Facebook social network summed up the Facebook Hacker Cup programming contest, won by Russian Pyotr Mitrichev. In the Palo Alto final, 25 participants from different countries solved three problems in two hours, and Mitrichev, a graduate of Moscow State University, beat rivals by writing a Java program. The prize fund was up to $5000 for first place, and Facebook already plans to make the contest annual.
Representatives of the social network Facebook held the Facebook Hacker Cup programming contest, which was won by a Russian, Petr Mitrichev. The contest ran from January to March, although participants were registered as early as last December.More than 12,000 people applied, whose main hobby is developing various software products, as well as website promotion, etc. Participants submitted answers to the tasks of the first three stages of the contest via the Internet, and just the other day - on March 12 - the final was held at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, where 25 programmers arrived to compete for first place. Among them were representatives of Poland, Russia, the USA, Japan, Ukraine, Germany, the Netherlands, China, Singapore, and Switzerland. Interestingly, Russia was the second country by number of finalists (6 people), having lost only to Poland (7 people).
Over the two-hour final, participants were asked to solve three tasks by writing programs in any language. The winner was MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics graduate Petr Mitrichev, who used Java, unlike most finalists who preferred C++. The prize for first place was $5000, for second place - $2000, for third place - $1000, and the remaining 22 finalists received a consolation $100. The social network Facebook now intends to hold a similar contest every year.