | Fri 10:09 | 4556 | 45158.78 (9) | 60 |
Contributions in Daylight
This listing shows how much each contestant improved on the top score over the course of the day.
Friday
| 54.865 | David Jones | |
| 2.128 | 12:18 | Friday random tweak |
| 0.827 | 12:18 | Friday random tweak 08 |
| 0.367 | 12:20 | Friday random tweak 12 |
| 26.005 | 14:33 | tweak-o-rrific |
| 23.458 | 14:58 | tweak-nation |
| 0.136 | 21:29 | Barney Rubble |
| 0.037 | 21:32 | Barney Rubbler |
| 0.028 | 21:33 | Pebbles loves Bam Bam |
| 0.069 | 21:50 | Debbie does Dallas |
| 0.059 | 22:50 | Cathy does Chatham |
| 1.751 | 23:05 | Kathy does Keewatin |
| 7.178 | Rick StPierre | |
| 2.302 | 21:17 | Barney Speeds |
| 2.048 | 21:43 | Wilma Wobbles |
| 0.835 | 22:16 | Wilma does Walla Walla |
| 0.869 | 22:39 | Betty does Boise |
| 1.125 | 23:28 | Insomniaaaaa |
| 3.783 | Jimmy Ray | |
| 3.783 | 15:56 | JR3 |
| 0.458 | YC | |
| 0.458 | 15:29 | shorter |
| 0.455 | APhys | |
| 0.455 | 19:54 | APAccel0254 |
| 0.305 | Dan Kunkle | |
| 0.305 | 17:37 | Accelerator |
| 0.279 | the cyclist | |
| 0.279 | 15:11 | Space saving nation |
| 0.122 | CopyCat | |
| 0.122 | 16:12 | cc1 |
Saturday
| 18.187 | David Jones | |
| 5.256 | 00:07 | David does Dallas |
| 0.039 | 00:29 | revelation |
| 4.207 | 00:30 | dreamland |
| 2.296 | 00:48 | lost in dreamland |
| 0.412 | 01:24 | wander in dreamland |
| 0.390 | 09:38 | step out of dreamland |
| 1.566 | 09:42 | ExtremelyLazyCat |
| 1.135 | 10:24 | Cat in Dreamland |
| 1.532 | 10:51 | Dreamland Cats |
| 0.227 | 16:34 | Lost |
| 0.444 | 21:23 | Simplification? |
| 0.102 | 22:21 | Speed up the Simplification |
| 0.051 | 22:25 | Speedup? |
| 0.126 | 22:40 | Shift Gears |
| 0.404 | 23:27 | GearShift |
| 9.931 | Nick Howe | |
| 9.931 | 07:58 | JuChimera |
| 8.927 | SY | |
| 0.788 | 07:46 | LazyCat300 |
| 0.003 | 07:57 | LazyCat400 |
| 0.796 | 08:27 | VeryLazyCat1 |
| 4.290 | 08:55 | VeryLazyCat4 |
| 0.879 | 09:21 | VeryLazyCat60 |
| 0.479 | 13:55 | LazyCatIsBack1 |
| 0.431 | 15:15 | CatHuntsComplexity |
| 0.217 | 15:16 | CatHuntsComplexity3 |
| 0.642 | 15:17 | CatHuntsComplexity4 |
| 0.058 | 15:26 | CatHuntsComplexity7 |
| 0.343 | 15:32 | CatHuntsComplexity10 |
| 4.631 | the cyclist | |
| 0.238 | 07:05 | I don't even comment my work code this well! |
| 0.124 | 07:58 | Lazier Cat 301 |
| 4.269 | 11:46 | T.S. Eliot |
| 3.853 | Jan Langer | |
| 3.853 | 09:03 | das funktioniert so nicht |
| 2.809 | srach | |
| 0.223 | 09:30 | VeryLazyCat60cp |
| 0.108 | 09:36 | VeryLazyCat60cp1 |
| 0.492 | 09:39 | VeryLazyCat60cp2 |
| 0.271 | 09:48 | ExtremelyLazyCat 3 |
| 0.556 | 09:50 | dreamland revisited |
| 0.642 | 11:40 | Cats add more and more |
| 0.143 | 11:44 | Cats add ever more |
| 0.208 | 13:12 | ladidadi 2 |
| 0.165 | 17:15 | just a test 3 |
| 2.619 | Alan Chalker | |
| 0.455 | 02:33 | Guided tour of dreamland |
| 2.163 | 03:52 | Guided tour 2 |
| 2.354 | CopyCat | |
| 2.354 | 18:05 | PinkerPanther |
| 1.171 | Tom | |
| 1.171 | 11:23 | Cats multiply |
| 0.494 | Steve Hoelzer | |
| 0.494 | 00:21 | don't print |
Sunday
| 26.629 | Markus | |
| 8.366 | 05:17 | markus9 |
| 18.263 | 11:47 | markus12 |
| 17.975 | Jan Langer | |
| 0.028 | 03:51 | aint no stuntman v6 |
| 0.038 | 04:10 | aint no stuntman v15 |
| 1.037 | 04:15 | aint no stuntman v18 |
| 4.086 | 10:30 | aint no stuntman v32 |
| 0.042 | 10:41 | aint no stuntman v36 |
| 0.310 | 10:44 | aint no stuntman v37 |
