Today the Wildcard Round of TopCoder Open 2021 Algorithm was held, so the list of Semifinals advancers is finalized now. I've put some stats about them into the table below. Here we have two former champions, and four people who had 2nd place before!
Good luck to all the semifinalists in November!
| Qualified from | TC Handle | TC Rating | CF Handle | CF Rating | Country | Onsites before | Best place before |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage 1 | lyrically | 3253 | hos.lyric | 3204 | Japan | 3 | 2nd @ TCO 2019 |
| Stage 2 | Petr | 3608 | Petr | 3414 | Switzerland | 13 | Four times TCO Algo Champion (2006, 2013, 2015, 2018) |
| Stage 3 | tourist | 3841 | tourist | 3819 | Belarus | 8 | Three times TCO Algo Champion (2014, 2019, 2020) |
| Stage 4 | bqi343 | 3560 | Benq | 3745 | United States | 1 | Semifinalist @ TCO 2020 |
| Round 4 | ACRush | 3522 | ACRush | 3047 | China | 8 | 2nd @ TCO 2010 |
| Round 4 | scott_wu | 3437 | scott_wu | 3169 | United States | 5 | 3rd @ TCO 2017 |
| Round 4 | SpyCheese | 3179 | SpyCheese | 2643 | Russia | 0 | Qualified to Semifinals @ TCO 2019 |
| Round 4 | gs14004 | 3039 | ko_osaga | 3103 | South Korea | 0 | |
| Round 4 | ecnerwal | 3488 | ecnerwala | 3336 | United States | 3 | 2nd @ TCO 2020 |
| Round 4 | Um_nik | 3334 | Um_nik | 3489 | Russia | 5 | 4th @ TCO 2018 |
| Round 4 | neal_wu | 3294 | neal | 3147 | United States | 1 | 9th @ TCO 2020 |
| Round 4 | Heltion | 2642 | Sugar_fan | 2951 | China | 0 | |
| Round 4 | kuniavski | 2826 | PavelKunyavskiy | 2845 | Russia | 2 | 2nd @ TCO 2015 |
| Round 4 | maroon_kuri | 3063 | maroonrk | 3400 | Japan | 1 | Semifinalist @ TCO 2019 |
| Wildcard | grumpy_gordon | 2645 | never_giveup | 2762 | Russia | 0 | |
| Wildcard | krijgertje | 2786 | krijgertje | 2937 | Netherlands | 5 | 5th @ TCO 2016 |
By "Onsites before" above I mean TCO Algorithm Onsites, of course. If you find some mistakes in the table, feel free to tell me via direct message.
