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Financial Modeling World Cup
StatusActive
GenreEsports
FrequencyAnnually
Years activeSeptember 2020 (2020-09)
InauguratedSeptember 2020 (2020-09)
FounderAndrew Grigolyunovich
Websitefmworldcup.com

The Financial Modeling World Cup (FMWC) is an organization that hosts various Microsoft Excel based competitions.

The FMWC held its first competition in September 2020 and currently hosts three competitions:

Financial Modeling World Cup (FMWC)

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Description, Competition Format, and Scoring

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FMWC is an annual Excel modeling competition.

During the course of a season (January through November), competitors complete eight stages, and are allotted two hours over a 48-hour window to complete each stage.

Each stage contains three case studies, one to five pages long, with multiple choice or fill-in questions at the end. Contrary to what the name suggests, not all case studies are financial modeling based; Many are business modeling or data modeling based.

Stage points are available for:

  • Task: Correctly solving questions on each case (Points vary by question)
  • Time: Completing the stage early (10 points per minute, awarded only if the competitor has scored 900 task points)

Each stage winner's score is normalized to 1,000 points, and the score of all other competitors are normalized accordingly.

FMWC rankings and final standings are based on points scored across each competitor's top 6 stages (bottom 2 stages are dropped).

Format Changes

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  • 2020: The first of four FMWC stages started in September 2020. All stages contributed to the final standings.
  • 2021: The stage count increased to twelve. The bottom two stages for each competitor were dropped from the final standings.
  • 2022: The stage count decreased to eight. Case authors can not score a higher time bonus than any other player. Stage score normalization was introduced. The prize for top company was eliminated.
  • 2023: For each stage, case authors may not score more points than the best player playing full-time.
  • 2024: Case authors write cases for an entire stage and are automatically awarded 1,000 points for that stage. They can create cases for no more than 1 stage and are ineligible for prize money in the Stage where their cases are used.

Competition Statistics

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Year Registrations [a] Participants [b] Completed Max Number of Stages [c] Prize Pool (USD)
2020 [1] 125 117 36 $10,000
2021 [2] 333 307 72 $20,000
2022 [3] 443 402 136 $25,000
2023 [4] 401 363 136 $25,000

Results

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Key
Score dropped from final rankings per FMWC rules
2020
Rank Name Nation Age Group 1 2 3 4 Total Prize
1st place, gold medalist(s) Joseph Lau  Australia Masters 785 1,285 795 2,670 5,535 $3,000
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Diarmuid Early  United States Open 825 1,260 1,035 1,650 4,770 $2,000
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Andrew Ngai  Great Britain Open 1,160 880 2,670 4,710 $1,000
4 John Lim  Australia Open 605 890 735 2,290 4,520
5 Christian Hueber  Austria Open 470 1,105 805 2,105 4,485
6 Anup Agarwal  India Open 1,000 955 2525 4,480
7 Samir Asadov  Ireland Open 520 1,025 555 2050 4,150
8 Joseph Michael Palisoc  United States Open 655 885 805 1,750 4,095
9 Dan Mayoh  Australia Open 620 875 720 1,850 4,065
10 Willem Gerritsen  Netherlands Masters 655 845 825 1,475 3,800
2021
Rank Name Nation Age Group 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total Prize
1st place, gold medalist(s) Diarmuid Early  United States Open 1,170 1,015 1,160 1,165 865 1,510 1,260 970 815 1,145 1,440 1,090 11,925 $5,000
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anup Agarwal  India Open 1,105 790 1,460 1,065 865 1,265 835 1,175 535 1,005 1,550 850 11,175 $2,000
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Andrew Ngai  Australia Open 1,200 735 820 765 1,315 1,265 1,030 1,140 820 1,325 1,300 635 10,980 $1,000
4 Jeff Heng Siang Tan  Malaysia Open 495 485 1,290 530 1,145 1,230 650 1,250 530 1,460 1,190 1,350 10,625 $500
5 Willem Gerritsen  Netherlands Open 1,275 605 720 750 885 1,200 1,210 1,070 720 1,060 1,350 850 10,370 $500
6 Michael Jarman  Canada Open 825 820 1,300 765 895 1,170 895 1,040 867 1,420 1,090 10,322 $500
7 Christian Hueber  Austria Open 725 1,130 925 865 830 670 1,035 615 970 1,305 850 9,305 $500
8 Janis Reinis Beikmanis  Latvia U-25 645 760 840 1,178 795 830 0 820 625 765 1,285 1,371 9,289 $350
9 Joseph Michael Palisoc  United States Open 725 560 675 610 1,015 840 680 840 605 1,130 1,400 875 8,790 $350
10 Sameer Jagetia  United States Open 705 650 821 685 1,040 945 670 920 570 950 1,330 563 8,716 $350
2022
Rank Name Nation Age Group 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total Prize
1st place, gold medalist(s) Laurence Lau  United States Open 1,000 957 1,000 959 1,000 1,000 769 978 5,937 $7,000
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Diarmuid Early  Ireland Open 821 1,000 830 1,000 885 956 1,000 1,000 5,841 $4,000
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Andrew Ngai  Australia Open 847 899 815 838 971 803 974 883 5,412 $2,000
4 Michael Jarman  Canada Open 898 670 596 775 899 956 968 780 5,276 $1,000
5 Willem Gerritsen  Netherlands Open 740 790 237 622 795 646 788 834 4,593 $800
6 Joseph Michael Palisoc  United States Open 809 576 737 779 676 507 840 713 4,554 $750
7 Anup Agarwal  India Open 694 634 526 712 849 697 840 749 4,541 $700
8 Tim Roberts  Great Britain Open 762 778 593 698 835 700 4,366 $650
9 Matthew Fried  Australia Open 821 611 694 646 878 686 4,336 $600
10 Paul Dent  Great Britain Open 587 833 619 734 705 500 644 794 4,329 $550
2023
Rank Name Nation Age Group 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total Prize
1st place, gold medalist(s) Laurence Lau  United States Open 654 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 6,000 $7,000
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Diarmuid Early  Ireland Open 917 885 857 993 588 717 597 972 5,341 $4,000
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Michael Jarman  Canada Open 1,000 685 573 626 713 683 1,000 818 4,899 $2,000
4 Andrew Ngai  Australia Open 857 943 835 685 555 675 653 805 4,800 $1,000
5 Willem Gerritsen  Netherlands Open 895 762 570 664 581 663 586 610 4,180 $800
6 Joseph Michael Palisoc  United States Open 624 685 638 392 651 650 634 850 4,108 $750
7 Paul Dent  Great Britain Open 699 697 710 483 592 654 586 649 4,001 $700
8 Michael Clarke  New Zealand Open 669 782 631 556 614 683 617 3,996 $650
9 Matthew Fried  Australia Open 763 698 530 392 544 763 474 617 3,915 $600
10 Harry Gross  Great Britain U-25 586 1000 527 318 585 446 500 624 3,822 $550

