For the Q1 2012 playoff, we asked six players to take the qualifier quizzes.
Much to my surprise and, I must admit, disappointment, all six players have been disqualified: three failed due to simply not taking the qualifiers at all (in fact two of these players stopping taking quizzes in early April - likely after they realized they would have to take qualifiers) and three others did not score well enough to match (or come close to matching) - and thereby validate - their previous performance.
So we have recalculated rankings for Q1 and will now proceed with our new top 25 ranked players and those who are invited to play through the correctness or wildcard selection.
I am, therefore, pleased to announce the following players are invited to compete in the Q1 2012 championship playoff. The number in parentheses after their names are the number of playoffs in which they have already participated. See the FAQ for an explanation of the three ways a player can qualify for the playoff.
Congratulations to all listed below on their accomplishment and best of luck in the upcoming competition. We will schedule the date of the playoff very soon.
| Name | Rank | Qualification | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stelios Vlasopoulos (2) | 1 | Top 25 | Belgium |
| Frank Schrader (6) | 2 | Top 25 | Germany |
| Jerry Bull (3) | 3 | Top 25 | United States |
| Zoltan Fulop (0) | 4 | Top 25 | Hungary |
| mentzel.iudith (5) | 5 | Top 25 | Israel |
| kowido (4) | 6 | Top 25 | No Country Set |
| Yuan Tschang (2) | 7 | Top 25 | United States |
| Syed Ariful Bari (2) | 8 | Top 25 | Bangladesh |
| Viacheslav Stepanov (4) | 9 | Top 25 | Russia |
| Siim Kask (5) | 10 | Top 25 | Estonia |
| Chad Lee (3) | 11 | Top 25 | United States |
| Kevan Gelling (4) | 12 | Top 25 | Isle of Man |
| Krzysztof Helbin (0) | 13 | Top 25 | Poland |
| Vincent Malgrat (1) | 14 | Top 25 | French Republic |
| Sebastian Kolski (0) | 15 | Top 25 | Poland |
| Goran Stefanović (0) | 16 | Top 25 | Serbia |
| Joaquin Gonzalez (4) | 17 | Top 25 | Spain |
| Niels Hecker (6) | 18 | Top 25 | Germany |
| Dieter Kowalski (0) | 19 | Top 25 | Germany |
| _tiki_4_ (1) | 20 | Top 25 | Germany |
| Marco Siefert (0) | 21 | Top 25 | Germany |
| Michal Cvan (4) | 22 | Top 25 | Slovakia |
| Vladimir Drozdov (0) | 23 | Top 25 | Russia |
| Mike Pargeter (5) | 24 | Top 25 | United Kingdom |
| Ivan Blanarik (0) | 25 | Top 25 | Slovakia |
| Jack Callaham (1) | 26 | Correctness | United States |
| Sean Stuber (3) | 27 | Correctness | United States |
| Justin Cave (4) | 28 | Wildcard | United States |
| Ninoslav Čerkez (2) | 30 | Wildcard | Croatia |
| Thierry Poels (2) | 32 | Correctness | Belgium |
| norton (0) | 33 | Correctness | United States |
| Randy Gettman (5) | 35 | Correctness | United States |
| Alexander Polivany (3) | 37 | Wildcard | Ukraine |
| Anna Onishchuk (4) | 38 | Wildcard | Ireland |
| Tobias Stark (0) | 40 | Wildcard | Germany |
| Jeff Kemp (7) | 54 | Wildcard | Australia |
| Vebjørn Koksvik (0) | 58 | Wildcard | Norway |
| haennesche (0) | 76 | Wildcard | Germany |
| Nick Cook (0) | 78 | Wildcard | No Country Set |
| Gideon Bruggink (1) | 80 | Correctness | Netherlands |
| sbramhe (3) | 91 | Correctness | No Country Set |
| Rimantas Adomauskas (0) | 104 | Correctness | Lithuania |
| Alain Boulianne (2) | 174 | Wildcard | French Republic |
| Elena Rakhimov (0) | 175 | Correctness | Canada |
| Sanjuinfo (0) | 328 | Correctness | No Country Set |
Every quarter I'm impressed by the immense diversity of participants.
ReplyDeleteTop 5 represented by 5 different countries.
8 different in the top 10
11 different in the top 15
Heading into the Olympic season, it seems only appropriate to have such an international field. Thanks for continuing the great work Steven!
Wow, if an American says this, then it sounds really nice :)
ReplyDeleteThe Playoff is indeed our Olympics, and that's exactly how I felt after my first playoff participation, back in 2010-Q4.
Just like the "bigger" Olympics brother, our PL/SQL Challenge
does a wonderful work in bringing people closer to each other,
I really feel that everyone here is a big friend, in spite of the fact that we have never met each other face to face :)
Great idea, and great people contributing to it !
Thanks a lot to everybody & Best Regards,
Iudith Mentzel