This year the Canberra site had four teams competing from the ANU. It would be great to get some teams from The University of Canberra and ADFA in next years competition(Assuming they are up to the challenge!).
Team Atra(From ANU) did well getting off to a flying start, however, their lead was eventually clawed back by Silver(From ANU) and Orange(From ANU). All the teams solved the first three problems in under 1 hour and 20 minutes. However, from this point on the task before the teams became considerably more difficult. Interestingly there was only a small number of incorrect solutions submitted. On the problems that the teams successfully completed they only submitted their solutions once. So the only incorrect solutions submitted were on problem teams never successfully completed. This was a nice demonstration of Software Engineering, as teams were able get their programs right the first time. It also made judging easier! Silver(From ANU) winning in the Canberra area with a total of 6 of the 9 problems out.
Overall the contest ran very smoothly, with the pc2 software not causing any problems. Many thanks to Bob Edwards for organizing and setting up the computers and their environment(and for getting the pizza!). Overall everyone concerned found this a challenging and enjoyable day.
Below is a photo of the group of students that competed.
The Australian National University: Atra
The Australian National University: Blue
The Australian National University: Orange
The Australian National University: Silver
Bob working hard keeping the system running.
Below are the provisional results for the Canberra site:
| Rank | Name | Solved | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CB:Silver | 6 | 609 |
| 2 | CB:Orange | 5 | 463 |
| 3 | CB:Atra | 4 | 182 |
| 4 | CB:Blue | 3 | 92 |
The problem set had problems of difference levels of difficulty. Well done to Silver for getting problem 9(problem I in the table below) out and to Orange for getting problem 8(problem H in the table below) out.
| Rank | Name | Solved | Score | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | Total att/solv |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CB:Silver | 6 | 609 | 1/11 | 1/55 | 1/67 | 1/113 | 0/-- | 1/134 | 0/-- | 0/-- | 1/229 | 6/6 |
| 2 | CB:Orange | 5 | 463 | 1/22 | 1/45 | 1/79 | 1/107 | 0/-- | 0/-- | 0/-- | 1/210 | 0/-- | 5/5 |
| 3 | CB:Atra | 4 | 182 | 1/8 | 1/17 | 1/53 | 0/-- | 1/-- | 1/104 | 0/-- | 0/-- | 0/-- | 5/4 |
| 4 | CB:Blue | 3 | 92 | 1/10 | 1/29 | 1/53 | 2/-- | 1/-- | 0/-- | 0/-- | 0/-- | 0/-- | 6/3 |
| Summary | 4/8/4 | 4/17/4 | 4/53/4 | 4/107/2 | 2/--/0 | 2/104/2 | 0/--/0 | 1/210/1 | 1/229/1 | 22/18 |