Latest PL/SQL Challenge championship playoff results

We just held the 6th quarterly championship playoff at the PL/SQL Challenge. 34 players competed, answering five tough quizzes.It takes a lot to qualify for the playoff: you must rank in the top 25 over the entire quarter (and some 60 quizzes); your percentage correct must be very high; or you are selected in a wildcard process that still requires a high level of play.

You will find the results and rankings below. Congratulations to all players, of course, but let's give a special round of applause to our top three players:

• Gary Myers (#1), who also ranked #2 in the last playoff and who wins a US$250 Amazon.com gift card. His first place ranking is especially impressive given the short time Gary took to answer the questions.
• Chris Saxon (#2), who wins a US$175 Amazon.com gift card
• João Barreto (#3), who wins a US$100 Amazon.com gift card

Good luck to everyone in the quizzes for Q3 2011 - I hope to see you in the next playoff!

Rank	Name	Country	Total Time	Total Score
1	Gary Myers	Australia	11 mins 21 secs	2848
2	Chris Saxon	United Kingdom	19 mins 32 secs	2734
3	João Barreto	Portugal	15 mins 06 secs	2598
4	Viacheslav Stepanov	Russia	19 mins 57 secs	2551
5	Frank Schrader	Germany	19 mins 50 secs	2353
6	Ludovic Szewczyk	Belgium	18 mins 35 secs	2328
7	Siim Kask	Estonia	18 mins 53 secs	2322
8	james su	Canada	16 mins 28 secs	2321
9	kowido	No Country Set	19 mins 49 secs	2254
10	Mike Pargeter	United Kingdom	16 mins 41 secs	2216
11	Sean Stuber	United States	20 mins 00 secs	2150
12	Randy Gettman	United States	18 mins 58 secs	2146
13	Filipe Silva	Portugal	18 mins 04 secs	2139
14	owbeg	Ukraine	15 mins 48 secs	2109
15	Dalibor Kova	Croatia	18 mins 37 secs	2053
16	Jeff Kemp	Australia	11 mins 38 secs	1942
17	macabre	Russia	19 mins 41 secs	1931
18	Theo Asma	Netherlands	14 mins 48 secs	1829
19	Mojibul Hoque	Bangladesh	03 mins 57 secs	1821
20	xtender	Russia	04 mins 32 secs	1809
21	Kevan Gelling	Isle of Man	18 mins 28 secs	1781
22	Anna Onishchuk	Ireland	17 mins 12 secs	1706
23	DikkieDick	Netherlands	13 mins 58 secs	1696
24	Alexander Polivany	Ukraine	20 mins 00 secs	1675
25	mentzel.iudith	Israel	20 mins 00 secs	1575
26	Marc Thompson	Australia	19 mins 39 secs	1557
27	Q	Belgium	16 mins 12 secs	1551
28	clee	United States	17 mins 56 secs	1441
29	NickL	United Kingdom	19 mins 55 secs	1402
30	Pavel Zeman	Czech Republic	20 mins 01 secs	1375
31	Gerry171	United States	19 mins 00 secs	1345
32	Rajesh Venkataramani	India	16 mins 43 secs	1341
33	Rosemary	United States	18 mins 38 secs	727
34	Jerry Bull	United States	18 mins 47 secs	40