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People who have won the IOCCC

A is for atoi

Ondřej Adamovský
Location: CZ - Czechia

• 2019/adamovsky - Most functional interpreter

Anton Älgmyr
Location: SE - Sweden

• 2018/algmyr - Most cacophonic

Derek Anderson
Location: US - United States of America

• 2018/anderson - Most able to divine code gaps

Glyn Anderson
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 2000/anderson - Best Use of Flags

Anonymous 1984
Location: US - United States of America

• 1984/anonymous - Dishonorable mention

Anonymous 2001
Location: GB - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

• 2001/anonymous - Dishonorable mention

Anonymous 2004
Location: SG - Singapore

• 2004/anonymous - “Best use of”“Precious”” Lines”

Anonymous 2005
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 2005/anon - Best 3D puzzle

Anonymous 2015
Location: JP - Japan

• 2015/endoh1 - Most Diffused Reaction

David Applegate
Location: US - United States of America

• 1991/davidguy - Best X11 Graphics

Jack Applin
Location: US - United States of America

• 1985/applin - Best one liner
• 1986/applin - Most adaptable program
• 1988/applin - Best of show

Jari Arkko
Location: SE - Sweden

• 1989/jar.1 - Strangest abuse of the rules
• 1989/jar.2 - Best of show
• 2000/jarijyrki - Best of Show

Michael Ash
Location: US - United States of America

• 2005/mikeash - Best use of parenthesis

Lennart Augustsson
Location: SE - Sweden

• 1985/august - Most obscure program
• 1986/august - Best complex task done in a complex way
• 1996/august - Best of Show

B is for break

Bas de Bakker
Location: NL - Netherlands

• 1998/bas1 - Best Encapsulation
• 1998/bas2 - Best Small Program

Carl Banks
Location: US - United States of America

• 1998/banks - Best of Show

Gavin Barraclough
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 2004/gavin - Best of Show

Sean Barrett
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1991/buzzard - Best Output
• 1992/buzzard.1 - Most Obfuscated Algorithm
• 1992/buzzard.2 - Best Language Tool

Doug Beardsley
Location: US - United States of America

• 2001/dgbeards - Best AI

Fabrice Bellard
Location: FR - France

• 2000/bellard - Most Specific Output
• 2001/bellard - Best abuse of the rules
• 2018/bellard - Most inflationary

E. Jay Berkenbilt
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1993/ejb - Best Obfuscated Algorithm

Daniel J. Bernstein
Location: US - United States of America

• 1991/brnstnd - Best Of Show

Mark Biggar
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1987/biggar - Best Abuse of the Rules

Michael Birken
Location: US - United States of America

• 2006/birken - EDAMAME Award
• 2013/birken - Best painting tool
• 2014/birken - Best use of port 1701

Paul E. Black
Location: US - United States of America

• 1989/paul - Most complex algorithm

Philip Blakely
Location: GB - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

• 2011/blakely - Most devolving
• 2012/blakely - Most GIFted expressions

James Bonfield
Location: GB - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

• 1991/rince - Best Game
• 1993/rince - Most Well Rounded
• 2000/rince - Astronomically Obfuscated

Szabolcs Borsanyi
Location: DE - Germany

• 2006/borsanyi - Most Useful
• 2011/borsanyi - Best data utility

Francois Boutines
Location: FR - France

• 2005/boutines - Most superfluous output

David Van Brackle
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1989/vanb - Best one liner
• 1993/vanb - Most Irregular Expression
• 1995/vanschnitz - Worst Abuse of the C Preprocessor and Most Likely to Amaze

Moxen N. Briddlebane
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 2000/briddlebane - Best Abuse of User

Walter Bright
Location: US - United States of America

• 1986/bright - Most useful obfuscation

Leonid A. Broukhis
Location: US - United States of America

• 1993/leo - Best Game
• 1995/leo - Best Use of Obfuscation

bsoup
Location: JP - Japan

• 2011/hamaji - Best solved puzzle

Laurion Burchall
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1994/ldb - Best One-liner

