Challenges
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Challenge 20: We all scream for Ice Cream!
The Challenge: Write a program to determine how many tubs of various ice cream flavors a volunteer needs to purchase for an ice cream social fundraiser she is planning for a charity organization. 30 ...
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Challenge #19: In Other Words... [COMPLETED]
Update on June 17: This challenge is now closed, thanks to everyone who gave it a shot. The winners of this challenge are: André, Apfelvater, Daniel T, Fred Bill, Jannik S., joaocandre, Kane ...
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Challenge #18: Hidden in Plain Sight [COMPLETED]
Update on May 14, 2026: This challenge is now closed, thanks to everyone who participated. The winners of this challenge are: AKHolland, amance, Aravind K. B, Book, cknott, Daniel T, Dmitrii Bychenko, ...
- reputation score 2306
Challenge #17: The Accurate Selection [COMPLETED]
Update on April 14, 2026: This challenge is now closed. Thanks to everyone who participated! The winners of this challenge, who solved all 10 selections, are: Atmo, cknott, keymasterr, Antoine, ...
- reputation score 101
Challenge #16: Change is the only constant [COMPLETED]
Update on March 12, 2026: Thanks to everyone who participated in Challenge 16! The correct output is: 73, -1, 6, -1, 4, 2, -1, 5, 2, -1, 5, 2, 3, -1, 2, 4, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 4, 3, 2, 3, 2, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, ...
- reputation score 101
Challenge #15: Mystery Alphabet Decoder [COMPLETED]
Update on February 13, 2026: Thanks to everyone who participated in Challenge 15! The correct output for the alien alphabet is: ⪏⊚⊕⊟⊞⨙⊛∭↔⊠⊝৲⊣⊗⇲⊥⊢◉⊡⊤◴⚆⊜↪ 87 users got the right answer, out of 101 ...
- reputation score 101
Challenge #14: Signal from Noise [COMPLETED]
Update on January 8, 2026: Huge thanks to everyone who participated in the challenge. The conditions for signal/noise were tricky, and we appreciate the careful implementations! The correct sum of the ...
- reputation score 179
Challenge #13: Integer sorting in a grid [COMPLETED]
Update on October Dec 4: Huge thanks to everyone who participated in the challenge. The correct answer is that 45 of the sets were impossible to put into the grid. We received 70 responses from 68 ...
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Challenge #12: Spooky Halloween scene [COMPLETED]
Update, Nov 13: Thanks to all that participated and voted in this challenge! In terms of votes, top 3 entries were: 1st place: Phil with a spooky house scene 2nd place: Death-is-the-real-truth (...
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Challenge #11: Taco crawl optimization [COMPLETED]
Update on October 23: Huge thanks to everyone who participated in the challenge. The correct routing was [0,7,5,6,2,10,4] for 97 tastiness and 2.8945 tastiness/distance. 43 of the 53 entries provided ...
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Challenge #10: Road safety challenge (joint with Kaggle) [COMPLETED]
Update, Nov 1, 2025: The challenge is now complete. Thanks to those that participated. We'll review the entries and soon announce the users that receive the badge. Kaggle is a platform for Machine ...
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Challenge #9: Random Number Generator [COMPLETED]
Update: October 6, 2025: Thanks to everyone who participated in this challenge! It was very interesting to see the diverse approaches to random number generation. Congratulations to the following ...
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Challenge #8: Word ladder [COMPLETED]
Update, October 2, 2025: Appreciation to everyone who participated in this challenge! The correct length of the word ladders is as follows: [stone, money] [11] [bread, crumb] [11] [smile, giant] [11] ...
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Challenge #7: Pangram checker [COMPLETED]
Update, October 2, 2025: A HUGE thanks to everyone who participated in this challenge! The correct answer is: 819 Non-Pangrams, 132 Pangrams (non-perfect) and 49 Perfect-Pangrams. We are very ...
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Challenge #6: Integer Counting [COMPLETED]
Update on October 8, 2025: Thanks to everyone who voted on the entries! We received 281 votes from 59 users. There were a lot of great responses to this challenge. We appreciate the participation. We'...
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