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This Marathon Match has some different rules and terms. Please make sure to read the rules carefully before competing. You must be eligible to compete in the match as defined in the rules and by winning a prize you agree to transfer ownership of your submission to TopCoder.

This Marathon Match is a money match that has a $5,000 prize purse! The top five highest scorers will receive prizes with the first place winner receiving $2,500!

In TopCoder Marathon Match events, the system will be testing submissions for optimization according to the scoring criteria outlined in the problem statement that is associated with this event. Each event may have a different scoring mechanism. Competitors will have to understand the scoring mechanism in order to effectively compete. Participants may submit code written in one of the following languages: Java, C++, C#.NET, VB.NET, or Python.

Once the submission phase of a Marathon Match has ended, final testing will run and may take several days to complete. Upon completion of final testing, the final results will become available in the Marathon Match Archive on the web site. Competitors will be able to see the test case details, other competitors' submissions, and all final results. For rated events, the ratings will be adjusted once results are final.

For more details on the Marathon Match format, click here

There will be $5000 in total prize money. The 5 highest scorers in this round will receive compensation for their submissions as follows:

1st	$2500
2nd	$1000
3rd	$750
4th	$500
5th	$250

* NOTE: All prize winners are required to submit to TopCoder a one-page description, explaining their winning submission, within one week of the announcment of the winners in order to receive their prize.

You must be a TopCoder member, at least 18 years of age, meeting all of the membership requirements. In addition, you must fit into one of the following categories.

If you reside in the United States, you must be either:

• A US Citizen
• A Lawful Permanent Resident of the US
• A temporary resident, asylee, refugee of the U.S., or have a lawfully issued work authorization card permitting unrestricted employment in the U.S.

If you do not reside in the United States:

• You must be authorized to perform services in the country from which you are located while participating in the competition as an independent contractor. (Note: In most cases you will not need to do anything to become authorized)