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March 26, 2018
Announcing the 2017 SQL and Database Design Championships Winners on Oracle Dev Gym
The dust has settled. The results are in. It's time to announce the winners of the Oracle Dev Gym annual championships for SQL and Database Design!
Both competitions took place over a series of five quizzes. These pushed players to the limits of their knowledge of Oracle Database, covering a wide range of topics. These included SQL pattern matching, object-relational features, and JSON in the database.
A huge thanks to ACED Kim Berg Hansen, author of the SQL quizzes. For over seven years he's created weekly, high-quality quizzes. These have helped thousands of people learn how to write better SQL.
And now, onto the winners!
Database Design Winners
1st Place: mentzel.iudith of Israel
2nd Place: NielsHecker of Germany
3rd Place: Ivan Blanarik of Slovakia
SQL Winners
1st Place: mentzel.iudith of Israel
2nd Place: Pavel Zeman of Czech Republic
3rd Place: Andrey Zaytsev of Russia
Huge congratulations to long-time player Iudith Mentzel for taking the top spot in both competitions! Her dedication to learning how Oracle Database works and improving her skills is outstanding. She thoroughly deserves both awards.
I also want to give supreme thanks to Elic. His efforts in reviewing the quizzes once again ensured a top-quality competition to challenge the contestants.
Think you've got what it takes to win next year's championships?
To qualify you need to be a top-ranking player in the ongoing weekly quizzes in 2018. Head over to the Oracle Dev Gym to take part, learn and join the fun!
Full Database Design Championship Rankings
| Rank | Name | Country | Total Time | % Correct | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mentzel.iudith (4) | Israel | 30 m | 88% | 5177 |
| 2 | NielsHecker (4) | Germany | 34 m | 81% | 4811 |
| 3 | Ivan Blanarik (4) | Slovakia | 24 m | 79% | 4650 |
| 4 | JustinCave (4) | United States | 21 m | 77% | 4616 |
| 5 | msonkoly (2) | Hungary | 32 m | 74% | 4422 |
| 6 | Sartograph (2) | Germany | 34 m | 70% | 4361 |
| 7 | JeroenR (3) | No Country Set | 18 m | 72% | 4277 |
| 8 | Joaquin_Gonzalez (4) | Spain | 21 m | 70% | 4115 |
| 9 | Maxim Borunov (4) | Russia | 34 m | 67% | 4110 |
| 10 | mcelaya (2) | Spain | 33 m | 67% | 4015 |
| 11 | Chase Mei (4) | Canada | 21 m | 67% | 3965 |
| 12 | Stelios Vlasopoulos (4) | No Country Set | 34 m | 67% | 3960 |
| 13 | Sandra99 (4) | Italy | 20 m | 65% | 3919 |
| 14 | Karel_Prech (3) | No Country Set | 26 m | 65% | 3845 |
| 15 | Mike Tessier (1) | Canada | 28 m | 63% | 3836 |
| 16 | Eric Levin (4) | United States | 22 m | 65% | 3809 |
| 17 | Kias (1) | No Country Set | 29 m | 65% | 3781 |
| 18 | Mehrab (4) | United Kingdom | 27 m | 63% | 3740 |
| 19 | Rytis Budreika (4) | Lithuania | 15 m | 63% | 3740 |
| 20 | João Borges Barreto (4) | Portugal | 29 m | 63% | 3732 |
| 21 | berkeso (1) | Hungary | 10 m | 63% | 3708 |
| 22 | RalfK (1) | Germany | 18 m | 60% | 3526 |
