Woodmancy competes in programming competition
On Saturday, February 26, Jacob Woodmancy of Grant took part in the International Collegiate Programming Competition (ICPC).
ICPC contests feature teams of three coders working together to solve difficult problems in an intense 5-hour competition.
Teams attempt to solve as many problems as possible, as fast as possible. The team who solves the most problems wins, with time-to-completion breaking ties.
Teams around the world compete in ICPC qualifying and regional contests, with the top teams advancing to world finals.
The North-Central North America (NCNA) Regional contest posed 13 problems to 96 teams across the Midwest. Concordia was represented by two teams, Nibble Nibblers and Runtime Terrors. Faith Brown, a junior from Concordia, Missouri, Ian Kollipara, a junior from Lincoln, Nebraska, and Neal Patron, a junior from Seward, Nebraska, teamed up as the Nibblers, while Andrew Brandt, a sophomore from Knob Noster, Missouri, Micah Willweber, a sophomore from Kailua, Hawaii, and Jacob Woodmancy, a junior from Grant, Nebraska, competed as the Terrors.
The Nibblers solved five problems, placing 21 out of 96, and the Terrors solved four problems, placing 34. Out of eight GPAC teams competing, Concordia’s teams placed second and third. The full standings can be found at: https://ncna21.kattis.com/standings.
For the teams, it was a fulfilling experience. Andrew Brandt, a member of the Terrors, commented “Solving the problems competitively was a new experience for me and forced me to think of solutions in new ways that would satisfy the given problem. Overall, the competition was great, and I hope to participate in more of them in the future.”
About Concordia
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