Here are the results from both the privateand public coding phase. All submitted code was verified via the 185-test suite.

Private coding:
Jooel wins with a score of 229
Maciep has a score of 225 but fails 8 tests, so no cigar
Allen has a score of 255 and fails one test

Public coding:
Jooel wins the public coding as well with a score of 188
Macipe has submitted a virtually identical code (also 188) that is only modified in two places, however Jooel submitted first.
Next comes Allen with 241, followed by Chris S. with 292 and finally MightyR1 with 337.

Hope you all enjoyed our chemist.

I have not yet set dates for the next round. I do have a challenge but will need some more time to get the package ready and the test cases set up. It will be a two-week challenge from Friday to the following Sunday due to a little more complexity. I'm looking at mid-/late-November for the start. The topic of the next challenge has something to do with Kevin Bacon

BTW, there will be a year-end final ranking of all participants. And even participating will get you points.
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