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Challenge	1st	2nd	3rd
Challenge 01: Best Price Tracker (Rust)	Roman Sztergbaum 36 cycles/op	Abdulkadir Poyraz 84 cycles/op	Malacarne 158 cycles/op
Challenge 02: Multi-Symbol Order Book (Rust)	Roman Sztergbaum 2504 cycles/op	Siddharth S. 3026 cycles/op	Malacarne 5809 cycles/op
Challenge 03: Event Scheduler (Rust)	Baseline (reference solution) 5952 cycles/op	Roman Sztergbaum 5952 cycles/op	—
Challenge 04: Event Scheduler — No Cancel (Rust)	Roman Sztergbaum 1798 cycles/op	Baseline (reference solution) 4340 cycles/op	—
Challenge 07: String Map (Rust)	Malacarne 89 cycles/op	Baseline (reference solution) 433 cycles/op	—
Challenge 08: Ticker Lookup (Rust)	Abdulkadir Poyraz 18 cycles/op	Baseline (reference solution) 112 cycles/op	—
Challenge 09: FIX Parser (Rust)	Baseline (reference solution) 743 cycles/op	—	—
Challenge 10: FIX Encoder (Rust)	Baseline (reference solution) 3831 cycles/op	—	—
Challenge 11: Rolling Counter (Rust)	Malacarne 23 cycles/op	Baseline (reference solution) 24 cycles/op	—
Challenge 12: Feed Arbiter (Rust)	Baseline (reference solution) 933 cycles/op	—	—
Challenge 13: Implied Book (Rust)	Baseline (reference solution) 597 cycles/op	—	—