Financial Modeling World Cup

Short description: Financial modeling esports competition, using Microsoft Excel

Financial Modeling World Cup

Status| Active
Genre| Esports
Frequency| Annually
Years active| September 2020; 5 years ago (2020-09)
Inaugurated| September 2020; 5 years ago (2020-09)
Founder| Andrew Grigolyunovich
Website| fmworldcup.com

The Financial Modeling World Cup (FMWC) is an organization that hosts various Microsoft Excel–based competitions.

The FMWC held its first competition in September 2020 and currently hosts three competitions:

* Financial Modeling World Cup (FMWC)
* Microsoft Excel World Championship (MEWC)
* Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge (MECC)

## Contents

* 1 Financial Modeling World Cup (FMWC)
* 1.1 Description, competition format, and scoring
* 1.2 Format changes
* 1.3 Competition statistics
* 1.4 Results
* 2 Microsoft Excel World Championship (MEWC)
* 2.1 2021
* 2.2 2022
* 2.2.1 Qualification results (Top 50)
* 2.2.2 Bracket
* 2.3 2023
* 2.3.1 Qualification results (Top 50)
* 2.3.2 Bracket
* 2.3.3 Section 1
* 2.3.4 Section 2
* 2.3.5 Section 3
* 2.3.6 Section 4
* 2.3.7 Section 5
* 2.3.8 Section 6
* 2.3.9 Section 7
* 2.3.10 Section 8
* 2.4 2024
* 2.4.1 Qualification results
* 2.4.2 Main draw (morning session)
* 2.4.3 Main draw (afternoon session)
* 2.4.4 Last chance qualification
* 2.4.5 Game day competition
* 2.4.6 Live finals
* 2.5 2025
* 3 Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge (MECC)
* 4 Other events
* 5 Notes
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## Financial Modeling World Cup (FMWC)

### Description, competition format, and scoring

FMWC is an annual Excel modeling competition.

During the course of a season (January through November), competitors complete eight stages of modeling problems, and are allotted two hours over a 48-hour window to complete each stage. Each stage contains three case studies, one to five pages long, with multiple choice or fill-in questions at the end. Contrary to what the name suggests, not all case studies are financial modeling based; many are business modeling or data modeling based.

Stage points are available for:

* Task: Correctly solving questions on each case (points vary by question)
* Time: Completing the stage early (10 points per minute, awarded only if the competitor has scored 900 task points)

Each stage winner's score is normalized to 1,000 points, and the score of all other competitors are normalized accordingly.

FMWC rankings and final standings are based on points scored across each competitor's top 6 stage scores (the bottom 2 stage scores are dropped).

### Format changes

* 2020: The first of four FMWC stages started in September 2020. All stages contributed to the final standings.
* 2021: The stage count increased to twelve. The bottom two stages for each competitor were dropped from the final standings.
* 2022: The stage count decreased to eight. Case authors could not score a higher time bonus than any other player. Stage score normalization was introduced. The prize for top company was eliminated.
* 2023: For each stage, case authors may not score more points than the best player playing full-time.
* 2024: Case authors write cases for an entire stage and are automatically awarded 1,000 points for that stage. They can create cases for no more than 1 stage and are ineligible for prize money in the stage where their cases are used.
* 2025: The FMWC Championship Ring is no longer awarded to the Financial Modeling World Cup Champion.

### Competition statistics

Year | Registrations [lower-alpha 1] | Participants [lower-alpha 2] | Maximum completed number of stages [lower-alpha 3] | Prize pool (USD)

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2020 [1] | 125 | 117 | 36 | $10,000
2021 [2] | 333 | 307 | 72 | $20,000
2022 [3] | 443 | 402 | 136 | $25,000
2023 [4] | 401 | 363 | 136 | $25,000

1. ↑ Competitors that have registered for at least one stage, not necessarily for the entire competition
2. ↑ Competitors that have attempted at least one stage. A stage score of 0 indicates participation, while a blank stage score does not
3. ↑ Competitors that attempted the maximum number of stages contributing to the final season point total (i.e., the 2021 season had 12 stages, but only the top 10 results determined a competitors season point total. In 2021, 307 competitors participated in at least 10 FMWC stages.)

### Results

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2020  Rank | Name | Nation | Age Group | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Prize

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Template:Gold1 | Joseph Lau |  Australia | Masters | 785 | 1,285 | 795 | 2,670 | 5,535 | $3,000
Template:Silver2 | Diarmuid Early |  United States | Open | 825 | 1,260 | 1,035 | 1,650 | 4,770 | $2,000
Template:Bronze3 | Andrew Ngai |  Great Britain | Open |  | 1,160 | 880 | 2,670 | 4,710 | $1,000
4 | John Lim |  Australia | Open | 605 | 890 | 735 | 2,290 | 4,520 |
5 | Christian Hueber |  Austria | Open | 470 | 1,105 | 805 | 2,105 | 4,485 |
6 | Anup Agarwal |  India | Open |  | 1,000 | 955 | 2525 | 4,480 |
7 | Samir Asadov |  Ireland | Open | 520 | 1,025 | 555 | 2050 | 4,150 |
8 | Joseph Michael Palisoc |  United States | Open | 655 | 885 | 805 | 1,750 | 4,095 |
9 | Dan Mayoh |  Australia | Open | 620 | 875 | 720 | 1,850 | 4,065
10 | Willem Gerritsen |  Netherlands | Masters | 655 | 845 | 825 | 1,475 | 3,800 |
2021  Rank | Name | Nation | Age Group | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Total | Prize