| 3.741 | 10:56 | aint no stuntman v41 |
| 0.274 | 11:04 | aint no stuntman v43 |
| 0.413 | 11:08 | aint no stuntman v44 |
| 0.211 | 11:18 | aint no stuntman v47 |
| 1.142 | 11:29 | aint no stuntman v51 |
| 0.374 | 11:38 | aint no stuntman v55 |
| 1.141 | 12:21 | aint no stuntman v62 |
| 3.325 | 12:39 | aint no stuntman v68 |
| 1.232 | 12:41 | aint no stuntman v70 |
| 0.326 | 12:44 | aint no stuntman v71 |
| 0.137 | 13:01 | aint no stuntman v80 |
| 0.118 | 13:30 | aint no stuntman v87 |
| 10.275 | nathan q | |
| 3.607 | 06:12 | bigh_L8 |
| 0.616 | 07:29 | looser19 |
| 0.223 | 07:40 | looser25 |
| 0.977 | 08:04 | looser31 |
| 0.016 | 08:04 | looser32 |
| 0.167 | 08:05 | looser33 |
| 0.340 | 08:08 | looser36 |
| 0.311 | 08:31 | looser51 |
| 0.056 | 08:34 | looser55 |
| 0.362 | 09:43 | leaner10 |
| 1.211 | 12:02 | markus12_7 |
| 0.949 | 14:02 | StJude 3 |
| 0.428 | 14:03 | StJude 4 |
| 0.332 | 14:39 | Fledgling 1 |
| 0.090 | 15:27 | Fledgling 12 |
| 0.589 | 15:58 | Fledgling lucky 13 |
| 8.790 | Jin | |
| 8.249 | 00:33 | bombing |
| 0.060 | 00:45 | wait |
| 0.482 | 10:14 | faster push x |
| 4.035 | David Jones | |
| 0.159 | 01:09 | evolution is back |
| 2.701 | 09:47 | faster push |
| 0.358 | 14:55 | push it back to dreamland |
| 0.312 | 18:23 | push-pull |
| 0.048 | 18:25 | push-pull-push-pull |
| 0.117 | 23:38 | push-pull eliminate the frenzy |
| 0.073 | 23:44 | keep pushing |
| 0.269 | 23:48 | keep pushing harder and harder |
| 0.259 | Alan Chalker | |
| 0.021 | 01:16 | Push it good 9 |
| 0.239 | 01:21 | Push it good 11 |
| 0.161 | ali key | |
| 0.161 | 05:16 | bigh |
| 0.096 | the cyclist | |
| 0.096 | 10:09 | Push logically |
Monday
| 0.203 | Jim Keaton | |
| 0.203 | 17:18 | Create subfunctions |
| 0.185 | CopyCat | |
| 0.185 | 19:33 | SomeMoreCleanUp |
| 0.144 | Jin | |
| 0.144 | 01:41 | keep6 |
| 0.087 | KSz | |
| 0.087 | 08:02 | keep it fast |
| 0.087 | David Jones | |
| 0.087 | 13:56 | jump over LTF |
| 0.083 | the cyclist | |
| 0.010 | 10:32 | Keep it less random' |
| 0.073 | 11:20 | LTF |
| 0.013 | Alan Chalker | |
| 0.013 | 14:04 | Guided Tour Part 2 |
Tuesday
| 16.863 | Jin | |
| 4.470 | 04:41 | Greater clarity+++ |
| 4.779 | 06:40 | collabration solver b |
| 2.790 | 07:19 | collabration solver b+ |
| 0.165 | 07:29 | collabration solver b+++ |
| 0.281 | 07:37 | testing again 2+ |
| 4.378 | 10:46 | WakingUpIsFun2 |
| 7.247 | SY | |
| 7.247 | 09:09 | CatIsWakingUp |
| 4.968 | MikeR | |
| 4.656 | 13:05 | Steve Zissou |
| 0.312 | 15:21 | Liger |
| 3.856 | Tristrom Cooke | |
| 3.856 | 02:58 | Greater clarity |
| 0.304 | Jim Keaton | |
| 0.304 | 00:10 | Clarification |
| 0.238 | BirdBrain | |
| 0.238 | 14:12 | Bill Murray's Explosive Gerbil |
| 0.097 | the cyclist | |
| 0.032 | 12:09 | Later, Phil' |
| 0.065 | 21:52 | It's pretty much my favorite animal |
| 0.041 | srach | |
| 0.041 | 07:33 | testing again 2 |
| 0.007 | nathan q | |
| 0.007 | 14:29 | Filigree Siberian Hamster 2 |
Wednesday
| 14.658 | Yi Cao | |
| 14.658 | 11:56 | Buy a ticket |
| 2.346 | MikeR | |
| 0.158 | 07:11 | Mary_20 |
| 0.329 | 09:56 | Mary_34 |
| 1.860 | 11:22 | Mary_38 |
| 1.509 | srach | |
| 0.226 | 04:58 | leave early 36 |
| 0.020 | 05:28 | leave early 42 |
| 0.442 | 05:32 | leave early 44 |
| 0.544 | 05:34 | leave early 45 |
| 0.134 | 05:53 | leave even earlier 1 |
| 0.086 | 05:56 | leave even earlier 2 |
| 0.056 | 06:34 | leave even earlier 6 |
| 1.103 | David Jones | |
