The Excel World Championships took place in December ... requiring competitors to design a spreadsheet tracking 20 characters and their stats (why not try it for yourself). The championships ...

Then the men sat down at desktop computers, opened their Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and began to type. Excel, a program that does complex math on a human’s behalf, is often associated ...

Once dismissed as a mere office tool, Excel is proving its versatility and cultural impact. The competition highlighted the program’s potential as both a creative and analytical platform. Bob ...

The Microsoft Excel World Championship is a reminder ... 12 finalists faced off by solving puzzles with spreadsheets in an effort to be named the world’s best spreadsheeter.

It’s the Excel World Championship. ♫ ♫ Who is going to win? ♫ “The Annihilator. The Child from Chile.” ♫ Who’s going in the spreadsheet bin? ♫ “You are not prepared.” ...

A tool for crunching billions of rows and millions of columns of data is the stuff of nightmares for some. For London-based hedge fund Man Group, it was a dream. When the firm couldn’t find ...