Brent Burley
Location: US - United States of America

• 2004/burley - Best Calculated Risk

Dave Burton
Location: US - United States of America

• 2015/burton - Most Useful
• 2018/burton1 - Best one-liner
• 2018/burton2 - Best abuse of the rules
• 2019/burton - Best one-liner
• 2020/burton - Best one-liner

Gavin Buttimore
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 2000/thadgavin - Most Portable Output

C is for const

Adrian Cable
Location: US - United States of America

• 2013/cable1 - Most partisan 1-liner
• 2013/cable2 - Best of show
• 2013/cable3 - Largest small system emulator

Nicholas Carlini
Location: US - United States of America

• 2020/carlini - Best of show - abuse of libc

Raymond Cheong
Location: US - United States of America

• 2000/primenum - Best Abuse of CPP
• 2001/cheong - Best short program

V. Chia
Location: SG - Singapore

• 2005/chia - Most ambiguous language

Marcin Ciura
Location: PL - Poland

• 2018/ciura - Most likely to be awarded
• 2019/ciura - Most alphabetic

Ian Collier
Location: GB - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

• 1992/imc - Best Output
• 1994/imc - Most Obfuscated Algorithm

Pierre-Philippe Coupard
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 2001/coupard - Most obfuscated sound

D is for do

John Dalbec
Location: US - United States of America

• 1996/dalbec - Best Numerical Obfuscation
• 2004/jdalbec - Best Abuse of the Periodic Table

Paul Dale
Location: AU - Australia

• 1988/dale - Best abuse of system calls

Ferenc Deak
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 2014/deak - Most underscored argument

Alex Deckmyn
Location: BE - Belgium

• 2012/deckmyn - Most notable and best tool

Dave Decot
Location: US - United States of America

• 1984/decot - Second place

Sebastian Deorowicz
Location: PL - Poland

• 1995/esde - Interesting Algorithm

Volker Diels-Grabsch
Location: DE - Germany

• 2019/diels-grabsch1 - Best small program
• 2019/diels-grabsch2 - Most self-aware

Don Dodson
Location: US - United States of America

• 1994/dodsond1 - Best Game
• 1994/dodsond2 - Most Obfuscated Packaging
• 1995/dodsond1 - Most Humorous
• 1995/dodsond2 - Best Game

Gil Dogon
Location: IL - Israel

• 2005/giljade - Best 2D puzzle
• 2015/dogon - Most Crafty
• 2019/dogon - Best use of space and time

Frans van Dorsselaer
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1998/dorssel - Obsolescent Feature

Sean Dorward
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1990/tbr - Best Utility

Heather Downs
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1995/heathbar - Best Layout
• 1995/makarios - Best Short Program

Carlos Duarte
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1995/cdua - Best Output

Etienne Duble
Location: FR - France

• 2015/duble - Best Handwriting
• 2019/duble - Best collaborative graphics

Christian Dupont
Location: FR - France

• 1991/cdupont - Most Useful Label

E is for else

Peter Eastman
Location: US - United States of America

• 2011/eastman - Best ball

Paul Eggert
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1990/jaw - Best Entropy-reducer

Thor Eldby
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1996/eldby - Best Output

Yusuke Endoh
Location: JP - Japan

• 2012/endoh1 - Most complex ASCII fluid - Honorable mention
• 2012/endoh2 - PiE in the sky award
• 2013/endoh1 - Most lazy SKIer
• 2013/endoh2 - Most recyclable
• 2013/endoh3 - Most tweetable 1-liner
• 2013/endoh4 - Most solid
• 2014/endoh1 - Most square (YODA award)
• 2014/endoh2 - Best use of bioinformatics
• 2015/endoh1 - Most Diffused Reaction
• 2015/endoh2 - Most Overlooked Obfuscation
• 2015/endoh3 - Back to the Future Award
• 2015/endoh4 - Best One-liner
• 2018/endoh1 - Best tool to reveal holes
• 2018/endoh2 - Best use of python
• 2019/endoh - Most in need of debugging
• 2020/endoh1 - Most explosive
• 2020/endoh2 - Best perspective
• 2020/endoh3 - Most head-turning