Microsoft Excel World Championship (MEWC)

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2021

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The MEWC began in 2021 as the FMWC Open, an Excel Esports tournament. The competition was a standalone event that did not impact the Financial Modeling World Cup Rankings in regular seasons.[1]

The tournament consisted of a Qualification Round, with the top 128 qualifiers advancing to a single elimination tournament. [5]

Qualification rounds began on November 13, and continued into December.[5] The last three rounds of the FMWC Open competition were held on December 11, 2021, and were broadcast on FMWC YouTube channel and ESPN3.[6][7] Andrew Ngai (now representing Australia), Anup Agarwal (India), and Michael Jarman (Canada) returned as quarterfinals qualifiers, and Harry Gross from the UK, Jason Moore from the US, Joseph Palisoc from the US, Sameer Jagetia from the US, and Tim Roberts from the UK also qualified.[8] The final round, entitled "Knights and Warriors", had contestants, each representing a fictional nation, send fictional warriors to conquer each other. Ngai defeated Jarman 734–280, with a maximum of 1,000 points per side.[5]

2022

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The FMWC Open was rebranded as the Microsoft Excel World Championship (MEWC). Like its predecessor, it also consisted of a Qualification Round, with the top 128 qualifiers advancing to a single elimination tournament.

Qualification results (Top 50)

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In total 377 people took part and 128 qualified for the final round. The best ranked participants of the FMWC ranking, were prequalified.

Rank Name Total Points Time
1 Netherlands Willem Gerritsen 5,000 00:36:50
2 New Zealand Michael Clarke 5,000 00:46:59
3 Canada Michael Holmes 5,000 00:51:01
4 United States Brian Hanley 5,000 00:51:28
5 Spain Alfons Oliver Altes 5,000 00:52:23
6 Canada Justin Merson 5,000 00:54:51
7 United States Brittany Deaton 5,000 00:54:57
8 South Africa Jason Webber 5,000 00:55:02
9 Spain Eduardo Gonazales Arias 5,000 00:55:32
10 United Kingdom Peter Rebecchi 5,000 00:55:57
11 United States David Brown 5,000 00:56:49
12 India Stefanus Ng 5,000 00:59:28
13 United States Diarmuid Early 4,800 00:25:14
14 United Kingdom Paul Dent 4,600 00:50:55
15 France Nicolas Micot 4,600 00:52:31
16 United States Nick McCartney 4,600 00:54:55
17 United States Lianna Gerrish 4,600 00:57:34
18 Belgium Bram Van Eeckhout 4,600 00:58:14
19 Australia Matthew Fried 4,550 00:50:17
20 Spain Isaac Mendez Cortinas 4,400 00:56:55
21 United States Emad Oughourli 4,300 00:59:18
22 United Kingdom Tom Vincent 4,300 01:00:00
23 United States Michael Thanasides 4,300 01:00:00
24 India Dhara Shah 4,200 00:59:28
25 China Ben Gutscher 4,100 00:43:06
26 Australia Toby Funston 4,050 00:59:59
27 United Kingdom David Rosel 4,000 00:45:38
28 United States Dan Seiders 4,000 00:56:40
29 Netherlands Albert Blom 4,000 00:57:31
30 United States Harry Seiders 4,000 00:57:31
31 United States Taylor Robinson 4,000 00:58:23
32 United States Mary Brown 4,000 00:58:23
33 Canada Patrick Chatain 4,000 00:58:43
34 Latvia Aleksandrs Goba 4,000 00:59:00
35 Mexico Ricardo Domínguez 4,000 00:59:09
36 Russia Grigoriy Korkishko 4,000 00:59:28
37 Hungary Zsolt Mogyorósi 4,000 00:59:49
38 United States Joseph Michael Palisoc 4,000 00:59:52
39 United States Luke Moraga 4,000 01:00:00
40 United States Nick Lowman 3,975 00:59:01
41 United Kingdom Jaq Kennedy 3,875 00:59:48
42 Egypt Khaled Habib 3,800 00:59:36
43 United States Ben deLeon 3,800 00:59:39
44 Poland Jakub Pomykalski 3,800 00:59:50
45 France Pierre Sertin 3,675 00:59:50
46 South Africa Steyn Wolmarans 3,600 00:49:04
47 United States Bob Schriver 3,600 00:52:22
48 Austria Christian Hueber 3,600 00:54:19
49 Japan Jason Naniong 3,600 00:57:51
50 United Kingdom Ryan Bains 3,600 00:58:01

