Google Code Jam

The contestants nameplates displayed their onscreen handles instead of their full names.

A Russian coder talks with New York Post reporter Sam Gustin.

New York engineering director Craig Nevill-Manning talks with engineering directors Marcus Mitchell and Alan Warren.

A reporter from a Russian news station in Brighton Beach, New York interviews two Russian coders. With 33 contestants, Russia had the most participants in the top 100 coders. China was second with 12, and Poland third with 11.

Google removed their toys — a pool table, foosball, air hockey, basketball net, and Playstation2 — to make room for the coders.