In the programming contest format, teams of three students are
given a set of programming problems to solve in a five-hour period
using a single computer shared among them. The winning team is the
one who solves the most problems; ties are broken by looking at the
total time spent on the problems that the team solved.
Mid-Central USA Regional ACM Collegiate Programming Contest
Hendrix regularly participates in the ACM contest for the Mid-South
region, which occurs late each fall. The region includes Arkansas,
Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee.
(The AR column represents Hendrix's ranking among the teams
originating from Arkansas schools. The ACS column represents
Hendrix's ranking among teams from the Associated Colleges of the
South, a group of liberal arts colleges; the other ACS schools in the
Mid-Central region are Centre, Rhodes, and Sewanee; Sewanee does not
usually participate.)
| Yr | Region | AR | ACS | members |
|---|
| '09 | 22/140 | 3/19 | 2/9 |
Becca Emrick, Domingo Galdos, Malcolm McCrimmon |
| 29/140 | 5/19 | 3/9 |
Colby Christopher, Tony Johnson, Claire Luikart |
| 35/140 | 7/19 | 4/9 |
Matt Demmler, Brett Geren, Whitney Maguffee |
| '08 | 20/135 | 1/18 | 1/5 |
Brett Geren, Alex Koeppel, Eric Robbins |
| 23/135 | 2/18 | 2/5 |
Don Bennett, Colby Christopher, Joseph Utecht |
| 56/135 | 6/18 | 4/5 |
Whitney Maguffee, Jack Sudyka, Katie Wright |
| '07 | 11/119 | 2/14 | 1/4 |
Colby Christopher, Daniel Levy, Eric Robbins |
| 83/119 | 10/14 | 4/4 |
Don Bennett, Josh Franklin, Henry Phillips |
| '06 | 4/124 | 1/14 | 1/6 |
Colby Christopher, Daniel Levy, Thomas Przybylinski |
| 11/124 | 4/14 | 2/6 |
Ian Hill, Henry Phillips, Eric Robbins |
| '05 | 24/121 | 3/16 | 1/6 |
Ian Hill, Daniel Levy, Colin Williams |
| 98/121 | 13/16 | 6/6 |
Alvin Grissom, Thomas Przybylinski, Russel Reed |
| '04 | 40/109 | 8/16 | 4/7 |
Zach Collins, Ian Hill, Thomas Przybylinski |
| 54/109 | 9/16 | 6/7 |
Neil Bledsoe, Joseph Elliott, Colin Williams |
| '03 | 31/111 | 8/14 | 2/6 |
member list lost |
| 33/111 | 10/14 | 3/6 |
member list lost |
| '02 | 25/103 | 4/14 | 1/7 |
Billy Autrey, Jed Daily, Craig Falls |
| 48/103 | 9/14 | 2/7 |
Patrick Cowan, James Horey, Don Porter |
(Hendrix did not participate previous to 2002.)
An interesting comparison is to look at how each school has done
over the years. The below table gives the rank of each school's
top-ranking team over the last five years. They're ordered according
to the average of these rankings; only the top 15 schools are
displayed.
| | '05 | '06 | '07 | '08 | '09 |
| 1. |
U Illinois — Urbana-Champaign |
15 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
| 2. |
U of Chicago |
9 |
12 |
8 |
3 |
2 |
| 3. |
U of Kentucky |
3 |
7 |
7 |
22 |
3 |
| 4. |
Washington U in St. Louis |
1 |
30 |
6 |
2 |
7 |
| 5. |
Illinois Inst Tech |
4 |
13 |
9 |
14 |
8 |
| 6. |
Vanderbilt U |
17 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
24 |
| 7. |
Hendrix C |
24 |
4 |
11 |
20 |
22 |
| 8. |
Harding U |
11 |
6 |
36 |
26 |
6 |
| 9. |
Loyola U — Chicago |
19 |
9 |
17 |
5 |
44 |
| 10. |
Southwest Baptist U |
33 |
20 |
10 |
17 |
15 |
| 11. |
Missouri State U |
25 |
10 |
13 |
47 |
9 |
| 12. |
Illinois State U |
61 |
18 |
2 |
11 |
18 |
| 13. |
DePaul U |
2 |
62 |
38 |
19 |
4 |
| 14. |
U Arkansas (Fayetteville) |
43 |
5 |
5 |
64 |
13 |
| 15. |
Tennessee Tech U |
30 |
25 |
16 |
34 |
26 |
Finally, the below table shows the top five teams from Arkansas in
each year since 2002. The bracketed numbers show the regional
rankings.
