The only candidate I think to make this a surprising finish is the 'Grand Prize Team' which has another of the long-time leaders 'Gravity' involved and has stru

The only candidate I think to make this a surprising finish is the 'Grand Prize Team' which has another of the long-time leaders 'Gravity' involved and has structured itself to accept any and all team members who care to join. Probably no one would have won this contest if it wasn't for the fact that many of the top teams published their results, and so there was cross-pollination of ideas. Pragmatic Theory didn't contribute in this manner. Kudos to them for making I think a significant improvement on the best of the published models however.