Bracket

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Round of 128Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                          
 
 
 
 
Australia Andrew Ngai676
 
 
 
Hong Kong Alvin Siu Hin Lui188
 
Australia Andrew Ngai676
 
 
 
China Ben Gutscher484
 
Philippines Princess Camille Ong72
 
 
 
China Ben Gutscher664
 
Australia Andrew Ngai780
 
 
 
Australia Peter Li189
 
New Zealand Cheong Ng232
 
 
 
Australia Peter Li664
 
Australia Peter Li676
 
 
 
Australia Steve Schulz272
 
United Kingdom Harry Gross84
 
 
 
Australia Steve Schulz664
 
Australia Andrew Ngai346
 
 
 
Australia Min Chen104
 
France Nicolas Micot640
 
 
 
India Vineet Sharma0
 
France Nicolas Micot220
 
 
 
Austria Christian Hueber319
 
Australia Toby Funston137
 
 
 
Austria Christian Hueber284
 
Austria Christian Hueber251
 
 
 
Australia Min Chen620
 
Spain Isaac Méndez Cortiias676
 
 
 
Australia John Lim317
 
Spain Isaac Méndez Cortifas272
 
 
 
Australia Min Chen489
 
Australia Min Chen664
 
 
 
Madagascar Kiraén Andriamandimbisoa284
 
Australia Andrew Ngai1,250
 
 
 
United States Kenneth Wang760
 
Canada Justin Merson664
 
 
 
Poland Gabriela Stroj (W)980
 
Poland Gabriela Stroj (W)453
 
 
 
United States Ben Rotblatt253
 
United Kingdom Ben Pridmore124
 
 
 
United States Ben Rotblatt302
 
Poland Gabriela Stroj (W)224
 
 
 
United States David Scully174
 
Argentina Joaquin Courreges680
 
 
 
United States David Scully716
 
United States David Scully474
 
 
 
Germany Joris Greiwe220
 
Canada Stephen Xiao22
 
 
 
Germany Joris Greiwe295
 
Poland Gabriela Stroj (W)178
 
 
 
United States Kenneth Wang420
 
United States Harry Seiders692
 
 
 
United States Sameer Jagetia781
 
United States Sameer Jagetia504
 
 
 
United Kingdom Jaq Kennedy552
 
Spain Sergio Travieso260
 
 
 
United Kingdom Jaq Kennedy716
 
United Kingdom Jaq Kennedy360
 
 
 
United States Kenneth Wang530
 
United Kingdom Julie Bowden (SE)680
 
 
 
Brazil / South Africa T.Silva/R. Wessels652
 
United Kingdom Julie Bowden (SE)219
 
 
 
United States Kenneth Wang811
 
United States Kenneth Wang1105
 
 
 
United Kingdom Paul Dent1105
 
Australia Andrew Ngai615
 
 
 
United States Brittany Deaton610
 
United States Joseph Michael Palisoc1105
 
 
 
Canada Mackenzie Dixon159
 
United States Joseph Michael Palisoc680
 
 
 
United States Katelyn Stienen640
 
United States Stephanie Annerose431
 
 
 
United States Katelyn Stienen460
 
United States Joseph Michael Palisoc676
 
 
 
Spain Eduardo Gonzalez Arias224
 
Ukraine Samir Asadov704
 
 
 
United States Brian Hanley757
 
United States Brian Hanley367
 
 
 
Spain Eduardo Gonzalez Arias652
 
Poland Jakub Pomykalski568
 
 
 
Spain Eduardo Gonzalez Arias769
 
United States Joseph Michael Palisoc510
 
 
 
United States Jason Hutcheson242
 
United States Dan Seiders640
 
 
 
United Kingdom Neil Foot482
 
United States Dan Seiders284
 
 
 
United States Jason Hutcheson471
 
United States Jason Hutcheson757
 
 
 
United Kingdom Steve Hales640
 
United States Jason Hutcheson506
 
 
 
