Winner Alfonso Nieto-Castanon (lasttry01)
Color Bridge - Statistics
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1000 Node Challenge
These are the best entries submitted before 6PM ET on Tuesday that are less than 1000 nodes in length.
| score | result | time | date | length | title, author | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 6673.12 | 666932 | 80.37 | Tue 17:55 | 993 | HouseOfCat_1000_50, SY |
| #2 | 6676.73 | 667293 | 80.29 | Tue 17:56 | 991 | HouseOfCat_1000_51, SY |
| #3 | 6676.73 | 667293 | 80.42 | Tue 17:57 | 991 | Pori502, Abhisek Ukil |
| #4 | 6678.59 | 667491 | 78.29 | Tue 17:53 | 999 | HouseOfCat_1000_42, SY |
| #5 | 6678.66 | 667488 | 80.06 | Tue 17:57 | 993 | Catty challenge, the cyclist |
| #6 | 6678.78 | 667488 | 81.69 | Tue 17:57 | 993 | HouseOfCat_1000_52, SY |
| #7 | 6679.55 | 667570 | 81.01 | Tue 17:52 | 999 | HouseOfCat_1000_47, SY |
| #8 | 6679.74 | 667638 | 70.89 | Tue 17:54 | 997 | tgx2, the cyclist |
| #9 | 6679.75 | 667638 | 70.94 | Tue 17:58 | 997 | Pori505, Abhbisek Ukil |
| #10 | 6679.75 | 667638 | 71.16 | Tue 17:55 | 997 | 1000 Node Challenge Winner, the cyclist |
| #11 | 6679.76 | 667638 | 71.23 | Tue 17:55 | 997 | Hedge1, the cyclist |
| #12 | 6679.76 | 667638 | 71.25 | Tue 17:56 | 997 | Hedge2, the cyclist |
| #13 | 6679.76 | 667638 | 71.38 | Tue 17:56 | 997 | Hedge3, the cyclist |
| #14 | 6679.77 | 667638 | 71.53 | Tue 17:56 | 997 | Pori501, Abhisek Ukil |
| #15 | 6679.86 | 667613 | 79.30 | Tue 17:45 | 991 | Pori 447, Abhisek Ukil |
| #16 | 6679.87 | 667613 | 79.47 | Tue 17:49 | 990 | Pori451, Abhisek Ukil |
| #17 | 6679.87 | 667613 | 79.49 | Tue 17:43 | 991 | TheLastMonkey @ sick 3, Fel |
| #18 | 6679.88 | 667613 | 79.64 | Tue 17:44 | 985 | TheLastMonkey @ sick 4, Fel |
| #19 | 6679.89 | 667613 | 79.60 | Tue 17:42 | 995 | TheLastMonkey @ sick 2, Fel |
| #20 | 6679.89 | 667613 | 79.89 | Tue 17:54 | 985 | TheLastMonkey @ sick 7, Fel |
| #21 | 6679.90 | 667613 | 79.84 | Tue 17:54 | 992 | tgx5 sick, the cyclist |
| #22 | 6679.95 | 667613 | 80.62 | Tue 17:48 | 990 | TheLastMonkey @ sick 5, Fel |
| #23 | 6679.95 | 667638 | 76.43 | Tue 17:37 | 985 | TLM @ nd 4, Fel |
| #24 | 6679.95 | 667638 | 76.24 | Tue 17:34 | 997 | Gal and Omri TakeFinal237, Omri and Gal |
| #25 | 6679.95 | 667638 | 76.46 | Tue 17:28 | 987 | TLM @ nd 3, Fel |
Saturday Leap
This listing shows how much each entry that took the lead on Saturday improved on the previous top score.
| change | time | title, author |
|---|---|---|
| 17.8800 | 16:45 | Just Checking Again, Nick Howe |
| 14.1723 | 18:07 | Go ahead, Gwendolyn Fisch |
| 12.7892 | 00:01 | QDuo3b, Nick Howe |
| 11.9156 | 18:46 | GoodNight, Gwendolyn Fisch |
| 4.2098 | 00:01 | QCombo3, Nick Howe |
| 3.3821 | 19:04 | I always wanted to tweak, Gwendolyn Fisch |
| 2.2127 | 09:30 | Step One, MikeR |
| 1.0803 | 20:33 | Ben Rittberg v2, Jan Langer |
| 0.7015 | 03:01 | RandSeedPartB6, Alan Chalker |
| 0.5236 | 03:00 | RandSeedPartB2, Alan Chalker |
| 0.2206 | 13:17 | Barbershop, MikeR |
| 0.1861 | 03:00 | RandSeedPartB3, Alan Chalker |
| 0.1835 | 20:48 | Tweak theory 10, Abhisek Ukil |
| 0.1770 | 02:45 | RandSeed2, Alan Chalker |
| 0.1311 | 21:34 | PORI, Abhisek Ukil |
| 0.1072 | 10:18 | 10:19am, MikeR |
| 0.0923 | 10:18 | Little Is not Sufficient, MikeR |
| 0.0745 | 23:46 | ComplicatedMess1, Alan Chalker |
| 0.0636 | 09:25 | Deprecated, MikeR |
| 0.0632 | 13:26 | Quartet, the cyclist |
| 0.0427 | 10:19 | 10:21am, MikeR |
| 0.0250 | 02:47 | RandSeed11, Alan Chalker |
| 0.0250 | 10:18 | Can't move ahead if you don't start at Step One, MikeR |
| 0.0177 | 19:40 | tweak theory, Abhisek Ukil |
| 0.0147 | 21:52 | PORI & Boidehi, Abhisek Ukil |
| 0.0145 | 03:01 | RandSeedPartB9, Alan Chalker |
| 0.0101 | 18:55 | unity, Abhisek Ukil |
| 0.0019 | 19:32 | unity tweak, Abhisek Ukil |
| 0.0010 | 22:11 | PORI & Boidehi &, Abhisek Ukil |
Best Per Phase
The top 25 contestant's best entry in each phase.
