Google Code Jam

Google Code Jam is an international programming competition hosted and administered by Google. The competition began in 2003 as a means to identify top engineering talent for potential employment at Google.^[1] The competition consists of a set of algorithmic problems which must be solved in a fixed amount of time. Competitors may use any programming language and development environment to obtain their solutions.

In 2008, over 11,000 people from more than 128 countries competed for prize money totaling over $80,000, including a top prize of $10,000.^[2] In 2009, total 8605 people competed. The winner was Lou TianCheng (also known as ACRush) from China followed by Qi ZiChao (China) and Iwata Yoichi (Japan).

In 2010, over 10,000 people competed. The winner was Egor Kulikov from Russia followed by Erik-Jan Krijgsman (Netherlands) and Sergey Kopeliovich (Russia).

In 2011, over 20,000 people competed. The winner was Makoto Soejima from Japan followed by Ivan Metelsky (Belarus) and Jakub Pachocki (Poland).

In 2012, over 35,000 people competed. The winner was Jakub Pachocki from Poland followed by Neal Wu (United States) and Michal Forisek (Slovakia).

Past winners[edit]

Tournament	Finals location	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
2014	Los Angeles, United States
2013	London, United Kingdom	Ivan Metelsky	Vasil Bileckiy	Vladislav Isenbaev
2012	New York City, United States	Jakub Pachocki	Neal Wu	Michal Forišek
2011	Tokyo, Japan	Makoto Soejima	Ivan Metelsky	Jakub Pachocki
2010	Dublin, Ireland	Egor Kulikov	Erik-Jan Krijgsman	Sergey Kopeliovich
2009	Mountain View, United States	Tiancheng Lou	Zichao Qi	Yoichi Iwata
2008	Mountain View, United States	Tiancheng Lou	Zeyuan Zhu	Bruce Merry
2006		Petr Mitrichev	Ying Wang	Andrey Stankevich
2005		Marek Cygan	Erik-Jan Krijgsman	Petr Mitrichev
2004		Sergio Sancho	Po Ruh Loh	Reid Barton
2003		Jimmy Mårdell	Christopher Hendrie	Eugene Vasilchenko