Pakistani developers flexed their blazing coding speeds at this year’sTopTal JavaScript Speed Coding Challenge by bagging the most top 50finishes out of any country, despite having lesser participants in thecompetition than neighboring India.
As one of the most popular coding competitions in the world, the TopTalSpeed Coding Challenge features a collection of intriguing challenges thatneed to be solved as quickly as possible by participants in order to earnpoints. Naturally, points are assigned based on the difficulty of the taskand the speed at which one solves it, with extra points assigned for theamount of time left upon early completion of the task.
*According to TopTal*link,around 2,000 passionate coders and developers from a total of 137 countriesparticipated in the JavaScript Speed Coding Challenge. India fielded thehighest number of participants, with 251 JavaScript coders hailing from theSouth Asian nation.
With 128 developers, Pakistan contributed the second-highest number ofparticipants, followed by Nigeria with 88, Bangladesh with 82, Malaysiawith 74, and the United States with 67.
When it came to the actual competition, there was one country clearlystanding out. With a total of five participants bagging top 50 finishes inthe final leaderboard, Pakistan attained the honor of fielding the most Top50 Finishers of any country participating in the challenge.
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With an impressive total of 3494 points, MALLU was the highest-rankingPakistani developer in the speed coding challenge with a fourth-placefinish.
Bangladesh, Brazil, and Serbia ended up tying for the second-highest numberof top 50 finishes, as each nation was represented by three participants inTop 50 Finishers. This was followed by Croatia, Malaysia, Nigeria, SriLanka, and Turkey, with two Top 50 Finisher positions each.
Here is a summary of the highlights from the JavaScript Speed CodingChallenge:
