Financial Modeling World Cup

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)

Description, Competition Format, and Scoring

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

  • 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

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
  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.)

Results

Key
Score dropped from final rankings per FMWC rules
2020
Rank Name Nation Age Group 1 2 3 4 Total Prize
Joseph Lau  Australia Masters 785 1,285 795 2,670 5,535 $3,000
Diarmuid Early  United States Open 825 1,260 1,035 1,650 4,770 $2,000
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
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
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
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
Laurence Lau  United States Open 1,000 957 1,000 959 1,000 1,000 769 978 5,937 $7,000
Diarmuid Early  Ireland Open 821 1,000 830 1,000 885 956 1,000 1,000 5,841 $4,000
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
Laurence Lau  United States Open 654 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 6,000 $7,000
Diarmuid Early  Ireland Open 917 885 857 993 588 717 597 972 5,341 $4,000
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)

2021

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

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)

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

Bracket

 
Round of 128Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                          
 
 
 
 
 Andrew Ngai676
 
 
 
 Alvin Siu Hin Lui188
 
 Andrew Ngai676
 
 
 
 Ben Gutscher484
 
 Princess Camille Ong72
 
 
 
 Ben Gutscher664
 
 Andrew Ngai780
 
 
 
 Peter Li189
 
 Cheong Ng232
 
 
 
 Peter Li664
 
 Peter Li676
 
 
 
 Steve Schulz272
 
 Harry Gross84
 
 
 
 Steve Schulz664
 
 Andrew Ngai346
 
 
 
 Min Chen104
 
 Nicolas Micot640
 
 
 
 Vineet Sharma0
 
 Nicolas Micot220
 
 
 
 Christian Hueber319
 
 Toby Funston137
 
 
 
 Christian Hueber284
 
 Christian Hueber251
 
 
 
 Min Chen620
 
 Isaac Méndez Cortiias676
 
 
 
 John Lim317
 
 Isaac Méndez Cortifas272
 
 
 
 Min Chen489
 
 Min Chen664
 
 
 
 Kiraén Andriamandimbisoa284
 
 Andrew Ngai1,250
 
 
 
 Kenneth Wang760
 
 Justin Merson664
 
 
 
 Gabriela Stroj (W)980
 
 Gabriela Stroj (W)453
 
 
 
 Ben Rotblatt253
 
 Ben Pridmore124
 
 
 
 Ben Rotblatt302
 
 Gabriela Stroj (W)224
 
 
 
 David Scully174
 
 Joaquin Courreges680
 
 
 
 David Scully716
 
 David Scully474
 
 
 
 Joris Greiwe220
 
 Stephen Xiao22
 
 
 
 Joris Greiwe295
 
 Gabriela Stroj (W)178
 
 
 
 Kenneth Wang420
 
 Harry Seiders692
 
 
 
 Sameer Jagetia781
 
 Sameer Jagetia504
 
 
 
 Jaq Kennedy552
 
 Sergio Travieso260
 
 
 
 Jaq Kennedy716
 
 Jaq Kennedy360
 
 
 
 Kenneth Wang530
 
 Julie Bowden (SE)680
 
 
 
 / T.Silva/R. Wessels652
 
 Julie Bowden (SE)219
 
 
 
 Kenneth Wang811
 
 Kenneth Wang1105
 
 
 
 Paul Dent1105
 
 Andrew Ngai615
 
 
 
 Brittany Deaton610
 
 Joseph Michael Palisoc1105
 
 
 
 Mackenzie Dixon159
 
 Joseph Michael Palisoc680
 
 
 
 Katelyn Stienen640
 
 Stephanie Annerose431
 
 
 
 Katelyn Stienen460
 
 Joseph Michael Palisoc676
 
 
 
 Eduardo Gonzalez Arias224
 
 Samir Asadov704
 
 
 
 Brian Hanley757
 
 Brian Hanley367
 
 
 
 Eduardo Gonzalez Arias652
 
 Jakub Pomykalski568
 
 
 
 Eduardo Gonzalez Arias769
 
 Joseph Michael Palisoc510
 
 
 
 Jason Hutcheson242
 
 Dan Seiders640
 
 
 
 Neil Foot482
 
 Dan Seiders284
 
 
 
 Jason Hutcheson471
 
 Jason Hutcheson757
 
 
 
 Steve Hales640
 
 Jason Hutcheson506
 
 
 
 David Brown295
 
 Kyle Glovinsky 590
 
 
 
 William Freestone680
 
 William Freestone179
 
 
 
 David Brown295
 
 Nick McCartney420
 
 
 
