Announcing the winner of Google Code Jam 2009

[Bartholomew Furrow]

Announcing the winner and champion of Google Code Jam 2009: China's Lou TianCheng, ACRush!  He takes home $5,000 and the title of Code Jam champion!

In second place came China's Qi ZiChao (qizichao); and our third-place finisher was Japan's Iwata Yoichi (wata).

You can check out the scoreboard and the problems at:

http://code.google.com/codejam/contest/scoreboard?c=311101

http://code.google.com/codejam/contest/dashboard?c=311101

[Bartholomew Furrow]

There's one more thing that we announced at the award ceremony: Code Jam 2010!  We'll be announcing official dates early next year, so keep practicing, stay tuned and spread the word.