Meet the 2022 Code Jam World Finalists!

JUL 29, 2022

Posted by Julia DeLorenzo, Program Manager, Coding Competitions

The Code Jam World Finals returns!

Over the past several months, participants have worked their way through multiple rounds of algorithmic coding challenges, and solved some of the most challenging competitive programming problems. The field has been narrowed down from tens of thousands of participants, to the top competitors who will face off at the World Finals on August 5th, 2022.

Join us 16:30 UTC for a livestream to see which one of these finalists will be crowned the Code Jam 2022 World Champion, winning the grand prize of $15,000 USD!

Here are this year's finalists sharing their favorite music genres, tips, fun facts, and more.

This year's Code Jam World Finalists are:

	Antonio Molina Lovett Handle: y0105w49 What's your favorite music to listen to while coding? “Always looping the Vicious Delicious album by Infected Mushroom.”
	Yuhao Du Handle: xll114514 Code Jam claim to fame: This is Yuhao’s second time at the Code Jam World Finals, previously competing in the 2021 World Finals.
	Benjamin Qi Handle: Benq What's your favorite 2022 Code Jam Problem? “Qualification Round - Twisty Little Passages. First time I used importance sampling in a contest!”
	Sangsoo Park Handle: molamola What does your handle mean? "1. I personally like sunfish :) 2. I like the way it sounds. 3. Mola is pronounced "몰라" in Korean, which means "I don't know".”
	Daniel Rutschmann Handle: dacin21 What's the best coding competition advice you've ever received? “Have fun and always try to challenge yourself by solving problems that seem too difficult at first.”
	Mingyang Deng Handle: CauchySheep What's an interesting and fun fact about yourself? “I love random walking.”
	Gennady Korotkevich Handle: Gennady.Korotkevich What’s your favorite 2022 Code Jam Problem? “Saving the Jelly from Round 2 took the most creativity to solve!”
	Alexander Golovanov Handle: Golovanov399 What's an interesting and fun fact about yourself? “I have 11 musical instruments, most of which I can only play on a level "may accompany in a song I know."
	Andrew He Handle: ecnerwala Code Jam claim to fame: This will be Andrew’s fourth time competing in the Code Jam World Finals, having competed in 2019, 2020, and 2021 previously.
	Aleksei Esin Handle: ImBarD What's an interesting and fun fact about yourself? “I love bungee jumping.”
	Lingyu Jiang Handle: jiangly What's an interesting and fun fact about yourself? This is Lingyu’s first time competing in the Code Jam World Finals.
	Kevin Sun Handle: ksun48 Code Jam claim to fame: This will be Kevin’s third time competing in the Code Jam World Finals, having competed in 2019 and 2020 previously.
	Lukas Michel Handle: lumibons What does your handle mean? “It's a combination of letters from my name and the name of the village where I grew up.”
	Matvii Aslandukov Handle: BigBag What's an interesting and fun fact about yourself? “I enjoy playing sports such as tennis, table tennis, volleyball, football, as well as playing piano and guitar.”
	Borys Minaiev Handle: qwerty787788 What's an interesting and fun fact about yourself? “A year ago I started doing buildering and we created a chat with just 3 people in it. Now there are almost 100 participants. Who could imagine it would grow so fast?”
	Yahor Dubovik Handle: mhg What's your favorite music to listen to while coding? “Red Hot Chilli Peppers.”
	Mateusz Radecki Handle: Radewoosh What's the best coding competition advice you've ever received? “Becoming good isn't about creating a chance to solve a problem. It's about removing a chance to not solve a problem.”
	Nikolay Kalinin Handle: KalininN What's an interesting and fun fact about yourself? “I'm an experimentalist in laser physics, also I love traveling and photography.”
	Simon Lindholm Handle: simonlindholm What's an interesting and fun fact about yourself? “I've been really into the Super Mario 64 A Button Challenge recently, and N64 game decompilation. Also, mushroom hunting.”
	Kento Nikaido Handle: Snuke What's an interesting and fun fact about yourself? “I'm a cat. My recent hobby is Sed Puzzle”
	Tiancheng Lou Handle: ACRushTC Code Jam claim to fame: This will be Tiancheng’s eighth Code Jam World Finals, having previously competed in the World Finals in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2019, 2021.
	Aleksei Daniliuk Handle: Um_nik What’s your favorite 2022 Code Jam Problem? "I, O Bot from Round 2, because it was actually a competitive programming problem”
	Yuta Takaya Handle: yutaka1999 What’s your favorite 2022 Code Jam Problem? “Saving the Jelly. It is mainly because I solved it in the last five minutes of the contest.”
	Konstantin Semenov Handle: zemen Code Jam claim to fame: This will be Konstantin’s third Code Jam World Finals, having previously competed in the World Finals in 2017 and 2018.
	Masa Ogi Handle: NyaanNyaan Code Jam claim to fame: This will be Masa’s first Code Jam World Finals!
	Marek Sokołowski Handle: mnbvmar What does your handle mean? “Not a deep one, really (though some of my buddies may disagree!). In fact, it's just a few consecutive keys on the keyboard and a prefix of my name.”

Watch the Code Jam World Finals Livestream

Join us on August 5 at 16:30 UTC for a livestream of the Code Jam 2022 World Finals.

Watch all the action unfold as the Code Jam team broadcasts live from Google New York. You'll have an opportunity to hear from our team, see Code Jam engineers explain the problems from the round, and watch live as we reveal the scoreboard and announce this year's winners!

At the end, one of these finalists will be crowned the Code Jam 2022 World Champion, winning the grand prize of $15,000 USD. Good luck to all the finalists and as always, happy coding!

Meet the 2022 Code Jam World Finalists!

The Code Jam World Finals returns!

This year's Code Jam World Finalists are:

Antonio Molina Lovett

Yuhao Du

Benjamin Qi

Sangsoo Park

Daniel Rutschmann

Mingyang Deng

Gennady Korotkevich

Alexander Golovanov

Andrew He

Aleksei Esin

Lingyu Jiang

Kevin Sun

Lukas Michel

Matvii Aslandukov

Borys Minaiev

Yahor Dubovik

Mateusz Radecki

Nikolay Kalinin

Simon Lindholm

Kento Nikaido

Tiancheng Lou

Aleksei Daniliuk

Yuta Takaya

Konstantin Semenov

Masa Ogi

Marek Sokołowski

Watch the Code Jam World Finals Livestream