Top contestants during darkness
| contestant | date | score | result | time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Howe | Thu 10:18 | 6986 | 697927 (cyc: 15, node: 1189) | 54 |
| 2 | Greg S | Thu 10:54 | 7081 | 707853 (cyc: 8, node: 1153) | 89 |
| 3 | Per Rutquist | Thu 11:54 | 7320 | 730453 (cyc: 11, node: 762) | 114 |
| 4 | Anders | Thu 11:33 | 7637 | 744179 (cyc: 11, node: 669) | 146 |
| 5 | Survion | Thu 09:58 | 7688 | 768791 (cyc: 5, node: 532) | 29 |
| 6 | WillDampier | Thu 11:42 | 7856 | 785239 (cyc: 12, node: 1446) | 33 |
| 7 | David Jones | Thu 09:35 | 7905 | 790008 (cyc: 14, node: 992) | 67 |
| 8 | Gerbert Myburgh | Thu 10:22 | 7970 | 794912 (cyc: 30, node: 1293) | 43 |
| 9 | Alan Chalker | Thu 11:52 | 8006 | 799042 (cyc: 14, node: 877) | 111 |
| 10 | wws | Thu 11:54 | 8041 | 804090 (cyc: 4, node: 415) | 33 |
| 11 | Jan Langer | Thu 11:40 | 8068 | 806654 (cyc: 11, node: 538) | 21 |
| 12 | Jack Snoeyink | Thu 10:25 | 8165 | 814998 (cyc: 24, node: 859) | 3 |
| 13 | DreadNox | Wed 21:52 | 8176 | 815325 (cyc: 32, node: 703) | 31 |
| 14 | B-Lo | Thu 02:01 | 8251 | 824785 (cyc: 12, node: 869) | 33 |
| 15 | Seth Kosowsky | Thu 06:52 | 8474 | 845627 (cyc: 23, node: 316) | 100 |
| 16 | Paulo | Thu 00:53 | 8601 | 859842 (cyc: 12, node: 778) | 0 |
| 17 | sjh | Thu 11:54 | 8654 | 796242 (cyc: 3, node: 386) | 161 |
| 18 | Nieto-Castanon | Thu 04:04 | 8716 | 871478 (cyc: 6, node: 1052) | 47 |
| 19 | Guy M | Thu 07:49 | 9023 | 892583 (cyc: 23, node: 360) | 136 |
| 20 | Jonathan Cowan | Thu 11:10 | 9912 | 991087 (cyc: 10, node: 498) | 66 |
| 21 | Darren Rowland | Thu 03:57 | 10193 | 839453 (cyc: 15, node: 774) | 173 |
| 22 | CTCSPA | Thu 09:40 | 13940 | 1393969 (cyc: 1, node: 41) | 0 |
| 23 | Erhan Turan | Thu 11:18 | 16776 | 1677606 (cyc: 1, node: 50) | 0 |
| 24 | MikeR | Wed 12:47 | 20643 | 2064321 (cyc: 1, node: 46) | 0 |
| 25 | Brian Lause | Wed 19:57 | 21365 | 2135714 (cyc: 18, node: 325) | 0 |
Top contestants during twilight
| contestant | date | score | result | time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oliver Woodford | Thu 22:18 | 6705 | 669651 (cyc: 6, node: 1205) | 107 |
| 2 | Per Rutquist | Fri 11:58 | 6876 | 684154 (cyc: 12, node: 981) | 124 |
| 3 | Nick Howe | Fri 11:44 | 6960 | 695468 (cyc: 14, node: 989) | 45 |
| 4 | Greg S | Thu 16:44 | 7082 | 704864 (cyc: 8, node: 1154) | 124 |
| 5 | Survion | Fri 11:48 | 7127 | 712560 (cyc: 9, node: 1007) | 69 |
| 6 | Nieto-Castanon | Fri 03:40 | 7183 | 718122 (cyc: 8, node: 1299) | 35 |
| 7 | Jan Langer | Fri 10:27 | 7306 | 724082 (cyc: 13, node: 1143) | 132 |
| 8 | Markus | Fri 10:08 | 7322 | 730823 (cyc: 22, node: 1813) | 10 |
| 9 | Seth Kosowsky | Fri 11:40 | 7332 | 732617 (cyc: 14, node: 1669) | 33 |
| 10 | WillDampier | Thu 15:17 | 7543 | 753324 (cyc: 18, node: 1689) | 37 |
| 11 | David Jones | Thu 21:28 | 7644 | 763837 (cyc: 14, node: 1582) | 64 |
| 12 | Anders | Fri 02:32 | 7688 | 745495 (cyc: 11, node: 730) | 148 |
| 13 | SY | Thu 13:08 | 7755 | 775428 (cyc: 6, node: 919) | 11 |
| 14 | Mike Bindschadler | Fri 06:48 | 7761 | 774600 (cyc: 23, node: 1542) | 74 |
| 15 | Darren Rowland | Fri 04:21 | 7791 | 778391 (cyc: 15, node: 1031) | 79 |
| 16 | Ji Get | Fri 06:39 | 7833 | 783241 (cyc: 6, node: 682) | 23 |
| 17 | wws | Fri 03:21 | 7839 | 783884 (cyc: 5, node: 427) | 29 |
| 18 | sjh | Fri 11:39 | 7930 | 792986 (cyc: 4, node: 529) | 31 |
| 19 | the cyclist | Thu 18:34 | 7942 | 792618 (cyc: 23, node: 407) | 95 |
| 20 | Gerbert Myburgh | Thu 17:19 | 7955 | 793828 (cyc: 25, node: 1125) | 70 |
| 21 | DreadNox | Thu 22:53 | 7964 | 796366 (cyc: 10, node: 795) | 11 |
| 22 | B-Lo | Thu 18:36 | 7975 | 797177 (cyc: 12, node: 888) | 18 |
| 23 | Paulo | Thu 22:30 | 8016 | 800084 (cyc: 24, node: 957) | 0 |
| 24 | CTCSPA | Fri 11:48 | 8025 | 800549 (cyc: 27, node: 1569) | 75 |
| 25 | Sebastian Schueppel | Fri 09:18 | 8029 | 802571 (cyc: 13, node: 676) | 51 |
Top contestants during leap
| contestant | date | score | result | time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alan Chalker | Sat 23:46 | 6586 | 658404 (cyc: 9, node: 1993) | 59 |
| 2 | Abhisek Ukil | Sat 22:11 | 6586 | 658404 (cyc: 9, node: 2071) | 59 |
| 3 | Jan Langer | Sat 20:33 | 6587 | 658418 (cyc: 9, node: 2264) | 59 |
