Median

Find the median of a stream of binary integers as fast as possible.

Input: 100 000 000 uint32 values in little-endian binary on STDIN (4 bytes each).

Output: The median value, printed as a decimal string. The median is defined as the element at index N/2 (i.e., a[50000000]) in the sorted array.

Restrictions:20s512Mb 1 Score Packages

Feel free to create an issue if you need an extra library from the standard Ubuntu repository.

Name	Version	Description
libc6-dev	2.39-0ubuntu8.7	GNU C Library: Development Libraries and Header Files Contains the symlinks, headers, and object files needed to compile and link programs which use the standard C library.
libclang-common-14-dev	1:14.0.6-19build4	Clang library - Common development package Clang project is a C, C++, Objective C and Objective C++ front-end based on the LLVM compiler. Its goal is to offer a replacement to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). . Clang implements all of the ISO C++ 1998, 11, 14 and 17 standards and also provides most of the support of C++20. . This package contains the Clang generic headers.
libclang-common-15-dev	1:15.0.7-14build3	Clang library - Common development package Clang project is a C, C++, Objective C and Objective C++ front-end based on the LLVM compiler. Its goal is to offer a replacement to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). . Clang implements all of the ISO C++ 1998, 11, 14 and 17 standards and also provides most of the support of C++20. . This package contains the Clang generic headers.
libclang-common-16-dev	1:16.0.6-23ubuntu4	Clang library - Common development package Clang project is a C, C++, Objective C and Objective C++ front-end based on the LLVM compiler. Its goal is to offer a replacement to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). . Clang implements all of the ISO C++ 1998, 11, 14 and 17 standards and also provides most of the support of C++20. . This package contains the Clang generic headers.
libclang-common-17-dev	1:17.0.6-9ubuntu1	Clang library - Common development package Clang project is a C, C++, Objective C and Objective C++ front-end based on the LLVM compiler. Its goal is to offer a replacement to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). . Clang implements all of the ISO C++ 1998, 11, 14 and 17 standards and also provides most of the support of C++20. . This package contains the Clang generic headers.
libclang-common-18-dev	1:18.1.3-1ubuntu1	Clang library - Common development package Clang project is a C, C++, Objective C and Objective C++ front-end based on the LLVM compiler. Its goal is to offer a replacement to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). . Clang implements all of the ISO C++ 1998, 11, 14 and 17 standards and also provides most of the support of C++20. . This package contains the Clang generic headers.
libclang-common-19-dev	1:19.1.1-1ubuntu1~24.04.2	Clang library - Common development package Clang project is a C, C++, Objective C and Objective C++ front-end based on the LLVM compiler. Its goal is to offer a replacement to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). . Clang implements all of the ISO C++ 1998, 11, 14 and 17 standards and also provides most of the support of C++20. . This package contains the Clang generic headers.
libclang-common-20-dev	1:20.1.2-0ubuntu1~24.04.3	Clang library - Common development package Clang project is a C, C++, Objective C and Objective C++ front-end based on the LLVM compiler. Its goal is to offer a replacement to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). . Clang implements all of the ISO C++ 1998, 11, 14 and 17 standards and also provides most of the support of C++20. . This package contains the Clang generic headers.
libcrypt-dev	1:4.4.36-4build1	libcrypt development files This package contains the files needed for developing applications that use libcrypt.
libgcc-10-dev	10.5.0-4ubuntu2.1	GCC support library (development files) This package contains the headers and static library files necessary for building C programs which use libgcc, libgomp, libquadmath, libssp or libitm.
libgcc-11-dev	11.5.0-1ubuntu1~24.04.1	GCC support library (development files) This package contains the headers and static library files necessary for building C programs which use libgcc, libgomp, libquadmath, libssp or libitm.
libgcc-12-dev	12.4.0-2ubuntu1~24.04.1	GCC support library (development files) This package contains the headers and static library files necessary for building C programs which use libgcc, libgomp, libquadmath, libssp or libitm.
libgcc-13-dev	13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04.1	GCC support library (development files) This package contains the headers and static library files necessary for building C programs which use libgcc, libgomp, libquadmath, libssp or libitm.
libgcc-14-dev	14.2.0-4ubuntu2~24.04.1	GCC support library (development files) This package contains the headers and static library files necessary for building C programs which use libgcc, libgomp, libquadmath, libssp or libitm.
libobjc-13-dev	13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04.1	Runtime library for GNU Objective-C applications (development files) This package contains the headers and static library files needed to build GNU ObjC applications.
libssl-dev	3.0.13-0ubuntu3.11	Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - development files This package is part of the OpenSSL project's implementation of the SSL and TLS cryptographic protocols for secure communication over the Internet. . It contains development libraries, header files, and manpages for libssl and libcrypto.
libstdc++-10-dev	10.5.0-4ubuntu2.1	GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (development files) This package contains the headers and static library files necessary for building C++ programs which use libstdc++. . libstdc++-v3 is a complete rewrite from the previous libstdc++-v2, which was included up to g++-2.95. The first version of libstdc++-v3 appeared in g++-3.0.
libstdc++-11-dev	11.5.0-1ubuntu1~24.04.1	GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (development files) This package contains the headers and static library files necessary for building C++ programs which use libstdc++. . libstdc++-v3 is a complete rewrite from the previous libstdc++-v2, which was included up to g++-2.95. The first version of libstdc++-v3 appeared in g++-3.0.
libstdc++-12-dev	12.4.0-2ubuntu1~24.04.1	GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (development files) This package contains the headers and static library files necessary for building C++ programs which use libstdc++. . libstdc++-v3 is a complete rewrite from the previous libstdc++-v2, which was included up to g++-2.95. The first version of libstdc++-v3 appeared in g++-3.0.
libstdc++-13-dev	13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04.1	GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (development files) This package contains the headers and static library files necessary for building C++ programs which use libstdc++. . libstdc++-v3 is a complete rewrite from the previous libstdc++-v2, which was included up to g++-2.95. The first version of libstdc++-v3 appeared in g++-3.0.
libstdc++-14-dev	14.2.0-4ubuntu2~24.04.1	GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (development files) This package contains the headers and static library files necessary for building C++ programs which use libstdc++. . libstdc++-v3 is a complete rewrite from the previous libstdc++-v2, which was included up to g++-2.95. The first version of libstdc++-v3 appeared in g++-3.0.
libtbb-dev	2021.11.0-2ubuntu2	parallelism library for C++ - development files TBB is a library that helps you leverage multi-core processor performance without having to be a threading expert. It represents a higher-level, task-based parallelism that abstracts platform details and threading mechanism for performance and scalability. . (Note: if you are a user of the i386 architecture, i.e., 32-bit Intel or compatible hardware, this package only supports Pentium4-compatible and higher processors.) . This package includes the TBB development files.

