Post by Topcoder

If you've competed in a Marathon Match, you know the wait. You submit. Then you sit there, wondering when the score will land. Behind that wait was a single, hand-wired tester runner - one instance, processing submissions one at a time, in the order they arrived. Each one ran through a full cycle before the next could start. It worked. But it was slow. We rebuilt it. Scoring now runs in parallel - up to 20 submissions at once. The provisional and system tests that used to crawl during busy phases now run side by side, independently. What that means for you: → Scores come back faster - especially in the system-test phases that used to drag → Feedback is more predictable, so you're not left guessing when a result will land → The pipeline is more transparent than it was before If you've been staying away from Marathon Matches because the wait wasn't worth it, that math has changed. Good time to jump back in. Link in the comments. #Topcoder #WiproInnovationNetwork #WiproIntelligence #MarathonMatch #CompetitiveProgramming Tony Jefts Sandhya Ramachandran Arun Kunal Chadha Wipro