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NZPC 2026 — Winning Teams

Held on Saturday 8th August.

School

Rangi==macleans

Combine School Team

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rank team score A
[3 points]
B
[3 points]
C
[3 points]
D
[3 points]
E
[10 points]
F
[10 points]
G
[10 points]
H
[10 points]
I
[30 points]
J
[30 points]
K
[30 points]
L
[30 points]
M
[100 points]
N
[100 points]
O
[100 points]
P
[100 points]
1 Rangi==macleans (Combined school team), Auckland site 372 1242
14 1 try
3 1 try
15 1 try
43 3 tries
42 1 try
26 1 try
60 1 try
68 1 try
73 1 try
100 3 tries
133 2 tries
134 4 tries
149 1 try
  4 tries
222 1 try
  2 tries
2 Turris Macleans College, Auckland site 162 1711
19 1 try
25 1 try
69 2 tries
79 1 try
110 1 try
253 3 tries
  1 try
227 1 try
90 1 try
171 1 try
269 3 tries
239 4 tries
  2 tries
3 87667283 Westlake Boys High School, Auckland site 102 1007
278 7 tries
4 1 try
20 2 tries
32 4 tries
66 1 try
77 1 try
89 1 try
100 1 try
  2 tries
141 1 try
  2 tries
4 'a Burnside High School, Christchurch site 82 505
6 1 try
11 2 tries
28 2 tries
61 4 tries
34 1 try
28 1 try
59 1 try
68 1 try
110 1 try
  1 try
  2 tries
  11 tries
5 Battery Damage Burnside High School, Christchurch site 82 732
9 1 try
18 2 tries
25 1 try
47 1 try
64 1 try
130 3 tries
84 1 try
103 1 try
152 3 tries
  5 tries
6 Better than Better than Slither Macleans College, Auckland site 82 1567
28 2 tries
70 4 tries
44 2 tries
95 2 tries
57 1 try
282 12 tries
207 3 tries
258 1 try
106 3 tries
7 sudo apt install python3 James Hargest College, Invercargill site 82 1666
282 6 tries
27 5 tries
259 1 try
271 2 tries
39 1 try
50 2 tries
58 1 try
91 1 try
249 7 tries
  6 tries
8 malloc(0); (Combined school team), Auckland site 82 1758
299 5 tries
29 1 try
292 2 tries
295 4 tries
270 2 tries
25 2 tries
84 3 tries
43 1 try
181 1 try
  2 tries
9 Kristin Kristin School, Auckland site 72 764
11 3 tries
14 1 try
21 1 try
32 1 try
158 5 tries
73 5 tries
  3 tries
147 1 try
108 1 try
  6 tries
10 Silly Goobers Cambridge High School, Hamilton site 72 986
63 1 try
10 1 try
133 4 tries
122 2 tries
39 1 try
25 2 tries
  5 tries
151 1 try
263 5 tries
11 Collar Macleans College, Auckland site 69 1268
  5 tries
26 1 try
36 2 tries
71 6 tries
145 4 tries
56 5 tries
  1 try
250 1 try
284 8 tries
12 Hello ChatGPT! Generate me a team name for NZ2026 Programming Competition Team Name. Rangitoto College, Auckland site 66 875
  6 tries
108 2 tries
98 2 tries
  6 tries
25 1 try
71 3 tries
222 1 try
191 5 tries
13 ZeroDivisionError: division by zero Macleans College, Auckland site 66 1479
287 2 tries
266 2 tries
  3 tries
277 3 tries
126 1 try
252 1 try
191 1 try
14 Stephen Gardiner Rangitoto College, Auckland site 60 438
134 1 try
25 1 try
111 1 try
128 3 tries
  14 tries
  1 try
  2 tries
15 littletiger Macleans College, Auckland site 52 566
13 1 try
43 1 try
131 1 try
178 4 tries
  9 tries
117 1 try
  1 try
24 1 try
16 };CREATE TABLE radioactive_ducks; Burnside High School, Christchurch site 52 729
6 2 tries
12 1 try
16 1 try
28 1 try
40 1 try
90 1 try
249 4 tries
208 1 try
  2 tries
17 Yuri vs Yaoi Burnside High School, Christchurch site 52 938
18 1 try
35 3 tries
53 1 try
84 3 tries
105 1 try
132 1 try
160 1 try
251 2 tries
18 Anything anything Burnside High School, Christchurch site 52 942
7 1 try
20 1 try
48 2 tries
95 6 tries
75 2 tries
146 1 try
175 1 try
236 1 try
19 Syntax Terror Lincoln High School, Christchurch site 52 1464
220 2 tries
219 1 try
224 2 tries
246 4 tries
83 1 try
57 1 try
110 1 try
205 1 try
  6 tries
  4 tries
