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The 1000! Challenge contest has ended. Congratulations to our winners:

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     Problems for which the best solution was found during the first 48 hours of the contest are omitted.

Problem	Score	Solver		Date Achieved
1000!	218	Jarek Wroblewski	Wroclaw, Poland	12 May 2013 18:00

Click here to show (or hide) the best solutions received for each problem in the contest.

Problem	Score	Solution
1000!	218	Click here to toggle the visibility of this solution 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

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Problem	Solver / Score / Date (Solution)
1000!	Helge Keller	217	14 Jul 2017 21:15
	Click here to toggle the visibility the last improvement submitted after the contest ended 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