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Template:Gold1 | Diarmuid Early |  United States | Open | 1,170 | 1,015 | 1,160 | 1,165 | Template:CellCategory | 1,510 | 1,260 | 970 | Template:CellCategory | 1,145 | 1,440 | 1,090 | 11,925 | $5,000
Template:Silver2 | Anup Agarwal |  India | Open | 1,105 | Template:CellCategory | 1,460 | 1,065 | 865 | 1,265 | 835 | 1,175 | Template:CellCategory | 1,005 | 1,550 | 850 | 11,175 | $2,000
Template:Bronze3 | Andrew Ngai |  Australia | Open | 1,200 | Template:CellCategory | 820 | 765 | 1,315 | 1,265 | 1,030 | 1,140 | 820 | 1,325 | 1,300 | Template:CellCategory | 10,980 | $1,000
4 | Jeff Heng Siang Tan |  Malaysia | Open | Template:CellCategory | Template:CellCategory | 1,290 | 530 | 1,145 | 1,230 | 650 | 1,250 | 530 | 1,460 | 1,190 | 1,350 | 10,625 | $500
5 | Willem Gerritsen |  Netherlands | Open | 1,275 | Template:CellCategory | Template:CellCategory | 750 | 885 | 1,200 | 1,210 | 1,070 | 720 | 1,060 | 1,350 | 850 | 10,370 | $500
6 | Michael Jarman |  Canada | Open | 825 | 820 | 1,300 | Template:CellCategory | 895 | 1,170 | 895 | 1,040 | 867 | Template:CellCategory | 1,420 | 1,090 | 10,322 | $500
7 | Christian Hueber |  Austria | Open | Template:CellCategory | 725 | 1,130 | 925 | 865 | 830 | 670 | 1,035 | Template:CellCategory | 970 | 1,305 | 850 | 9,305 | $500
8 | Janis Reinis Beikmanis |  Latvia | U-25 | 645 | 760 | 840 | 1,178 | 795 | 830 | Template:CellCategory | 820 | Template:CellCategory | 765 | 1,285 | 1,371 | 9,289 | $350
9 | Joseph Michael Palisoc |  United States | Open | 725 | Template:CellCategory | 675 | 610 | 1,015 | 840 | 680 | 840 | Template:CellCategory | 1,130 | 1,400 | 875 | 8,790 | $350
10 | Sameer Jagetia |  United States | Open | 705 | 650 | 821 | 685 | 1,040 | 945 | 670 | 920 | Template:CellCategory | 950 | 1,330 | Template:CellCategory | 8,716 | $350
2022  Rank | Name | Nation | Age Group | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total | Prize

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Template:Gold1 | Laurence Lau |  United States | Open | 1,000 | Template:CellCategory | 1,000 | 959 | 1,000 | 1,000 | Template:CellCategory | 978 | 5,937 | $7,000
Template:Silver2 | Diarmuid Early |  Ireland | Open | Template:CellCategory | 1,000 | Template:CellCategory | 1,000 | 885 | 956 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 5,841 | $4,000
Template:Bronze3 | Andrew Ngai |  Australia | Open | 847 | 899 | Template:CellCategory | 838 | 971 | Template:CellCategory | 974 | 883 | 5,412 | $2,000
4 | Michael Jarman |  Canada | Open | 898 | Template:CellCategory | Template:CellCategory | 775 | 899 | 956 | 968 | 780 | 5,276 | $1,000
5 | Willem Gerritsen |  Netherlands | Open | 740 | 790 | Template:CellCategory | Template:CellCategory | 795 | 646 | 788 | 834 | 4,593 | $800
6 | Joseph Michael Palisoc |  United States | Open | 809 | Template:CellCategory | 737 | 779 | 676 | Template:CellCategory | 840 | 713 | 4,554 | $750
7 | Anup Agarwal |  India | Open | 694 | Template:CellCategory | Template:CellCategory | 712 | 849 | 697 | 840 | 749 | 4,541 | $700
8 | Tim Roberts |  Great Britain | Open | 762 | 778 | 593 | 698 | 835 | Template:CellCategory | Template:CellCategory | 700 | 4,366 | $650
9 | Matthew Fried |  Australia | Open | 821 | Template:CellCategory | 611 | Template:CellCategory | 694 | 646 | 878 | 686 | 4,336 | $600
10 | Paul Dent |  Great Britain | Open | Template:CellCategory | 833 | 619 | 734 | 705 | Template:CellCategory | 644 | 794 | 4,329 | $550
2023  Rank | Name | Nation | Age Group | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total | Prize

