Hacker News with Generative AI: Competitions

Baby Steps into Genetic Programming (blogspot.com)
While my final ranking in the Google AI Contest was disappointing (280th), it was a very educational experience and was totally offset by Gábor Melis' dominating win using Common Lisp as well.

Genetic Programming, Artificial Intelligence, Programming Languages, Competitions

122 points by todsacerdoti 31 days ago | 39 comments

Gemini 2.5 gets 24.4% on MathArena USAMO beating previous top score of 4.7% (matharena.ai)
MathArena is a platform for evaluation of LLMs on the latest math competitions and olympiads.

Artificial Intelligence, Math, Competitions

54 points by alphabetting 35 days ago | 10 comments

Scam pulled off in Indian hackathon, won $85k just by rebranding Brave Browser (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.

Scams, Hackathons, Competitions, Technology, Brave Browser

6 points by greatgib 45 days ago | 2 comments

Our Small ML Team Beat OpenAI and Anthropic in a Specialized Domain [pdf] (digits.com)

Machine Learning, Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Competitions

15 points by hanneshapke 57 days ago | 2 comments

Nexar Dashcam Crash Prediction Challenge (kaggle.com)

Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Data Science, Competitions

10 points by dmoura 61 days ago | 4 comments

Winners of the $10k ISBN visualization bounty (annas-archive.org)
A few months ago we announced a $10,000 bounty to make the best possible visualization of our data showing the ISBN space. We emphasized showing which files we have/haven’t archived already, and we later a dataset describing how many libraries hold ISBNs (a measure of rarity).

Data Visualization, Libraries, ISBN, Data Analysis, Competitions

600 points by yamrzou 71 days ago | 66 comments

Show HN: A competition game to write bots for the most efficient algo (github.com/kingofthegrid)
A Z80 Sandbox Competition Game in which developers can write bots to compete on the most efficient algorithm to be King Of The Grid!

Programming, Game Development, Competitions, Artificial Intelligence

11 points by desertkun 74 days ago | 8 comments

The Champion Who Memorized 80 Numbers in 13.5 Seconds (nytimes.com)
In early February, Vishvaa Rajakumar, a 20-year-old Indian college student, won the Memory League World Championship, an online competition pitting people against one another with challenges like memorizing the order of 80 random numbers faster than most people can tie a shoelace.

Memory, Competitions, World Records

29 points by wallflower 75 days ago | 18 comments

I use AI to predict the future (gwintrob.com)
I compete in an annual predictions contest with a group of friends. Each January, we make a series of guesses about the economy, politics, etc. to see who is most accurate at the end of the year. Beyond the cash prize, the winner gets a green Masters jacket and the loser has to give a short presentation on how they made their predictions.

Artificial Intelligence, Predictions, Competitions, Friends, Economy

6 points by gwintrob 84 days ago | 0 comments

Prediction Games (argmin.net)
In 2006, Netflix launched an open competition that would transform machine learning practice. They offered a million dollars to anyone who could improve upon their in-house recommendation system by 10%.

Machine Learning, Competitions, Recommendation Systems

69 points by todsacerdoti 91 days ago | 16 comments

The APL Challenge (dyalog.com)
The deadline for the current round (2025.1) is Wednesday 30 April 2025 at 09:00 UTC.

Programming, Challenges, Competitions

87 points by bjarteaarmolund 92 days ago | 21 comments

An analysis of DeepSeek's R1-Zero and R1 (arcprize.org)
ARC Prize Foundation’s goal is to define, measure, and inspire new ideas towards AGI. To this end, we strive to create the strongest global innovation environment possible.

Artificial Intelligence, Research, Competitions

732 points by meetpateltech 98 days ago | 271 comments

Scenes from the 'Super Bowl for Excel Nerds' (nytimes.com)
At the Microsoft Excel World Championship in Las Vegas, there was stardust in the air as 12 finance guys vied to be crowned the world’s best spreadsheeter.

Microsoft Excel, Competitions, Finance, Gaming, Las Vegas

14 points by skue 107 days ago | 4 comments

Raspberry Pi's RP2350 Hacking Challenge Results Announced (tomshardware.com)

Raspberry Pi, Hardware, Hacking, Competitions

15 points by undersuit 113 days ago | 4 comments

The 'Obfuscated C Code' Competition returns (thenewstack.io)

Programming, Competitions, C Programming, Security

6 points by MilnerRoute 115 days ago | 1 comments

IOCCC28, the 40th anniversary contest, is starting tonight (ioccc.org)
Good News Everyone! :-)

Programming, Competitions, Events, Software

9 points by fanf2 129 days ago | 0 comments

Canadian is the new world champion of spreadsheets (cbc.ca)
Toronto-based financial modelling director Michael Jarman, centre, wins the Microsoft Excel World Championships in Las Vegas on Dec. 4. 2024. (Financial Modeling World Cup/YouTube)

Canada, Microsoft Excel, Competitions, World Records

9 points by cloudedcordial 148 days ago | 1 comments

Scrabble star wins Spanish world title despite not speaking Spanish (theguardian.com)
Nigel Richards has also been champion in English and – after memorising dictionary in nine weeks – French

Languages, Games, Competitions, Achievements

160 points by n1b0m 148 days ago | 128 comments

IOCCC Flight Simulator (2010) (aerojockey.com)
The IOCCC Flight Simulator was the winning entry in the 1998 International Obfuscated C Code Contest. It is a flight simulator in under 2 kilobytes of code, complete with relatively accurate 6-degree-of-freedom dynamics, loadable wireframe scenery, and a small instrument panel.

Programming, C, Competitions, Software, Flight Simulators

165 points by smig0 198 days ago | 25 comments

AI Mathematical Olympiad – Progress Prize 2 (kaggle.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Competitions, Data Science

80 points by trott 202 days ago | 6 comments

Represent the UK Cyber Team – Nationwide Search for Elite Cyber Talent (sans.org)
A nationwide search for elite cyber talent has begun. Compete in three Capture the Flag events and showcase your skills to gain your place representing the UK on the international Capture the Flag stage.

Cybersecurity, Competitions, Talent Acquisition, United Kingdom

8 points by sharpshadow 210 days ago | 0 comments

0day Contest for End-of-Life Devices Announced (districtcon.org)
The Junkyard is a platform to showcase novel security research and support hobby and career development for security researchers.

Security Research, Cybersecurity, End-of-Life Devices, Competitions

261 points by winnona 231 days ago | 155 comments

NSA Codebreaker Challenge 2024 (nsa-codebreaker.org)
The 2024 Codebreaker Challenge begins on Monday, September 16th at 1200 EST!

Cybersecurity, Competitions, Cryptography

92 points by TecoAndJix 244 days ago | 85 comments

30th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (ifcomp.org)

Interactive Fiction, Competitions, Games

33 points by puzzlehat 247 days ago | 3 comments

Terence Tao at IMO 2024: AI and Mathematics [video] (youtube.com)

Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence, Competitions, Videos

27 points by ColinWright 255 days ago | 1 comments

SREBench Competition (sreben.ch)