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Chasing milliseconds in Speed Demon 2026: lessons from a solo optimisation sprint

The change I'm proudest of from this contest brought Track A's board memory down from 22.69 MB to 19.69 MB, with similar wall time. The change I was surest about looked faster on my test VM. On the real scoring machine its two runs averaged about 40% slower than the control, and I threw it away the…

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  1. 2026-11-02 15:41 · DEV Community — AI
    Chasing milliseconds in Speed Demon 2026: lessons from a solo optimisation sprint

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