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Template:Gold1 | Laurence Lau |  United States | Open | Template:CellCategory | Template:CellCategory | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 6,000 | $7,000
Template:Silver2 | Diarmuid Early |  Ireland | Open | 917 | 885 | 857 | 993 | Template:CellCategory | 717 | Template:CellCategory | 972 | 5,341 | $4,000
Template:Bronze3 | Michael Jarman |  Canada | Open | 1,000 | 685 | Template:CellCategory | Template:CellCategory | 713 | 683 | 1,000 | 818 | 4,899 | $2,000
4 | Andrew Ngai |  Australia | Open | 857 | 943 | 835 | 685 | Template:CellCategory | 675 | Template:CellCategory | 805 | 4,800 | $1,000
5 | Willem Gerritsen |  Netherlands | Open | 895 | 762 | Template:CellCategory | 664 | Template:CellCategory | 663 | 586 | 610 | 4,180 | $800
6 | Joseph Michael Palisoc |  United States | Open | Template:CellCategory | 685 | 638 | Template:CellCategory | 651 | 650 | 634 | 850 | 4,108 | $750
7 | Paul Dent |  Great Britain | Open | 699 | 697 | 710 | Template:CellCategory | 592 | 654 | Template:CellCategory | 649 | 4,001 | $700
8 | Michael Clarke |  New Zealand | Open | 669 | 782 | 631 | Template:CellCategory | 614 | 683 | Template:CellCategory | 617 | 3,996 | $650
9 | Matthew Fried |  Australia | Open | 763 | 698 | 530 | Template:CellCategory | 544 | 763 | Template:CellCategory | 617 | 3,915 | $600
10 | Harry Gross |  Great Britain | U-25 | 586 | 1000 | 527 | Template:CellCategory | 585 | Template:CellCategory | 500 | 624 | 3,822 | $550

## Microsoft Excel World Championship (MEWC)

### 2021

The MEWC began in 2021 as the FMWC Open, an Excel Esports tournament. The competition was a standalone event that did not impact the Financial Modeling World Cup rankings in regular seasons.[1]

The tournament began with a qualification round, with the top 128 qualifiers advancing to a single elimination tournament.[5]

Qualification rounds began on November 13, and continued into December.[5] The last three rounds of the FMWC Open competition were held on December 11, 2021, and were broadcast on the FMWC YouTube channel and ESPN3.[6][7] Andrew Ngai (now representing Australia), Anup Agarwal (India), and Michael Jarman (Canada) returned as quarterfinals qualifiers, and Harry Gross from the UK, Jason Moore from the US, Joseph Palisoc from the US, Sameer Jagetia from the US, and Tim Roberts from the UK also qualified.[8] The final round, entitled "Knights and Warriors", had contestants, each representing a fictional nation, send fictional warriors to conquer each other. Ngai defeated Jarman 734–280, with a maximum of 1,000 points per side.[5]

### 2022

The FMWC Open was rebranded as the Microsoft Excel World Championship (MEWC). Like its predecessor, it also consisted of a qualification round and the top 128 qualifiers advancing to a single elimination tournament.

#### Qualification results (Top 50)

In total, 377 people took part and 128 qualified for the final round. The best ranked participants of the FMWC rankings were prequalified.

Rank | Name | Total points | Time

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1 |  Willem Gerritsen | 5,000 | 00:36:50
2 |  Michael Clarke | 5,000 | 00:46:59
3 |  Michael Holmes | 5,000 | 00:51:01
4 |  Brian Hanley | 5,000 | 00:51:28
5 |  Alfons Oliver Altes | 5,000 | 00:52:23
6 |  Justin Merson | 5,000 | 00:54:51
7 |  Brittany Deaton | 5,000 | 00:54:57
8 |  Jason Webber | 5,000 | 00:55:02
9 |  Eduardo Gonazales Arias | 5,000 | 00:55:32
10 |  Peter Rebecchi | 5,000 | 00:55:57
11 |  David Brown | 5,000 | 00:56:49
12 |  Stefanus Ng | 5,000 | 00:59:28
13 |  Diarmuid Early | 4,800 | 00:25:14
14 |  Paul Dent | 4,600 | 00:50:55
15 |  Nicolas Micot | 4,600 | 00:52:31
16 |  Nick McCartney | 4,600 | 00:54:55
17 |  Lianna Gerrish | 4,600 | 00:57:34
18 |  Bram Van Eeckhout | 4,600 | 00:58:14
19 |  Matthew Fried | 4,550 | 00:50:17
20 |  Isaac Mendez Cortinas | 4,400 | 00:56:55
21  |  Emad Oughourli  | 4,300  | 00:59:18
22  |  Tom Vincent  | 4,300  | 01:00:00
23  |  Michael Thanasides  | 4,300  | 01:00:00
24  |  Dhara Shah  | 4,200  | 00:59:28
25  |  Ben Gutscher  | 4,100  | 00:43:06
26  |  Toby Funston  | 4,050  | 00:59:59
27  |  David Rosel  | 4,000  | 00:45:38
28  |  Dan Seiders  | 4,000  | 00:56:40
29  |  Albert Blom  | 4,000  | 00:57:31
30  |  Harry Seiders  | 4,000  | 00:57:31
31  |  Taylor Robinson  | 4,000  | 00:58:23
32  |  Mary Brown  | 4,000  | 00:58:23
33  |  Patrick Chatain  | 4,000  | 00:58:43
34  |  Aleksandrs Goba  | 4,000  | 00:59:00
35  |  Ricardo Domínguez  | 4,000  | 00:59:09
36  |  Grigoriy Korkishko  | 4,000  | 00:59:28
37  |  Zsolt Mogyorósi  | 4,000  | 00:59:49
38  |  Joseph Michael Palisoc  | 4,000  | 00:59:52
39  |  Luke Moraga  | 4,000  | 01:00:00
40  |  Nick Lowman  | 3,975  | 00:59:01
41  |  Jaq Kennedy  | 3,875  | 00:59:48
42  |  Khaled Habib  | 3,800  | 00:59:36
43  |  Ben deLeon  | 3,800  | 00:59:39
44  |  Jakub Pomykalski  | 3,800  | 00:59:50
45  |  Pierre Sertin  | 3,675  | 00:59:50
46  |  Steyn Wolmarans  | 3,600  | 00:49:04
47  |  Bob Schriver  | 3,600  | 00:52:22
48  |  Christian Hueber  | 3,600  | 00:54:19
49  |  Jason Naniong  | 3,600  | 00:57:51
50  |  Ryan Bains  | 3,600  | 00:58:01

#### Bracket

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### 2023

The MEWC continued in 2023 with a modified format, the Qualification round was split into nine events, called "Road to Las Vegas" and one Qualification Round. However the 128 final-participants will still be competing in a 1v1 grid. The final of the top 8 will be hosted in Las Vegas.

