Sydney man dubbed the 'Annihilator' wins spreadsheet world championship

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Post by tonyedgecombe » Sat, Dec 16, 2023, 5:59 PM UTC

Sydney man dubbed the 'Annihilator' wins spreadsheet world championship
theguardian.com

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Post by dgrin91 » Sat, Dec 16, 2023, 6:50 PM UTC

I wish they would explain more about what the actual tasks are. They basically jus said 'you get data and you do calculations'. Well thanks, thats basically all excel. A link to the problem set would be interesting. Real time data from Eve is pretty cool, but whats the actual results they are trying to get? How do they do scoring?

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Dec 16, 2023, 6:51 PM UTC

dgrin91 wrote: post #2

I wish they would explain more about what the actual tasks are. They basically jus said 'you get data and you do calculations'. Well thanks, thats basically all excel. A link to the problem set would be interesting. Real time data from Eve is pretty cool, but whats the actual results they are trying to get? How do they do scoring?

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Post by codetrotter » Sat, Dec 16, 2023, 6:57 PM UTC

dgrin91 wrote: post #2

I wish they would explain more about what the actual tasks are. They basically jus said 'you get data and you do calculations'. Well thanks, thats basically all excel. A link to the problem set would be interesting. Real time data from Eve is pretty cool, but whats the actual results they are trying to get? How do they do scoring?

I have a feeling that these sorts of questions will be answered if we look at the actual video from the finals.

https://www.youtube.com/live/UDGdPE_C9u8

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Post by TOMDM » Sat, Dec 16, 2023, 6:57 PM UTC

dgrin91 wrote: post #2

I wish they would explain more about what the actual tasks are. They basically jus said 'you get data and you do calculations'. Well thanks, thats basically all excel. A link to the problem set would be interesting. Real time data from Eve is pretty cool, but whats the actual results they are trying to get? How do they do scoring?

There are some sample cases on the Financiaal Modelling World Cup website.

https://fmworldcup.com/sample-cases/

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Dec 16, 2023, 7:05 PM UTC

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Post by aregreabn » Sat, Dec 16, 2023, 7:15 PM UTC

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Post by throwup238 » Sat, Dec 16, 2023, 7:17 PM UTC

I was not expecting a sweet photo of a beaming actuary when opening an article about someone nicknamed the “Annihilator.”

That Excel championship wrestling belt is really cool though.

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Post by tkzed49 » Sat, Dec 16, 2023, 7:25 PM UTC

Personally I'm a fan of MAKRO, I think his commentary on the meta is very insightful.

https://youtu.be/xubbVvKbUfY

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Post by resolutebat » Sat, Dec 16, 2023, 7:30 PM UTC

tkzed49 wrote: post #9

Personally I'm a fan of MAKRO, I think his commentary on the meta is very insightful. https://youtu.be/xubbVvKbUfY

"What's up sheetheads!" Looking forward to the Annihilator crushing next year's Ballmercon, at least if MS gets their fucking shit together and fixes the Chinese key bindings.