20 74,001 Bees Green Bay High School, Auckland site 46 514
  2 tries
87 2 tries
17 1 try
  1 try
  1 try
  1 try
  1 try
94 2 tries
136 8 tries
  1 try
  1 try
  1 try
  1 try
  1 try
  7 tries
  1 try
21 greenest bay Green Bay High School, Auckland site 46 1045
35 1 try
276 1 try
  2 tries
213 2 tries
125 1 try
93 1 try
263 2 tries
22 wicked_penguins Burnside High School, Christchurch site 42 391
10 2 tries
16 1 try
21 1 try
42 1 try
  1 try
82 1 try
93 1 try
107 1 try
23 Just Miguel Burnside High School, Christchurch site 42 646
61 1 try
42 2 tries
14 2 tries
48 3 tries
80 1 try
95 2 tries
126 5 tries
  1 try
24 418 Burnside High School, Christchurch site 42 889
10 4 tries
23 2 tries
44 2 tries
70 2 tries
101 2 tries
  7 tries
189 1 try
292 2 tries
25 sin(tax)Terrors Lincoln High School, Christchurch site 39 728
46 3 tries
12 1 try
  2 tries
61 5 tries
172 1 try
  3 tries
184 1 try
133 1 try
  4 tries
  5 tries
  6 tries
26 ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pip3' Macleans College, Auckland site 36 469
15 1 try
15 1 try
  2 tries
  2 tries
102 1 try
137 1 try
  2 tries
200 1 try
27 NZPCGods Rangitoto College, Auckland site 36 627
14 2 tries
21 2 tries
  7 tries
  4 tries
50 1 try
272 5 tries
150 1 try
28 VTS but better Rangitoto College, Auckland site 33 608
  2 tries
37 1 try
  7 tries
  6 tries
117 2 tries
182 2 tries
232 1 try
29 Browns Bay Early Childcare Team A Rangitoto College, Auckland site 32 965
19 3 tries
25 1 try
97 3 tries
58 1 try
296 7 tries
150 7 tries
  2 tries
  2 tries
30 Risotto Lincoln High School, Christchurch site 32 1061
92 5 tries
100 4 tries
109 2 tries
251 5 tries
143 1 try
126 1 try
31 5 Surprise Lincoln High School, Christchurch site 30 593
  2 tries
  1 try
202 1 try
144 1 try
247 1 try
  1 try
32 Last Place Duo Hillcrest High School, Hamilton site 29 684
14 1 try
31 1 try
280 2 tries
141 3 tries
138 2 tries
33 _null Burnside High School, Christchurch site 26 326
10 2 tries
17 1 try
  1 try
  8 tries
75 1 try
164 3 tries
  1 try
34 Caustic_Potatoes Macleans College, Auckland site 19 569
  1 try
59 1 try
117 4 tries
90 3 tries
183 2 tries
35 Wellington High School Wellington High School, Wellington site 19 657
  6 tries
53 1 try
121 2 tries
58 7 tries
  1 try
285 1 try
  5 tries
36 Team Space Name St John's College, Hamilton site 16 308
  2 tries
28 3 tries
94 1 try
126 2 tries
  4 tries
37 Stephen_Gardiner Rangitoto College, Auckland site 16 368
12 1 try
  2 tries
176 4 tries
100 2 tries
  1 try
  3 tries
38 The Pygrammers Otago Boys High School, Dunedin site 13 167
14 2 tries
  5 tries
  11 tries
133 1 try
39 2/3rds of a braincell Green Bay High School, Auckland site 13 254
18 1 try
  4 tries
236 1 try
  2 tries
40 Meow :3 Rangitoto College, Auckland site 13 371
  1 try
  5 tries
67 2 tries
204 5 tries
41 Triune Coders (Combined school team), Dunedin site 10 322
282 3 tries
  2 tries
  4 tries
42 Lucas W James Hargest College, Invercargill site 6 137
53 1 try
84 1 try
  2 tries
  4 tries
43 hello Macleans College, Auckland site 6 517
185 5 tries
232 2 tries
44 Conner Hillcrest High School, Hamilton site 3 237
  8 tries
237 1 try
45 m* James Hargest College, Invercargill site 0 0
  4 tries
  4 tries
  8 tries
Nova^2 Hillcrest High School, Hamilton site 0 0
  3 tries
  7 tries
  1 try
Null Burnside High School, Christchurch site 0 0
ThePizzaCult Hillcrest High School, Hamilton site 0 0
Summary 32
79
0
6min
36
38
0
3min
26
36
0
14min
28
101
0
28min
32
58
0
25min
32
59
0
25min
21
25
0
58min
25
9
0
43min
16
60
0
24min
2
41
0
100min
2
14
0
133min
3
9
0
134min
1
24
0
149min
0
6
0
n/a
1
23
0
222min
0
6
0
n/a