| 1.103 | 10:43 | Boarding Flight 905 |
| 0.269 | marc | |
| 0.021 | 06:28 | TimeIsBy |
| 0.132 | 07:44 | Favorite animal/2 |
| 0.116 | 10:33 | CrazzyButItWorks |
| 0.153 | Jimmy Ray | |
| 0.153 | 11:07 | JR5 |
| 0.116 | the cyclist | |
| 0.063 | 10:14 | Expect this won't |
| 0.052 | 11:04 | Heinz 57 |
| 0.053 | SY | |
| 0.015 | 09:54 | randomCat404 |
| 0.014 | 09:55 | randomCat505 |
| 0.024 | 10:11 | RandomCat606 |
| 0.032 | Alan Chalker | |
| 0.032 | 10:04 | End game 13 |
Best Result
These are the first entries to break through each result barrier, ignoring time.
| result | time | cpu | title, author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 122896.38 | Wed 12:11 | 0.18 | First, Jan Langer |
| 105038.62 | Wed 13:29 | 20.58 | Adding a loop, Alan Chalker |
| 51005.98 | Wed 15:14 | 30.60 | Picking the best jumps, Alan Chalker |
| 46922.89 | Wed 16:27 | 32.74 | Starting a history, Alan Chalker |
| 45946.11 | Wed 17:10 | 69.28 | oho v1, Jan Langer |
| 45754.07 | Wed 17:30 | 53.96 | oho v5, Jan Langer |
| 44717.28 | Wed 18:14 | 36.15 | LocalMinimum+depth, Yi Cao |
| 42520.97 | Wed 23:09 | 169.10 | snafu 3, Rajiv |
| 41540.99 | Thu 11:39 | 161.57 | Ferarri 35K, Nick Howe |
| 41381.34 (7) | Thu 23:43 | 83.41 | Antigrav 1 20 3 0.1 10, Dan Kunkle |
| 41379.05 (7) | Fri 00:29 | 83.07 | Antigrav 1 20 3 0.05 10, Dan Kunkle |
| 41188.53 (7) | Fri 00:34 | 96.15 | Antigrav 1 20 3 0.1 20, Dan Kunkle |
| 40753.85 (4) | Fri 13:37 | 81.08 | tweak-o-rama freak-o-rama, David Jones |
| 40330.35 (10) | Fri 14:36 | 164.16 | Juno39, Jim Mikola |
| 40269.54 (cyc: 4) | Sat 00:46 | 175.38 | tweak-o-rama epsilon, David Jones |
| 40238.93 (cyc: 11) | Sat 11:23 | 57.81 | Cats multiply, Tom |
| 40220.13 (cyc: 12) | Sat 11:40 | 57.94 | Cats add more and more, srach |
| 40201.69 (cyc: 12) | Sat 11:46 | 56.47 | T.S. Eliot, the cyclist |
| 40201.14 (cyc: 10) | Sat 15:18 | 59.55 | CatHuntsComplexity5, SY |
| 40189.07 (cyc: 10) | Sat 15:19 | 61.56 | CatHuntsComplexity6, SY |
| 40102.03 (cyc: 10) | Sat 16:47 | 97.09 | BigCatInTheJungle, CopyCat |
| 40048.91 (cyc: 7) | Sun 00:33 | 58.05 | bombing, Jin |
| 40046.80 (cyc: 7) | Sun 01:09 | 58.05 | evolution is back, David Jones |
| 39987.94 (cyc: 7) | Sun 04:07 | 87.25 | pushitworse3, nathan q |
| 39950.05 (cyc: 7) | Sun 06:39 | 77.18 | triple layer 2, Haim Avron |
| 39674.85 (cyc: 7) | Sun 06:56 | 87.72 | looser6, nathan q |
| 39671.21 (cyc: 7) | Sun 07:06 | 85.67 | looser7, nathan q |
| 39616.24 (cyc: 8) | Sun 11:58 | 55.61 | markus12_4, nathan q |
| 39602.90 (cyc: 8) | Sun 12:41 | 50.69 | aint no stuntman v70, Jan Langer |
| 39586.86 (cyc: 8) | Sun 12:44 | 51.68 | aint no stuntman v71, Jan Langer |
| 39576.72 (cyc: 9) | Sun 16:14 | 51.72 | Fledgling 14, nathan q |
| 39563.96 (cyc: 10) | Mon 00:00 | 55.28 | odd push11, Jin |
| 39410.02 (cyc: 10) | Mon 00:33 | 76.94 | move on to dreamland, David Jones |
| 39158.30 (cyc: 10) | Mon 00:45 | 141.09 | drifting off to dreamland, David Jones |
| 39028.88 (cyc: 10) | Mon 01:10 | 172.38 | dreamland calls, David Jones |
| 38698.86 (cyc: 10) | Tue 08:13 | 155.03 | collabrative work, Yi Cao |
| 38681.75 (cyc: 10) | Tue 08:31 | 179.80 | collabrative work2, Yi Cao |
| 38664.48 (cyc: 10) | Tue 11:26 | 175.91 | wakingup to push, Yi Cao |
| 38656.10 (cyc: 10) | Tue 12:50 | 176.65 | 3minutewonder, nathan q |
| 38613.80 (cyc: 10) | Tue 13:37 | 165.10 | DreiMinutenWunder-1, BirdBrain |