| 4 | Gwendolyn Fisch | Sat 19:04 | 6588 | 658526 (cyc: 9, node: 2279) | 59 |
| 5 | Gerbert Myburgh | Sat 19:02 | 6603 | 659055 (cyc: 19, node: 3645) | 60 |
| 6 | Nick Howe | Sat 16:45 | 6617 | 661511 (cyc: 9, node: 1952) | 55 |
| 7 | SY | Sat 17:19 | 6618 | 661511 (cyc: 9, node: 1982) | 79 |
| 8 | G M | Sat 18:34 | 6621 | 660877 (cyc: 19, node: 2935) | 56 |
| 9 | the cyclist | Sat 13:26 | 6635 | 663037 (cyc: 9, node: 1942) | 95 |
| 10 | MikeR | Sat 14:28 | 6635 | 663037 (cyc: 9, node: 1942) | 95 |
| 11 | G Marks | Sat 09:02 | 6639 | 663539 (cyc: 9, node: 1961) | 88 |
| 12 | Oliver Woodford | Sat 05:44 | 6728 | 668183 (cyc: 11, node: 1164) | 128 |
| 13 | Philippe Hamel | Sat 10:25 | 8013 | 801210 (cyc: 8, node: 601) | 29 |
| 14 | nathan q | Sat 18:35 | 8025 | 801548 (cyc: 7, node: 1234) | 108 |
| 15 | DreadNox | Sat 15:38 | 8167 | 816510 (cyc: 10, node: 886) | 87 |
| 16 | Sebastian | Sat 11:41 | 8360 | 835896 (cyc: 2, node: 726) | 56 |
| 17 | Chethan C U | Sat 00:39 | 10315 | 1030527 (cyc: 19, node: 514) | 5 |
| 18 | Sanjith Zacharia | Sat 15:31 | 18039 | 1801507 (cyc: 32, node: 1435) | 45 |
| 19 | chethan | Sat 09:45 | 23201 | 2320000 (cyc: 5, node: 543) | 6 |
| 20 | Danila | Sat 00:33 | 26454 | 2645421 (cyc: 1, node: 12) | 0 |
Top contestants during push
| contestant | date | score | result | time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alan Chalker | Sun 23:55 | 6573 | 657026 (cyc: 10, node: 2061) | 66 |
| 2 | SY | Sun 23:58 | 6574 | 657170 (cyc: 10, node: 2049) | 65 |
| 3 | Fel | Sun 18:36 | 6574 | 657215 (cyc: 9, node: 2053) | 65 |
| 4 | Abhisek Ukil | Sun 18:52 | 6574 | 657215 (cyc: 9, node: 2050) | 65 |
| 5 | MikeR | Sun 18:39 | 6574 | 657215 (cyc: 9, node: 2051) | 65 |
| 6 | Omri and Gal | Sun 19:00 | 6574 | 657215 (cyc: 9, node: 2060) | 65 |
| 7 | Christian Ylämäki | Sun 17:48 | 6576 | 657313 (cyc: 9, node: 2051) | 71 |
| 8 | Gal and Omri | Sun 18:27 | 6580 | 657813 (cyc: 10, node: 1971) | 60 |
| 9 | the cyclist | Sun 09:23 | 6586 | 658404 (cyc: 9, node: 1967) | 59 |
| 10 | Anders | Sun 03:48 | 6586 | 658404 (cyc: 9, node: 1993) | 59 |
| 11 | Sebastian | Sun 18:07 | 6588 | 658404 (cyc: 12, node: 2138) | 69 |
| 12 | Sanjith Zacharia | Sun 08:17 | 8183 | 814311 (cyc: 47, node: 2015) | 75 |
Contributions in Daylight
This listing shows how much each contestant improved on the top score over the course of the day.
Friday
| 21.522 | Nick Howe | |
| 8.585 | 19:56 | Combo1 |
| 12.910 | 19:59 | Gleaner4 |
| 0.026 | 23:11 | Glean Faster |
| 20.738 | MikeR | |
| 0.085 | 13:34 | Deacon 2 |
| 2.651 | 13:44 | Find that Path to the front! |
| 3.070 | 16:12 | Push forward |
| 14.688 | 19:34 | Climbing the Stairs |
| 0.180 | 19:34 | Getting Late or Early? |
| 0.063 | 19:35 | Deacon Time |
| 0.001 | 19:35 | I've got to Go |
| 6.387 | Oliver Woodford | |
| 6.090 | 13:01 | Basic Dijkstra |
| 0.214 | 15:57 | Tweaktastic 3 |
| 0.035 | 18:20 | Tweaktastic 6 |
| 0.048 | 19:23 | Speed tweak |
| 0.159 | Alan Chalker | |
| 0.032 | 18:05 | ACTweak3 |
| 0.035 | 18:10 | ACTweak5 |
| 0.056 | 18:33 | ACTweak7 |
| 0.035 | 18:35 | ACTweak8 |
| 0.040 | Fel | |
| 0.015 | 18:46 | MonkeyTweak 2 |
| 0.010 | 18:54 | MonkeyTweak 3 |
| 0.011 | 19:17 | Failed tweak 2 |
| 0.004 | 19:29 | Monkey Tweak 5 |
| 0.035 | the cyclist | |
| 0.034 | 22:14 | Glean that |
| 0.000 | 23:08 | If glean, else glean |
Saturday
| 34.879 | Nick Howe | |
| 12.789 | 00:01 | QDuo3b |
| 4.210 | 00:01 | QCombo3 |
| 17.880 | 16:45 | Just Checking Again |
| 29.470 | Gwendolyn Fisch | |
| 14.172 | 18:07 | Go ahead |
| 11.916 | 18:46 | GoodNight |
| 3.382 | 19:04 | I always wanted to tweak |
| 2.764 | MikeR | |
| 0.064 | 09:25 | Deprecated |
| 2.213 | 09:30 | Step One |
| 0.025 | 10:18 | Can't move ahead if you don't start at Step One |
| 0.092 | 10:18 | Little Is not Sufficient |
| 0.107 | 10:18 | 10:19am |
| 0.043 | 10:19 | 10:21am |
| 0.221 | 13:17 | Barbershop |
| 1.702 | Alan Chalker | |
| 0.177 | 02:45 | RandSeed2 |
| 0.025 | 02:47 | RandSeed11 |
| 0.524 | 03:00 | RandSeedPartB2 |
| 0.186 | 03:00 | RandSeedPartB3 |
| 0.702 | 03:01 | RandSeedPartB6 |
| 0.015 | 03:01 | RandSeedPartB9 |
| 0.075 | 23:46 | ComplicatedMess1 |
| 1.080 | Jan Langer | |
| 1.080 | 20:33 | Ben Rittberg v2 |