Tertiary Junior

parasect

University of Auckland

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rank team score A
[3 points]
B
[3 points]
C
[3 points]
D
[3 points]
E
[10 points]
F
[10 points]
G
[10 points]
H
[10 points]
I
[30 points]
J
[30 points]
K
[30 points]
L
[30 points]
M
[100 points]
N
[100 points]
O
[100 points]
P
[100 points]
1 parasect University of Auckland, Auckland site 82 840
7 1 try
13 1 try
26 4 tries
38 2 tries
93 2 tries
65 1 try
107 4 tries
160 1 try
151 2 tries
  2 tries
2 just hanna University of Canterbury, Christchurch site 52 710
11 1 try
19 1 try
160 3 tries
44 2 tries
54 1 try
63 1 try
71 1 try
188 3 tries
  7 tries
  1 try
3 Oliver University of Canterbury, Christchurch site 52 732
6 1 try
11 1 try
20 1 try
146 2 tries
69 1 try
53 2 tries
96 2 tries
271 1 try
  8 tries
Summary 3
0
0
6min
3
0
0
11min
3
5
0
20min
3
3
0
38min
3
1
0
54min
3
1
0
53min
3
4
0
71min
3
2
0
160min
1
16
0
151min
0
2
0
n/a
0
0
0
n/a
0
0
0
n/a
0
0
0
n/a
0
0
0
n/a
0
1
0
n/a
0
0
0
n/a

Tertiary Intermediate

67676767676

University of Canterbury

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Tertiary Intermediate scoreboardScroll sideways to see all problem columns.
rank team score A
[3 points]
B
[3 points]
C
[3 points]
D
[3 points]
E
[10 points]
F
[10 points]
G
[10 points]
H
[10 points]
I
[30 points]
J
[30 points]
K
[30 points]
L
[30 points]
M
[100 points]
N
[100 points]
O
[100 points]
P
[100 points]
1 6767676767676 University of Canterbury, Christchurch site 52 486
14 1 try
32 1 try
27 2 tries
52 3 tries
48 1 try
57 1 try
65 1 try
131 1 try
  2 tries
  2 tries
  7 tries
  1 try
2 Pork Buns University of Waikato, Hamilton site 52 721
18 3 tries
31 2 tries
39 1 try
67 3 tries
84 1 try
109 1 try
122 1 try
151 1 try
  1 try
  1 try
3 OSC TEAM 1 (Not listed), Auckland site 52 768
9 2 tries
30 3 tries
40 1 try
71 2 tries
82 1 try
113 1 try
139 1 try
204 1 try
  3 tries
4 Just a couple of first years University of Waikato, Hamilton site 52 1433
14 3 tries
262 12 tries
246 2 tries
32 4 tries
181 1 try
94 1 try
152 1 try
112 1 try
  7 tries
Summary 4
5
0
9min
4
14
0
30min
4
2
0
27min
4
8
0
32min
4
0
0
48min
4
0
0
57min
4
0
0
65min
4
0
0
112min
0
7
0
n/a
0
6
0
n/a
0
2
0
n/a
0
7
0
n/a
0
1
0
n/a
0
0
0
n/a
0
1
0
n/a
0
0
0
n/a

Tertiary Open

chr(sum(range(ord(min(str(not[]))))))