| 38610.78 (cyc: 10) | Tue 14:22 | 164.32 | DreiMinutenWunder-1 2, srach |
| 38607.57 (cyc: 10) | Tue 14:32 | 165.30 | DreiMinutenWunder-7, BirdBrain |
| 38596.31 (cyc: 10) | Tue 15:00 | 146.52 | with nuts 2, srach |
| 38587.18 (cyc: 10) | Tue 15:39 | 175.03 | SlowCat1, SY |
| 38584.15 (cyc: 10) | Tue 15:50 | 173.65 | any candies left?, srach |
| 38580.73 (cyc: 10) | Tue 15:54 | 178.13 | any candies left? 5, srach |
| 38577.92 (cyc: 10) | Tue 17:55 | 164.20 | With Almonds, BirdBrain |
| 38557.53 (cyc: 10) | Wed 06:13 | 169.94 | Cat&Almonds, SY |
| 38546.42 (cyc: 10) | Wed 08:00 | 175.69 | Cat&Almonds8, SY |
| 38544.91 (cyc: 10) | Wed 08:18 | 179.22 | Cat&Almonds10, SY |
| 38544.27 (cyc: 10) | Wed 10:46 | 178.39 | CatB, tgs |
All the Leaders
Here is a chronological list of the entries that held the number one spot, listed with the date submitted, the percent improvement in score, and the length of time each spent on top.
| contestant | title | date | % imp | hours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan Langer | First | Wed 12:11 | Inf% | 1.30 |
| 2 | Alan Chalker | Adding a loop | Wed 13:29 | 14.50% | 1.76 |
| 3 | Alan Chalker | Picking the best jumps | Wed 15:14 | 51.38% | 1.21 |
| 4 | Alan Chalker | Starting a history | Wed 16:27 | 7.97% | 0.72 |
| 5 | Jan Langer | oho v1 | Wed 17:10 | 0.92% | 0.31 |
| 6 | Jan Langer | oho v3 | Wed 17:28 | 0.62% | 0.02 |
| 7 | Jan Langer | oho v5 | Wed 17:30 | 0.48% | 0.73 |
| 8 | Yi Cao | LocalMinimum+depth | Wed 18:14 | 2.69% | 9.30 |
| 9 | Nick Howe | BMW 3 | Thu 03:32 | 0.09% | 5.20 |
| 10 | Yi Cao | Thursday Solution | Thu 08:44 | 4.48% | 3.24 |
| 11 | Nick Howe | Spyder 20K | Thu 11:58 | 0.57% | 2.09 |
| 12 | Nick Howe | Tarantula | Thu 14:03 | 0.28% | 3.33 |
| 13 | Yi Cao | Thursday Improvement | Thu 17:23 | 1.15% | 0.12 |
| 14 | Yi Cao | Thursday Improvement 1.7 | Thu 17:30 | 0.29% | 9.88 |
| 15 | YC | Friday speed | Fri 03:23 | 0.22% | 0.10 |
| 16 | YC | Friday speed2 | Fri 03:29 | 0.02% | 8.81 |
| 17 | David Jones | Friday random tweak | Fri 12:18 | 0.05% | 0.00 |
| 18 | David Jones | Friday random tweak 08 | Fri 12:18 | 0.02% | 0.04 |
| 19 | David Jones | Friday random tweak 12 | Fri 12:20 | 0.01% | 2.21 |
| 20 | David Jones | tweak-o-rrific | Fri 14:33 | 0.62% | 0.41 |
| 21 | David Jones | tweak-nation | Fri 14:58 | 0.57% | 0.23 |
| 22 | the cyclist | Space saving nation | Fri 15:11 | 0.01% | 0.30 |
| 23 | YC | shorter | Fri 15:29 | 0.01% | 0.44 |
| 24 | Jimmy Ray | JR3 | Fri 15:56 | 0.09% | 0.27 |
| 25 | CopyCat | cc1 | Fri 16:12 | 0.00% | 1.41 |
| 26 | Dan Kunkle | Accelerator | Fri 17:37 | 0.01% | 2.29 |
| 27 | APhys | APAccel0254 | Fri 19:54 | 0.01% | 1.37 |
| 28 | Rick StPierre | Barney Speeds | Fri 21:17 | 0.06% | 0.21 |
| 29 | David Jones | Barney Rubble | Fri 21:29 | 0.00% | 0.04 |
| 30 | David Jones | Barney Rubbler | Fri 21:32 | 0.00% | 0.02 |
| 31 | David Jones | Pebbles loves Bam Bam | Fri 21:33 | 0.00% | 0.18 |
| 32 | Rick StPierre | Wilma Wobbles | Fri 21:43 | 0.05% | 0.10 |
| 33 | David Jones | Debbie does Dallas | Fri 21:50 | 0.00% | 0.43 |
| 34 | Rick StPierre | Wilma does Walla Walla | Fri 22:16 | 0.02% | 0.39 |
| 35 | Rick StPierre | Betty does Boise | Fri 22:39 | 0.02% | 0.18 |
| 36 | David Jones | Cathy does Chatham | Fri 22:50 | 0.00% | 0.26 |
| 37 | David Jones | Kathy does Keewatin | Fri 23:05 | 0.04% | 0.38 |
| 38 | Rick StPierre | Insomniaaaaa | Fri 23:28 | 0.03% | 0.65 |
