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-----------First Solvers Spring 2008-----------------------

   

   Bonus points-----------
    
         Fried..........27   1     4,5
         Geddes.........85.  1,2,3,4,5,6
         Hamilton.......65.  1,2,3,4,5,6
         Lasher..........7           5
         Lovelady.......27     2     5,6
         Miller.........17         4,5
         Milligan........7       3  
         Nicolaides.....31     2,3,4   6
         Paruchuru......51   1,2   4,5,6
         Trang..........27     2,3     6


  Cipher 1  "hard"   time             Bonus Pts.      40 points
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1, John Geddes 2/12   19:43              15    
2. Peter Hamilton     20:43              10
3  J. Fried           22:19              10 
4. S. Paruchuru  13   00:34               7

   
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  Cipher 1 "easy"    time
__________________________________________________   30 points 

1. Hall        2/13   03:10               10
2,--------- 
3.----------- 
4.---------- 
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    bonus points for cipher 1 are closed

   Cipher 2 "hard"
__________________________________________________   40 points

1  Peter Hamilton 2/19  19:49             15
2. Kenneth Lovelady 20  15:59             10
3. John Geddes      26  16:40             10
4. David Trang      27  23:06              7 
5. Jon. Nicolaides  27  23:07              7
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           this cipher (2 difficult)  closed for early solvers


   Cipher 2 "easy"                                   30 points
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1. Subhash Paruchuru  2/21 17:26          10  
2  Thomas Hall        2/26 21:25           7 
3. -------------------------------
4  -------------------------------
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---------------cipher closed--------------------------------------------   


   Cipher 3 "easy"                                   30 points 
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1.  David Trang        3/4   11:29          10   
2   Thomas Hall        3/5                   7. 
3, 
4. 
5. 
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   Cipher 3 "hard"
___________________this cipher closed to first solvers_   40 points

1  John Geddes        3/1  12:14            15      
2. Subhash Paruchuru    1  12:37            10
3. P. Hamilton          2   7:50            10
4. Jon. Nicolaides      2   9:21             7
5. Tim Milligan         2  14:51             7 
   
                                   
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  Cipher 4 "easy"                                   30 points
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1. S. Paruchuru       3/6  23:53            10 
2  M. Hall              10 23:06             7
3  Jordan Fried       5/4  14:35             7
4. 
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   Cipher 4 "hard"
__________________________________________________   40 points

1. John Geddes        3/6   19:29            15      
2. Peter Hamilton       7   00:26            10
3. Gerald Miller       10   20:45            10   
4. Jonathan Nicolaides4/29  11:38             7


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   Cipher 5 "easy"                                   30 points
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1. Peter Hamilton      4/16  20:00           10 
2  Gerald Miller       4/17  18:29            7
3  Subhash Paruchuru   4/29  00:35            7  
4. Peter Gaultney      5/6                    5  
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   Cipher 5 "hard"
__________________________________________________   40 points

1  John Geddes       4/17    22:10            15  (45 hours using 'magma') 
2. Jordan Fried      5/2     1:24             10  (using msieve)2.4 GHz Core 2 
                                                   Duo iMac with 1 GB of RAM running on
                                                   one core. 5 hours, 6 minutes

3. Kenneth Lovelady  5/3     22:56            10   msieve
4. Brandon Lasher    5/4     16:01             7   msieve                                        
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   Cipher 6 "easy"                                   30 points
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1. Peter Hamilton   4/26      19:06            10
2. Subhash Paruchuru 4/29     14:37             7
3  
4  
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   Cipher 6 "hard"
__________________________________________________   40 points

1. John Geddes         4/25  10:29             15
2. David Trang         5/1   12:01             10             
3. Jonathan Nicolaides 5/1   14:55             10
4. Kenneth Lovelady    5/3   23:01              7
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        cipher 6 'difficult' is closed to bonus points