 David Brown1105
 
 Joseph Michael Palisoc1,000
 
 
 
 Brittany Deaton1,250
 
 Fanny Caillot664
 
 
 
 Morgan Carr471
 
 Fanny Caillot262
 
 
 
 Brittany Deaton735
 
 Brittany Deaton1000
 
 
 
 Thomas Keane220
 
 Brittany Deaton770
 
 
 
 JP Delavin0
 
 JP Delavin692
 
 
 
 David Rosel680
 
 JP Delavin640
 
 
 
 Aleksandrs Goba250
 
 Nathan Cunningham484
 
 
 
 Aleksandrs Goba745
 
 Brittany Deaton405
 
 
 
 Andrew Biglowe328
 
 Juan Pablo Brea525
 
 
 
 Michael Thanasides432
 
 Juan Pablo Brea286
 
 
 
 Patrick Chatain250
 
 Patrick Chatain568
 
 
 
 Tyler Hargrave0
 
 Juan Pablo Brea424
 
 
 
 Andrew Biglowe556
 
 Nick Tone260
 
 
 
 Andrew Biglowe692
 
 Andrew Biglowe775
 
 
 
 Tim Roberts (4)610
 
 Pierre Sertin680
 
 
 
 Tim Roberts1040
 
 Andrew Ngai1,250
 
 
 
 Matthew Fried420
 
 Michael Jarman 1105
 
 
 
 Lyanne van Dijk492
 
 Michael Jarman674
 
 
 
 Adam Reichenbach82
 
 Nick Lowman534
 
 
 
 Adam Reichenbach745
 
 Michael Jarman744
 
 
 
 Jesi Lipp0
 
 Bob Schriver326
 
 
 
 Jesi Lipp640
 
 Jesi Lipp640
 
 
 
 Bryan Ferrier444
 
 Martin Rydder220
 
 
 
 Bryan Ferrier500
 
 Michael Jarman670
 
 
 
 Ben deLeon243
 
 Jack Graham420
 
 
 
 Martijn Adriaanse640
 
 Martijn Adriaanse470
 
 
 
 Andrew Luchenbach250
 
 Khaled Habib240
 
 
 
 Andrew Luchenbach692
 
 Martijn Adriaanse530
 
 
 
 Ben deLeon784
 
 Ben deLeon757
 
 
 
 Lianna Gerrish664
 
 Ben deLeon775
 
 
 
 Jack Franken640
 
 Peter van Veen344
 
 
 
 Jack Franken781
 
 Michael Jarman1,200
 
 
 
 Michael Clarke770
 
 Michael Clarke640
 
 
 
 Jason Webber189
 
 Michael Clarke478
 
 
 
 Nataly Falero232
 
 Bram Van Eeckhout220
 
 
 
 Nataly Falero420
 
 Michael Clarke653
 
 
 
 Steyn Wolmarans395
 
 Grigoriy Korkishko94
 
 
 
 Steyn Wolmarans107
 
 Steyn Wolmarans309
 
 
 
 Dhara Shah250
 
 Gareth Watson42
 
 
 
 Dhara Shah284
 
 Michael Clarke379
 
 
 
 Willem Gerritsen242
 
 Alfons Oliver Altes263
 
 
 
 Zsolt Mogyorösi84
 
 Alfons Oliver Altes319
 
 
 
 Pichaya Pan-anukooln273
 
 Jason Naniong208
 
 
 
 Pichaya Pan-anukooln243
 
 Alfons Oliver Altes653
 
 
 
 Willem Gerritsen830
 
 Peter Rebecchi114
 
 
 
 Chris Wilson119
 
 Chris Wilson455
 
 
 
 Willem Gerritsen676
 
 Jan Mooijer84
 
 
 
 Willem Gerritsen676
 
 Michael Jarman415
 
 
 
 Matthew Fried914
 
 Anup Agarwal610
 
 
 
 Albert Blom84
 
 Anup Agarwal813
 
 
 
 Niels Christian Lundtoft470
 
 Niels Christian Lundtoft420
 
 
 
 Jakub Hluzow220
 
 Anup Agarwal360
 
 
 
 Matthew Fried830
 
 Christopher Ashworth319
 
 
 
 Tom Vincent84
 
 Christopher Ashworth319
 
 
 
 Matthew Fried410
 
 Matthew Fried640
 
 
 
 Nick Boberg96
 
 Matthew Fried407
 
 
 
 Liam Bastick (W)240
 
 Lorenzo Foti94
 
 
 
 Stefanus Ng420
 
 Stefanus Ng240
 
 
 
