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Victor MerckléVictor MerckléGrandmaster
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5Master137'225.17
6Master106'800.56
7Expert67'205.20
8Expert61'997.49
9Expert61'598.09
10Expert56'982.68
11Expert54'680.22
12Expert54'446.73
13Expert45'685.26
14Expert43'020.21
15Expert38'902.32
16Expert34'440.23
17Expert32'696.12
18Expert31'100.94
19Expert30'846.08
20Expert30'294.57
21Expert29'573.65
22Expert29'182.39
23Expert28'960.54
24Skilled27'362.04
25Skilled26'758.33
26Skilled26'483.79
27Skilled25'989.47
28Skilled24'290.64
29Skilled23'931.76
30Skilled22'602.81
31Skilled21'885.68
32Skilled21'678.71
33Skilled20'972.50
34Skilled20'830.28
35Skilled20'737.27
36Skilled20'397.31
37Skilled19'695.77
38Skilled19'402.54
39Skilled17'663.45
40Skilled17'544.34
41Skilled17'158.19
42Skilled16'636.18
43Skilled16'083.10
44Skilled15'457.71
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46Skilled14'900.46
47Skilled14'187.12
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49Skilled12'948.20
50Skilled12'288.85
51Skilled12'227.33
52Skilled12'195.91
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54Skilled11'504.53
55Skilled11'095.96
56Skilled10'852.42
57Skilled10'503.81
58Skilled10'232.04
59Skilled10'153.98
60Skilled10'000.36
61Skilled9'989.98
62Skilled9'847.34
63Skilled9'727.27
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News
2026-08-08

A new computed task Group by sum was published

2026-06-27

🚀 New challenge type: Server Competitions! Until now you’ve optimized programs - now you optimize whole servers. Our first one is live: Auth Server. Build an HTTP authentication server, package it as a Docker image, and docker push it  to our registry - every push is automatically benchmarked against a freshly generated, hidden dataset, so there’s nothing to overfit. Lowest total request time wins. Grab the API spec and climb the leaderboard!

2026-04-29

🎉5 years of HighLoad.Fun!🎉 Half a decade ago, the domain was registered - and what started as an idea has grown into a community of engineers obsessed with squeezing every last nanosecond out of their code. Thanks for being here.

2026-01-01

The 2025 leaderboard is officially closed! Explore the final results by visiting this link. Share your certificates proudly—they will stay available as long as the site is live!

2025-01-01

The 2024 leaderboard is officially closed! Explore the final results by visiting this link. Share your certificates proudly—they will stay available as long as the site is live!

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