| 39 | David Jones | David does Dallas | Sat 00:07 | 0.13% | 0.24 |
| 40 | Steve Hoelzer | don't print | Sat 00:21 | 0.01% | 0.14 |
| 41 | David Jones | revelation | Sat 00:29 | 0.00% | 0.01 |
| 42 | David Jones | dreamland | Sat 00:30 | 0.10% | 0.30 |
| 43 | David Jones | lost in dreamland | Sat 00:48 | 0.06% | 0.59 |
| 44 | David Jones | wander in dreamland | Sat 01:24 | 0.01% | 1.16 |
| 45 | Alan Chalker | Guided tour of dreamland | Sat 02:33 | 0.01% | 1.32 |
| 46 | Alan Chalker | Guided tour 2 | Sat 03:52 | 0.05% | 3.21 |
| 47 | the cyclist | I don't even comment my work code this well! | Sat 07:05 | 0.01% | 0.68 |
| 48 | SY | LazyCat300 | Sat 07:46 | 0.02% | 0.19 |
| 49 | SY | LazyCat400 | Sat 07:57 | 0.00% | 0.02 |
| 50 | the cyclist | Lazier Cat 301 | Sat 07:58 | 0.00% | 0.00 |
| 51 | Nick Howe | JuChimera | Sat 07:58 | 0.24% | 0.48 |
| 52 | SY | VeryLazyCat1 | Sat 08:27 | 0.02% | 0.46 |
| 53 | SY | VeryLazyCat4 | Sat 08:55 | 0.11% | 0.14 |
| 54 | Jan Langer | das funktioniert so nicht | Sat 09:03 | 0.09% | 0.30 |
| 55 | SY | VeryLazyCat60 | Sat 09:21 | 0.02% | 0.13 |
| 56 | srach | VeryLazyCat60cp | Sat 09:30 | 0.01% | 0.10 |
| 57 | srach | VeryLazyCat60cp1 | Sat 09:36 | 0.00% | 0.04 |
| 58 | David Jones | step out of dreamland | Sat 09:38 | 0.01% | 0.00 |
| 59 | srach | VeryLazyCat60cp2 | Sat 09:39 | 0.01% | 0.07 |
| 60 | David Jones | ExtremelyLazyCat | Sat 09:42 | 0.04% | 0.09 |
| 61 | srach | ExtremelyLazyCat 3 | Sat 09:48 | 0.01% | 0.03 |
| 62 | srach | dreamland revisited | Sat 09:50 | 0.01% | 0.57 |
| 63 | David Jones | Cat in Dreamland | Sat 10:24 | 0.03% | 0.45 |
| 64 | David Jones | Dreamland Cats | Sat 10:51 | 0.04% | 0.54 |
| 65 | Tom | Cats multiply | Sat 11:23 | 0.03% | 0.27 |
| 66 | srach | Cats add more and more | Sat 11:40 | 0.02% | 0.08 |
| 67 | srach | Cats add ever more | Sat 11:44 | 0.00% | 0.03 |
| 68 | the cyclist | T.S. Eliot | Sat 11:46 | 0.11% | 1.43 |
| 69 | srach | ladidadi 2 | Sat 13:12 | 0.01% | 0.71 |
| 70 | SY | LazyCatIsBack1 | Sat 13:55 | 0.01% | 1.34 |
| 71 | SY | CatHuntsComplexity | Sat 15:15 | 0.01% | 0.02 |
| 72 | SY | CatHuntsComplexity3 | Sat 15:16 | 0.01% | 0.01 |
| 73 | SY | CatHuntsComplexity4 | Sat 15:17 | 0.02% | 0.15 |
| 74 | SY | CatHuntsComplexity7 | Sat 15:26 | 0.00% | 0.11 |
| 75 | SY | CatHuntsComplexity10 | Sat 15:32 | 0.01% | 1.03 |
| 76 | David Jones | Lost | Sat 16:34 | 0.01% | 0.68 |
| 77 | srach | just a test 3 | Sat 17:15 | 0.00% | 0.83 |
| 78 | CopyCat | PinkerPanther | Sat 18:05 | 0.06% | 3.30 |
| 79 | David Jones | Simplification? | Sat 21:23 | 0.01% | 0.97 |
| 80 | David Jones | Speed up the Simplification | Sat 22:21 | 0.00% | 0.07 |
| 81 | David Jones | Speedup? | Sat 22:25 | 0.00% | 0.24 |
| 82 | David Jones | Shift Gears | Sat 22:40 | 0.00% | 0.78 |
| 83 | David Jones | GearShift | Sat 23:27 | 0.01% | 1.11 |
| 84 | Jin | bombing | Sun 00:33 | 0.20% | 0.20 |
| 85 | Jin | wait | Sun 00:45 | 0.00% | 0.39 |
| 86 | David Jones | evolution is back | Sun 01:09 | 0.00% | 0.12 |
| 87 | Alan Chalker | Push it good 9 | Sun 01:16 | 0.00% | 0.09 |
| 88 | Alan Chalker | Push it good 11 | Sun 01:21 | 0.01% | 2.49 |
| 89 | Jan Langer | aint no stuntman v6 | Sun 03:51 | 0.00% | 0.32 |
| 90 | Jan Langer | aint no stuntman v15 | Sun 04:10 | 0.00% | 0.08 |
| 91 | Jan Langer | aint no stuntman v18 | Sun 04:15 | 0.03% | 1.02 |
| 92 | ali key | bigh | Sun 05:16 | 0.00% | 0.02 |
| 93 | Markus | markus9 | Sun 05:17 | 0.21% | 0.91 |