| 0.360 | Abhisek Ukil | |
| 0.010 | 18:55 | unity |
| 0.002 | 19:32 | unity tweak |
| 0.018 | 19:40 | tweak theory |
| 0.184 | 20:48 | Tweak theory 10 |
| 0.131 | 21:34 | PORI |
| 0.015 | 21:52 | PORI & Boidehi |
| 0.001 | 22:11 | PORI & Boidehi & |
| 0.063 | the cyclist | |
| 0.063 | 13:26 | Quartet |
Sunday
| 5.684 | MikeR | |
| 0.548 | 12:36 | Small may be good today? |
| 0.013 | 14:09 | Quick |
| 0.001 | 15:56 | Up Down |
| 0.793 | 16:13 | I didn't want to do this |
| 4.327 | 16:23 | Cya Later |
| 0.001 | 17:34 | Red and Green |
| 0.001 | 17:41 | Pink recliner |
| 4.234 | Abhisek Ukil | |
| 0.002 | 07:38 | Pori Try 1 |
| 0.001 | 09:17 | Pori tweak 2 |
| 0.005 | 09:21 | Pori tweak 3 |
| 0.004 | 09:36 | Pori tweak 6 |
| 0.002 | 14:09 | Pori cat2 |
| 2.228 | 15:04 | Pori cat 20 |
| 0.209 | 15:13 | Pori cat 22 |
| 0.644 | 15:15 | Pori cat 23 |
| 0.001 | 16:44 | Pori23 |
| 0.006 | 16:45 | Pori25 |
| 1.134 | 17:57 | Pori69 |
| 1.755 | SY | |
| 0.001 | 12:32 | Tweak Cat 2000 |
| 0.003 | 12:43 | Tweak Cat 3000 |
| 0.177 | 13:57 | Tweak Cat 3002 |
| 1.242 | 13:58 | Tweak Cat 3003 |
| 0.002 | 18:50 | CatTestPoiri100b |
| 0.326 | 21:57 | SmplCat6039a |
| 0.003 | 22:16 | SmplCat6139 |
| 1.526 | Alan Chalker | |
| 0.006 | 22:38 | SundayTweaks1 |
| 0.011 | 22:42 | SundayTweaks3 |
| 0.030 | 22:54 | SundayTweaks4 |
| 0.019 | 23:02 | SundayTweaks5 |
| 0.014 | 23:05 | SundayTweaks6 |
| 0.013 | 23:11 | SundayTweaks7 |
| 0.017 | 23:15 | SundayTweaks9 |
| 1.416 | 23:55 | SundayTweaks33 |
| 0.378 | Christian Ylämäki | |
| 0.278 | 16:13 | No matlab 2 |
| 0.100 | 17:48 | No matlab 17 |
| 0.016 | the cyclist | |
| 0.002 | 08:33 | Pori Man Richi Man |
| 0.014 | 09:23 | Tweak man, tweak man |
| 0.008 | Anders | |
| 0.008 | 03:48 | switch at 30 |
| 0.002 | Fel | |
| 0.002 | 18:36 | TheLastMonkey - double |
Monday
| 1.410 | MikeR | |
| 0.262 | 12:43 | Down |
| 0.142 | 12:50 | FTY |
| 0.550 | 12:55 | Far fugu |
| 0.448 | 19:00 | 16 |
| 0.010 | 19:01 | 17 |
| 1.132 | Abhisek Ukil | |
| 1.108 | 13:26 | Pori114 |
| 0.006 | 13:39 | Pori116 |
| 0.013 | 15:02 | Pori 142 |
| 0.005 | 15:04 | Pori143 |
| 0.507 | Gwendolyn Fisch | |
| 0.507 | 16:23 | The easy way |
| 0.112 | Omri and Gal | |
| 0.015 | 01:18 | Gal and Omri TakeFinal3 |
| 0.006 | 01:28 | Gal and Omri TakeFinal9 |
| 0.015 | 16:42 | Gal and Omri TakeFinal33 |
| 0.077 | 19:07 | Gal and Omri TakeFinal45 |
| 0.029 | nathan q | |
| 0.029 | 13:59 | kerpow |
| 0.014 | SY | |
| 0.014 | 13:34 | CatPori114 |
| 0.010 | the cyclist | |
| 0.004 | 15:25 | k2 |
| 0.005 | 15:27 | k4 |
| 0.001 | Fel | |
| 0.001 | 13:08 | TLM @ speed again |
Tuesday
| 0.834 | Amtu | |
| 0.760 | 01:02 | tweakster22-svst |
| 0.073 | 02:05 | The Battle of Score & Time #3 |
| 0.824 | Gwendolyn Fisch | |
| 0.733 | 18:05 | I knew something was wrong 2 |
| 0.092 | 18:12 | I hate contests without matlab at hand 2 |
| 0.278 | Magnus | |
| 0.035 | 05:31 | Fiddling around at noon |
| 0.146 | 10:35 | Some say that he knows two facts about ducks ... and both of them are wrong. |
| 0.005 | 11:04 | Some say that his sweat can be used to clean precious metals |
| 0.092 | 11:39 | Some say he never blinks |
| 0.015 | Gal and Omri | |
| 0.015 | 16:04 | Gal and Omri TakeFinal201 |
| 0.011 | Omri and Gal | |
| 0.011 | 11:11 | Gal and Omri TakeFinal153 |
Wednesday
| 29.419 | Nieto-Castanon | |
| 29.419 | 11:55 | lasttry01 |
| 1.405 | Magnus | |
| 0.163 | 05:40 | Some say that his crash helmet is modelled on Britney Spears' head |
| 1.216 | 11:00 | Some say that he thinks that "credit-crunch" is some kind of a breakfast cereal |
| 0.025 | 11:34 | Some say that he really invented November |
| 0.840 | MikeR | |
| 0.840 | 11:58 | A27 |
| 0.274 | the cyclist | |
| 0.273 | 11:14 | 35 red balloons? |
| 0.001 | 11:30 | Last 35 monkeys |
| 0.053 | Alan Chalker | |
| 0.009 | 10:14 | EndTweak1 |
| 0.006 | 10:16 | EndTweak2 |
| 0.017 | 10:28 | EndTweak5 |
| 0.021 | 11:52 | Rand Tweak 382996 |
| 0.021 | Gal and Omri | |
| 0.003 | 07:26 | Gal and Omri TakeFinal282 |
| 0.004 | 07:28 | Gal and Omri TakeFinal283 |
| 0.013 | 07:34 | Gal and Omri TakeFinal285 |
| 0.002 | 07:37 | Gal and Omri TakeFinal287 |
Best Result
These are the first entries to break through each result barrier, ignoring time.
