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I thought the same. He had the better results, but too late.

Or maybe the winner optimized his code, resulting in faster time to get results. Either one is equally plausible!

computed on his laptop whilst he was at a party apparently. Legend!

luke here, thanks!

If quality is a factor, they should have withheld the prize for a reasonable time (a day?) in case someone posts a better result.