F is for float

Cody Boone Ferguson
Location: US - United States of America

• 2018/ferguson - Best use of weasel words
• 2020/ferguson1 - Don’t tread on me award
• 2020/ferguson2 - Most enigmatic

Tony Finch
Location: GB - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

• 1998/fanf - Most Obfuscated Translator

Thomas A. Fine
Location: US - United States of America

• 1991/fine - Best One Liner

Daniel Fischer
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1998/df - Best Data Hiding

Karl F. Fox
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1990/jaw - Best Entropy-reducer

Kimmo Fredriksson
Location: FI - Finland

• 2011/fredriksson - Most useful

Thaddaeus Frogley
Location: GB - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

• 2000/thadgavin - Most Portable Output

G is for getc

Anders Gavare
Location: SE - Sweden

• 2004/gavare - Best Use of Light and Spheres

David Gibson
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1993/dgibson - Best Abuse of the C Preprocessor

Edward Giles
Location: AU - Australia

• 2018/giles - Most unstable
• 2019/giles - Most in need of wide space
• 2020/giles - Most phony

Garry Glendown
Location: DE - Germany

• 1995/garry - Best Utility

David Goodenough
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1990/dg - Best Abuse of the C Preprocessor

Uri Goren
Location: IL - Israel

• 2011/goren - Most artistic

Aaron Grothe
Location: US - United States of America

• 2006/grothe - Most Obfuscated Audio
• 2012/grothe - Most conspiratorial

Andreas Gustafsson
Location: FI - Finland

• 1992/gson - Most Humorous Output

H is for hypot

Jim Hague
Location: GB - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

• 1986/hague - Worst abuse of the C preprocessor

Shinichiro Hamaji
Location: JP - Japan

• 2011/hamaji - Best solved puzzle

Tsukasa Hamano
Location: JP - Japan

• 2012/hamano - Most elementary use of C - Silver award

Steinar Hamre
Location: NO - Norway

• 2006/hamre - Most Irrational

Paul Heckbert
Location: US - United States of America

• 1987/heckbert - Best Obfuscator of Programs

Robert Heckendorn
Location: US - United States of America

• 1985/applin - Best one liner

Arne Timwi Heizmann
Location: DE - Germany

• 2005/timwi - Most discourteous interpreter

Stig Hemmer
Location: NO - Norway

• 1990/stig - Strangest Abuse of the Rules

Immanuel Herrmann
Location: DE - Germany

• 2001/herrmann1 - Best abuse of the C preprocessor
• 2001/herrmann2 - Most eye-crossing

Spencer Hines
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1987/hines - Worst Style

Bruce Holloway
Location: US - United States of America

• 1986/holloway - Best simple task performed in a complex way

Jyrki Holopainen
Location: FI - Finland

• 1993/lmfjyh - Most Versatile Source
• 2000/jarijyrki - Best of Show

Albert van der Horst
Location: NL - Netherlands

• 1992/albert - Most Useful Program

Mary Ann Horton
Location: US - United States of America

• 1994/horton - Best Utility

Qiming HOU
Location: CN - China

• 2011/hou - Best self documenting program
• 2012/hou - Most useful obfuscation
• 2013/hou - Best use of 1 Infinite Loop
• 2015/hou - Most Well-rounded Hash
• 2018/hou - Most likely to top the charts

Anthony C. Howe
Location: CA - Canada

• 1991/ant - Best Utility
• 1992/ant - Best Utility
• 1993/ant - Best Utility
• 2004/hibachi - Best Abuse of the Guidelines
• 2005/mynx - Best use of the WWW
• 2015/howe - Most Different

Jonathan Hoyle
Location: US - United States of America

• 2004/hoyle - Most Functional Output

Ken Huffman
Location: US - United States of America

• 1996/huffman - Best Obfuscated Character Set Utility

I is for int

Mark Isaak
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1988/isaak - Best visuals