| result | time | cpu | title, author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2645421 | Wed 12:01 | 0.02 | Sample Entry, MATLAB Contest Team |
| 1545415 | Wed 12:10 | 0.02 | Try Anything, Nick Howe |
| 838603 | Wed 13:59 | 0.46 | Simple Solver 4, Nick Howe |
| 823566 | Wed 16:00 | 16.99 | Basic Solver, Nick Howe |
| 760206 | Wed 16:27 | 14.87 | Choice Solver, Nick Howe |
| 758339 | Wed 21:34 | 15.57 | Delay, Nick Howe |
| 750790 | Thu 09:10 | 15.65 | Switcheroo, Nick Howe |
| 717542 | Thu 09:38 | 14.75 | Switcheroo 2, Nick Howe |
| 698090 | Thu 10:10 | 40.57 | MultiTab, Nick Howe |
| 697927 | Thu 10:18 | 54.33 | DuoTab2, Nick Howe |
| 696596 | Thu 17:35 | 75.45 | Dijkstra-esque reordered, Oliver Woodford |
| 669651 | Thu 22:18 | 107.32 | Guy Fawkes 2, Oliver Woodford |
| 669612 | Fri 13:01 | 91.13 | Basic Dijkstra, Oliver Woodford |
| 669479 | Fri 13:44 | 76.33 | Find that Path to the front!, MikeR |
| 669225 | Fri 14:50 | 97.22 | Tweaktastic 1, Oliver Woodford |
| 669112 | Fri 16:12 | 82.46 | Push forward, MikeR |
| 669039 | Fri 17:18 | 102.80 | Tweaktastic 4, Oliver Woodford |
| 669021 | Fri 17:57 | 91.97 | Tweaktastic 5, Oliver Woodford |
| 667613 | Fri 19:34 | 82.69 | Climbing the Stairs, MikeR |
| 665374 | Fri 19:55 | 131.20 | Cut'n'Paste Engineering 1, Anders |
| 664446 | Fri 19:55 | 132.86 | Cut'n'Paste Engineering 2, Anders |
| 663498 | Fri 19:56 | 122.95 | Combo1, Nick Howe |
| 662350 | Fri 19:59 | 127.12 | Combo3, Nick Howe |
| 661511 | Sat 16:45 | 54.73 | Just Checking Again, Nick Howe |
| 660083 | Sat 17:53 | 144.55 | ECat, SY |
| 659954 | Sat 18:25 | 53.11 | Hugo Boss, Abhisek Ukil |
| 658526 | Sat 18:46 | 59.54 | GoodNight, Gwendolyn Fisch |
| 658418 | Sat 20:33 | 58.74 | Ben Rittberg v2, Jan Langer |
| 658404 | Sat 21:34 | 59.65 | PORI, Abhisek Ukil |
| 658350 | Sun 12:36 | 57.98 | Small may be good today?, MikeR |
| 658332 | Sun 13:57 | 57.51 | Tweak Cat 3002, SY |
| 658206 | Sun 13:58 | 58.73 | Tweak Cat 3003, SY |
| 657983 | Sun 15:04 | 57.51 | Pori cat 20, Abhisek Ukil |
| 657962 | Sun 15:13 | 57.65 | Pori cat 22, Abhisek Ukil |
| 657898 | Sun 15:15 | 57.47 | Pori cat 23, Abhisek Ukil |
| 657860 | Sun 16:13 | 59.95 | No matlab 2, Christian Ylämäki |
| 657790 | Sun 16:13 | 57.68 | I didn't want to do this, MikeR |
| 657349 | Sun 16:23 | 58.60 | Cya Later, MikeR |
| 657313 | Sun 17:48 | 71.37 | No matlab 17, Christian Ylämäki |
| 657215 | Sun 17:57 | 65.20 | Pori69, Abhisek Ukil |
| 657035 | Sun 18:05 | 103.25 | A, MikeR |
| 657026 | Sun 23:55 | 66.21 | SundayTweaks33, Alan Chalker |
| 656852 | Mon 09:57 | 172.73 | TLM @ tweaking, Fel |
| 656767 | Mon 12:32 | 105.45 | Break Time, MikeR |
| 656642 | Mon 12:37 | 117.75 | Tada, MikeR |
| 656511 | Mon 16:41 | 112.29 | Back to cardassia, Gwendolyn Fisch |
| 656489 | Mon 20:03 | 115.11 | 80-, MikeR |
| 656389 | Tue 18:05 | 85.58 | I knew something was wrong 2, Gwendolyn Fisch |
| 656296 | Tue 18:11 | 115.08 | I am out 2, Gwendolyn Fisch |
| 656122 | Wed 08:32 | 91.32 | My last submission, Gwendolyn Fisch |
| 656029 | Wed 08:33 | 123.40 | I knew it could be done, Gwendolyn Fisch |
| 651276 | Wed 11:55 | 114.12 | lasttry01, Nieto-Castanon |
| 651229 | Wed 11:56 | 131.20 | lasttry02, Nieto-Castanon |
| 651226 | Wed 11:56 | 140.36 | lasttry03, Nieto-Castanon |
All the Leaders
Here is a chronological list of the entries that held the number one spot, listed with the date submitted, the percent improvement in score, and the length of time each spent on top.
