Code Jam

I have never planned to do Google Code Jam this year (2008), but in the last minute I registered for the contest.

The qualification round took place on 16th of July which had three questions to be solved within a day. I solved the first question, which was taken me easily to the Online Round 1. :)

Online Round 1 consisted of three sub-rounds where top 840 contestants were advanced to Online Round 2.

All contestants have to choose the most convenient two sub-rounds according to their time zone, etc.. If someone advance to Online Round 2 from their first assigned sub-round, they may not participate in the second assigned sub-round.

But unfortunately I had to participate in only one sub-round and ended up having the rank 1524. :( It's just because of doing damn silly mistakes in a coding contest with 2hr duration. :P

hmmm... that's how I lost Google Code Jam 2008. Better luck next time.