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 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

In 2009, total 8605 people competed. The winner was Lou TianCheng from China followed by Qi ZiChao (China) and Iwata Yoichi (Japan).

In 2011, over 30,000 people competed. The winner was Makoto Soejima from Japan followed by Ivan Metelsky(Belarus) and Jakub Pachocki(Poland).

Tournament	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
2011	Makoto Soejima	Ivan Metelsky	Jakub Pachocki
2010	Egor Kulikov	Erik-Jan Krijgsman	Sergey Kopeliovich
2009	Tiancheng Lou	Zichao Qi	Yoichi Iwata
2008	Tiancheng Lou	Zeyuan Zhu	Bruce Merry
2006	Petr Mitrichev	Ying Wang	Andrey Stankevich
2005	Marek Cygan	Eric-Jan Krijgsman	Petr Mitrichev
2004	Sergio Sancho	Po Ruh Loh	Reid Barton