#### Qualification results (Top 50)

In total, 377 people took part and 128 qualified for the final round. The best ranked participants of the FMWC ranking, were prequalified.

Rank | Name | Total points | Time

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1 |  Brittany Deaton | 10000 | 00:46:24
2 |  Nicolas Micot | 9915 | 00:46:45
3 |  Lorenzo Foti | 9715 | 00:53:52
4 |  Peter Scharl | 9115 | 00:53:41
5 |  Jason Hutcheson | 8830 | 00:58:19
6 |  Adam Carter | 8500 | 00:57:59
7 |  Katelyn Stienen | 9315 | 01:00:00
8 |  Elliott Paterson | 8200 | 00:58:07
9 |  Jacob Andrews | 8200 | 01:00:00
10 |  Kyle Sutton | 8000 | 00:57:13
11 |  Johnny Valeriote | 8000 | 00:57:57
12 |  Michael Holmes | 8000 | 00:58:32
13 |  Christophe Belin | 7915 | 00:56:28
14 |  Kenneth Wang | 7915 | 00:59:53
15 |  Jeremy Freelove | 7850 | 01:00:00
16 |  Alfons Oliver Altes | 7700 | 00:55:16
17 |  Jesi Lipp | 7650 | 00:56:05
18 |  Princess Camille Ong | 7600 | 00:59:00
19 |  Harry Seiders | 7600 | 00:59:04
20 |  Pakkapong Sricharoen | 7600 | 00:59:22
21 |  Ben Pridmore | 7565 | 00:51:35
22 |  Ben deLeon | 7515 | 00:55:25
23 |  Sharon Parker | 7480 | 01:00:00
24 |  Harry Watson | 7415 | 01:00:00
25 |  Lyanne van Dijk | 7410 | 00:57:52
26 |  Alwyn Birkholtz | 7335 | 00:49:28
27 |  Shaun McCarthy | 7315 | 00:59:45
28 |  Matt Ficarra | 7245 | 00:59:50
29 |  James Galbraith | 7220 | 00:56:17
30 |  Will Demere | 7215 | 00:59:40
31 |  Riley Flischel | 7150 | 00:57:55
32 |  Steve Schulz | 7150 | 01:00:00
33 |  Judith Droogsma | 6785 | 00:52:50
34 |  Charles Poulain | 6715 | 01:00:00
35 |  Nick Boberg | 6700 | 00:59:01
36 |  James Blackham | 6635 | 00:58:49
37 |  Martijn Adriaanse | 6485 | 00:59:34
38 |  Matt Melsen | 6435 | 00:58:54
39 |  Oliver Lambert | 6415 | 00:59:34
40 |  Sergio Trifiletti | 6415 | 00:59:49
41 |  Ricardo Dominguez | 6405 | 00:59:57
42 |  Kristain Lindemann | 6400 | 00:59:40
43 |  Brandon Moyer | 6400 | 01:00:00
44 | Template:Country data RFA Grigoriy Korkishko | 6345 | 00:59:18
45 |  Prithviraj Mavani | 6300 | 01:00:00
46 |  Andrew Heybruch | 6250 | 01:00:00
47 |  Zsolt Mogyorósi | 6215 | 00:59:39
48 |  Jakub Pomykalski | 6200 | 00:58:45
49 |  Jason Webber | 6200 | 00:59:40
50 |  Juan Cifuentes | 6200 | 00:59:55

#### Bracket

The 2023 edition had a different format for the last three rounds. The knockout format was used for the first four rounds. The eight participants that won their Round of 16 match qualified for the in-person Finals in Las Vegas, where 8 more players would join them in a last-chance qualification round.

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### 2024

The structure for the 2024 Microsoft Excel World Championship was revamped in several areas, including for the qualification round. The number of players in the main event remained at 128. Qualification for the MEWC was as follows:

* 50 players, 5 in each of the 10 Excel Esports Battes (called the "Road to Las Vegas"). One player would qualify from the YouTube livestream, while four others would qualify from online participation.
* 16 players from the Financial Modeling World Cup.
* 60 players from the MEWC online qualification round.
* 2 wildcards.

