"For kicks, he took the tryout test for Harvard’s team. He came in first place."
I knew I recognized him from somewhere! ACM Regionals in New York took place a couple weeks ago. MIT managed to solve 7/8 problems, Harvard solved 3.
No one on our team has been doing competitive programming for nearly as long as some of these guys have. It took me only about a year of (very casual) practice to get to this point. So it doesn't necessarily mean you need to spend every waking moment on TopCoder.
I knew I recognized him from somewhere! ACM Regionals in New York took place a couple weeks ago. MIT managed to solve 7/8 problems, Harvard solved 3.
No one on our team has been doing competitive programming for nearly as long as some of these guys have. It took me only about a year of (very casual) practice to get to this point. So it doesn't necessarily mean you need to spend every waking moment on TopCoder.