Here we go, CCC2010 discussion zone!

[Cyril]

Yay! I have a few things to say to invitees who are lurking here (I know you're there).

My school's concert is during that week, so I'll bring my alto sax to practice with. If you play an instrument, please bring it, so we can play together. I can also offer to bring a (piano) keyboard.

Those who were there last year might remember my affliction for food. If I had poisoned my beef jerky, Brian would have been knocked out cold! I will probably bring enough to feed a small country- or, equivalently, two dozen programmers.

Last time, I emphasized that we needed more Gamecube controllers. Will bring.

If you're a cuber, bring cubes.

And don't practice pool at all, so we all look equally ridiculous.

Good luck to all, and let's have fun!

[bbi5291]

41... lowest cutoff in CCC history.
Congrats to Jacob, who was first in Canada with a score of 72. Assuming stage 2 is out of 600, he's 48 points --- half a problem --- ahead of everyone else (the next highest score is 60).
Also, it looks like there is actually a girl invited this year... wow.

[McKenzie]

Interesting. There are six schools sending more than one candidate. Last year there were only three and I think that is more typical. If there is only one student at the school it may or may not be a strong program but when there is more than one odds are it's something that is happening at the school that fosters excellence.

[andrewshen123]

Does anyone know how the week 1 AP tests are supposed to fit in with stage 2?

[bbi5291]

According to Ali (who missed stage 2 due to IB exams last year), Troy will let you write stage 2 from your school if it is really necessary. Obviously the best thing to do at this point is to contact Troy as soon as possible.

[konnetikut]

opt to take Form B for AP exam conflicts.
http://professionals.collegeboard.com/testing/ap/coordinate/late
You might have to pay a $40 fee /exam..

also, Chris Robart of MMHS has posted his solutions, and is looking for a working S5 answer, in case if anybody hadn't noticed already.
http://access.mmhs.ca/ccc/

[bbi5291]

I'll code it up tomorrow if I'm not too lazy... my original solution only memoized vertices (not edges), so it was excessively slow and not suitable for demonstration

[That Asian Guy]

yes!!

51 got me a group 3 ranking

im in grade 12 but i did the junior so i could be mentioned

i guess thats reasonable considering i didnt take ics 4u1