#### Qualification results

The following participants qualified for the event:

2024 Road to Las Vegas series Qualification method | Player | Score | Time (mm:ss)

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Excel Esports Battle I
"Doggie Daycare"
January 25  |  Diarmuid Early[lower-alpha 1] | 1150 | 30:00
Chris Clarke | 990 | 29:12
Willem Gerritsen | 980 | 29:11
Jacob Andrews | 950 | 28:38
Michael Jarman | 940 | 28:40
Excel Esports Battle II
"Sommelier"
February 29  |  Colin Sheehe | 1250 | 24:23
Anup Agarwal | 1250 | 25:12
Sergio Trifiletti[lower-alpha 1] | 1250 | 29:11
Harry Gross | 1250 | 29:45
Elliott Paterson | 1185 | 29:52
Excel Esports Battle III
"This Spreadsheet is a Nightmare"
March 28  |  Andrew Ngai | 1250 | 16:14
Bo Rydobon | 1250 | 28:57
Jean Wolleh | 1167 | 30:00
Adam Carter | 1128 | 27:25
Nick Boberg[lower-alpha 1] | 975 | 30:00
Excel Esports Battle IV
"Ship the World"
April 25  |  Peter Scharl | 1250 | 25:44
Jakub Pomykalski[lower-alpha 1] | 1191 | 30:00
Anders Richter Lindén | 1110 | 30:00
Lorenzo Foti | 1065 | 24:25
Jack Franken | 1058 | 30:00
Excel Esports Battle V
"Deep Sea Diving"
May 30  |  Pakkapong Sricharoen | 1190 | 29:39
Julien Lacaze | 1191 | 30:00
Hadyn Wiseman | 938 | 29:59
Jeremy Freelove | 938 | 30:00
Adam Reichenbach[lower-alpha 1] | 830 | 30:00
Excel Esports Battle VI
"The Simple Case"
June 20  | Template:Country data MDG Ny Tsiory Rakotonanahary | 1170 | 19:02
Jasper van Merle | 1140 | 20:51
Thanasis Dogramatzidis | 770 | 29:55
Paul Dent | 400 | 30:00
Timothy Shue[lower-alpha 1] | 233 | 30:00
Excel Esports Battle VII
"I am Left-Handed"
July 25  |  Nick Lowman | 1250 | 29:58
Tze Sheng Yeo | 1159 | 28:23
Juan Cifuentes | 1159 | 29:50
Brian Wright | 1110 | 29:50
Vikram Hattangady[lower-alpha 1] | 880 | 30:00
Excel Esports Battle VIII
"Treasure Hunt"
August 29  |  Grayson Huynh[lower-alpha 1] | 1250 | 16:07
Benjamin Weber | 1250 | 17:43
Ben Gutscher | 1250 | 19:16
Matt Stockton | 1250 | 20:40
Template:Country data MDG Cédric Morgan Rasolofo | 1250 | 21:09
Excel Esports Battle IX
"Census"
September 19  |  Brittany Deaton | 1184 | 29:19
Taylor Robinson | 1030 | 28:03
Kamil Ciesielski | 950 | 29:15
Min Chen | 950 | 29:37
Fritz Burkhardt[lower-alpha 1] | 601 | 30:00
Excel Esports Battle X
"Almost There"
October 10  |  Eric Ashton[lower-alpha 1] | 1043 | 29:30
Michael Holmes | 894 | 28:53
Zhang Yunyi | 885 | 28:32
Harry Watson | 858 | 29:35
Alexander Freedman | 818 | 29:39

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 Qualified via livestream

2024 Financial Modeling World Cup Qualifiers (Top 16) Rank | Player | Season Score

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5 |  Matthew Fried | 4737
6 |  Joseph Michael Palisoc | 4573
7 |  Tim Roberts | 4437
8 |  Steve Schultz | 4427
16 |  Eduardo Gonzalez Arias | 3897
2024 MEWC qualification results Region | Player | Score | Time (mm:ss)

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Africa  |  Steyn Wolmarans | 4380 | 59:39
Jason Webber | 3750 | 59:20
Renier Wessels | 3605 | 59:55
Asia-Pacific[lower-alpha 1] |  Stevenson Yu | 6500 | 54:53
Logan Clarke | 6425 | 59:26
Danny Whittaker | 6415 | 60:00
Princess Camille Ong | 5590 | 60:00
Cheong Ng | 5450 | 57:30
Calvin Lim | 5375 | 56:53
Toby Funston | 5290 | 57:35
Prithviraj Mavani | 5190 | 60:00
Min Min Chua | 5100 | 60:00
Pichaya Pan-anukooln | 4875 | 54:59
Robert Buemmer | 4350 | 55:51
Kai Wei Lim | 4275 | 58:38
Europe  |  Yiwei Cao | 5510 | 59:54
Zsolt Mogyorósi | 5500 | 59:55
Karim Awenat | 5290 | 60:00
Marton Hunyady | 4605 | 60:00
Nicolas Micot | 4450 | 60:00
Ben Pridmore | 4400 | 53:00
Edwin Brown | 4380 | 59:39
Chris Wilson | 4350 | 60:00
Grigoriy Korkishko | 3950 | 59:50
Jeroen Adriaanse | 3930 | 58:55
Siim Aksel Amer | 3800 | 59:22
Martijn Adriaanse | 3600 | 58:13
Søren Nielsen | 3600 | 59:05
Toby Julyan | 3475 | 57:21
Tom Vincent | 3460 | 60:00
Samir Asadov | 3350 | 59:24
Etienne Corget | 3300 | 60:00
William Freestone | 3255 | 57:49
Fanny Caillot | 3150 | 56:49
Arnold Miron | 3150 | 59:32
Francois Neethling | 3120 | 60:00
Jörg Profanter | 3050 | 60:00
North America  |  Ben Carr | 5585 | 59:52
Greg Hingsbergen | 5500 | 59:56
Coby Dombrowski | 5360 | 59:04
Colin Davidson | 5060 | 60:00
Joshua Bruce | 4900 | 58:08
Riley Flischel | 4400 | 1:00:00
Derek Kaplan | 4200 | 55:16
Brian Hanley | 4170 | 56:12
Matt Ficarra | 4120 | 59:20
Daniel Hart | 4100 | 57:50
David Nordstrom | 4100 | 58:04
Parker Garrison | 4000 | 59:47
Johnny Valeriote | 3950 | 1:00:00
Norman Sheppard | 3950 | 1:00:00
Sean Dunbar | 3950 | 1:00:00
Esther Vander Meulen | 3935 | 1:00:00
Ben deLeon | 3850 | 56:42
Andrew Heybruch | 3850 | 1:00:00
Robert Valentine | 3825 | 57:35
Jennifer Williams | 3750 | 59:49
Keegan Morrissey | 3750 | 59:53
William OBrien | 3750 | 1:00:00
Josh Tucci | 3700 | 1:00:00
Helen Dupree | 3650 | 58:59
Jesi Lipp | 3615 | 1:00:00
Dan Seiders | 3600 | 1:00:00
Diana Constantinescu | 3530 | 1:00:00
Jonathan Huang | 3500 | 55:49
Lianna Gerrish | 3480 | 59:55
South/Latin America  |  Patrick Chatain | 4200 | 59:29
Washington Demicheli | 4170 | 1:00:00
Joaquin Courreges | 3700 | 59:33
Juan Pablo Brea | 3700 | 59:44