United States David Brown295
 
Canada Graydon Moore290
 
 
 
United Kingdom William Freestone680
 
United Kingdom William Freestone179
 
 
 
United States David Brown295
 
United States Nick McCartney420
 
 
 
United States David Brown1105
 
United States Joseph Michael Palisoc1,000
 
 
 
United States Brittany Deaton1,250
 
Germany Fanny Caillot664
 
 
 
United States Morgan Carr471
 
Germany Fanny Caillot262
 
 
 
United States Brittany Deaton735
 
United States Brittany Deaton1000
 
 
 
Canada Thomas Keane220
 
United States Brittany Deaton770
 
 
 
United States JP Delavin0
 
United States JP Delavin692
 
 
 
United Kingdom David Rosel680
 
United States JP Delavin640
 
 
 
Latvia Aleksandrs Goba250
 
United States Nathan Cunningham484
 
 
 
Latvia Aleksandrs Goba745
 
United States Brittany Deaton405
 
 
 
United Kingdom Andrew Biglowe328
 
Argentina Juan Pablo Brea525
 
 
 
United States Michael Thanasides432
 
Argentina Juan Pablo Brea286
 
 
 
Canada Patrick Chatain250
 
Canada Patrick Chatain568
 
 
 
Canada Tyler Hargrave0
 
Argentina Juan Pablo Brea424
 
 
 
United Kingdom Andrew Biglowe556
 
United States Nick Tone260
 
 
 
United Kingdom Andrew Biglowe692
 
United Kingdom Andrew Biglowe775
 
 
 
United Kingdom Tim Roberts (4)610
 
France Pierre Sertin680
 
 
 
United Kingdom Tim Roberts1040
 
Australia Andrew Ngai1,250
 
 
 
Australia Matthew Fried420
 
Canada Michael Jarman 1105
 
 
 
Netherlands Lyanne van Dijk492
 
Canada Michael Jarman674
 
 
 
Hungary Adam Reichenbach82
 
United States Nick Lowman534
 
 
 
Hungary Adam Reichenbach745
 
Canada Michael Jarman744
 
 
 
United States Jesi Lipp0
 
United States Bob Schriver326
 
 
 
United States Jesi Lipp640
 
United States Jesi Lipp640
 
 
 
United States Bryan Ferrier444
 
United States Martin Rydder220
 
 
 
United States Bryan Ferrier500
 
Canada Michael Jarman670
 
 
 
United States Ben deLeon243
 
United States Jack Graham420
 
 
 
Netherlands Martijn Adriaanse640
 
Netherlands Martijn Adriaanse470
 
 
 
United States Andrew Luchenbach250
 
Egypt Khaled Habib240
 
 
 
United States Andrew Luchenbach692
 
Netherlands Martijn Adriaanse530
 
 
 
United States Ben deLeon784
 
United States Ben deLeon757
 
 
 
United States Lianna Gerrish664
 
United States Ben deLeon775
 
 
 
United States Jack Franken640
 
Netherlands Peter van Veen344
 
 
 
United States Jack Franken781
 
Canada Michael Jarman1,200
 
 
 
New Zealand Michael Clarke770
 
New Zealand Michael Clarke640
 
 
 
South Africa Jason Webber189
 
New Zealand Michael Clarke478
 
 
 
Australia Nataly Falero232
 
Belgium Bram Van Eeckhout220
 
 
 
Australia Nataly Falero420
 
New Zealand Michael Clarke653
 
 
 
South Africa Steyn Wolmarans395
 
Grigoriy Korkishko94
 
 
 
South Africa Steyn Wolmarans107
 
South Africa Steyn Wolmarans309
 
 
 
India Dhara Shah250
 
South Africa Gareth Watson42
 
 
 
India Dhara Shah284
 
New Zealand Michael Clarke379
 
 
 
Netherlands Willem Gerritsen242
 
Spain Alfons Oliver Altes263
 
 
 
Hungary Zsolt Mogyorösi84
 
Spain Alfons Oliver Altes319
 
 
 
Thailand Pichaya Pan-anukooln273
 
Japan Jason Naniong208
 
 
 
Thailand Pichaya Pan-anukooln243
 
Spain Alfons Oliver Altes653
 
 
 
Netherlands Willem Gerritsen830
 
United Kingdom Peter Rebecchi114
 
 
 
China Chris Wilson119
 
China Chris Wilson455
 
 
 
Netherlands Willem Gerritsen676
 
Netherlands Jan Mooijer84
 
 
 
Netherlands Willem Gerritsen676
 
Canada Michael Jarman415
 
 
 
Australia Matthew Fried914
 
India Anup Agarwal610
 
 
 
Netherlands Albert Blom84
 
India Anup Agarwal813
 
 
 
Denmark Niels Christian Lundtoft470
 
Denmark Niels Christian Lundtoft420
 
 
 
Poland Jakub Hluzow220
 
India Anup Agarwal360
 
 
 
Australia Matthew Fried830
 
South Africa Christopher Ashworth319
 
 
 
United Kingdom Tom Vincent84
 
South Africa Christopher Ashworth319
 
 
 
