At about 46:30 in the 2023 video everyone starts freaking out about something, I have no idea what, and then some guy gets eliminated. Pretty exciting stuff.
Then later on at 2:54:54 dude is basically finished with 30 seconds left before the others and takes his headset off and sits back with arms folded trolling epic style because he knows he's got the win. Basically doing the prime time into the end zone.
The tournament works by the players solving problems and putting the answers to the problems into another spreadsheet, which grants the individual points. Being post to solve a problem grants more points, but if you miss the first place, there is a strategy in which a player might solve the problems and not post them, causing other players to think they are ahead, and then suddenly posting them all at once, getting a massive lead and putting pressure on their opponents.
A new thing this year though is that every 7 minutes, the player with the lowest points is eliminated, so players will keep an eye on the clock and then try to post at the last minute to push themselves ahead and gain a lead. This can make it more exciting as someone who was doing badly can sometimes zoom ahead.
Anyway, Andrew "The Annihilator" Ngai (from Australia) was the top favorite to win the whole tournament, but there was some kind of glitch with the score spreadsheet, so something prevented him from posting his scores and he was eliminated at the first round of the semifinals, which was a big shock. However, at some point, the judges un-eliminated him because it was deemed to not be his fault.
He's actually the guy who won at the end with the gangster move of just taking a break for the last 30 seconds. I was really hoping one of the other players would punish his arrogance, but it just wasn't possible as he was so far ahead.
