While we are at it, does anyone have a good explanation for the following fact: o before 1990, the US won every single ACM ICPC contest; o between 1990-2000 i

While we are at it, does anyone have a good explanation for the following fact: o before 1990, the US won every single ACM ICPC contest; o between 1990-2000 it won 4 times; o since 2000 it is Russia+China+Poland total domination. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACM_International_Collegiate_Programming_Contest#Winners http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACM_International_Collegiate_Pr...