The Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge (MECC) is a Microsoft Excel esports competition.
The MECC started in 2022 and combines elements of the Financial Modeling World Cup and the Microsoft Excel World Championship, targeting college students. Contestants solve problems, in the form of case studies, using the spreadsheet software. Competitors are ranked through multiple rounds of timed competition, including an in-person final round. Participants may compete in either individuals or teams. The competition is jointly organized by the Eller College of Management and Financial Modeling World Cup.
In each round, competitors solve problems presented as one-to-five-page-long financial modeling case studies with questions at the end, using Microsoft Excel.
2,730 students from 93 countries and 596 universities and colleges registered for the 2022 MECC. The total prize pool was $30,000 USD. Competitors could sign up individually, or in teams of up to 3 athletes.
The MECC began with two preliminary rounds, taking place online in October 2022. Competitors were allotted two hours to complete each round. Both rounds featured three FMWC style cases. The cases for the 2nd preliminary round were equivalent to those for Stage 7 of the FMWC competition.
Invites to the final day were distributed in the following manner:
The final day took place on December 3, in the University of Arizona .[1] [2] [3] The final day started with two semifinal rounds. The top 8 individual competitors and top 4 teams advanced to the final rounds.
The final rounds were held in the University of Arizona Esports Arena and consisted entirely of Microsoft Excel World Cup style cases. It was live streamed on FMWC's YouTube channel, and ESPNU later aired a condensed version on December 18.[4] [5]
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | University | Score | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Lee |  | 381 | $10,000 | ||
| Gavin Hartzell |  | 216 | $5,000 | ||
| Forrest Liu | | 205 | $2,500 | ||
| 4 | Andrew Cheng | | 176 | $1,250 | |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | University | Score | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forrest Liu | | 1,014 | ||
| 2 | Isaac Lee | | 1,000 | ||
| 3 | Gavin Hartzell | | 836 | ||
| 4 | Andrew Cheng | | 775 | ||
| 5 | Patrick Chatain |  | 760 | $750 | |
| 6 | Danendra Lohanata | | 724 | ||
| 7 | Nitish Mehta | | 722 | ||
| 8 | Morgan Carr | | Middle Georgia State University | 617 |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | University | Round 1 | Round 2 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Chatain | | 640 | 670 | 1310 | |
| 2 | Isaac Lee | | 510 | 710 | 1220 | |
| 3 | Andrew Cheng | | 690 | 485 | 1175 | |
| 4 | Gavin Hartzell | | 659 | 430 | 1089 | |
| 5 | Forrest Liu | | 720 | 286 | 1006 | |
| 6 | Morgan Carr | | 550 | 454 | 1004 | |
| 7 | Danendra Lohanata | | 540 | 429 | 969 | |
| 8 | Nitish Mehta | | 570 | 392 | 962 | |
| 9 | Suman Acharya | | 589 | 304 | 893 | |
| 10 | Athanasios Dogramatzidis |  | 410 | 430 | 840 | |
| 11 | Leslie Cannell | | 342 | 442 | 784 | |
| 12 | Pieter Pienaar |  | 310 | 465 | 775 | |
| 13 | Venkat Ravi | | 405 | 295 | 700 | |
| 14 | Prarthana Magon | | 345 | 350 | 695 | |
| 15 | Samuel Henley |  | 345 | 340 | 685 | |
| 16 | April Grossi | | 307 | 377 | 684 | |
| 17 | Antonio Gorgijovski | | 130 | 480 | 610 | |
| 18 | Tyler Street | | 235 | 365 | 600 | |
| 19 | Matthé Hulshof |  | 294 | 305 | 599 | |
| 20 | William Montgomery | | 375 | 212 | 587 | |
| 21 | Chirayyu Jain | | 228 | 275 | 503 | |
| 22 | Nicole Rong | | 298 | 193 | 491 | |
| 23 | Hayden Boccardo | | 150 | 335 | 485 | |
| - | Ankit Kumar |  | colspan=3 | |||
| - | Samarth Anand | | colspan=3 | |||
| - | Aditya Kumar Darak | |
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | University | Score | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Roshni Chandawarkar Manny Mehta Austin Towle | 558 | $6,000 | ||
 | Kiraën Andriamandimbisoa Tafitantsoa Rakotondrafara Ny Tsiory Nomentsoa Rakotonanahary | 420 | $3,000 | ||
| | Garima Gupta Pranjal Bhatt Thomas Ewing | 328 | $1,500 | ||
| 4 | | Samuel Primack Brandon Jung Benhamin Cherdak | 204 | ||
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | University | Case 1 | Case 2 | Total Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Kiraën Andriamandimbisoa Tafitantsoa Rakotondrafara Ny Tsiory Nomentsoa Rakotonanahary | 710 | 485 | 1195 | |
| 2 | | Roshni Chandawarkar Manny Mehta Austin Towle | 345 | 610 | 955 | |
| 3 | | Samuel Primack Brandon Jung Benhamin Cherdak | 385 | 465 | 850 | |
| 4 | | Garima Gupta Pranjal Bhatt Thomas Ewing | 262 | 442 | 704 | |
| 5 | | Tammy Brewer Rowen Fletcher Kate Martin | 269 | 410 | 679 | |
| 6 | | Akshay Kolte Maria Toledano Florian Mehl | 336 | 267 | 603 | |
| 7 | | Kayla Oxley Krishang Agarwal Divyansh Gour | 228 | 305 | 533 | |
| - |  | Saeed Shaffiq Michasel Muiruri | colspan=3 | |||
| - |  | Maarij Haroon Swaleh Ahmed | colspan=3 | |||
Team sign up is no longer available to all students. In order to compete as a team, students must be enrolled in a partner school. Partner Schools have coordinated with the FMWC organizers to be named as a partner school and receive an automatic bid for one team (up to 3 people) to compete in-person on the final day
Invites to the final day will be distributed in the following manner:
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | University | Round 1 | Round 2 | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benjamin Weber |  | 1360 | 765 | 2125 | ||
| 2 | Tim Froelich | | 1230 | 855 | 2085 | ||
| 3 | Gavin Hartzell | | 1110 | 825 | 1935 | ||
| 4 | Zefanie Gayle Tan | 1140 | 705 | 1845 | |||
| 5 | Antonio Gorgijovski | | 1090 | 650 | 1740 | ||
| 6 | Patrick Chatain | | 1080 | 610 | 1690 | ||
| 7 | Jonathan Razanamparany | 1080 | 530 | 1610 | |||
| 7 | Samuel Hanley | | 840 | 770 | 1610 | ||
| 9 | Julian Poeltl | 780 | 800 | 1580 | |||
| 10 | Giorgi Goderzishvili |  | 850 | 690 | 1540 |