| contestant | title | date | % imp | hours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MATLAB Contest Team | Sample Entry | Wed 12:01 | Inf% | 0.15 |
| 2 | Nick Howe | Try Anything | Wed 12:10 | 41.58% | 1.83 |
| 3 | Nick Howe | Simple Solver 4 | Wed 13:59 | 45.72% | 2.02 |
| 4 | Nick Howe | Basic Solver | Wed 16:00 | 1.81% | 0.44 |
| 5 | Nick Howe | Choice Solver | Wed 16:27 | 7.69% | 5.11 |
| 6 | Nick Howe | Delay | Wed 21:34 | 0.25% | 11.61 |
| 7 | Nick Howe | Switcheroo | Thu 09:10 | 0.93% | 0.46 |
| 8 | Nick Howe | Switcheroo 2 | Thu 09:38 | 4.45% | 0.52 |
| 9 | Nick Howe | MultiTab | Thu 10:10 | 2.69% | 0.15 |
| 10 | Nick Howe | DuoTab2 | Thu 10:18 | 0.01% | 7.28 |
| 11 | Oliver Woodford | Dijkstra-esque reordered | Thu 17:35 | 0.26% | 4.71 |
| 12 | Oliver Woodford | Guy Fawkes 2 | Thu 22:18 | 3.76% | 14.71 |
| 13 | Oliver Woodford | Basic Dijkstra | Fri 13:01 | 0.09% | 0.55 |
| 14 | MikeR | Deacon 2 | Fri 13:34 | 0.00% | 0.16 |
| 15 | MikeR | Find that Path to the front! | Fri 13:44 | 0.04% | 2.23 |
| 16 | Oliver Woodford | Tweaktastic 3 | Fri 15:57 | 0.00% | 0.25 |
| 17 | MikeR | Push forward | Fri 16:12 | 0.05% | 1.88 |
| 18 | Alan Chalker | ACTweak3 | Fri 18:05 | 0.00% | 0.07 |
| 19 | Alan Chalker | ACTweak5 | Fri 18:10 | 0.00% | 0.16 |
| 20 | Oliver Woodford | Tweaktastic 6 | Fri 18:20 | 0.00% | 0.23 |
| 21 | Alan Chalker | ACTweak7 | Fri 18:33 | 0.00% | 0.03 |
| 22 | Alan Chalker | ACTweak8 | Fri 18:35 | 0.00% | 0.19 |
| 23 | Fel | MonkeyTweak 2 | Fri 18:46 | 0.00% | 0.14 |
| 24 | Fel | MonkeyTweak 3 | Fri 18:54 | 0.00% | 0.38 |
| 25 | Fel | Failed tweak 2 | Fri 19:17 | 0.00% | 0.10 |
| 26 | Oliver Woodford | Speed tweak | Fri 19:23 | 0.00% | 0.10 |
| 27 | Fel | Monkey Tweak 5 | Fri 19:29 | 0.00% | 0.08 |
| 28 | MikeR | Climbing the Stairs | Fri 19:34 | 0.22% | 0.01 |
| 29 | MikeR | Getting Late or Early? | Fri 19:34 | 0.00% | 0.01 |
| 30 | MikeR | Deacon Time | Fri 19:35 | 0.00% | 0.00 |
| 31 | MikeR | I've got to Go | Fri 19:35 | 0.00% | 0.35 |
| 32 | Nick Howe | Combo1 | Fri 19:56 | 0.13% | 0.04 |
| 33 | Nick Howe | Gleaner4 | Fri 19:59 | 0.19% | 2.26 |
| 34 | the cyclist | Glean that | Fri 22:14 | 0.00% | 0.90 |
| 35 | the cyclist | If glean, else glean | Fri 23:08 | 0.00% | 0.05 |
| 36 | Nick Howe | Glean Faster | Fri 23:11 | 0.00% | 0.82 |
| 37 | Nick Howe | QDuo3b | Sat 00:01 | 0.19% | 0.00 |
| 38 | Nick Howe | QCombo3 | Sat 00:01 | 0.06% | 2.75 |
| 39 | Alan Chalker | RandSeed2 | Sat 02:45 | 0.00% | 0.03 |
| 40 | Alan Chalker | RandSeed11 | Sat 02:47 | 0.00% | 0.21 |
| 41 | Alan Chalker | RandSeedPartB2 | Sat 03:00 | 0.01% | 0.00 |
| 42 | Alan Chalker | RandSeedPartB3 | Sat 03:00 | 0.00% | 0.02 |
| 43 | Alan Chalker | RandSeedPartB6 | Sat 03:01 | 0.01% | 0.01 |
| 44 | Alan Chalker | RandSeedPartB9 | Sat 03:01 | 0.00% | 6.40 |
| 45 | MikeR | Deprecated | Sat 09:25 | 0.00% | 0.08 |
| 46 | MikeR | Step One | Sat 09:30 | 0.03% | 0.80 |
| 47 | MikeR | Can't move ahead if you don't start at Step One | Sat 10:18 | 0.00% | 0.00 |
| 48 | MikeR | Little Is not Sufficient | Sat 10:18 | 0.00% | 0.01 |
| 49 | MikeR | 10:19am | Sat 10:18 | 0.00% | 0.01 |
| 50 | MikeR | 10:21am | Sat 10:19 | 0.00% | 2.96 |
| 51 | MikeR | Barbershop | Sat 13:17 | 0.00% | 0.15 |
| 52 | the cyclist | Quartet | Sat 13:26 | 0.00% | 3.33 |
| 53 | Nick Howe | Just Checking Again | Sat 16:45 | 0.27% | 1.37 |
| 54 | Gwendolyn Fisch | Go ahead | Sat 18:07 | 0.21% | 0.65 |
| 55 | Gwendolyn Fisch | GoodNight | Sat 18:46 | 0.18% | 0.15 |
| 56 | Abhisek Ukil | unity | Sat 18:55 | 0.00% | 0.16 |
| 57 | Gwendolyn Fisch | I always wanted to tweak | Sat 19:04 | 0.05% | 0.47 |
| 58 | Abhisek Ukil | unity tweak | Sat 19:32 | 0.00% | 0.13 |
| 59 | Abhisek Ukil | tweak theory | Sat 19:40 | 0.00% | 0.88 |
| 60 | Jan Langer | Ben Rittberg v2 | Sat 20:33 | 0.02% | 0.25 |
| 61 | Abhisek Ukil | Tweak theory 10 | Sat 20:48 | 0.00% | 0.77 |
| 62 | Abhisek Ukil | PORI | Sat 21:34 | 0.00% | 0.30 |
| 63 | Abhisek Ukil | PORI & Boidehi | Sat 21:52 | 0.00% | 0.30 |
| 64 | Abhisek Ukil | PORI & Boidehi & | Sat 22:11 | 0.00% | 1.59 |
| 65 | Alan Chalker | ComplicatedMess1 | Sat 23:46 | 0.00% | 4.03 |
| 66 | Anders | switch at 30 | Sun 03:48 | 0.00% | 3.84 |
| 67 | Abhisek Ukil | Pori Try 1 | Sun 07:38 | 0.00% | 0.92 |
| 68 | the cyclist | Pori Man Richi Man | Sun 08:33 | 0.00% | 0.73 |
| 69 | Abhisek Ukil | Pori tweak 2 | Sun 09:17 | 0.00% | 0.06 |
| 70 | Abhisek Ukil | Pori tweak 3 | Sun 09:21 | 0.00% | 0.04 |
| 71 | the cyclist | Tweak man, tweak man | Sun 09:23 | 0.00% | 0.21 |
| 72 | Abhisek Ukil | Pori tweak 6 | Sun 09:36 | 0.00% | 2.93 |
| 73 | SY | Tweak Cat 2000 | Sun 12:32 | 0.00% | 0.07 |
| 74 | MikeR | Small may be good today? | Sun 12:36 | 0.01% | 0.11 |
| 75 | SY | Tweak Cat 3000 | Sun 12:43 | 0.00% | 1.24 |