1. ↑ Due to time differences, the Asia-Pacific competition took place at 8:00 AM BST, while the other regions competed at 5:00 PM BST.

#### Main draw (morning session)

The 128 players in the main draw bracket were divided into 8 groups of 16, with three of those groups playing at 8:00 AM BST to accommodate players from the Asia Pacific region. The remaining five groups played at 5:00 PM BST. The main draw brackets were only played for four rounds, with the final eight competitors automatically qualified for the in-person semi-finals at Las Vegas. The other 24 of the top 32 qualified to play in the game day competition one day before the finals.

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#### Last chance qualification

The 2024 Microsoft Excel World Championship introduced the Last Chance Qualification Round (LCQR). The LCQR was open to anyone who did not advance to the Last 32 round at an additional cost. Entry for this event was also included for attendees of the concurrent The Active Cell event held in Las Vegas. The top 40 participants at this event who had not already qualified for the Game Day competition would join the 24 qualifiers from the main draw brackets for the Game Day competitions held one day before the live finals. The last 32 from the main draw bracket were also permitted to play, but as they had already qualified for the Game Day competition or live semi-finals, they would not take the 40 qualification spots from those not yet qualified.

The case for the Last Chance Qualification Round was called "Axel the Elf's Christmas Catastrophe!"

Last Chance Qualification Round Player | Score | Time (mm:ss)

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Matthew Fried | 1250 | 25:03
Harry Watson | 1250 | 26:10
Daniel Hart | 1250 | 26:33
Benjamin Weber | 1250 | 26:45
Helen Dupree | 1170 | 30:00
Martin Morissette | 1140 | 30:00
Patrick Chatain | 1090 | 29:42
Jeremy Freelove | 1060 | 30:00
David Brown | 1057 | 29:58
Eric Ashton | 1007 | 29:46
Jakub Pomykalski | 960 | 30:00
Phillip Harvey | 950 | 30:00
Timothy Shue | 949 | 30:00
Nick Boberg | 930 | 30:00
Ben Carr | 870 | 30:00
Jason Sindler | 850 | 29:50
Template:Country data MDG Fifaliana Rafanomezantsoa | 840 | 30:00
Grant Pitarys | 790 | 30:00
Julian Poeltl | 780 | 30:00
Jacob Andrews | 681 | 27:36
Julien Lacaze | 664 | 27:09
Klinsmann Langhanz | 642 | 25:34
Jackson Weber | 640 | 29:38
Fritz Burkhardt | 640 | 29:59
Lorenzo Foti | 621 | 29:19
Harry Seiders | 621 | 29:44
Curtis Landry | 581 | 30:00
Ben Northern | 570 | 29:49
Ashleigh Roberts | 570 | 30:00
Pieter Pienaar | 541 | 29:33
Michele Perina | 541 | 29:50
James McQueen | 541 | 29:53
Juan Pablo Brea | 541 | 30:00
Template:Country data MDG Joy Andriamalala | 540 | 30:00
Ricardo Alexis Domínguez Hernández | 533 | 29:58
Beckett Anderson | 530 | 28:59
Jacob Labkovski | 530 | 29:43
Andrew Durant | 530 | 29:58
Michael Koller | 530 | 30:00
Luke Peyton | 530 | 30:00
Loic Roig | 530 | 30:00
Elliott Paterson | 530 | 30:00
Ray Medina | 530 | 30:00

#### Game day competition

The game day competitions consisted of two rounds played by all 64 competitors who qualified either from the main draw bracket or the Last Chance Qualification Round. The scores from the two rounds were added together, and the top 16 participants would then move on to the live semi-finals.

