World Excel Championship & the Financial Modeling World Cup

[Axtremus]

h/t @wtg :

https://www.theverge.com/c/24133822/microsoft-excel-spreadsheet-competition-championship

Yes, there are such things as the "Excel World Championship," the "Financial Modeling World Cup," and the "Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge."

[89th]

Believe it or not I watched the final competition and the reaction as the winner took his hands off the keyboard for the last 20 seconds knowing he already had enough points to win. About as much shit-talking as a nerd can do!

[Mik]

I think that's great. Janet (MFR) would be a contender. She's a whiz at Excel.

[Copper]

@89th said in World Excel Championship & the Financial Modeling World Cup:

hands off the keyboard

Yes, a winner would use the keyboard only, no mouse.

[Axtremus]

Of course there is a Reddit thread on using Excel without the mouse: https://www.reddit.com/r/excel/comments/9s3zjp/whenever_you_do_something_in_excel_stop_using/?rdt=39811

[taiwan_girl]

Fun story. I use excel but am nowhere good like the people in the competition.

[jon-nyc]

I lost most of my keyboard shortcut skills because they aren’t supported in the MAC version.

I’m an excel jock but not like these guys.