Australia Matthew Fried410
 
Australia Matthew Fried640
 
 
 
New Zealand Nick Boberg96
 
Australia Matthew Fried407
 
 
 
Australia Liam Bastick (W)240
 
Italy Lorenzo Foti94
 
 
 
Indonesia Stefanus Ng420
 
Indonesia Stefanus Ng240
 
 
 
Australia Liam Bastick (W)478
 
Australia Liam Bastick (W)261
 
 
 
Belgium Kjell De Troye84
 
Australia Liam Bastick (W)457
 
 
 
United Kingdom Ryan Bains389
 
United Kingdom Ryan Bains232
 
 
 
United Kingdom Stephen Dunn220
 
United Kingdom Ryan Bains442
 
 
 
Thailand Bo Rydobon250
 
Kazakhstan Gani Toleugazyyev220
 
 
 
Thailand BO Rydobon540
 
Australia Matthew Fried986
 
 
 
Canada Michael Holmes976
 
United States Mary Brown640
 
 
 
United States Daric Harrington260
 
United States Mary Brown428
 
 
 
United States Shaun McCarthy397
 
United States Luke Moraga522
 
 
 
United States Shaun McCarthy676
 
United States Mary Brown316
 
 
 
Australia Dan Mayoh310
 
United States Greg Hingsbergen724
 
 
 
Australia Dan Mayoh973
 
Australia Dan Mayoh640
 
 
 
France Loic Coquer18
 
France Loic Coquer444
 
 
 
United States Norm Sheppard300
 
United States Mary Brown232
 
 
 
Canada Michael Holmes405
 
Costa Rica Jelle Hettinga460
 
 
 
Austria Adam Steiner466
 
Austria Adam Steiner220
 
 
 
Canada Michael Holmes420
 
Canada Michael Holmes1099
 
 
 
Mexico Ricardo Domínguez280
 
Canada Michael Holmes988
 
 
 
United States Diarmuid Early834


 
United States Emad Oughourli680
 
 
 
United States Taylor Robinson704
 
United States Taylor Robinson716
 
 
 
United States Diarmuid Early1200


 
United States Robert Valentine250
 
 
United States Diarmuid Early1105
 

2023

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The MEWC continued in 2023 with a modified format, the Qualification round was split into nine events, called "Road to Las Vegas" and one Qualification Round. However the 128 final-participants will still be competing in a 1v1 grid. The final of the top 8 will be hosted in Las Vegas.

Qualification results (Top 50)

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In total 377 people took part and 128 qualified for the final round. The best ranked participants of the FMWC ranking, were prequalified.

Rank Name Total Points Time
1 United States Brittany Deaton 10000 00:46:24
2 France Nicolas Micot 9915 00:46:45
3 Italy Lorenzo Foti 9715 00:53:52
4 United States Peter Scharl 9115 00:53:41
5 United States Jason Hutcheson 8830 00:58:19
6 Canada Adam Carter 8500 00:57:59
7 United States Katelyn Stienen 9315 01:00:00
8 United Kingdom Elliott Paterson 8200 00:58:07
9 United States Jacob Andrews 8200 01:00:00
10 United States Kyle Sutton 8000 00:57:13
11 United States Johnny Valeriote 8000 00:57:57
12 Canada Michael Holmes 8000 00:58:32
13 France Christophe Belin 7915 00:56:28
14 United States Kenneth Wang 7915 00:59:53
15 United States Jeremy Freelove 7850 01:00:00
16 Spain Alfons Oliver Altes 7700 00:55:16
17 United States Jesi Lipp 7650 00:56:05
18 Philippines Princess Camille Ong 7600 00:59:00
19 United States Harry Seiders 7600 00:59:04
20 Thailand Pakkapong Sricharoen 7600 00:59:22
21 United Kingdom Ben Pridmore 7565 00:51:35
22 United States Ben deLeon 7515 00:55:25
23 United States Sharon Parker 7480 01:00:00
24 United Kingdom Harry Watson 7415 01:00:00
25 Netherlands Lyanne van Dijk 7410 00:57:52
26 South Africa Alwyn Birkholtz 7335 00:49:28
27 United States Shaun McCarthy 7315 00:59:45
28 United States Matt Ficarra 7245 00:59:50
29 United States James Galbraith 7220 00:56:17
30 United States Will Demere 7215 00:59:40
31 United States Riley Flischel 7150 00:57:55
32 Australia Steve Schulz 7150 01:00:00
33 Netherlands Judith Droogsma 6785 00:52:50
34 France Charles Poulain 6715 01:00:00
35 New Zealand Nick Boberg 6700 00:59:01
36 United Kingdom James Blackham 6635 00:58:49
37 Netherlands Martijn Adriaanse 6485 00:59:34
38 United States Matt Melsen 6435 00:58:54
39 United Kingdom Oliver Lambert 6415 00:59:34
40 Italy Sergio Trifiletti 6415 00:59:49
41 Mexico Ricardo Dominguez 6405 00:59:57
42 United States Kristain Lindemann 6400 00:59:40
43 United States Brandon Moyer 6400 01:00:00
44 West Germany Grigoriy Korkishko 6345 00:59:18
45 India Prithviraj Mavani 6300 01:00:00
46 United States Andrew Heybruch 6250 01:00:00
47 Hungary Zsolt Mogyorósi 6215 00:59:39
48 Poland Jakub Pomykalski 6200 00:58:45
49 South Africa Jason Webber 6200 00:59:40
50 Chile Juan Cifuentes 6200 00:59:55

Bracket

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The 2023 edition had a different format for the last three rounds. The knockout format was used for the first four rounds. The eight participants that won their Round of 16 match qualified for the in-person Finals in Las Vegas, where 8 more players would join them in a last-chance qualification round.