|
first |
second |
third |
fourth |
fifth |
| 2009 |
Harding U [6] |
U Ark (Fay) [13] |
Hendrix C [22] |
U Ark (Fay) [27] |
Hendrix C [29] |
| 2008 |
Hendrix C [20] |
Hendrix C [23] |
Harding U [26] |
Harding U [31] |
UA — Little Rock [55] |
| 2007 |
U Ark (Fay) [5] |
Hendrix C [11] |
Southern Ark U [25] |
Harding U [36] |
U Ark (Fay) [48] |
| 2006 |
Hendrix C [4] |
U Ark (Fay) [5] |
Harding U [6] |
Hendrix C [11] |
Harding U [16] |
| 2005 |
Harding U [11] |
Harding U [12] |
Hendrix C [24] |
U Ark (Fay) [43] |
Southern Ark U [46] |
| 2004 |
U Ark (Fay) [4] |
Harding U [13] |
John Brown U [16] |
U Ark (Fay) [17] |
Harding U [22] |
| 2003 |
Harding U [7] |
U Ark (Fay) [8] |
Harding U [19] |
Ouachita Bap U [20] |
Harding U [22] |
| 2002 |
U Ark (Fay) [2] |
U Ark (Fay) [8] |
Ark Tech U [23] |
Hendrix C [25] |
Harding U [27] |
Arkansas Collegiate Programming Contest
Each spring, Acxiom Corporation hosts
a programming contest for colleges in Arkansas.
| Yr | Place | members |
|---|
| '09 | 6 of 18 |
Don Bennett, Brett Geren, Whitney Maguffee |
5 of 8 |
| 7 of 18 |
Matt Demmler, Winn Haynes, Katie Wright |
5 of 8 |
| '08 | |
Don Bennett, Colby Christopher, Joseph Utecht |
2 solved |
| '07 | 3rd |
Ian Hill, Henry Phillips, Eric Robbins |
5 of 10 |
| 7th |
Don Bennett, Colby Christopher, Daniel Levy |
4 of 10 |
| '06 | 5th |
Thomas Przybylinski, Eric Robbins, Colin Williams
|
| |
Alvin Grissom, Ian Hill, Russel Reed
|
| '05 | 3rd |
Neil Bledsoe, Ian Hill, Colin Williams |
| |
Jonathan Crosmer, Alvin Grissom, Thomas Przybylinski |
| '04 | |
William Autrey, Zach Collins, Joseph Elliott |
| |
Alvin Grissom, Geri Headrick, Colin Williams |
| '03 | | (Hendrix did not participate this year.) |
| '02 | |
Jed Daily, Craig Falls, Josh Karlin
|
| |
Patrick Cowan, James Horey, Don Porter
|
| '01 | |
Scott Bell, Anthony Nguyen, Aaron Tolman
|
| '00 | |
Scott Bell, Matthew Hall, T.J. Hanning
|
| '99 | |
Justin Hagemeier, Jeff Hopkins, John Hubbard
|
| '98 | |
Shane Covington, Marty Eckles, Seth Harder
|
(The oldest records are from 1998. We do not know
about participation previous to this.)
CCSC:MS Programming Contest
Also each spring, the Mid-South CCSC regional conference
holds an affiliated programming contest. Hendrix did not
participate previous to 2008.
| Yr | Place | members |
|---|
| '09 | 1st of 22 |
Don Bennett, Colby Christopher, Joseph Utecht |
5 of 7 |
| 3rd |
Brett Geren, Alex Koeppel, Whitney Maguffee |
4 |
| 6th |
Matt Demmler, Claire Luikart, Katie Wright |
3 |
| '08 | 3rd of 19 |
Colby Christopher, Daniel Levy, Eric Robbins |
3 of 6 |
| 9th |
Don Bennett, Henry Phillips, Joseph Utecht |
2 |
| 14th |
Brett Geren, Winn Haynes, Whitney Maguffee |
1 |