 Liam Bastick (W)478
 
 Liam Bastick (W)261
 
 
 
 Kjell De Troye84
 
 Liam Bastick (W)457
 
 
 
 Ryan Bains389
 
 Ryan Bains232
 
 
 
 Stephen Dunn220
 
 Ryan Bains442
 
 
 
 Bo Rydobon250
 
 Gani Toleugazyyev220
 
 
 
 BO Rydobon540
 
 Matthew Fried986
 
 
 
 Michael Holmes976
 
 Mary Brown640
 
 
 
 Daric Harrington260
 
 Mary Brown428
 
 
 
 Shaun McCarthy397
 
 Luke Moraga522
 
 
 
 Shaun McCarthy676
 
 Mary Brown316
 
 
 
 Dan Mayoh310
 
 Greg Hingsbergen724
 
 
 
 Dan Mayoh973
 
 Dan Mayoh640
 
 
 
 Loic Coquer18
 
 Loic Coquer444
 
 
 
 Norm Sheppard300
 
 Mary Brown232
 
 
 
 Michael Holmes405
 
 Jelle Hettinga460
 
 
 
 Adam Steiner466
 
 Adam Steiner220
 
 
 
 Michael Holmes420
 
 Michael Holmes1099
 
 
 
 Ricardo Domínguez280
 
 Michael Holmes988
 
 
 
 Diarmuid Early834


 
 Emad Oughourli680
 
 
 
 Taylor Robinson704
 
 Taylor Robinson716
 
 
 
 Diarmuid Early1200


 
 Robert Valentine250
 
 
 Diarmuid Early1105
 

2023

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)

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

Bracket

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

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

Section 2

 
Round of 128Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16
 
              
 
 
 
 
 Pichaya Pan-anukooh432
 
 
 
 Elliott Paterson916
 
 Elliott Paterson720
 
 
 
 Pakkapong Sricharoen720
 
 Julien Lacaze254
 
 
 
 Pakkapong Sricharoen652
 
 Elliott Paterson465
 
 
 
 Jakub Pomykalski465
 
 Pieter Pienaar481
 
 
 
 Jakub Pomykalski497
 
 Jakub Pomykalski896
 
 
 
 Lorenzo Foti323
 
 Charles Poulain0
 
 
 
 Lorenzo Foti668
 
 Jakub Pomykalski513
 
 
 
 Stevenson Yu393
 
 Harry Watson420
 
 
 
 Nick Boberg503
 
 Nick Boberg362
 
 
 
 Stevenson Yu380
 
 Princess Camille Ong0
 
 
 
 Stevenson Yu492
 
 Stevenson Yu520
 
 
 
 Harry Gross320
 
 Alwyn Birkhottz270
 
 
 
 Henriette Hamer110
 
 Alwyn Birkhottz403
 
 
 
 Harry Gross494
 
 Anup Agarwal664
 
 
 Harry Gross676
 

Section 3

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

Section 4

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


Section 5

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


Section 6

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


Section 7

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


Section 8

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

2024

The structure for the 2024 Microsoft Excel World Championship was revamped in several areas, including for the qualification round. The number of players in the main event remained at 128. Qualification for the MEWC was as follows:

  • 50 players, 5 in each of the 10 Excel Esports Battes (called the "Road to Las Vegas"). One player would qualify from the YouTube livestream, while four others would qualify from online participation.
  • 16 players from the Financial Modeling World Cup.
  • 60 players from the MEWC online qualification round.
  • 2 wildcards.

Qualification Results

The following participants qualified for the event:

2024 Road to Las Vegas series
Qualification Method Player Score Time (mm:ss)
Excel Esports Battle I
"Doggie Daycare"
January 25 		Diarmuid Early[a] 1150 30:00
Chris Clarke 990 29:12
Willem Gerritsen 980 29:11
Jacob Andrews 950 28:38
Michael Jarman 940 28:40
Excel Esports Battle II
"Sommelier"
February 29 		Colin Sheehe 1250 24:23
Anup Agarwal 1250 25:12
Sergio Trifiletti[a] 1250 29:11
Harry Gross 1250 29:45
Elliott Paterson 1185 29:52
Excel Esports Battle III
"This Spreadsheet is a Nightmare"
March 28 		Andrew Ngai 1250 16:14
Bo Rydobon 1250 28:57
Jean Wolleh 1167 30:00
Adam Carter 1128 27:25
Nick Boberg[a] 975 30:00
Excel Esports Battle IV
"Ship the World"
April 25 		Peter Scharl 1250 25:44
Jakub Pomykalski[a] 1191 30:00
Anders Richter Lindén 1110 30:00
Lorenzo Foti 1065 24:25
Jack Franken 1058 30:00
Excel Esports Battle V
"Deep Sea Diving"
May 30 		Pakkapong Sricharoen 1190 29:39
Julien Lacaze 1191 30:00
Hadyn Wiseman 938 29:59
Jeremy Freelove 938 30:00
Adam Reichenbach[a] 830 30:00
Excel Esports Battle VI
"The Simple Case"
June 20 		Ny Tsiory Rakotonanahary 1170 19:02
Jasper van Merle 1140 20:51
Thanasis Dogramatzidis 770 29:55
Paul Dent 400 30:00
Timothy Shue[a] 233 30:00
Excel Esports Battle VII
"I am Left-Handed"
July 25 		Nick Lowman 1250 29:58
Tze Sheng Yeo 1159 28:23
Juan Cifuentes 1159 29:50
Brian Wright 1110 29:50
Vikram Hattangady[a] 880 30:00
Excel Esports Battle VIII
"Treasure Hunt"
August 29 		Grayson Huynh[a] 1250 16:07
Benjamin Weber 1250 17:43
Ben Gutscher 1250 19:16
Matt Stockton 1250 20:40
Cédric Morgan Rasolofo 1250 21:09
Excel Esports Battle IX
"Census"
September 19 		Brittany Deaton 1184 29:19
Taylor Robinson 1030 28:03
Kamil Ciesielski 950 29:15
Min Chen 950 29:37
Fritz Burkhardt[a] 601 30:00
Excel Esports Battle X
"Almost There"
October 10 		Eric Ashton[a] 1043 29:30
Michael Holmes 894 28:53
Zhang Yunyi 885 28:32
Harry Watson 858 29:35
Alexander Freedman 818 29:39
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Qualified via livestream
2024 Financial Modeling World Cup Qualifiers (Top 16)
Rank Player Season Score
5 Matthew Fried 4737
6 Joseph Michael Palisoc 4573
7 Tim Roberts 4437
8 Steve Schultz 4427
16 Eduardo Gonzalez Arias 3897
2024 MEWC Qualification Results
Region Player Score Time (mm:ss)
Africa Steyn Wolmarans 4380 59:39
Jason Webber 3750 59:20
Renier Wessels 3605 59:55
Asia-Pacific[a] Stevenson Yu 6500 54:53
Logan Clarke 6425 59:26
Danny Whittaker 6415 60:00
Princess Camille Ong 5590 60:00
Cheong Ng 5450 57:30
Calvin Lim 5375 56:53
Toby Funston 5290 57:35
Prithviraj Mavani 5190 60:00
Min Min Chua 5100 60:00
Pichaya Pan-anukooln 4875 54:59
Robert Buemmer 4350 55:51
Kai Wei Lim 4275 58:38
Europe Yiwei Cao 5510 59:54
Zsolt Mogyorósi 5500 59:55
Karim Awenat 5290 60:00
Marton Hunyady 4605 60:00
Nicolas Micot 4450 60:00
Ben Pridmore 4400 53:00
Edwin Brown 4380 59:39
Chris Wilson 4350 60:00
Grigoriy Korkishko 3950 59:50
Jeroen Adriaanse 3930 58:55
Siim Aksel Amer 3800 59:22
Martijn Adriaanse 3600 58:13
Søren Nielsen 3600 59:05
Toby Julyan 3475 57:21
Tom Vincent 3460 60:00
Samir Asadov 3350 59:24
Etienne Corget 3300 60:00
William Freestone 3255 57:49
Fanny Caillot 3150 56:49
Arnold Miron 3150 59:32
Francois Neethling 3120 60:00
Jörg Profanter 3050 60:00
North America Ben Carr 5585 59:52
Greg Hingsbergen 5500 59:56
Coby Dombrowski 5360 59:04
Colin Davidson 5060 60:00
Joshua Bruce 4900 58:08
Riley Flischel 4400 1:00:00
Derek Kaplan 4200 55:16
Brian Hanley 4170 56:12
Matt Ficarra 4120 59:20
Daniel Hart 4100 57:50
David Nordstrom 4100 58:04
Parker Garrison 4000 59:47
Johnny Valeriote 3950 1:00:00
Norman Sheppard 3950 1:00:00
Sean Dunbar 3950 1:00:00
Esther Vander Meulen 3935 1:00:00
Ben deLeon 3850 56:42
Andrew Heybruch 3850 1:00:00
Robert Valentine 3825 57:35
Jennifer Williams 3750 59:49
Keegan Morrissey 3750 59:53
William OBrien 3750 1:00:00
Josh Tucci 3700 1:00:00
Helen Dupree 3650 58:59
Jesi Lipp 3615 1:00:00
Dan Seiders 3600 1:00:00
Diana Constantinescu 3530 1:00:00
Jonathan Huang 3500 55:49
Lianna Gerrish 3480 59:55
South/Latin America Patrick Chatain 4200 59:29
Washington Demicheli 4170 1:00:00
Joaquin Courreges 3700 59:33
Juan Pablo Brea 3700 59:44
  1. ^ Due to time differences, the Asia-Pacific competition took place at 8:00 AM BST, while the other regions competed at 5:00 PM BST.