Section 1

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Round of 128Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16
 
              
 
 
 
 
Australia Andrew Ngai1250
 
 
 
France Pierre Sertin420
 
Australia Andrew Ngai902
 
 
 
Australia Dario Mavec770
 
Australia Dario Mavec390
 
 
 
United Kingdom Jaq Kennedy270
 
Australia Andrew Ngai595
 
 
 
Italy Serge Trifletti395
 
Latvia Janis ReinS Beikmanis442
 
 
 
Canada Emlie Williams470
 
Canada Emlie Williams316
 
 
 
Italy Serge Trifletti640
 
United Kingdom James Blackham102
 
 
 
Italy Serge Trifletti420
 
Australia Andrew Ngai1215
 
 
 
New Zealand Timothy Shue418
 
United Kingdom Chris Wison243
 
 
 
Thailand Bo Rydobon443
 
Thailand Bo Rydobon314
 
 
 
New Zealand Timothy Shue802
 
Australia WII Nord420
 
 
 
New Zealand Timothy Shue591
 
New Zealand Timothy Shue474
 
 
 
Spain Alfons Oliver Altes240
 
United Kingdom Neil Foot442
 
 
 
Australia Dan Mayoh481
 
Australia Dan Mayoh220
 
 
 
Spain Alfons Oliver Altes712
 
Spain Alfons Oliver Altes470
 
 
Netherlands Lyanne van Dijk194
 

Section 2

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Round of 128Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16
 
              
 
 
 
 
Thailand Pichaya Pan-anukooh432
 
 
 
United Kingdom Elliott Paterson916
 
United Kingdom Elliott Paterson720
 
 
 
Thailand Pakkapong Sricharoen720
 
Réunion Julien Lacaze254
 
 
 
Thailand Pakkapong Sricharoen652
 
United Kingdom Elliott Paterson465
 
 
 
Poland Jakub Pomykalski465
 
South Africa Pieter Pienaar481
 
 
 
Poland Jakub Pomykalski497
 
Poland Jakub Pomykalski896
 
 
 
Italy Lorenzo Foti323
 
France Charles Poulain0
 
 
 
Italy Lorenzo Foti668
 
Poland Jakub Pomykalski513
 
 
 
Philippines Stevenson Yu393
 
United Kingdom Harry Watson420
 
 
 
New Zealand Nick Boberg503
 
New Zealand Nick Boberg362
 
 
 
Philippines Stevenson Yu380
 
Philippines Princess Camille Ong0
 
 
 
Philippines Stevenson Yu492
 
Philippines Stevenson Yu520
 
 
 
United Kingdom Harry Gross320
 
South Africa Alwyn Birkhottz270
 
 
 
Netherlands Henriette Hamer110
 
South Africa Alwyn Birkhottz403
 
 
 
United Kingdom Harry Gross494
 
India Anup Agarwal664
 
 
United Kingdom Harry Gross676
 

Section 3

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Round of 128Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16
 
              
 
 
 
 
United Kingdom Matthew Fried0
 
 
 
Sweden Belin Christophe209
 
Sweden Belin Christophe416
 
 
 
United States Emad Oughourli235
 
Spain Jesi Lipp410
 
 
 
United States Emad Oughourli550
 
Sweden Belin Christophe488
 
 
 
United States Graydon Moore102
 
United States Graydon Moore250
 
 
 
Canada Chris Pipka244
 
United States Graydon Moore178
 
 
 
United States Kyle Sutton155
 
United States Kyle Sutton392
 
 
 
United States Kevin Taylor167
 
Sweden Belin Christophe342
 
 
 
United States Brandon Moyer573
 
United States Jim Pappalardo297
 
 
 
United States Brandon Moyer610
 
United States Brandon Moyer270
 
 
 
United States Matt Ficarra202
 
United States Matt Ficarra341
 
 
 
South Africa Reinier Wessels166
 
United States Brandon Moyer583
 
 
 
United States Will Demere492
 
United States Will Demere227
 
 
 
United States J. Parker Garrison36
 
United States Will Demere194
 
 
 
United States Nicholas Fox141
 
United States Barbara Mauric110
 
 
United States Nicholas Fox690
 


Section 4

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Round of 128Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16
 
              
 
 
 
 
United States Tim Roberts262
 
 
 
Denmark Anders Richter Lindén353
 
Denmark Anders Richter Lindén358
 
 
 
United States Johnny Valeriote175
 
United States Josep Amela Milian238
 
 
 
