Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge

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

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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

Competition Details and Format Changes

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:

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]

Individual

Finals - Round 2
RankAthleteNationUniversityScorePrize
Gold medal icon.svgIsaac LeeFlag of Singapore.svg  Singapore National University of Singapore 381$10,000
Silver medal icon.svgGavin HartzellFlag of the United States.svg  United States The Ohio State University 216$5,000
Bronze medal icon.svgForrest LiuFlag of the United States.svg  United States University of Pennsylvania 205$2,500
4Andrew ChengFlag of the United States.svg  United States New York University 176$1,250
Finals - Round 1
RankAthleteNationUniversityScorePrize
1Forrest LiuFlag of the United States.svg  United States University of Pennsylvania 1,014
2Isaac LeeFlag of Singapore.svg  Singapore National University of Singapore 1,000
3Gavin HartzellFlag of the United States.svg  United States The Ohio State University 836
4Andrew ChengFlag of the United States.svg  United States New York University 775
5Patrick ChatainFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada McGill University 760$750
6Danendra LohanataFlag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Nanyang Technological University 724
7Nitish MehtaFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Ivey Business School 722
8Morgan CarrFlag of the United States.svg  United States Middle Georgia State University 617
Semifinals
RankAthleteNationUniversityRound 1Round 2Score
1Patrick ChatainFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada McGill University 6406701310
2Isaac LeeFlag of Singapore.svg  Singapore National University of Singapore 5107101220
3Andrew ChengFlag of the United States.svg  United States New York University 6904851175
4Gavin HartzellFlag of the United States.svg  United States The Ohio State University 6594301089
5Forrest LiuFlag of the United States.svg  United States University of Pennsylvania 7202861006
6Morgan CarrFlag of the United States.svg  United States Middle Georgia State University 5504541004
7Danendra LohanataFlag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Nanyang Technological University 540429969
8Nitish MehtaFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Ivey Business School 570392962
9Suman AcharyaFlag of the United States.svg  United States Maharishi International University 589304893
10Athanasios DogramatzidisFlag of Greece.svg  Greece University of Athens 410430840
11Leslie CannellFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Fanshawe College 342442784
12Pieter PienaarFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa University of Pretoria 310465775
13Venkat RaviFlag of the United States.svg  United States Duke University 405295700
14Prarthana MagonFlag of the United States.svg  United States University of Arizona 345350695
15Samuel HenleyFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Curtin University 345340685
16April GrossiFlag of the United States.svg  United States UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School 307377684
17Antonio GorgijovskiFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Macquarie University 130480610
18Tyler StreetFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada University of Waterloo 235365600
19Matthé HulshofFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Avans University of Applied Sciences 294305599
20William MontgomeryFlag of the United States.svg  United States Arizona State University 375212587
21Chirayyu JainFlag of the United States.svg  United States Babson College 228275503
22Nicole RongFlag of the United States.svg  United States University of Pennsylvania 298193491
23Hayden BoccardoFlag of the United States.svg  United States University of Arizona 150335485
-Ankit KumarFlag of India.svg  India IIM Bodh Gaya — (DNS)
-Samarth AnandFlag of India.svg  India Delhi University — (DNS)
-Aditya Kumar DarakFlag of India.svg  India Gujarat University — (DNS)

Team

Finals
RankNationAthletesUniversityScorePrize
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States Roshni Chandawarkar
Manny Mehta
Austin Towle
The Ohio State University 558$6,000
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar Kiraën Andriamandimbisoa
Tafitantsoa Rakotondrafara
Ny Tsiory Nomentsoa Rakotonanahary
INSCAE 420$3,000
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States Garima Gupta
Pranjal Bhatt
Thomas Ewing
University of Texas at Dallas 328$1,500
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States Samuel Primack
Brandon Jung
Benhamin Cherdak
University of Arizona 204
Semifinals
RankNationAthletesUniversityCase 1Case 2Total Score
1Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar Kiraën Andriamandimbisoa
Tafitantsoa Rakotondrafara
Ny Tsiory Nomentsoa Rakotonanahary
INSCAE 7104851195
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States Roshni Chandawarkar
Manny Mehta
Austin Towle
The Ohio State University 345610955
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States Samuel Primack
Brandon Jung
Benhamin Cherdak
University of Arizona 385465850
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States Garima Gupta
Pranjal Bhatt
Thomas Ewing
University of Texas at Dallas 262442704
5Flag of the United States.svg  United States Tammy Brewer
Rowen Fletcher
Kate Martin
University of Arizona 269410679
6Flag of the United States.svg  United States Akshay Kolte
Maria Toledano
Florian Mehl
Babson College 336267603
7Flag of the United States.svg  United States Kayla Oxley
Krishang Agarwal
Divyansh Gour
Indiana University Bloomington 228305533
-Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Saeed Shaffiq
Michasel Muiruri
Strathmore University — (DNS)
-Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Maarij Haroon
Swaleh Ahmed
NED — (DNS)

2023 Edition

Competition Details and Format Changes

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:

Results

Qualification Round

RankAthleteNationUniversityRound 1Round 2Score
1Benjamin WeberFlag of Austria.svg  Austria University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien 13607652125
2Tim FroelichFlag of the United States.svg  United States Indiana University Bloomington 12308552085
3Gavin HartzellFlag of the United States.svg  United States The Ohio State University 11108251935
4Zefanie Gayle TanFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Ateneo de Manila University 11407051845
5Antonio GorgijovskiFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Macquarie University 10906501740
6Patrick ChatainFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada McGill University 10806101690
7Jonathan RazanamparanyFlag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar INSCAE 10805301610
7Samuel HanleyFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Curtin University 8407701610
9Julian PoeltlFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Hochschule Reutlingen 7808001580
10Giorgi GoderzishviliFlag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Free University of Tbilisi 8506901540

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