Main Draw (Morning Session)

The 128 players in the main draw bracket were divided into 8 groups of 16, with three of those groups playing at 8:00 AM BST to accommodate players from the Asia Pacific region. The remaining five groups played at 5:00 PM BST. The main draw brackets were only played for four rounds, with the final eight competitors automatically qualified for the in-person semi-finals at Las Vegas. The other 24 of the top 32 qualified to play in the game day competition one day before the finals.

Round 1 (Last 128)
"30 Minute Mystery" 		Round 2 (Last 64)
"Perfect Date and Soulmate" 		Round 3 (Last 32)
"Sleep as a Sport" 		Round 4 (Last 16)
"Mortal Wombat"
        
(1) Andrew Ngai 1250
Francois Neethling 980
(1) Andrew Ngai 940
Tze Sheng Yeo 920
Steve Schulz 864
Tze Sheng Yeo 900
(1) Andrew Ngai 1074
Kai Wei Lim 560
Min Min Chua 450
Kai Wei Lim 611
Kai Wei Lim 920
Edwin Brown 895
Edwin Brown 580
Jeroen Adriaanse 572
(1) Andrew Ngai 1095
Jean Wolleh 247
Marton Hunyady 926
Zhang Yunyi 1090
Zhang Yunyi 972
Jean Wolleh 1190
Jean Wolleh 1250
Bo Rydobon 1026
Jean Wolleh 762
Nick Lowman 642
Anup Agarwal 1130
Samir Asadov 922
Anup Agarwal 951
Nick Lowman 1130
Nick Lowman 1250
Nick Boberg 680
        
Martijn Adriaanse 520
Nicolas Micot 874
Nicolas Micot 0
Calvin Lim 960
Stevenson Yu 490
Calvin Lim 650
Calvin Lim 299
Ben Gutscher 590
Arnold Miron 813
Jasper van Merle 1205
Jasper van Merle 1160
Ben Gutscher 1190
Ben Gutscher 1010
Toby Funston 470
Ben Gutscher 490
Sergio Trifiletti 422
Vikram Hattangady 746
Julien Lacaze 819
Julien Lacaze 998
Christian Mbolanantenaina 1029
Christian Mbolanantenaina 780
Pichaya Pan-anukooln 428
Christian Mbolanantenaina 620
Sergio Trifiletti 760
Sergio Trifiletti 1180
Danny Whittaker 1070
Sergio Trifiletti 1180
(6) Matthew Fried 1028
Steyn Wolmarans 780
(6) Matthew Fried 1250
        
(7) Michael Clarke 676
Robert Buemmer 460
(7) Michael Clarke 1250
Pakkapong Sricharoen 1142
Cheong Ng 846
Pakkapong Sricharoen 960
(7) Michael Clarke 813
Grayson Huynh 820
Min Chen 1250
Timothy Shue 1048
Min Chen 1055
Grayson Huynh 1220
Toby Julyan 498
Grayson Huynh 920
Grayson Huynh 615
Prithviraj Mavani 597
Princess Camille Ong 850
Jakub Pomykalski 880
Jakub Pomykalski 1064
Prithviraj Mavani 1146
Prithviraj Mavani 1110
Logan Clarke 816
Prithviraj Mavani 442
Adam Reichenbach 0
Adam Reichenbach 975
Cameron Fraser 780
Adam Reichenbach 1220
Grigoriy Kirkishko 969
Grigoriy Korkishko 580
Cédric Morgan Rasolofo DQ

Main Draw (Afternoon Session)

Round 1 (Last 128)
"Wabble" 		Round 2 (Last 64)
"Portal" 		Round 3 (Last 32)
"Ironman" 		Round 4 (Last 16)
"Volcano Island"
        