| 76 | SY | Tweak Cat 3002 | Sun 13:57 | 0.00% | 0.02 |
| 77 | SY | Tweak Cat 3003 | Sun 13:58 | 0.02% | 0.17 |
| 78 | MikeR | Quick | Sun 14:09 | 0.00% | 0.01 |
| 79 | Abhisek Ukil | Pori cat2 | Sun 14:09 | 0.00% | 0.92 |
| 80 | Abhisek Ukil | Pori cat 20 | Sun 15:04 | 0.03% | 0.14 |
| 81 | Abhisek Ukil | Pori cat 22 | Sun 15:13 | 0.00% | 0.03 |
| 82 | Abhisek Ukil | Pori cat 23 | Sun 15:15 | 0.01% | 0.68 |
| 83 | MikeR | Up Down | Sun 15:56 | 0.00% | 0.29 |
| 84 | Christian Ylämäki | No matlab 2 | Sun 16:13 | 0.00% | 0.01 |
| 85 | MikeR | I didn't want to do this | Sun 16:13 | 0.01% | 0.16 |
| 86 | MikeR | Cya Later | Sun 16:23 | 0.07% | 0.36 |
| 87 | Abhisek Ukil | Pori23 | Sun 16:44 | 0.00% | 0.01 |
| 88 | Abhisek Ukil | Pori25 | Sun 16:45 | 0.00% | 0.82 |
| 89 | MikeR | Red and Green | Sun 17:34 | 0.00% | 0.12 |
| 90 | MikeR | Pink recliner | Sun 17:41 | 0.00% | 0.12 |
| 91 | Christian Ylämäki | No matlab 17 | Sun 17:48 | 0.00% | 0.14 |
| 92 | Abhisek Ukil | Pori69 | Sun 17:57 | 0.02% | 0.66 |
| 93 | Fel | TheLastMonkey - double | Sun 18:36 | 0.00% | 0.22 |
| 94 | SY | CatTestPoiri100b | Sun 18:50 | 0.00% | 3.13 |
| 95 | SY | SmplCat6039a | Sun 21:57 | 0.00% | 0.32 |
| 96 | SY | SmplCat6139 | Sun 22:16 | 0.00% | 0.36 |
| 97 | Alan Chalker | SundayTweaks1 | Sun 22:38 | 0.00% | 0.07 |
| 98 | Alan Chalker | SundayTweaks3 | Sun 22:42 | 0.00% | 0.19 |
| 99 | Alan Chalker | SundayTweaks4 | Sun 22:54 | 0.00% | 0.14 |
| 100 | Alan Chalker | SundayTweaks5 | Sun 23:02 | 0.00% | 0.04 |
| 101 | Alan Chalker | SundayTweaks6 | Sun 23:05 | 0.00% | 0.11 |
| 102 | Alan Chalker | SundayTweaks7 | Sun 23:11 | 0.00% | 0.06 |
| 103 | Alan Chalker | SundayTweaks9 | Sun 23:15 | 0.00% | 0.67 |
| 104 | Alan Chalker | SundayTweaks33 | Sun 23:55 | 0.02% | 1.38 |
| 105 | Omri and Gal | Gal and Omri TakeFinal3 | Mon 01:18 | 0.00% | 0.17 |
| 106 | Omri and Gal | Gal and Omri TakeFinal9 | Mon 01:28 | 0.00% | 11.25 |
| 107 | MikeR | Down | Mon 12:43 | 0.00% | 0.12 |
| 108 | MikeR | FTY | Mon 12:50 | 0.00% | 0.08 |
| 109 | MikeR | Far fugu | Mon 12:55 | 0.01% | 0.21 |
| 110 | Fel | TLM @ speed again | Mon 13:08 | 0.00% | 0.31 |
| 111 | Abhisek Ukil | Pori114 | Mon 13:26 | 0.02% | 0.12 |
| 112 | SY | CatPori114 | Mon 13:34 | 0.00% | 0.10 |
| 113 | Abhisek Ukil | Pori116 | Mon 13:39 | 0.00% | 0.33 |
| 114 | nathan q | kerpow | Mon 13:59 | 0.00% | 1.04 |
| 115 | Abhisek Ukil | Pori 142 | Mon 15:02 | 0.00% | 0.05 |
| 116 | Abhisek Ukil | Pori143 | Mon 15:04 | 0.00% | 0.35 |
| 117 | the cyclist | k2 | Mon 15:25 | 0.00% | 0.03 |
| 118 | the cyclist | k4 | Mon 15:27 | 0.00% | 0.93 |
| 119 | Gwendolyn Fisch | The easy way | Mon 16:23 | 0.01% | 0.32 |
| 120 | Omri and Gal | Gal and Omri TakeFinal33 | Mon 16:42 | 0.00% | 2.29 |
| 121 | MikeR | 16 | Mon 19:00 | 0.01% | 0.01 |
| 122 | MikeR | 17 | Mon 19:01 | 0.00% | 0.11 |
| 123 | Omri and Gal | Gal and Omri TakeFinal45 | Mon 19:07 | 0.00% | 5.91 |
| 124 | Amtu | tweakster22-svst | Tue 01:02 | 0.01% | 1.05 |
| 125 | Amtu | The Battle of Score & Time #3 | Tue 02:05 | 0.00% | 3.43 |
| 126 | Magnus | Fiddling around at noon | Tue 05:31 | 0.00% | 5.08 |
| 127 | Magnus | Some say that he knows two facts about ducks ... and both of them are wrong. | Tue 10:35 | 0.00% | 0.48 |
| 128 | Magnus | Some say that his sweat can be used to clean precious metals | Tue 11:04 | 0.00% | 0.12 |
| 129 | Omri and Gal | Gal and Omri TakeFinal153 | Tue 11:11 | 0.00% | 0.46 |
| 130 | Magnus | Some say he never blinks | Tue 11:39 | 0.00% | 4.42 |
| 131 | Gal and Omri | Gal and Omri TakeFinal201 | Tue 16:04 | 0.00% | 2.01 |
| 132 | Gwendolyn Fisch | I knew something was wrong 2 | Tue 18:05 | 0.01% | 0.12 |
| 133 | Gwendolyn Fisch | I hate contests without matlab at hand 2 | Tue 18:12 | 0.00% | 11.47 |
| 134 | Magnus | Some say that his crash helmet is modelled on Britney Spears' head | Wed 05:40 | 0.00% | 1.77 |
| 135 | Gal and Omri | Gal and Omri TakeFinal282 | Wed 07:26 | 0.00% | 0.04 |
| 136 | Gal and Omri | Gal and Omri TakeFinal283 | Wed 07:28 | 0.00% | 0.10 |
| 137 | Gal and Omri | Gal and Omri TakeFinal285 | Wed 07:34 | 0.00% | 0.05 |
| 138 | Gal and Omri | Gal and Omri TakeFinal287 | Wed 07:37 | 0.00% | 2.62 |
| 139 | Alan Chalker | EndTweak1 | Wed 10:14 | 0.00% | 0.03 |
| 140 | Alan Chalker | EndTweak2 | Wed 10:16 | 0.00% | 0.20 |
| 141 | Alan Chalker | EndTweak5 | Wed 10:28 | 0.00% | 0.54 |
| 142 | Magnus | Some say that he thinks that "credit-crunch" is some kind of a breakfast cereal | Wed 11:00 | 0.02% | 0.22 |
| 143 | the cyclist | 35 red balloons? | Wed 11:14 | 0.00% | 0.28 |
| 144 | the cyclist | Last 35 monkeys | Wed 11:30 | 0.00% | 0.06 |
| 145 | Magnus | Some say that he really invented November | Wed 11:34 | 0.00% | 0.31 |
| 146 | Alan Chalker | Rand Tweak 382996 | Wed 11:52 | 0.00% | 0.05 |
| 147 | Nieto-Castanon | lasttry01 | Wed 11:55 | 0.45% | 0.04 |