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Date	Challenger	Cost	Type	Status
Jul 5, 2026 12:15	Victor Mercklé	12.85	Custom	Solution Broken

Run Statistics

#	Date	Score	Wall Time	CPU User	CPU System	Memory	Error
1	Jul 5, 2026 12:15	0	8,776,680	1,076,000	0	20,480	No answer to stdout. Died or killed?
2	Apr 15, 2026 00:47	2,866	45,325,751	22,483,000	1,021,000	2,514,944
3	Apr 15, 2026 00:47	2,873	46,364,720	22,536,000	1,024,000	2,428,928
4	Apr 15, 2026 00:43	2,874	44,471,474	23,563,000	0	2,338,816
5	Apr 15, 2026 00:43	2,874	55,359,467	23,569,000	0	2,469,888
6	Apr 15, 2026 00:43	2,875	46,216,993	23,573,000	0	2,445,312
7	Apr 15, 2026 00:43	2,876	46,201,774	23,586,000	0	2,265,088
8	Apr 15, 2026 00:42	2,880	58,312,110	23,618,000	0	2,465,792
9	Apr 15, 2026 00:43	2,880	46,699,044	23,618,000	0	2,334,720
10	Apr 15, 2026 00:47	2,883	50,128,544	22,655,000	985,000	2,359,296
11	Apr 15, 2026 00:42	2,884	48,238,378	22,624,000	1,028,000	2,457,600
12	Apr 15, 2026 00:47	2,884	48,842,039	23,649,000	0	2,457,600
13	Apr 15, 2026 00:42	2,888	54,155,728	21,623,000	2,059,000	2,453,504
14	Apr 15, 2026 00:47	5,464	73,090,069	41,818,000	2,987,000	2,301,952
15	Apr 15, 2026 00:47	5,465	66,767,409	43,816,000	995,000	2,318,336
16	Apr 15, 2026 00:43	5,472	65,735,317	43,872,000	997,000	2,281,472
17	Apr 15, 2026 00:43	5,475	70,725,040	42,896,000	1,995,000	2,482,176
18	Apr 15, 2026 00:47	5,483	66,958,814	43,963,000	999,000	2,486,272
19	Apr 15, 2026 00:43	5,484	72,425,915	43,968,000	999,000	2,400,256
20	Apr 15, 2026 00:47	5,484	70,677,472	42,968,000	1,998,000	2,347,008
21	Apr 15, 2026 00:43	5,490	74,168,838	42,015,000	3,001,000	2,510,848
22	Apr 15, 2026 00:47	5,507	65,245,774	44,155,000	1,003,000	2,281,472

Model	Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1271 v3 @ 3.60GHz
Cores	1