| 94 | nathan q | bigh_L8 | Sun 06:12 | 0.09% | 1.30 |
| 95 | nathan q | looser19 | Sun 07:29 | 0.02% | 0.18 |
| 96 | nathan q | looser25 | Sun 07:40 | 0.01% | 0.40 |
| 97 | nathan q | looser31 | Sun 08:04 | 0.02% | 0.01 |
| 98 | nathan q | looser32 | Sun 08:04 | 0.00% | 0.01 |
| 99 | nathan q | looser33 | Sun 08:05 | 0.00% | 0.05 |
| 100 | nathan q | looser36 | Sun 08:08 | 0.01% | 0.39 |
| 101 | nathan q | looser51 | Sun 08:31 | 0.01% | 0.03 |
| 102 | nathan q | looser55 | Sun 08:34 | 0.00% | 1.16 |
| 103 | nathan q | leaner10 | Sun 09:43 | 0.01% | 0.06 |
| 104 | David Jones | faster push | Sun 09:47 | 0.07% | 0.37 |
| 105 | the cyclist | Push logically | Sun 10:09 | 0.00% | 0.09 |
| 106 | Jin | faster push x | Sun 10:14 | 0.01% | 0.27 |
| 107 | Jan Langer | aint no stuntman v32 | Sun 10:30 | 0.10% | 0.18 |
| 108 | Jan Langer | aint no stuntman v36 | Sun 10:41 | 0.00% | 0.04 |
| 109 | Jan Langer | aint no stuntman v37 | Sun 10:44 | 0.01% | 0.21 |
| 110 | Jan Langer | aint no stuntman v41 | Sun 10:56 | 0.09% | 0.14 |
| 111 | Jan Langer | aint no stuntman v43 | Sun 11:04 | 0.01% | 0.07 |
| 112 | Jan Langer | aint no stuntman v44 | Sun 11:08 | 0.01% | 0.17 |
| 113 | Jan Langer | aint no stuntman v47 | Sun 11:18 | 0.01% | 0.17 |
| 114 | Jan Langer | aint no stuntman v51 | Sun 11:29 | 0.03% | 0.15 |
| 115 | Jan Langer | aint no stuntman v55 | Sun 11:38 | 0.01% | 0.16 |
| 116 | Markus | markus12 | Sun 11:47 | 0.46% | 0.24 |
| 117 | nathan q | markus12_7 | Sun 12:02 | 0.03% | 0.32 |
| 118 | Jan Langer | aint no stuntman v62 | Sun 12:21 | 0.03% | 0.29 |
| 119 | Jan Langer | aint no stuntman v68 | Sun 12:39 | 0.08% | 0.05 |
| 120 | Jan Langer | aint no stuntman v70 | Sun 12:41 | 0.03% | 0.04 |
| 121 | Jan Langer | aint no stuntman v71 | Sun 12:44 | 0.01% | 0.28 |
| 122 | Jan Langer | aint no stuntman v80 | Sun 13:01 | 0.00% | 0.49 |
| 123 | Jan Langer | aint no stuntman v87 | Sun 13:30 | 0.00% | 0.53 |
| 124 | nathan q | StJude 3 | Sun 14:02 | 0.02% | 0.01 |
| 125 | nathan q | StJude 4 | Sun 14:03 | 0.01% | 0.61 |
| 126 | nathan q | Fledgling 1 | Sun 14:39 | 0.01% | 0.26 |
| 127 | David Jones | push it back to dreamland | Sun 14:55 | 0.01% | 0.53 |
| 128 | nathan q | Fledgling 12 | Sun 15:27 | 0.00% | 0.52 |
| 129 | nathan q | Fledgling lucky 13 | Sun 15:58 | 0.01% | 2.42 |
| 130 | David Jones | push-pull | Sun 18:23 | 0.01% | 0.03 |
| 131 | David Jones | push-pull-push-pull | Sun 18:25 | 0.00% | 5.23 |
| 132 | David Jones | push-pull eliminate the frenzy | Sun 23:38 | 0.00% | 0.10 |
| 133 | David Jones | keep pushing | Sun 23:44 | 0.00% | 0.06 |
| 134 | David Jones | keep pushing harder and harder | Sun 23:48 | 0.01% | 1.89 |
| 135 | Jin | keep6 | Mon 01:41 | 0.00% | 6.35 |
| 136 | KSz | keep it fast | Mon 08:02 | 0.00% | 2.49 |
| 137 | the cyclist | Keep it less random' | Mon 10:32 | 0.00% | 0.80 |
| 138 | the cyclist | LTF | Mon 11:20 | 0.00% | 2.60 |
| 139 | David Jones | jump over LTF | Mon 13:56 | 0.00% | 0.13 |
| 140 | Alan Chalker | Guided Tour Part 2 | Mon 14:04 | 0.00% | 3.25 |
| 141 | Jim Keaton | Create subfunctions | Mon 17:18 | 0.01% | 2.24 |
| 142 | CopyCat | SomeMoreCleanUp | Mon 19:33 | 0.00% | 4.62 |
| 143 | Jim Keaton | Clarification | Tue 00:10 | 0.01% | 2.81 |
| 144 | Tristrom Cooke | Greater clarity | Tue 02:58 | 0.10% | 1.71 |
| 145 | Jin | Greater clarity+++ | Tue 04:41 | 0.11% | 1.99 |
| 146 | Jin | collabration solver b | Tue 06:40 | 0.12% | 0.65 |