J is for jmp_buf

Thomas P John
Location: NL - Netherlands

• 2000/tomx - Most Complete Program

Nick Johnson
Location: NZ - New Zealand

• 2004/arachnid - Best use of Vision

Larry Jones
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1990/scjones - ANSI Committee’s Worst Abuse of C

K is for killchar

Seonghoon Kang
Location: KR - Korea (the Republic of)

• 2012/kang - Best short program

Joshua Karns
Location: US - United States of America

• 2019/karns - Most in need of whitespace

Chris King
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 2001/ctk - Worst Driver

Tero Kivinen
Location: FI - Finland

• 1992/kivinen - Best X Program

Peter Klausler
Location: US - United States of America

• 2005/klausler - Abuse of the rules

Taketo Konno
Location: JP - Japan

• 2011/konno - Best one liner
• 2012/konno - Best one liner

Eryk Kopczynski
Location: PL - Poland

• 2004/kopczynski - Best One-Liner

David Korn
Location: US - United States of America

• 1987/korn - Best One Liner

Ilya Kurdyukov
Location: RU - Russian Federation

• 2020/kurdyukov1 - Best utility
• 2020/kurdyukov2 - Least detailed
• 2020/kurdyukov3 - Bset slaml prragom
• 2020/kurdyukov4 - Best abuse of lámatyávë

L is for long

Mike Laman
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1984/laman - Third place

Ora Lassila
Location: US - United States of America

• 1989/jar.2 - Best of show

Jetro Lauha
Location: FI - Finland

• 2005/jetro - Most sonorous output

Roemer B. Lievaart
Location: NL - Netherlands

• 1987/lievaart - Grand Prize
• 1989/roemer - Best layout

Maarten Litmaath
Location: CH - Switzerland

• 1988/litmaath - Best small program

J. David Lowe
Location: US - United States of America

• 1998/dlowe - Best Utility
• 1998/dloweneil - Most Fun
• 2000/dlowe - Worst Abuse of the Rules
• 2011/dlowe - Most self deprecating
• 2012/dlowe - Best way to lose a life
• 2013/dlowe - Best sparkling utility

Oskar von der Luehe
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1989/ovdluhe - Most humorous output

Ed Luke
Location: US - United States of America

• 1992/lush - Worst Abuse of the C Preprocessor

Ed Lycklama
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1985/lycklama - Strangest appearing program

Ben Lynn
Location: US - United States of America

• 2019/lynn - Most functional compiler

M is for malloc

David Madore
Location: FR - France

• 2012/grothe - Most conspiratorial

Sandro Maffiodo
Location: IT - Italy

• 2014/maffiodo1 - Homage to a classic game
• 2014/maffiodo2 - Most tweetable entry

Selene Makarios
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1995/heathbar - Best Layout
• 1995/makarios - Best Short Program

Andrea Marangoni
Location: IT - Italy

• 1992/marangon - Best Game

Adrian Mariano
Location: US - United States of America

• 1990/theorem - Best of Show
• 1992/adrian - Most Educational

Eric Marshall
Location: US - United States of America

• 1986/marshall - Best layout

Ron McFarland
Location: US - United States of America

• 1996/rcm - Best RFC Obfuscation

Bernd Meyer
Location: AU - Australia

• 2000/bmeyer - Best Utility

Raphael Meyer
Location: US - United States of America

• 2006/meyer - Best Game

Christopher Mills
Location: US - United States of America

• 1990/cmills - Best Game
• 1993/cmills - Bill Gates Award
• 2013/mills - Most timely rendered
• 2015/mills1 - For the Birds! Award
• 2015/mills2 - Most Compact
• 2018/mills - Best of show
• 2019/mills - Most in need to be tweeted

Neil Mix
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1998/dloweneil - Most Fun

Maurizio Monge
Location: IT - Italy

• 2006/monge - Best Compiled Graphics

Yves-Marie Morgan
Location: FR - France

• 2013/morgan1 - Smallest large system simulator
• 2013/morgan2 - Most playfully versatile
• 2014/morgan - Most likely to succeed