Helen Dupree 570
Peter Scharl 1098
Peter Scharl 1234
Lorenzo Foti 1220
Lorenzo Foti 824
Sean Dunbar 552
Peter Scharl 843
Hadyn Wiseman 525
Josh Tucci 512
Diana Constantinescu 430
Josh Tucci 510
Hadyn Wiseman 952
Derek Kaplan 368
Hadyn Wiseman 608
Peter Scharl 1110
(8) Jack Franken 1250
Washington Demicheli 864
Juan Pablo Brea 558
Washington Demicheli 634
Ben deLeon 680
Ben deLeon 842
Fritz Burkhardt 526
Ben deLeon 574
(8) Jack Franken 853
Etienne Corget 416
Eduardo Gonzalez Arias 566
Eduardo Gonzalez Arias 714
(8) Jack Franken 1050
Robert Valentine 574
(8) Jack Franken 1042
        
(5) Tim Roberts 626
David Brown 688
David Brown 513
Chris Clarke 1154
Patrick Chatain 638
Chris Clarke 898
Chris Clarke 620
Juan Cifuentes 510
Johnny Valeriote 672
Jacob Andrews 588
Johnny valeriote 474
Juan Cifuentes 1250
Juan Cifuentes 724
Yiwei Cao 646
Chris Clarke 1033
Sameer Jagetia 890
Anders Richter Lindén 880
Ben Carr 838
Anders Richter Lindén 850
Riley Flischel 660
Esther Vander Meulen 260
Riley Flischel 578
Anders Richter Lindén 516
Sameer Jagetia 561
Colin Sheehe 810
Sameer Jagetia 836
Sameer Jagetia 696
Greg Hingsbergen 461
Daniel Hart 642
Greg Hingsbergen 710
        
William OBrien 418
Brittany Deaton 896
Brittany Deaton 1110
Ben Pridmore 613
Ben Pridmore 722
Jesi Lipp 448
Brittany Deaton 955
Willem Gerritsen 955
Jeremy Freelove 612
Willem Gerritsen 1042
Willem Gerritsen 1026
Harry Gross 884
Harry Gross 904
Jason Webber 702
Brittany Deaton 1173
(4) Joseph Michael Palisoc 1050
Martin Schaaphok 650
William Freestone 882
William Freestone 774
Coby Dombrowsky 1040
Coby Dombrowsky 938
Matt Stockton 563
Coby Dombrowsky 490
(4) Joseph Michael Palisoc 1250
Søren Nielsen 448
Tom Vincent 592
Tom Vincent 440
(4) Joseph Michael Palisoc 1000
Renier Wessels 652
(4) Joseph Michael Palisoc 748
        
(3) Michael Jarman 1048
Jonathan Huang 422
(3) Michael Jarman 1050
Alexander Freedman 764
Alexander Freedman 754
Brian Hanley 670
(3) Michael Jarman 0
Zsolt Mogyorósi 520
Parker Garrison 560
Zsolt Mogyorósi 662
Zsolt Mogyorósi 704
Matt Ficarra 656
Matt Ficarra 814
Jennifer Williams 504
Zsolt Mogyorósi 573
Joaquin Courreges 1220
Benjamin Weber 692
Norman Sheppard 478
Benjamin Weber 1180
Adam Carter 1250
Siim Aksel Amer 512
Adam Carter 1040
Adam Carter 681
Joaquin Courreges 935
Joaquin Courreges 838
Fanny Caillot 536
Joaquin Courreges 1242
David Nordstrom 461
Thanasis Dogramatzidis 672
David Nordstrom 680
        
Lianna Gerrish 1114
Harry Watson 710
Lianna Gerrish 1114
Dan Seiders 854
Dan Seiders 854
Elliott Paterson 800
Lianna Gerrish 510
Chris Wilson 438
Karim Awenat 578
Chris Wilson 634
Chris Wilson 620
Andrew Heybruch 580
Andrew Heybruch 622
Paul Dent 602
Lianna Gerrish 1070
(2) Diarmuid Early 1060
Brian Wright 526
Joshua Bruce 812
Joshua Bruce 1050
Keegan Morrissey 904
Eric Ashton 456
Keegan Morrissey 614
Joshua Bruce 582
(2) Diarmuid Early 1001
Michael Holmes 740
Colin Davidson 608
Michael Holmes 710
(2) Diarmuid Early 1250
Taylor Robinson 404
(2) Diarmuid Early 1140

Last Chance Qualification

The 2024 Microsoft Excel World Championship was the first instance which introduced the Last Chance Qualification Round (LCQR). The LCQR was open to anyone who did not advance to the Last 32 round at an additional cost. Entry for this event was also included for attendees of the concurrent The Active Cell event held in Las Vegas. The top 40 participants at this event who weren't already qualified for the Game Day competition would join the 24 qualifiers from the Main Draw brackets for the Game Day competitions held one day before the live finals. The Last 32 from the Main Draw bracket were also permitted to play, but as they've already qualified for the Game Day competition or Live Semi-Finals, they would not take the 40 qualification spots from those not yet qualified.