United States Johnny Valeriote432
 
Denmark Anders Richter Lindén327
 
 
 
United States Dan Seiders238
 
United States Robert Guiher84
 
 
 
United States Dan Seiders306
 
United States Dan Seiders358
 
 
 
United States Harry Seiders242
 
United States Harry Seiders376
 
 
 
Austria Adam Steiner176
 
Denmark Anders Richter Lindén517
 
 
 
Netherlands Willem Gerritsen532
 
United States Sameer Jagetia714
 
 
 
United States Andrew Heybruch192
 
United States Sameer Jagetia240
 
 
 
United States Joseph Michael Palisoc245
 
United States Joseph Michael Palisoc332
 
 
 
United States Stephanie Annerose232
 
United States Joseph Michael Palisoc480
 
 
 
Netherlands Willem Gerritsen676
 
United States Logan Witt206
 
 
 
Spain Eduardo Gonzalez Arias241
 
Spain Eduardo Gonzalez Arias164
 
 
 
Netherlands Willem Gerritsen327
 
United States Lianna Gerrish290
 
 
Netherlands Willem Gerritsen746
 


Section 5

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Round of 128Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16
 
              
 
 
 
 
Canada Michael Jarman882
 
 
 
United States Kenneth Wang1120
 
United States Kenneth Wang335
 
 
 
Brazil Klinsmann Langhanz105
 
United States Matt O'Brien60
 
 
 
Brazil Klinsmann Langhanz306
 
United States Kenneth Wang700
 
 
 
United States Peter Scharl804
 
United States Peter Scharl376
 
 
 
Mexico Ricardo Domínguez139
 
United States Peter Scharl294
 
 
 
United States Kristain Lindemann114
 
United States Jason Hutcheson300
 
 
 
United States Kristain Lindemann303
 
United States Peter Scharl598
 
 
 
United States Katelyn Stienen342
 
United States Katelyn Stienen190
 
 
 
Switzerland Milos Pantic70
 
United States Katelyn Stienen288
 
 
 
Canada Hayden Waller105
 
Canada Michael Holmes404
 
 
 
Canada Hayden Waller664
 
United States Katelyn Stienen404
 
 
 
Italy Yiwei Cao357
 
United Kingdom Chris Clarke770
 
 
 
United States Matt Melsen238
 
United Kingdom Chris Clarke134
 
 
 
Italy Yiwei Cao389
 
United States Yun-Fei-Yang Liu0
 
 
Italy Yiwei Cao398
 


Section 6

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Round of 128Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16
 
              
 
 
 
 
Hungary Adam Reichenbach431
 
 
 
United Kingdom Alexey Sviridov431
 
Hungary Adam Reichenbach412
 
 
 
China Ben Gutscher232
 
Singapore Danny Whittaker470
 
 
 
China Ben Gutscher482
 
Hungary Adam Reichenbach423
 
 
 
Australia Edwin Hartono Limbri470
 
Hungary Zsolt Mogyorósi470
 
 
 
India Prithviraj Mavani482
 
India Prithviraj Mavani383
 
 
 
Australia Edwin Hartono Limbri414
 
Australia Edwin Hartono Limbri481
 
 
 
Netherlands Judith Droogsma420
 
Australia Edwin Hartono Limbri366
 
 
 
New Zealand Michael Clarke561
 
Australia Steve Schulz571
 
 
 
Australia Catherine Xu493
 
Australia Steve Schulz370
 
 
 
Australia Min Chen500
 
New Zealand Cheong Ng371
 
 
 
Australia Min Chen916
 
Australia Min Chen306
 
 
 
New Zealand Michael Clarke503
 
United Kingdom Oliver Lambert414
 
 
 
Australia John Lim420
 
Australia John Lim208
 
 
 
New Zealand Michael Clarke890
 
United Kingdom Ben Pridmore420
 
 
New Zealand Michael Clarke704
 


Section 7

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Round of 128Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16
 
              
 
 
 
 
United Kingdom Paul Dent640
 
 
 
United States David Brown472
 
United Kingdom Paul Dent105
 
 
 
United States Ben deLeon368
 
United States Ben deLeon560
 
 
 
Russia Grigoriy Korkishko158
 
United States Ben deLeon108
 
 
 
United States Taylor Robinson594
 
Greece Thanasis Dogramatzidis260
 
 
 
Canada Matthew Jeanos130
 
Greece Thanasis Dogramatzidis105
 
 
 
United States Taylor Robinson182
 
United States Hack Franken0
 
 
 
United States Taylor Robinson310
 
United States Taylor Robinson450
 
 
 
Canada Adam Carter624
 
United States Erick Meszaros-Jones619
 
 
 
United States Greg Hingsbergen250
 
United States Erick Meszaros-Jones185
 
 
 
United States Sharon Parker105
 
United States Sharon Parker640
 
 
 
United States Shaun McCarthy190
 
United States Erick Meszaros-Jones116
 
 
 
Canada Adam Carter326
 
South Africa Jason Webber386
 
 
 
Hungary Nikolay Georgiev120
 
South Africa Jason Webber256
 
 
 
