Onsite Finalists Announced for 2010 TopCoder Open Programming Tournament

GLASTONBURY, Conn., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- TopCoder®, Inc., the leader in online programming competition, skills assessment and competitive software development platforms, today announced the 82 semifinalist the 2010 TopCoder Open (TCO), the world's foremost competitive computer programming and creative design tournament. The live rounds scheduled for October 11th -14th at the MGM Mirage in Las Vegas., will match the top finalists representing 28 countries within six tournament tracks for a share of $150,000 in prizes. Full details including event schedules, rules and guidelines are available online at http://www.topcoder.com/tco10

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During the past four months of online competition, thousands of skilled competitors from around the globe were narrowed down to these 82 top performers who will now travel from around the world and feature as onsite finalists in the world's premier programming showcase. This year's TCO features competitions in six highly contested tournament tracks - Algorithm, Component Design and Development, Marathon Match, Mod Dash and Studio Design Competitions.

TopCoder competitive events offer sponsors a powerful branding platform within the TopCoder global community of proven developers that provides a unique opportunity to build valuable relationships and to hire some of the best developers in the world.

"The TopCoder Community continues to grow in significance as a center of cyber activity creating new technologies and solutions for our business and public sector partners," said Rob Hughes, President and COO of TopCoder, Inc. "In the digital world, the TCO has become both a high visibility playground and virtual workplace for the next generation of global technology developers."

The 24 Algorithm semifinalists, representing 11 nationalities, are:

• ACRush, China
• AS1_PML30, Russian Federation
• bmerry,  South Africa
• dzhulgakov, Ukraine
• gmark, Denmark
• griffon, Russian Federation
• grotmol, Norway
• izulin, Poland
• kefir, Poland
• Klinck, Ukraine
• liympanda, China
• Louty, China
• lucasr, Argentina
• Mimino, Slovakia
• Onufry, Poland
• PaulJefferys, United Kingdom
• Petr, Russian Federation
• RAD., Russian Federation
• rng_58, Japan
• syg96, Russian Federation
• tomekkulczynski, Poland
• Vasyl[alphacom], Ukraine
• w_, Poland
• wata, Japan

The 15 Design semifinalists, representing 8 countries are:

• argolite, Canada
• Standlove, China
• AleaActaEst, Canada
• saarixx, Ukraine
• mekanizumu, China
• MiG-29, Russian Federation
• caru, Italy
• iogy, Romania
• abkqz, Ukraine
• faeton, Ukraine
• bramandia, Indonesia
• kurtrips, India
• xin135, China
• DanLazar, Romania
• Urmass, Ukraine  

The 15 Development semifinalists, representing 7 countries are:

• Yeung, China
• iversonLv, China
• BeBetter, USA
• iRabbit, China
• flexme, China
• quesks, Philippines
• yext, China
• soso0574, China
• j3_guile, Philippines
• sandaruwang, Sri Lanka
• mumujava, China
• velorien, Romania
• FireIce, China
• Kit1980, Ukraine
• Akinwale, Nigeria

The 12 Marathon Match semifinalists, representing 8 countries are:

• ACRush, China
• ainu7, South Korea
• chokudai, Japan
• doudouille, France
• irakli, Georgia
• jdmetz, USA
• nhzp339, China
• O_O, China
• ploh, USA
• Psyho, Poland
• tpelkone, Finland
• wata, Japan

The 9 Mod Dash semifinalists, representing 6 countries are:

• 2PaVel, Ukraine
• hohosky, China
• humblesunflower, China
• Margarita, Ukraine
• rac_,  Poland
• rst9288, India
• supercharger, India
• TeCNoYoTTa, Egypt
• Yeung, China

The 10 Studio competition semifinalists, representing 7 countries are:

• abedavera, Indonesia
• CMYK, Denmark
• daddum, Indonesia
• djackmania, Indonesia
• djnapier, Australia
• idblack, Indonesia
• kathymak, Hong Kong
• mahestro, Venezuela
• oninkxronda, Philippines
• puchki, India

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