The final leg of the competition was held in San Diego, California, where the 15-year-old Rebecca Rickwood of Cambridgeshire, England, racked up a perfect score of 100 per cent following timed tests using Excel 2007. Having been awarded with $US5,000 (£3,061) in prize money, she can now afford to upgrade to Office 2010 41 times. [BBC via TechRadar]
Cats
Saturday, August 6, 2011 at 12:33 AMLolwhut?
Switch296
Saturday, August 6, 2011 at 12:44 AMThis article makes my mind and emotions completely blank
Why
Why is there
why is this
why
AerintheADEQUATE
Saturday, August 6, 2011 at 12:59 AMSo… How does one ‘COMPETE’ at Excel? In what context is this even concieved of, let alone executed, by a group of individuals?
…and why does an attractive 15 year old girl even find herself in such a situation as this?
Someone should let her know about solitaire or minesweeper or… something. Anything. :-P
monkeyd_93
Saturday, August 6, 2011 at 1:14 AM“Competition at making spreadsheets”
Ahhh…makes….sense…. 0_o
i think this is just a recruitment drive to employ and expose technical able excel whizzes, wouldnt be suprised if MS or some companies look at trying to hire her
Piccoroz
Saturday, August 6, 2011 at 1:22 AMI think is a big deal to find someone that can perform 100% on the piece of crap that excel 2007 is.
Vron
Saturday, August 6, 2011 at 1:35 AMHINT: Money can make us do Crazy Sh*T !
StaplerPirate
Saturday, August 6, 2011 at 2:13 AMVideogames.
Raif
Saturday, August 6, 2011 at 8:22 AMHey guys, at least she isn’t wasting her time on something most 15 year old girls are into: Farmville.
Velnica
Saturday, August 6, 2011 at 12:24 PMWhat is this I don’t even…
hey
Saturday, August 6, 2011 at 12:49 PMdo what you love and the money will come
pew pew
Saturday, August 6, 2011 at 1:16 PMYep real gaming news.
Reoh
Saturday, August 6, 2011 at 5:23 PMExcel’s a game now?!
Incredibad
Sunday, August 7, 2011 at 7:58 AMWords have failed me.
I cannot express the amount of nothing I am feeling after reading this article.
Machine
Sunday, August 7, 2011 at 12:37 PMI’m more of a Microsoft Word gamer myself
Matt
Sunday, August 7, 2011 at 12:58 PMThere was that magic carpet game easter egg in Excel 97…
Those were the days.
b3n
Monday, August 8, 2011 at 5:15 PMlindsay lohan is epic at Excel!?!?! Who’d have thought????