An Excel skill competition appeared, finding the best formula masters

Tram Ho

E-Sports tournaments often revolve around popular games. But just recently, everyone was surprised with the appearance of Excel All-Star Battle – a tournament where instead of comparing gaming skills, participants will compare the ability to use different games. Functions, formulas and complex, confusing algorithms of Excel – an application that is usually only for the office by default.

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Excel All-Star Battle – the tournament has just created quite a lot of buzz

Even, Excel All-Star Battle was broadcast live on ESPN and attracted quite large viewership ratings. Deeply learning about the tournament, many people must also be amazed when they know the scale and level of its elaborate organization. According to the rules, the tournament has 3 rounds, each round is a complex task that requires gamers to complete with the worksheet in 30 minutes. After each round, half of the contestants are eliminated. Throughout the rounds were the presence of commentators – extremely knowledgeable about Excel and also very know how to stir the atmosphere.

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The matches were quite intense, like a real gaming tournament

Each test will typically present a main problem (1-5 sheets in length), consisting of a list of 6-15 questions that the candidate must answer. The participant’s task is to answer all the questions, create a reasonable financial model with a maximum length of 1 sheet. It sounds simple, but perhaps, just watching the competition screen of the players is enough to make many people dizzy.

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Dense models, equations and formulas in Excel

Right now, a lot of people are calling for Microsoft to conduct similar tournaments on an annual basis.

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Source : Genk