Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge

The Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge (MECC) is a Microsoft Excel esports competition.

Background

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The MECC started in 2022 and combines elements of the Financial Modeling World Cup and the Microsoft Excel World Championship, targeting college students. Contestants solve problems, in the form of case studies, using the spreadsheet software. Competitors are ranked through multiple rounds of timed competition, including an in-person final round. Participants may compete in either individuals or teams. The competition is jointly organized by the Eller College of Management and Financial Modeling World Cup.

In each round, competitors solve problems presented as one-to-five-page-long financial modeling case studies with questions at the end, using Microsoft Excel.

2022 Edition

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Competition Details and Format Changes

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2,730 students from 93 countries and 596 universities and colleges registered for the 2022 MECC. The total prize pool was $30,000 USD. Competitors could sign up individually, or in teams of up to 3 athletes.

The MECC began with two preliminary rounds, taking place online in October 2022. Competitors were allotted two hours to complete each round. Both rounds featured three FMWC style cases. The cases for the 2nd preliminary round were equivalent to those for Stage 7 of the FMWC competition.

Invites to the final day were distributed in the following manner:

  • 30 individual competitors with the highest combined scores of the preliminary rounds
  • 5 teams with the highest combined scores of the preliminary rounds
  • 5 schools with the highest number of MECC signups

The final day took place on December 3, in the University of Arizona .[1][2][3] The final day started with two semifinal rounds. The top 8 individual competitors and top 4 teams advanced to the final rounds.

The final rounds were held in the University of Arizona Esports Arena and consisted entirely of Microsoft Excel World Cup style cases. It was live streamed on FMWC's YouTube channel, and ESPNU later aired a condensed version on December 18.[4][5]

Results[6]

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Individual

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Finals - Round 2
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Rank Athlete Nation University Score Prize
  Isaac Lee   Singapore National University of Singapore 381 $10,000
  Gavin Hartzell   United States The Ohio State University 216 $5,000
  Forrest Liu   United States University of Pennsylvania 205 $2,500
4 Andrew Cheng   United States New York University 176 $1,250
Finals - Round 1
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Rank Athlete Nation University Score Prize
1 Forrest Liu   United States University of Pennsylvania 1,014
2 Isaac Lee   Singapore National University of Singapore 1,000
3 Gavin Hartzell   United States The Ohio State University 836
4 Andrew Cheng   United States New York University 775
5 Patrick Chatain   Canada McGill University 760 $750
6 Danendra Lohanata   Singapore Nanyang Technological University 724
7 Nitish Mehta   Canada Ivey Business School 722
8 Morgan Carr   United States Middle Georgia State University 617
Semifinals
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Rank Athlete Nation University Round 1 Round 2 Score
1 Patrick Chatain   Canada McGill University 640 670 1310
2 Isaac Lee   Singapore National University of Singapore 510 710 1220
3 Andrew Cheng   United States New York University 690 485 1175
4 Gavin Hartzell   United States The Ohio State University 659 430 1089
5 Forrest Liu   United States University of Pennsylvania 720 286 1006
6 Morgan Carr   United States Middle Georgia State University 550 454 1004
7 Danendra Lohanata   Singapore Nanyang Technological University 540 429 969
8 Nitish Mehta   Canada Ivey Business School 570 392 962
9 Suman Acharya   United States Maharishi International University 589 304 893
10 Athanasios Dogramatzidis   Greece University of Athens 410 430 840
11 Leslie Cannell   Canada Fanshawe College 342 442 784
12 Pieter Pienaar   South Africa University of Pretoria 310 465 775
13 Venkat Ravi   United States Duke University 405 295 700
14 Prarthana Magon   United States University of Arizona 345 350 695
15 Samuel Henley   Australia Curtin University 345 340 685
16 April Grossi   United States UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School 307 377 684
17 Antonio Gorgijovski   Australia Macquarie University 130 480 610
18 Tyler Street   Canada University of Waterloo 235 365 600
19 Matthé Hulshof   Netherlands Avans University of Applied Sciences 294 305 599
20 William Montgomery   United States Arizona State University 375 212 587
21 Chirayyu Jain   United States Babson College 228 275 503
22 Nicole Rong   United States University of Pennsylvania 298 193 491
23 Hayden Boccardo   United States University of Arizona 150 335 485
- Ankit Kumar   India IIM Bodh Gaya — (DNS)
- Samarth Anand   India Delhi University — (DNS)
- Aditya Kumar Darak   India Gujarat University — (DNS)