The case for the Last Chance Qualification Round was called "Axel the Elf's Christmas Catastrophe!"

Last Chance Qualification Round
Player Score Time (mm:ss)
Matthew Fried 1250 25:03
Harry Watson 1250 26:10
Daniel Hart 1250 26:33
Benjamin Weber 1250 26:45
Helen Dupree 1170 30:00
Martin Morissette 1140 30:00
Patrick Chatain 1090 29:42
Jeremy Freelove 1060 30:00
David Brown 1057 29:58
Eric Ashton 1007 29:46
Jakub Pomykalski 960 30:00
Phillip Harvey 950 30:00
Timothy Shue 949 30:00
Nick Boberg 930 30:00
Ben Carr 870 30:00
Jason Sindler 850 29:50
Fifaliana Rafanomezantsoa 840 30:00
Grant Pitarys 790 30:00
Julian Poeltl 780 30:00
Jacob Andrews 681 27:36
Julien Lacaze 664 27:09
Klinsmann Langhanz 642 25:34
Jackson Weber 640 29:38
Fritz Burkhardt 640 29:59
Lorenzo Foti 621 29:19
Harry Seiders 621 29:44
Curtis Landry 581 30:00
Ben Northern 570 29:49
Ashleigh Roberts 570 30:00
Pieter Pienaar 541 29:33
Michele Perina 541 29:50
James McQueen 541 29:53
Juan Pablo Brea 541 30:00
Joy Andriamalala 540 30:00
Ricardo Alexis Domínguez Hernández 533 29:58
Beckett Anderson 530 28:59
Jacob Labkovski 530 29:43
Andrew Durant 530 29:58
Michael Koller 530 30:00
Luke Peyton 530 30:00
Loic Roig 530 30:00
Elliott Paterson 530 30:00
Ray Medina 530 30:00

Game Day Competition

The Game Day competitions consisted of two rounds played by all 64 competitors who qualified either from the Main Draw bracket or the Last Chance Qualification Round. The scores from the two rounds were added together, and the top 16 participants would then move on to the live semi-finals.

Player Case 1
"IsometriChaos"		 Case 2
"Lana Goes Ice Skating"		 Combined Score
Diarmuid Early 442 792 1234
Peter Scharl 579 608 1138
Jeremy Freelove 291 816 1107
Joshua Bruce 453 640 1093
Juan Cifuentes 412 672 1084
Jean Wolleh 588 488 1076
Michael Jarman 658 292 950
Eric Ashton 311 547 858
Jakub Pomykalski 540 290 830
Benjamin Weber 457 367 824
Coby Dombrowsky 380 436 816
Adam Reichenbach 449 357 806
Lorenzo Foti 406 397 803
Nick Boberg 459 343 802
Anders Richter Lindén 399 348 747

Live Finals

In front of 400 spectators, Michael Jarman unseated three-time champion Andrew Ngai ("the Annihilator") in December 2024 in Las Vegas. Ngai was described as the Kobe Bryant of Excel, in comparison to Diarmuid Early, who was compared to LeBron James.[9]

2025

The field size for the 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championship increased significantly, with spaces allowed for 256 competitors in the main draw.[10] This includes qualified spots for:

  • 90 places: 10 players in each of 9 monthly Road to Las Vegas battles. For each battle, this includes:
    • 1 place for the best livestreamed player,
    • 7 places for the best non-livestreamed players,
    • 1 place for the best U-25 non-livestreamed (online) player, and
    • 1 place for the best 50+ (known as the "Masters" category) non-livestreamed player.[11]
  • 16 places for the top-16 ranked Financial Modeling World Cup competitors, and
  • 150 places for qualifiers who qualify through the qualification round held on September 27.

In addition, the organizers have implemented a seeding system, based on players' rankings in the Road to Las Vegas events.[11] The top 5 rankings of the participants will be considered in the rankings, and the top 32 ranked players will be seeded in the main draw.