Player | Case 1
"IsometriChaos" | Case 2
"Lana Goes Ice Skating" | Combined Score

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Diarmuid Early | 442 | 792 | 1234
Peter Scharl | 579 | 608 | 1138
Jeremy Freelove | 291 | 816 | 1107
Joshua Bruce | 453 | 640 | 1093
Juan Cifuentes | 412 | 672 | 1084
Jean Wolleh | 588 | 488 | 1076
Michael Jarman | 658 | 292 | 950
Eric Ashton | 311 | 547 | 858
Jakub Pomykalski | 540 | 290 | 830
Benjamin Weber | 457 | 367 | 824
Coby Dombrowsky | 380 | 436 | 816
Adam Reichenbach | 449 | 357 | 806
Lorenzo Foti | 406 | 397 | 803
Nick Boberg | 459 | 343 | 802
Anders Richter Lindén | 399 | 348 | 747

#### Live finals

In front of 400 spectators, Michael Jarman unseated three-time champion Andrew Ngai ("the Annihilator") in December 2024 in Las Vegas. Ngai was described as the Kobe Bryant of Excel, by contrast to Diarmuid Early, who was compared to LeBron James.[9]

### 2025

The field size for the 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championship increased significantly, with spaces allowed for 256 competitors in the main draw.[10] This includes qualified spots for:

* 90 places: 10 players in each of 9 monthly Road to Las Vegas battles. For each battle, this includes:
* 1 place for the best livestreamed player,
* 7 places for the best non-livestreamed players,
* 1 place for the best U-25 non-livestreamed (online) player, and
* 1 place for the best 50+ (known as the "Masters" category) non-livestreamed player.[11]
* 16 places for the top-16 ranked Financial Modeling World Cup competitors, and
* 150 places for qualifiers who qualify through the qualification round held on September 27.

In addition, the organizers have implemented a seeding system, based on players' rankings in the Road to Las Vegas events.[11] The top 5 rankings of the participants will be considered in the rankings, and the top 32 ranked players will be seeded in the main draw.

Diarmuid Early was named champion of the 2025 competition after beating 23 other players in the finals. Early won a themed championship belt and US$5,000 (£3,747) in prize money.[12]

2025 Road to Las Vegas (RTLV) battles  RTLV Round | Player | Score | Time (mm:ss) | Qualification method

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Excel Esports Battle I
"We're Not In Kansas Anymore"
January 23  |  Diarmuid Early | 1181 | 29:27 | Online
Jack Franken | 963 | 30:00 | Online
Peter Scharl | 899 | 29:58 | Online
Andrew Ngai | 890 | 30:00 | Online
Coby Dombrowsky | 821 | 30:00 | Online
Willem Gerritsen | 746 | 30:00 | Online
Anders Richter Lindén | 731 | 30:00 | Livestreamed
Colin Sheehe | 730 | 29:26 | Online
Tim Froelich | 656 | 28:45 | U-25
Harry Seiders | 586 | 29:43 | Masters
Excel Esports Battle II
"Whodunnit?"
February 20  |  Sergio Trifiletti | 1186 | 29:59 | Online
Benjamin Weber | 1064 | 25:36 | Online
Chris Clarke | 1056 | 27:51 | Online
Stevenson Yu | 1048 | 29:00 | Online
Pakkapong Sricharoen | 1048 | 30:00 | Online
Julien Lacaze | 1040 | 25:56 | Online
Michael Holmes | 1040 | 28:10 | Online
Karim Awenat | 1040 | 30:00 | Masters
Nicolas Micot | 998 | 30:00 | Livestreamed
Sean Dunbar | 990 | 30:00 | U-25
Excel Esports Battle III
"I'm Just Wild About Harry"
March 27  |  Timothy Shue | 811 | 30:00 | Livestreamed
Danny Whittaker | 760 | 27:15 | Online
Sameer Jagetia | 757 | 30:00 | Online
Jean Wolleh | 754 | 27:21 | Online
Michael Jarman | 720 | 29:37 | Online
Juan Cifuentes | 720 | 30:00 | Online
Paul Dent | 700 | 27:48 | Online
Patrick Chatain | 700 | 29:56 | Online
Ben Taylor | 640 | 29:49 | Masters
Julian Poeltl | 610 | 29:21 | U-25
Excel Esports Battle IV
"The Formula Bar and Grill"
April 24  |  Zhang Yunyi | 1151 | 26:29 | Online
Nick Boberg | 1071 | 29:44 | Online
Elliott Paterson | 1070 | 29:23 | Online
Kenny Worrell | 1070 | 29:48 | Online
Fritz Burkhardt | 1070 | 30:00 | Online
Diego Sala | 1069 | 28:01 | Online
Grayson Huynh | 1061 | 26:03 | Online
Tim Gabriel Töpper | 889 | 24:29 | U-25
James Thai | 747 | 30:00 | Masters
Anup Agarwal | 736 | 30:00 | Livestreamed
Excel Esports Battle V
"Bit of Music"
May 29  |  Lorenzo Foti | 1180 | 25:09 | Online
Jeremy Freelove | 1180 | 26:12 | Online
Adam Carter | 1180 | 28:01 | Online
Eric Ashton | 1123 | 29:46 | Online
Ben Gutscher | 1120 | 28:32 | Online
Alexander Freedman | 1090 | 29:44 | Online
Template:Country data MDG Jonathan Razanamparany | 1090 | 30:00 | Online
Helen Dupree | 980 | 30:00 | U-25
Jakub Pomykalski | 934 | 30:00 | Livestreamed
Jason Sindler | 800 | 30:00 | Masters

## Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge (MECC)

