how do people solve the 3 Google Code Jam problems in 25 minutes?
nostrademons: It looked like you could view the problem statement first, and then the timer only starts when you download the input file?  If so, then write out the solution in full according to the spec, proofread it, then quickly download the input, run the program, and submit the solution.  The total time taken is only what you need for program execution and debugging; I could easily see that coming to 7 minutes if you write fairly solid code to begin with.I'm really tempted to give a couple of these a try, but I'm not eligible (Google employee - heh, never thought I'd be disqualified from a contest for that reason), and I'd rather work on my compiler. :-)