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1000! Challenge
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The 1000! Challenge contest has ended.
Congratulations to our winners:
Position | Winner | Prize | |
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1st | Jarek Wroblewski | Wroclaw, Poland | Twenty-Five Australian Dollars |
2nd | Wes Sampson | La Jolla, California, United States | Bragging Rights |
These are the contestants who submitted the best
solution for each problem. (Problems for which the
best solution was found during the first 48 hours
of the contest are omitted.)
Problem | Score | Solver | Date Achieved | |
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1000! | 218 | Jarek Wroblewski | Wroclaw, Poland | 12 May 2013 18:00 |
These are the best solutions received
for each problem in the contest:
Problem | Score | Solution |
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1000! | 218 | 0+0, 1+1, 2*2, 3-1, 3+4, 5+1, 5+4, 7+3, 8+6, 9+2, 4*4, 11+5, 8*4, 13+0, 14-12, 15+5, 8*5, 17-3, 10*9, 13*10, 15*15, 21-2, 22-19, 23-4, 21+16, 25+3, 16*16, 27-11, 28-2, 27-7, 30+2, 29+11, 32-19, 13*13, 34-2, 35-19, 27+29, 17*17, 38-2, 39-19, 39-10, 41-7, 38+2, 20*7, 44-27, 44+11, 44+35, 20*10, 48-47, 48+30, 50-40, 51-3, 50+27, 44*2, 54-35, 55-37, 55-13, 57-48, 55+9, 59-35, 60+11, 61-44, 62-53, 61+15, 60+13, 59+19, 66-62, 67-21, 52-68, 68+5, 54-24, 71-46, 59+24, 73+19, 74-26, 61+45, 66+61, 77-41, 78-63, 77-22, 80+28, 80+50, 82-13, 83+35, 84-60, 85-64, 81-86, 85+43, 88+39, 77+64, 35*36, 91+54, 92-44, 92+37, 93*91, 95*92, 93+48, 96*97, 39*40, 99-93, 99+54, 101-44, 102*99, 103*101, 102+48, 104*105, 22*23, 106*107, 107+54, 109-44, 108*110, 111*109, 110+48, 113-1, 112*113, 32*33, 115*116, 116+54, 118-114, 118-44, 117*120, 121*118, 120+48, 122*123, 124*94, 125*119, 126*30, 127*28, 98*46, 128*100, 57*31, 131*56, 130*60, 132*58, 129*61, 133*64, 134*62, 53*41, 136*51, 137*63, 135*52, 138*24, 139*71, 141*73, 144*72, 143*67, 146*68, 65*70, 147*80, 78*59, 145*90, 140*82, 142*83, 149*84, 86*37, 154*88, 148*89, 153*25, 151*26, 156*76, 75*42, 160*49, 162*87, 152*69, 163*79, 157*18, 81-52, 167+6, 164*15, 165*5, 30-15, 171-3, 150*172, 43+31, 66+59, 175+14, 176*174, 30-25, 166*178, 35-23, 180-17, 181*20, 82-33, 183*12, 60-30, 184*185, 71-40, 187*39, 188*7, 33-18, 44*190, 186*182, 192*168, 179*182, 193*177, 194*155, 169*168, 196*161, 195*173, 197*155, 198*158, 159*177, 202*161, 203*200, 170*173, 205*158, 206*200, 191*34, 208*208, 209*189, 210*210, 211*199, 212*212, 213*201, 214*214, 215*204, 216*216, 217*207 |
The following noteworthy solutions were received
after the contest ended.
Problem | Solver / Score / Date (Solution) |
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1000! | Helge Keller | 217 | 14 Jul 2017 21:15 |
0+0, 1+1, 2*2, 3-1, 3+4, 1*3, 4+5, 1*5, 6+8, 2+9, 4*4, 5+11, 4*8, 0+13, 14-12, 5+15, 5*8, 17-3, 9*10, 10*13, 15*15, 21-2, 22-19, 23-4, 16+21, 3+25, 16*16, 27-11, 27-7, 2+29, 27-2, 31-19, 13*13, 33-2, 34-19, 28+31, 17*17, 37-2, 38-19, 38-10, 40-7, 2+37, 7*20, 43-27, 11+43, 34+43, 10*20, 47-46, 29+47, 49-39, 50-3, 27+49, 2*43, 53-34, 54-36, 54-13, 56-47, 9+54, 58-34, 11+59, 60-43, 61-52, 15+60, 13+59, 19+58, 65-61, 66-21, 51-67, 5+67, 53-24, 70-45, 24+58, 19+72, 73-26, 44+60, 60+65, 76-40, 77-62, 76-22, 28+79, 49+79, 81-13, 34+82, 83-59, 84-63, 80-85, 42+84, 38+87, 63+76, 34*35, 53+90, 91-43, 36+91, 90*92, 91*94, 47+92, 95*96, 38*39, 98-92, 53+98, 100-43, 98*101, 100*102, 47+101, 103*104, 22*23, 105*106, 53+106, 108-43, 107*109, 108*110, 47+109, 112-1, 111*112, 31*32, 114*115, 53+115, 117-113, 117-43, 116*119, 117*120, 47+119, 121*122, 93*123, 118*124, 29*125, 28*126, 45*97, 99*127, 30*56, 55*130, 59*129, 57*131, 60*128, 63*132, 61*133, 40*52, 50*135, 62*136, 51*134, 24*137, 70*138, 72*140, 71*143, 66*142, 67*145, 64*69, 79*146, 58*77, 89*144, 81*139, 82*141, 83*148, 36*85, 87*153, 88*147, 25*152, 26*150, 75*155, 41*74, 48*159, 86*161, 68*151, 78*162, 18*156, 80-51, 6+166, 15*163, 5*164, 29-15, 170-3, 149*171, 30+42, 58+65, 14+174, 173*175, 29-25, 165*177, 34-23, 179-17, 20*180, 81-32, 12*182, 59-29, 183*184, 70-39, 38*186, 7*187, 32-18, 43*189, 181*185, 167*191, 178*181, 176*192, 154*193, 167*168, 160*195, 172*194, 154*196, 157*197, 158*176, 160*201, 199*202, 169*172, 157*204, 199*205, 33*190, 207*207, 188*208, 209*209, 198*210, 211*211, 200*212, 213*213, 203*214, 215*215, 206*216 |