| 147 | Jin | collabration solver b+ | Tue 07:19 | 0.07% | 0.17 |
| 148 | Jin | collabration solver b+++ | Tue 07:29 | 0.00% | 0.05 |
| 149 | srach | testing again 2 | Tue 07:33 | 0.00% | 0.07 |
| 150 | Jin | testing again 2+ | Tue 07:37 | 0.01% | 1.53 |
| 151 | SY | CatIsWakingUp | Tue 09:09 | 0.18% | 1.62 |
| 152 | Jin | WakingUpIsFun2 | Tue 10:46 | 0.11% | 1.38 |
| 153 | the cyclist | Later, Phil' | Tue 12:09 | 0.00% | 0.94 |
| 154 | MikeR | Steve Zissou | Tue 13:05 | 0.12% | 1.12 |
| 155 | BirdBrain | Bill Murray's Explosive Gerbil | Tue 14:12 | 0.01% | 0.29 |
| 156 | nathan q | Filigree Siberian Hamster 2 | Tue 14:29 | 0.00% | 0.87 |
| 157 | MikeR | Liger | Tue 15:21 | 0.01% | 6.52 |
| 158 | the cyclist | It's pretty much my favorite animal | Tue 21:52 | 0.00% | 7.09 |
| 159 | srach | leave early 36 | Wed 04:58 | 0.01% | 0.51 |
| 160 | srach | leave early 42 | Wed 05:28 | 0.00% | 0.06 |
| 161 | srach | leave early 44 | Wed 05:32 | 0.01% | 0.04 |
| 162 | srach | leave early 45 | Wed 05:34 | 0.01% | 0.31 |
| 163 | srach | leave even earlier 1 | Wed 05:53 | 0.00% | 0.05 |
| 164 | srach | leave even earlier 2 | Wed 05:56 | 0.00% | 0.53 |
| 165 | marc | TimeIsBy | Wed 06:28 | 0.00% | 0.10 |
| 166 | srach | leave even earlier 6 | Wed 06:34 | 0.00% | 0.62 |
| 167 | MikeR | Mary_20 | Wed 07:11 | 0.00% | 0.55 |
| 168 | marc | Favorite animal/2 | Wed 07:44 | 0.00% | 2.17 |
| 169 | SY | randomCat404 | Wed 09:54 | 0.00% | 0.01 |
| 170 | SY | randomCat505 | Wed 09:55 | 0.00% | 0.01 |
| 171 | MikeR | Mary_34 | Wed 09:56 | 0.01% | 0.14 |
| 172 | Alan Chalker | End game 13 | Wed 10:04 | 0.00% | 0.11 |
| 173 | SY | RandomCat606 | Wed 10:11 | 0.00% | 0.05 |
| 174 | the cyclist | Expect this won't | Wed 10:14 | 0.00% | 0.32 |
| 175 | marc | CrazzyButItWorks | Wed 10:33 | 0.00% | 0.17 |
| 176 | David Jones | Boarding Flight 905 | Wed 10:43 | 0.03% | 0.35 |
| 177 | the cyclist | Heinz 57 | Wed 11:04 | 0.00% | 0.06 |
| 178 | Jimmy Ray | JR5 | Wed 11:07 | 0.00% | 0.25 |
| 179 | MikeR | Mary_38 | Wed 11:22 | 0.05% | 0.56 |
| 180 | Yi Cao | Buy a ticket | Wed 11:56 | 0.37% | 5.63 |
Score
This is the most useful diagram for visualizing the contest. It shows the dramatic improvements that occur over time. Each passing entry is a dot, with its submission time on the x-axis and it's score on the y-axis. Since a lower score is better, the dots push down further as time goes on. All entries that took the lead are colored red and the red lines marks the best score at any time. The sample entry is the leftmost red dot and the leader is the last red dot in the lower right.
Some of the leading entries are circled and labeled with the author's name. They show who was making the biggest improvements in score (represented in this plot as a vertical drop in the red line) at any point in the contest.
The improvement in score happens over a huge dynamic range. Early in the contest, it is easy to make big improvements in the score. As the algorithms get better, improvements become increasingly difficult. To show this, we normalize the scores so the best (smallest) score is 1 and the worst score is some power of 10. Then we plot them on a logarithmic scale. This exaggerates the improvements at the end of the contest. By increasing the number of decades we spread the scores over, we increasingly exaggerate the smaller improvements made at the end of the contest.
results vs. cpu time