| 148 | MikeR | A27 | Wed 11:58 | 0.01% | 23.03 |
Score
This is the most useful diagram for visualizing the contest. It shows the dramatic improvements that occur over time. Each passing entry is a dot, with its submission time on the x-axis and it's score on the y-axis. Since a lower score is better, the dots push down further as time goes on. All entries that took the lead are colored red and the red lines marks the best score at any time. The sample entry is the leftmost red dot and the leader is the last red dot in the lower right.
Some of the leading entries are circled and labeled with the author's name. They show who was making the biggest improvements in score (represented in this plot as a vertical drop in the red line) at any point in the contest.
The improvement in score happens over a huge dynamic range. Early in the contest, it is easy to make big improvements in the score. As the algorithms get better, improvements become increasingly difficult. To show this, we normalize the scores so the best (smallest) score is 1 and the worst score is some power of 10. Then we plot them on a logarithmic scale. This exaggerates the improvements at the end of the contest. By increasing the number of decades we spread the scores over, we increasingly exaggerate the smaller improvements made at the end of the contest.
results vs. cpu time
One of the interesting aspects of the contest is that entries needed to minimize two things at once. Getting the best possible answer must be weighed against the time an entry takes to run. The entry's score is a combination of these two factors. Plotting these two against each other yields a very different picture of the contest.
The leader line is shown in red again in this picture. The gray contours show lines of constant score. In general, the best score is somewhere along the lower-left frontier of shortest time and lowest results. Algorithmic improvements tend to move down and to the right, and they are followed by tweaking battles in which the new algorithm claws its way back down the time axis.
Submissions Over Time
This area plot shows how the total number of entries grows. The green area represents the entries that passed the test suite, and the red area shows those that failed.
Activity by Hour
Each bar represents an hour's worth of entries. The contest has three major phases. The first day is in "darkness", where contestants can submit entries but they can't see any of the entries or their scores. To win this phase, an entry must be general and robust. The second day is "twilight", where we show the scores but not yet the code. This allows contestants to develop their algorithm without anyone else being able to leverage their ideas.
On the histogram, the darkness and twilight phases are the two boxes on the left. The other boxes and vertical gray lines call out other mid-contest challenges.
Participants per Day
We know that one participant may submit hundreds of entries. Let's look at the number of unique participants on each day of the contest.
Most active participants
This bar plot shows the number of entries submitted by our most prolific authors.
Entry length
This plot shows how many characters of code are in each of the leading entries. In regions where you see entries of more or less the same length there are very few differences from one entry to the next. In other places you can see the code getting shorter or longer. The density of the lines also shows how often the lead is changing. It's most impressive when shorter code takes the top spot, either by pruning unneeded computation or by introducing new algorithms. The red line at the top shows the cap on entry length.
Percent improvement
This is a plot of the percent improvement generated by each new leader relative to the previous leader. This lets us see who is responsible for the biggest changes over the contest. The upper frontier of this plot is a sort of hall of fame, and someone whose name appears there more than once managed to make several significant improvements to the score.
Improvements by day
Highlighting all the entries submitted on each day in red shows shows how the overall progression down and to the left. A black circle indicates the leader at the end of each day.
Clans
Submitting an entry by using the "edit" button on an existing entry marks the new entry as a child of the first. Tracing each entry back from parent to parent identifies its oldest ancestor. All the entries that have the same oldest ancestor are in the same "clan". This plot draws lines between each child and its parent and colors the six largest clans. Entries in the same clan that don't have a line between them are connected by an entry that didn't pass (so it doesn't have a score to plot).
