July Week 4 Update: Four Days to Go!

Remember that the cut-off time for the July race is 11:59 PM on July 31. Also, our race coincides with the San Francisco marathon, which is happening this weekend. If you're in the area, check it out. It's always a lot of fun, and there's always a lot of free coconut water and energy bars for the fans. And we all know you love free stuff. :)

Getting close to the finish line! If only this race had such an amazing view!

These are the current numbers as of 1:15 PM on Friday.  

Math:

1. L.Z. (1,840) - Whoa!
2. Madhuri V. (429)
3. David T. (411)
4. Allen W. (404)

Sciences and Engineering:

1. Brendan S. (389)
2. Sam H. (173)
3. Glen B., Jillian D. (160)

Business/Economics:

1. Uzma R. (170)
2. Michael T. (121)
3. Doug T. (116)
4. Esther C. (109)

July Week 3 Update: We Put a Cookie on It

These races are all still very close! We've been cheering you on from our desks over here in sunny Santa Clara. Every day, we check to see how our authors are doing, and we've gotten quite competitive among ourselves. It's all in good fun, we swear! There may be a friendly bet or two going on, but the prizes are stupid things like pride and cookies. That's right, we've put some cookies on who we think the winners might be.

Mmmm... Specialty's Cookies

Math:

1. L.Z. (771)
2. Keryn G. (400)
3. Jason S. (351)
4. Allen W. (323)
5. Ankur B. (306)

Sciences and Engineering (lots of tie races here and a very small margin!): 

1. Sam H. (147)
2. Glen B., James K. (110)
3. Max H. (102)
4. Cody F. (101)
5. Phillip M., Neha S. (100)

Business/Economics:

1. Esther Chow (109)
2. Han C. (86)
3. Uzma R. (84)
4. Kelvin W. (75)

June Week Two Update: Competition Heating Up!

I guess we could just take our laptops to the beach like
 these guys if we really wanted to have a good time....

Hey solutions authors!

It's starting to feel a lot like summer here in our Santa Clara offices! The sun is shining and it's been wonderfully warm. The competition is heating up too. We get a serious kick out of how competitive everyone has been, and it keeps us happy working away instead of taking time off to go to the beach. Not that we would mind that either.

Math: 

1. Jason Shaw: 514
2. Waqar Zaidi: 342
3. L.Z.: 322

Sciences:

1. Matt Griffin, Chemistry: 170
2. Steve Druger, Physics: 120
3. Jillian Davidson, Chemistry: 100

Engineering:

1. Brendan Sheehan: 100
2. Bruce Dykaar: 42
3. Mingrui Wang and Jeffrey Stump: 25

Business and Economics:

1. Esther Chow, Economics: 72
2. Han Chen, Economics: 44
3. Mingming Wang, Finance: 40

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Week One Update!

Starting Line of the Oakland Running Festival

Source: Ella Baker Center Flickr

Off to a great start, everyone!

Here are the week one results. These are close races, and everyone still has a fair shot at the Kindle!


Math:

1. Jason Shaw: 367
2. Liz Nicholson: 200
3. EDIT: L.Z.: 161

Sciences:

1. Matt Griffin: 87
2. Nancy Murphy: 60 
3. Julia Webb: 50

Engineering:

1. Brendan Sheehan: 100

Business/Econ (This is a close race!):

1. Esther Chow: 47
2. Han Chen: 44
3. Mingming Wang: 40