March 22, 2011 - According to a report today by PC Mag, the HyperX Arena in Las Vegas recently hosted a special battle -- the seventh Excel World Championship FinalThe 12 members of the global team of thespreadsheetThe best of the best are here to fight it out.
After a 40-minute digital battle that required complex modeling and manipulation of World of Warcraft-themed character data to defeat the final boss, Canada's Michael Jarman narrowly edged out triple champion Andrew Woo by 905 points to win the $5,000 (note: $36,266 at the current exchange rate) prize money and a special wrestling championship belt.
Giaman (name)An Excel legend of our time.The British national has been known as an "Excel whiz" since his university days. Known as an "Excel whiz" from his university days, the British national now leads an elite team within the company that handles complex infrastructure transactions.
Facing Microsoft's push for AI assistants CopilotThe current version of Copilot," he said. Only basic formulas can be processed"The features that wow the average user," analyzes Jarman, who has witnessed AI demo sessions at competitions, "are the features that we'reIt takes three seconds.." But he was also candid about the pitfalls of technology iteration, "If AI continues to evolve to the point where it can beat us, then weThey're all going to lose their jobs.. "
He stated, "I don't think Copilot has any ability to beat me or Andrew or anything like that at this point." Prior to each round of the championship, Microsoft showed people by showing themTroubleshooting with CopilotThe video to publicize it.
This year's tournament featured a World of Warcraft 30th Anniversary themed challenge, where contestants had to manipulate the attribute data of Warlocks, Orcs, and other characters through a multi-tabbed table. The public leaderboards were updated in real time withFive-minute knockout.With the mechanism creating a tense atmosphere, Jarman made a crucial breakthrough three minutes before the endgame to end Andrew Ng's reign with 60 points.