University of Auckland

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Tertiary Open scoreboardScroll sideways to see all problem columns.
rank team score A
[3 points]
B
[3 points]
C
[3 points]
D
[3 points]
E
[10 points]
F
[10 points]
G
[10 points]
H
[10 points]
I
[30 points]
J
[30 points]
K
[30 points]
L
[30 points]
M
[100 points]
N
[100 points]
O
[100 points]
P
[100 points]
1 chr(sum(range(ord(min(str(not[])))))) University of Auckland, Auckland site 372 1127
5 2 tries
9 1 try
7 1 try
41 2 tries
45 2 tries
50 1 try
62 1 try
28 1 try
57 1 try
115 1 try
144 1 try
93 2 tries
122 1 try
  5 tries
249 2 tries
  1 try
2 fourfpsfluidsim University of Auckland, Auckland site 282 650
3 1 try
13 2 tries
16 1 try
9 1 try
25 2 tries
29 1 try
40 1 try
52 1 try
46 1 try
  1 try
  2 tries
  1 try
138 1 try
  11 tries
239 1 try
3 dasNZstar University of Waikato, Hamilton site 212 985
15 1 try
20 1 try
24 1 try
38 1 try
60 1 try
81 1 try
100 1 try
107 1 try
116 1 try
149 2 tries
  7 tries
  1 try
255 1 try
4 bubbleguppies2 University of Canterbury, Christchurch site 82 1063
18 2 tries
19 2 tries
26 1 try
52 2 tries
95 2 tries
121 1 try
194 1 try
215 1 try
243 1 try
  1 try
  1 try
5 Beans3 University of Waikato, Hamilton site 52 1103
24 2 tries
45 2 tries
59 2 tries
76 1 try
97 1 try
128 1 try
289 4 tries
265 1 try
6 cache_me_outside University of Canterbury, Christchurch site 49 1019
126 4 tries
109 1 try
115 2 tries
  2 tries
226 4 tries
77 1 try
144 1 try
62 2 tries
  6 tries
  3 tries
7 DEMO University of Waikato, Hamilton site 3 122
  2 tries
102 2 tries
  1 try
8 outoftime University of Canterbury, Christchurch site 0 0
Summary 6
8
0
3min
7
4
0
9min
6
2
0
7min
5
4
0
9min
6
7
0
25min
6
0
0
29min
6
3
0
40min
6
1
0
28min
3
6
0
46min
2
1
0
115min
2
3
0
144min
1
9
0
93min
2
5
0
122min
0
16
0
n/a
3
2
0
239min
0
1
0
n/a

Open

prog4might-as-well

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Open scoreboardScroll sideways to see all problem columns.
rank team score A
[3 points]
B
[3 points]
C
[3 points]
D
[3 points]
E
[10 points]
F
[10 points]
G
[10 points]
H
[10 points]
I
[30 points]
J
[30 points]
K
[30 points]
L
[30 points]
M
[100 points]
N
[100 points]
O
[100 points]
P
[100 points]
1 prog4might-as-well Christchurch site 342 2094
17 3 tries
8 1 try
19 1 try
194 4 tries
94 2 tries
106 1 try
167 5 tries
171 1 try
13 1 try
241 2 tries
  11 tries
275 13 tries
142 1 try
187 1 try
2 Griffin Auckland site 142 1025
12 1 try
18 1 try
23 1 try
89 6 tries
54 1 try
62 1 try
69 1 try
81 1 try
108 2 tries
156 3 tries
173 2 tries
  3 tries
  9 tries
3 OutOfTime University of Canterbury, Christchurch site 82 568
15 2 tries
9 1 try
25 1 try
49 2 tries
66 2 tries
56 1 try
72 1 try
52 1 try
124 3 tries
  5 tries
  4 tries
  1 try
  3 tries
  1 try
4 The Rats 🐀 University of Canterbury, Christchurch site 82 635
33 2 tries
4 1 try
9 2 tries
40 1 try
29 1 try
15 1 try
44 1 try
92 1 try
289 3 tries
  7 tries
  5 tries
  5 tries
5 ConcerningElegantHorses University of Auckland, Auckland site 82 924
45 2 tries
33 1 try
5 1 try
58 2 tries
142 2 tries
95 1 try
122 1 try
171 1 try
173 2 tries
  1 try
  1 try
6 networkprotection Hamilton site 60 471
101 3 tries
230 6 tries
7 VibeCoders University of Waikato, Hamilton site 52 1253
13 2 tries
70 4 tries
89 2 tries
57 6 tries
212 4 tries
116 1 try
269 1 try
167 1 try
8 magickow Hamilton site 30 18
18 1 try
  3 tries
  3 tries
9 GBoys Hamilton site 29 881
240 1 try
246 1 try
253 1 try
  1 try
  2 tries
15 1 try
107 2 tries
  5 tries
  4 tries
10 Masala Churro Hamilton site 10 51
  2 tries
51 1 try
  2 tries
  5 tries
  1 try
11 :wq Dunedin site 10 105
  1 try
105 1 try
  4 tries
12 uoatest Auckland site 6 577
237 6 tries
240 1 try
13 abcde Auckland site 0 0
bubbleguppies Christchurch site 0 0
chr(sum(range(ord(min(str(not())))))) (Not listed), Auckland site 0 0
dast Hamilton site 0 0
  3 tries
  2 tries
fivefpsfluidsim University of Auckland, Auckland site 0 0
fortune-teller Auckland site 0 0
idk Auckland site 0 0
OtagoTeanTest (Combined school team), Dunedin site 0 0
Summary 8
11
0
12min
8
3
0
4min
7
2
0
5min
6
16
0
40min
6
10
0
29min
8
1
0
15min
8
5
0
44min
6
2
0
52min
7
18
0
13min
2
16
0
156min
2
36
0
173min
1
25
0
275min
1
16
0
142min
0
0
0
n/a
1
4
0
187min
0
0
0
n/a