Canada Adam Carter279
 
Netherlands Martkin Adriaanse374
 
 
Canada Adam Carter481
 


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Round of 128Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16
 
              
 
 
 
 
Canada Patrick Chatain556
 
 
 
United States Curtis Landry231
 
Canada Patrick Chatain199
 
 
 
United States Jacob Andrews128
 
United States Mike Kern94
 
 
 
United States Jacob Andrews220
 
Canada Patrick Chatain334
 
 
 
France Nicolas Micot410
 
Chile Juan Cifuentes300
 
 
 
Germany Karsten Hartlieb164
 
Chile Juan Cifuentes0
 
 
 
France Nicolas Micot105
 
France Nicolas Micot794
 
 
 
United States James Galbraith256
 
France Nicolas Micot92
 
 
 
Republic of Ireland Diarmuid Early840
 
United States Jacob de la Cruz102
 
 
 
Switzerland Tianyu William Xiao128
 
Switzerland Tianyu William Xiao221
 
 
 
United States Brittany Deaton198
 
United States Brittany Deaton662
 
 
 
United States Timothy Bralick307
 
Switzerland Tianyu William Xiao273
 
 
 
Republic of Ireland Diarmuid Early780
 
Ukraine Samir Asadov198
 
 
 
United States Riley Flischel470
 
United States Riley Flischel105
 
 
 
Republic of Ireland Diarmuid Early810
 
United States Jeremy Freelove515
 
 
Republic of Ireland Diarmuid Early1050
 

Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge (MECC)

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Other Events

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FMWC also holds other events (typically Excel Esports battles). Some events have granted automatic qualification to the MEWC playoff rounds. Some events are livestreamed and can be viewed by the public. These events include (but are not limited to):

Date Event Name Winner Nation Case Name
8 June 2021 888 Battle[9][10][11] Michael Jarman  Canada Cake To Bake
9 September 2021 Battle of 16[12] Diarmuid Early  United States N/A (Multiple)
17 February 2022 Global Excel Summit 2022[13] Jason Webber  South Africa Ludo
18 February 2022 Global Excel Summit 2022[14] David Brown  United States Square of Fortune
31 March 2022 Continent Battle: Asia / Pacific[15] Nick Boberg  New Zealand Minesweeper
24 May 2022 All-Star Battle[16] Andrew Ngai  Australia N/A (Multiple)
30 June 2022 Women's Battle[17] Stephanie Annerose  United States Lottery
28 July 2022 Continent Battle: Africa[18] Gareth Watson  South Africa Tug of War
25 August 2022 Continent Battle: Europe[19] Willem Gerritsen  Netherlands It's a Sequence
23 February 2023 Global Excel Summit 2023[20] Jason Webber  South Africa A Story About the Reels

Notes

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  1. ^ Competitors that have registered for at least one stage, not necessarily for the entire competition
  2. ^ Competitors that have attempted at least one stage. A stage score of 0 indicates participation, while a blank stage score does not
  3. ^ Competitors that attempted the maximum number of stages contributing to the final season point total (i.e., The 2021 season had 12 stages, but only the top 10 results determined a competitors season point total. In 2021, 307 competitors participated in at least 10 FMWC stages.)

References

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  1. ^ a b "FMWC 2020 Rankings".
  2. ^ "FMWC 2021 Rankings".
  3. ^ "FMWC 2022 Rankings".
  4. ^ "FMWC 2023 Rankings".
  5. ^ a b c Hachman, Mark (December 10, 2021). "Top Excel experts will battle it out in an esports-like competition this weekend". PCWorld. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  6. ^ Roth, Emma (December 11, 2021). "Watch these Excel pros duke it out in a financial modeling competition". The Verge. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  7. ^ Bolding, Jonathan (December 11, 2021). "Watch the world's greatest spreadsheet sorcerers throw down in the World Cup of Microsoft Excel". PC Gamer. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  8. ^ Financial Modeling World Cup [@FMWC_] (December 10, 2021). "📢 Tomorrow, December 11, is the day for the FMWC Open finals!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ^ Matyszczyk, Chris (June 10, 2021). "I just watched Microsoft (try to) make Excel exciting. Recovery won't be easy". ZDNet. Archived from the original on June 23, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  10. ^ Sacco, Dom (June 6, 2021). "Microsoft Excel… esports? UK to take part in 'Financial Modeling World Cup'". Esports News UK. Archived from the original on June 6, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  11. ^ "Acht experts strijden tegen elkaar in internationale Microsoft Excel-competitie" [Eight experts compete in international Microsoft Excel competition]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). June 5, 2021. Archived from the original on July 4, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  12. ^ "Battle of 16 – FMWC". Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  13. ^ "Global Excel Summit 2022 - Ludo". YouTube. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  14. ^ "Global Excel Summit 2023 - Square of Fortune". YouTube. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  15. ^ "Continent Battle: Asia / Pacific". YouTube. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  16. ^ "All-Star Battle". YouTube. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  17. ^ "Women's Battle". YouTube. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  18. ^ "Continent Battle: Africa". YouTube. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  19. ^ "Continent Battle: Europe". YouTube. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  20. ^ "Global Excel Summit 2023". YouTube. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
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