| 23 | swesley_perth (2) | Australia | 11 m | 60% | 3504 |
| 24 | Jan Šerák (4) | Czech Republic | 26 m | 58% | 3445 |
| 25 | ted (2) | United Kingdom | 32 m | 58% | 3421 |
| 26 | Michal P. (4) | Poland | 34 m | 53% | 3310 |
| 27 | richdellheim (1) | United States | 33 m | 53% | 3216 |
| 28 | tonyC (3) | United Kingdom | 25 m | 53% | 3149 |
| 29 | Cor van Berkel (1) | Netherlands | 28 m | 51% | 3037 |
| 30 | siimkask (4) | Estonia | 17 m | 51% | 2929 |
| 31 | Chad Lee (4) | United States | 31 m | 49% | 2826 |
| 32 | Henry_A (4) | Czech Republic | 11 m | 44% | 2755 |
| 33 | Pavel Zeman (4) | Czech Republic | 33 m | 44% | 2714 |
| 34 | Ludovic Szewczyk (1) | No Country Set | 34 m | 47% | 2664 |
| 35 | NickL (3) | United Kingdom | 35 m | 44% | 2460 |
| 36 | umir (3) | Italy | 34 m | 35% | 2111 |
Full SQL Championship Rankings
| Rank | Name | Country | Total Time | % Correct | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mentzel.iudith (5) | Israel | 44 m | 86% | 5371 |
| 2 | Pavel Zeman (4) | Czech Republic | 44 m | 84% | 5222 |
| 3 | Andrey Zaytsev (4) | Russia | 39 m | 79% | 4941 |
| 4 | Aleksei Davletiarov (3) | Russia | 44 m | 79% | 4923 |
| 5 | NielsHecker (5) | Germany | 44 m | 79% | 4922 |
| 6 | JustinCave (5) | United States | 35 m | 77% | 4809 |
| 7 | Sartograph (2) | Germany | 44 m | 77% | 4772 |
| 8 | Chase Mei (5) | Canada | 24 m | 74% | 4703 |
| 9 | Chad Lee (5) | United States | 30 m | 74% | 4677 |
| 10 | Rytis Budreika (5) | Lithuania | 06 m | 72% | 4625 |
| 11 | Tony Winn (3) | Australia | 24 m | 72% | 4552 |
| 12 | Maxim Borunov (4) | Russia | 34 m | 72% | 4513 |
| 13 | li_bao (5) | Russia | 22 m | 70% | 4411 |
| 14 | Hertha Rettinger (4) | Germany | 32 m | 70% | 4372 |
| 15 | mcelaya (2) | Spain | 41 m | 70% | 4335 |
| 16 | richdellheim (2) | United States | 42 m | 67% | 4180 |
| 17 | Sandra99 (4) | Italy | 21 m | 65% | 4115 |
| 18 | Andrii Dorofeiev (4) | No Country Set | 19 m | 63% | 3971 |
| 19 | Rimantas Adomauskas (3) | Lithuania | 21 m | 63% | 3964 |
| 20 | seanm95 (5) | United States | 24 m | 60% | 3800 |
| 21 | NickL (2) | United Kingdom | 35 m | 60% | 3759 |
| 22 | Eric Levin (5) | United States | 16 m | 58% | 3682 |
| 23 | Ivan Blanarik (5) | Slovakia | 30 m | 58% | 3626 |
| 24 | Kias (1) | No Country Set | 34 m | 58% | 3613 |
| 25 | msonkoly (1) | Hungary | 44 m | 58% | 3571 |
| 26 | swesley_perth (4) | Australia | 15 m | 56% | 3539 |
| 27 | berkeso (3) | Hungary | 08 m | 53% | 3415 |
| 28 | Henry_A (4) | Czech Republic | 12 m | 53% | 3399 |
| 29 | VictorD (4) | Russia | 16 m | 53% | 3385 |
| 30 | Narendra Reddy (2) | India | 18 m | 53% | 3375 |
| 31 | Mike Tessier (2) | Canada | 27 m | 53% | 3342 |
| 32 | Michal P. (3) | Poland | 42 m | 53% | 3279 |
| 33 | Karel_Prech (3) | No Country Set | 36 m | 51% | 3155 |
| 34 | Stelios Vlasopoulos (5) | No Country Set | 44 m | 51% | 3122 |
| 35 | whab@tele2.at (1) | Austria | 25 m | 47% | 2897 |
| 37 | Mehrab (3) | United Kingdom | 04 m | 9% | 582 |