One of the interesting aspects of the contest is that entries needed to minimize two things at once. Getting the best possible answer must be weighed against the time an entry takes to run. The entry's score is a combination of these two factors. Plotting these two against each other yields a very different picture of the contest.
The leader line is shown in red again in this picture. The gray contours show lines of constant score. In general, the best score is somewhere along the lower-left frontier of shortest time and lowest results. Algorithmic improvements tend to move down and to the right, and they are followed by tweaking battles in which the new algorithm claws its way back down the time axis.
Submissions Over Time
This area plot shows how the total number of entries grows. The green area represents the entries that passed the test suite, and the red area shows those that failed.
Activity by Hour
Each bar represents an hour's worth of entries. The contest has three major phases. The first day is in "darkness", where contestants can submit entries but they can't see any of the entries or their scores. To win this phase, an entry must be general and robust. The second day is "twilight", where we show the scores but not yet the code. This allows contestants to develop their algorithm without anyone else being able to leverage their ideas.
On the histogram, the darkness and twilight phases are the two boxes on the left. The other boxes and vertical gray lines call out other mid-contest challenges.
Participants per Day
We know that one participant may submit hundreds of entries. Let's look at the number of unique participants on each day of the contest.
Most active participants
This bar plot shows the number of entries submitted by our most prolific authors.
Entry length
This plot shows how many characters of code are in each of the leading entries. In regions where you see entries of more or less the same length there are very few differences from one entry to the next. In other places you can see the code getting shorter or longer. The density of the lines also shows how often the lead is changing. It's most impressive when shorter code takes the top spot, either by pruning unneeded computation or by introducing new algorithms. The red line at the top shows the cap on entry length.
Percent improvement
This is a plot of the percent improvement generated by each new leader relative to the previous leader. This lets us see who is responsible for the biggest changes over the contest. The upper frontier of this plot is a sort of hall of fame, and someone whose name appears there more than once managed to make several significant improvements to the score.
Improvements by day
Highlighting all the entries submitted on each day in red shows shows how the overall progression down and to the left. A black circle indicates the leader at the end of each day.
Clans
Submitting an entry by using the "edit" button on an existing entry marks the new entry as a child of the first. Tracing each entry back from parent to parent identifies its oldest ancestor. All the entries that have the same oldest ancestor are in the same "clan". This plot draws lines between each child and its parent and colors the six largest clans. Entries in the same clan that don't have a line between them are connected by an entry that didn't pass (so it doesn't have a score to plot).