2025 Road to Las Vegas (RTLV) battles
RTLV Round Player Score Time (mm:ss) Qualification Method
Excel Esports Battle I
"We're Not In Kansas Anymore"
January 23 		Diarmuid Early 1181 29:27 Online
Jack Franken 963 30:00 Online
Peter Scharl 899 29:58 Online
Andrew Ngai 890 30:00 Online
Coby Dombrowsky 821 30:00 Online
Willem Gerritsen 746 30:00 Online
Anders Richter Lindén 731 30:00 Livestreamed
Colin Sheehe 730 29:26 Online
Tim Froelich 656 28:45 U-25
Harry Seiders 586 29:43 Masters
Excel Esports Battle II
"Whodunnit?"
February 20 		Sergio Trifiletti 1186 29:59 Online
Benjamin Weber 1064 25:36 Online
Chris Clarke 1056 27:51 Online
Stevenson Yu 1048 29:00 Online
Pakkapong Sricharoen 1048 30:00 Online
Julien Lacaze 1040 25:56 Online
Michael Holmes 1040 28:10 Online
Karim Awenat 1040 30:00 Masters
Nicolas Micot 998 30:00 Livestreamed
Sean Dunbar 990 30:00 U-25
Excel Esports Battle III
"I'm Just Wild About Harry"
March 27 		Timothy Shue 811 30:00 Livestreamed
Danny Whittaker 760 27:15 Online
Sameer Jagetia 757 30:00 Online
Jean Wolleh 754 27:21 Online
Michael Jarman 720 29:37 Online
Juan Cifuentes 720 30:00 Online
Paul Dent 700 27:48 Online
Patrick Chatain 700 29:56 Online
Ben Taylor 640 29:49 Masters
Julian Poeltl 610 29:21 U-25
Excel Esports Battle IV
"The Formula Bar and Grill"
April 24 		Zhang Yunyi 1151 26:29 Online
Nick Boberg 1071 29:44 Online
Elliott Paterson 1070 29:23 Online
Kenny Worrell 1070 29:48 Online
Fritz Burkhardt 1070 30:00 Online
Diego Sala 1069 28:01 Online
Grayson Huynh 1061 26:03 Online
Tim Gabriel Töpper 889 24:29 U-25
James Thai 747 30:00 Masters
Anup Agarwal 736 30:00 Livestreamed
Excel Esports Battle V
"Bit of Music"
May 29 		Lorenzo Foti 1180 25:09 Online
Jeremy Freelove 1180 26:12 Online
Adam Carter 1180 28:01 Online
Eric Ashton 1123 29:46 Online
Ben Gutscher 1120 28:32 Online
Alexander Freedman 1090 29:44 Online
Jonathan Razanamparany 1090 30:00 Online
Helen Dupree 980 30:00 U-25
Jakub Pomykalski 934 30:00 Livestreamed
Jason Sindler 800 30:00 Masters

Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge (MECC)

Main article: Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge

Other Events

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[12][13][14] Michael Jarman  Canada Cake To Bake
9 September 2021 Battle of 16[15] Diarmuid Early  United States N/A (Multiple)
17 February 2022 Global Excel Summit 2022[16] Jason Webber  South Africa Ludo
18 February 2022 Global Excel Summit 2022[17] David Brown  United States Square of Fortune
31 March 2022 Continent Battle: Asia / Pacific[18] Nick Boberg  New Zealand Minesweeper
24 May 2022 All-Star Battle[19] Andrew Ngai  Australia N/A (Multiple)
30 June 2022 Women's Battle[20] Stephanie Annerose  United States Lottery
28 July 2022 Continent Battle: Africa[21] Gareth Watson  South Africa Tug of War
25 August 2022 Continent Battle: Europe[22] Willem Gerritsen  Netherlands It's a Sequence
23 February 2023 Global Excel Summit 2023[23] Jason Webber  South Africa A Story About the Reels

Notes

References

  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. ^ Zhuang, Yan; Whitmore, Mikayla; Paik, Shawn (2025-01-20). "Is Microsoft Excel the Next Big E-Sport?". The New York Times. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
  10. ^ Excel Esports (2025-02-17). Microsoft Excel World Championship Season 2025 Roadmap. YouTube. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
  11. ^ a b Finance Modeling World Cup. "Competition Rules". Retrieved 2025-05-02.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "Battle of 16 – FMWC". Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  16. ^ "Global Excel Summit 2022 - Ludo". YouTube. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  17. ^ "Global Excel Summit 2023 - Square of Fortune". YouTube. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  18. ^ "Continent Battle: Asia / Pacific". YouTube. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  19. ^ "All-Star Battle". YouTube. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  20. ^ "Women's Battle". YouTube. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  21. ^ "Continent Battle: Africa". YouTube. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  22. ^ "Continent Battle: Europe". YouTube. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  23. ^ "Global Excel Summit 2023". YouTube. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
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