Team

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Finals
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Rank Nation Athletes University Score Prize
    United States Roshni Chandawarkar
Manny Mehta
Austin Towle
The Ohio State University 558 $6,000
    Madagascar Kiraën Andriamandimbisoa
Tafitantsoa Rakotondrafara
Ny Tsiory Nomentsoa Rakotonanahary
INSCAE 420 $3,000
    United States Garima Gupta
Pranjal Bhatt
Thomas Ewing
University of Texas at Dallas 328 $1,500
4   United States Samuel Primack
Brandon Jung
Benhamin Cherdak
University of Arizona 204
Semifinals
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Rank Nation Athletes University Case 1 Case 2 Total Score
1   Madagascar Kiraën Andriamandimbisoa
Tafitantsoa Rakotondrafara
Ny Tsiory Nomentsoa Rakotonanahary
INSCAE 710 485 1195
2   United States Roshni Chandawarkar
Manny Mehta
Austin Towle
The Ohio State University 345 610 955
3   United States Samuel Primack
Brandon Jung
Benhamin Cherdak
University of Arizona 385 465 850
4   United States Garima Gupta
Pranjal Bhatt
Thomas Ewing
University of Texas at Dallas 262 442 704
5   United States Tammy Brewer
Rowen Fletcher
Kate Martin
University of Arizona 269 410 679
6   United States Akshay Kolte
Maria Toledano
Florian Mehl
Babson College 336 267 603
7   United States Kayla Oxley
Krishang Agarwal
Divyansh Gour
Indiana University Bloomington 228 305 533
-   Kenya Saeed Shaffiq
Michasel Muiruri
Strathmore University — (DNS)
-   Pakistan Maarij Haroon
Swaleh Ahmed
NED — (DNS)

2023 Edition

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Competition Details and Format Changes

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Team sign up is no longer available to all students. In order to compete as a team, students must be enrolled in a partner school. Partner Schools have coordinated with the FMWC organizers to be named as a partner school and receive an automatic bid for one team (up to 3 people) to compete in-person on the final day

Invites to the final day will be distributed in the following manner:

  • 20 individual competitors with the highest combined scores of the preliminary rounds
  • 1 team for each partner school

Results

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Qualification Round

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Rank Athlete Nation University Round 1 Round 2 Score
1 Benjamin Weber   Austria University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien 1360 765 2125
2 Tim Froelich   United States Indiana University Bloomington 1230 855 2085
3 Gavin Hartzell   United States The Ohio State University 1110 825 1935
4 Zefanie Gayle Tan   Philippines Ateneo de Manila University 1140 705 1845
5 Antonio Gorgijovski   Australia Macquarie University 1090 650 1740
6 Patrick Chatain   Canada McGill University 1080 610 1690
7 Jonathan Razanamparany   Madagascar INSCAE 1080 530 1610
7 Samuel Hanley   Australia Curtin University 840 770 1610
9 Julian Poeltl   Germany Hochschule Reutlingen 780 800 1580
10 Giorgi Goderzishvili   Georgia Free University of Tbilisi 850 690 1540

References

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  1. ^ Yeoh, Grace (December 3, 2022). "He loved numbers so much, this Singapore student became a finalist in an e-sports competition – on Microsoft Excel". Channel News Asia. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  2. ^ Financial Modeling World Cup [@FMWC_] (December 2, 2022). "❗First-ever in-person and LIVE Excel battle already tomorrow! Join the livestream on our YouTube channel from the Arizona Esports Arena where Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge finals will take place at 9:45 PM" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Microsoft Excel [@msexcel] (November 23, 2022). "📅 Mark December 3 on your calendars. It's the Microsoft #Excel Collegiate Championship Finals, and you won't want to miss it!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ Bennett, William (December 2, 2022). "Media Note: Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge Finals in UArizona will be streamed on YouTube and broadcast on ESPNU". LocalToday. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  5. ^ Smith, Molly (December 3, 2022). "University of Arizona Eller College of Management Hosts Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge Finals". Patch. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  6. ^ "MECC 2022 Rankings". Retrieved April 30, 2023.
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  • Official webpage [1]