Sjoerd Mullender
Location: NL - Netherlands

• 1984/mullender - Grand Prize

Dominik Muth
Location: DE - Germany

• 2015/muth - Most Complete Use of CPP

N is for nullptr

Jeff Newbern
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 2004/newbern - Best Font Engine

Christopher Night
Location: US - United States of America

• 2006/night - Best Abuse of Computation

Baruch Nissenbaum
Location: IL - Israel

• 1990/baruch - Best Small Program

Esko Nuutila
Location: FI - Finland

• 1989/jar.2 - Best of show

O is for open

Nicolas Ollinger
Location: FR - France

• 2001/ollinger - Best of Show

Jason Orendorff
Location: US - United States of America

• 2001/jason - Best Of Show

Doron Osovlanski
Location: IL - Israel

• 1990/baruch - Best Small Program

Nathan Otterness
Location: US - United States of America

• 2020/otterness - Most percussive

P is for printf

Michael H. Pawka
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1986/pawka - Most illegible code

Vern Paxson
Location: US - United States of America

• 1992/vern - Best of Show

Mauro Persano
Location: BR - Brazil

• 2005/persano - Best of Show

Ian Phillipps
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1988/phillipps - Least likely to compile successfully

Mark Plummer
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1993/plummer - Best One Liner

Timo Poikola
Location: FI - Finland

• 2018/poikola - Most stellar
• 2019/poikola - Most calendrical

Alexander Prishchepov
Location: US - United States of America

• 2014/birken - Best use of port 1701

Kevin Pulo
Location: AU - Australia

• 2001/kev - Best Curses Game

Q is for qsort

R is for return

Byron Rakitzis
Location: US - United States of America

• 1990/tbr - Best Utility

Teemu Rantanen
Location: FI - Finland

• 1994/tvr - Best X11 Program

Gopi Reddy
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1988/reddy - Most useful Obfuscated C program

Robbert van Renesse
Location: US - United States of America

• 1984/mullender - Grand Prize

Gregor Richards
Location: US - United States of America

• 2011/richards - Most surprisingly portable

Arch D. Robison
Location: US - United States of America

• 1988/robison - Best abuse of C constructs
• 1989/robison - Best minimal use of C
• 2000/robison - Best game
• 2013/robison - Most poetic use of strings

Edward Rosten
Location: GB - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

• 2001/rosten - Best abuse of the user

Peter J Ruczynski
Location: GB - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

• 1990/pjr - Most Unusual Data Structure

Szymon Rusinkiewicz
Location: US - United States of America

• 1994/smr - Worst Abuse of the Rules

S is for switch

Michael Savastio
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1995/savastio - Most Obfuscated Syntax

Craig Schneiderwent
Location: US - United States of America

• 2000/schneiderwent - Most Timely Output

Mark Schnitzius
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1993/schnitzi - Obfuscated Intelligence Award
• 1994/schnitzi - Best Layout
• 1995/schnitzi - Best One Liner
• 1995/vanschnitz - Worst Abuse of the C Preprocessor and Most Likely to Amaze
• 1998/schnitzi - Best Flow Control
• 2004/schnitzi - Best Non-Use of Curses

Jens Schweikhardt
Location: DE - Germany

• 1996/schweikh1 - Worst Abuse of the C Preprocessor
• 1996/schweikh2 - Best Algorithm
• 1996/schweikh3 - Best Utility
• 1998/schweikh1 - CPP Abuse
• 1998/schweikh2 - Most Erratic Behavior
• 1998/schweikh3 - Most Space Efficient
• 2001/schweikh - Best one-liner
• 2015/schweikhardt - Best Documented

Andrew T. Shapiro
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1994/shapiro - Most Well Rounded Obfuscation

Carl Shapiro
Location: US - United States of America

• 1985/shapiro - Grand prize for most well-rounded in confusion

NATORI Shin
Location: JP - Japan

• 2000/natori - Best Small Program

Col. G. L. Sicherman
Location: US - United States of America

• 1985/sicherman - Worst abuse of the C preprocessor

Nathan Sidwell
Location: GB - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