Main article: Finance:Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge

## Other events

FMWC also holds other events (typically Excel esports battles). Some events have granted automatic qualification to the MEWC playoff rounds. Some events are livestreamed and can be viewed by the public. These events include (but are not limited to):

Date | Event name | Winner | Nation | Case name

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8 June 2021 | 888 Battle[13][14][15] | Michael Jarman |  Canada | Cake To Bake
9 September 2021 | Battle of 16[16] | Diarmuid Early |  United States | N/A (Multiple)
17 February 2022 | Global Excel Summit 2022[17] | Jason Webber |  South Africa | Ludo
18 February 2022 | Global Excel Summit 2022[18] | David Brown |  United States | Square of Fortune
31 March 2022 | Continent Battle: Asia / Pacific[19] | Nick Boberg |  New Zealand | Minesweeper
24 May 2022 | All-Star Battle[20] | Andrew Ngai |  Australia | N/A (Multiple)
30 June 2022 | Women's Battle[21] | Stephanie Annerose |  United States | Lottery
28 July 2022 | Continent Battle: Africa[22] | Gareth Watson |  South Africa | Tug of War
25 August 2022 | Continent Battle: Europe[23] | Willem Gerritsen |  Netherlands | It's a Sequence
23 February 2023 | Global Excel Summit 2023[24] | Jason Webber |  South Africa | A Story About the Reels

## Notes

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "FMWC 2020 Rankings" (in en-US). https://www.fmworldcup.com/rankings/season-2020/.
2. ↑ "FMWC 2021 Rankings" (in en-US). https://www.fmworldcup.com/rankings/season-2021/.
3. ↑ "FMWC 2022 Rankings" (in en-US). https://www.fmworldcup.com/rankings/season-2022/.
4. ↑ "FMWC 2023 Rankings" (in en-US). https://www.fmworldcup.com/rankings/season-2023/.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Hachman, Mark (December 10, 2021). "Top Excel experts will battle it out in an esports-like competition this weekend". PCWorld. https://www.pcworld.com/article/559001/the-future-of-esports-is-microsoft-excel-and-its-on-espn.html.
6. ↑ Roth, Emma (December 11, 2021). "Watch these Excel pros duke it out in a financial modeling competition". The Verge. https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/11/22829228/excel-pros-financial-modeling-world-cup.
7. ↑ Bolding, Jonathan (December 11, 2021). "Watch the world's greatest spreadsheet sorcerers throw down in the World Cup of Microsoft Excel". PC Gamer. https://www.pcgamer.com/watch-the-worlds-greatest-spreadsheet-sorcerers-throw-down-in-the-world-cup-of-microsoft-excel/.
8. ↑ Financial Modeling World Cup [@FMWC_]. "📢 Tomorrow, December 11, is the day for the FMWC Open finals!". https://twitter.com/FMWC_/status/1469354417338171395. Missing or empty `|date=` (help)
9. ↑ Zhuang, Yan; Whitmore, Mikayla; Paik, Shawn (2025-01-20). "Is Microsoft Excel the Next Big E-Sport?". https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/microsoft-excel-world-championships.html.
10. ↑ Excel Esports (2025-02-17). Microsoft Excel World Championship Season 2025 Roadmap. YouTube. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Finance Modeling World Cup. "Competition Rules". https://fmworldcup.com/microsoft-excel-world-championship/rules/.
12. ↑ Nicholson, Jonno (2025-12-04). "Diarmuid Early wins Microsoft Excel World Championship 2025" (in en-GB). https://esportsinsider.com/2025/12/microsoft-excel-world-championship-2025-winner.
13. ↑ Matyszczyk, Chris (June 10, 2021). "I just watched Microsoft (try to) make Excel exciting. Recovery won't be easy". ZDNet. https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-just-watched-microsoft-try-to-make-excel-exciting-recovery-wont-be-easy/.
14. ↑ Sacco, Dom (June 6, 2021). "Microsoft Excel… esports? UK to take part in 'Financial Modeling World Cup'". Esports News UK. https://esports-news.co.uk/2021/06/06/microsoft-excel-esports-financial-modeling-world-cup/.
15. ↑ "Acht experts strijden tegen elkaar in internationale Microsoft Excel-competitie" (in nl). Algemeen Dagblad. June 5, 2021. https://www.ad.nl/esports/acht-experts-strijden-tegen-elkaar-in-internationale-microsoft-excel-competitie~a4496062/.
16. ↑ "Battle of 16 – FMWC" (in en-US). https://www.fmworldcup.com/excel-as-esports/battle-of-16/.
17. ↑ "Global Excel Summit 2022 - Ludo" (in en-US). 17 February 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIIREzoMnnY.
18. ↑ "Global Excel Summit 2023 - Square of Fortune" (in en-US). 18 February 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-WEl4AgZFA.
19. ↑ "Continent Battle: Asia / Pacific" (in en-US). 31 March 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXkfKwVSqRg.
20. ↑ "All-Star Battle" (in en-US). 24 May 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1RVNGDSdw4.
21. ↑ "Women's Battle" (in en-US). 30 June 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMakNBf0dyg.
22. ↑ "Continent Battle: Africa" (in en-US). 28 July 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD3iVFvj9XE.
23. ↑ "Continent Battle: Europe" (in en-US). 25 August 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t8yj-NXph8.
24. ↑ "Global Excel Summit 2023" (in en-US). 23 February 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBT6jYdV0Vk.

## External links

* Official website
* Official Excel esports website

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