• 1992/nathan - Worst Abuse of the Rules

Cel Skeggs
Location: US - United States of America

• 2014/skeggs - Most dynamic

Andy Sloane
Location: US - United States of America

• 2006/sloane - Homer’’s Favorite

Alan De Smet
Location: US - United States of America

• 1998/chaos - Best Object Orientation

Diomidis Spinellis
Location: GR - Greece

• 1988/spinellis - Best abuse of the rules
• 1990/dds - Best Language Tool
• 1991/dds - Most Well Rounded
• 1995/spinellis - Abusing The Rules

Jan Stein
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1986/stein - Best one liner

Thomas Stewart
Location: US - United States of America

• 2006/stewart - Best Computed Graphics

Dean Swift
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1996/gandalf - Best Layout

Stephen Sykes
Location: FI - Finland

• 2004/sds - Best Abuse of Indentation
• 2005/sykes - Best Emulator
• 2006/sykes1 - Best Assembler
• 2006/sykes2 - Best One Liner

T is for true

Jon Thingvold
Location: NO - Norway

• 1993/jonth - Most Obfuscated X Program
• 1996/jonth - Best X11 Entry

Aidan Thornton
Location: GB - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

• 2005/aidan - Most ingenious puzzle solution

Oscar Toledo G.
Location: MX - Mexico

• 2005/toledo - Best Game
• 2006/toledo1 - Best Small Program
• 2006/toledo2 - Best of Show
• 2006/toledo3 - Most Portable Chess Set
• 2011/toledo - Best non-chess game

Tom Torfs
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1998/tomtorfs - Best Self-Documenting

John Tromp
Location: US - United States of America

• 1989/tromp - Best game
• 2012/tromp - Most functional

tsoj
Location: DE - Germany

• 2020/tsoj - Most misleading indentation

U is for union

V is for volatile

Daniel Vik
Location: US - United States of America

• 2004/vik1 - Best X11 Game
• 2004/vik2 - Best Abuse of CPP
• 2005/vik - Most circuitous walk
• 2011/vik - Most sound
• 2012/vik - Best use of cocoa - Bronze award
• 2014/vik - Best handling of beeps

Scott Vokes
Location: US - United States of America

• 2018/vokes - Most connected

Jay Vosburgh
Location: US - United States of America

• 1989/fubar - Best self-modifying program

W is for while

Larry Wall
Location: US - United States of America

• 1986/wall - Grand prize in most well-rounded in confusion
• 1987/wall - Most Useful Obfuscation

Vincent Weaver
Location: US - United States of America

• 2005/vince - Most beauteous visuals

Jeff Weisberg
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1994/weisberg - Best Short Program

Brian Westley
Location: US - United States of America

• 1987/westley - Best Layout
• 1988/westley - Best layout
• 1989/westley - Most algorithms in one program
• 1990/westley - Best Layout
• 1991/westley - Grand Prize
• 1992/westley - Best Small Program
• 1994/westley - Worst Abuse of the C Preprocessor
• 1996/westley - Best One Liner
• 2001/westley - Best position-independent code

Freek Wiedijk
Location: NL - Netherlands

• 2014/wiedijk - Most functional

John Williams
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 2001/williams - Best Graphic Game

James A. Woods
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 1990/jaw - Best Entropy-reducer

X is for xor

Y is for y0

Don Yang
Location: US - United States of America

• 2000/dhyang - Best Layout
• 2004/omoikane - Best Utility
• 2011/akari - Best of Show - Most Shrinkable
• 2012/omoikane - Most surreptitious
• 2013/misaka - Most catty
• 2014/sinon - Best choice of optimization
• 2015/yang - Most Pointed Reaction
• 2018/yang - Most shifty
• 2019/yang - Most in need of transparency
• 2020/yang - Best abuse of CPP

Z is for zlib

Lord Zarbon
Location: ZZ - Unknown location

• 2000/briddlebane - Best Abuse of User

Adar Zeitak
Location: IL - Israel

• 2012/zeitak - Balanced use of obfuscation - Gold award

Matt Zucker
Location: US - United States of America

• 2011/zucker - Most shiny